Top cryptocurrencies see volume drop
After an explosive February marked by record-breaking trading volumes, March saw a dramatic turn in the crypto market, reflecting investor caution, regulatory pressure, and macroeconomic concerns. According to data presented by CryptoPresales.com, the combined monthly...
How does tobacco, alcohol use impact households?
New research by the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) PhD candidate Zunda Chisha has shown that tobacco and alcohol use in South Africa have profound economic and health consequences at both the household and child health levels. Chisha graduate this week with a PhD in...
What the threat landscape will look like in 2024
Kaspersky Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) experts offer insights and projections for 2024 in the Kaspersky Security Bulletin, with a focus on the evolution of advanced persistent threats (APTs). Kaspersky researchers predict APT actors will introduce new...
Themes to watch at COP28
Just days away from this year's United Nations Conference of Parties (COP) 28 meeting, what's clear is that that global energy systems will need to achieve historic and unprecedented levels of innovation to redress climate change and meet the world's energy needs....
Webb reveals new features in the heart of the Milky Way
The latest image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope shows a portion of the dense center of our galaxy in unprecedented detail, including never-before-seen features astronomers have yet to explain. The star-forming region, named Sagittarius C (Sgr C), is about 300...
How to improve cloud resilience
Infrastructure and operations (I&O) leaders must deploy nine principles to maximise the resilience of cloud environments, according to Gartner. "The cloud is not magically resilient and software bugs, not physical failures, cause almost all cloud outages," says...
Nvidia Ethernet networking platform for AI coming soon
Dell Technologies, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Lenovo will be the first to integrate Nvidia Spectrum-X Ethernet networking technologies for AI into their server lineups to help enterprise customers speed up generative AI workloads. Purpose-built for generative AI,...
5G performance influences customer loyalty
A new Ericsson ConsumerLab report titled ‘’5G Value: Turning performance into loyalty‘’ has revealed some unique insights and consumer trends about 5G in South Africa. The satisfaction and user-loyalty-focused report highlights the Communications Service Providers...
Ombudsman honours best banks at resolving complaints
The Ombudsman for Banking Services (OBS) Reana Steyn has named the banks that best co-operated with her office in resolving customers' complaints. At the OBS Annual Banking Awards ceremony in Johannesburg on 24 November, Steyn recognised the banks and their staff that...
Digital experiences will make or break the holiday season for retailers
Research by Cisco AppDynamics reveals that consumers around the world are planning to do more of their holiday season shopping online than ever before this year. On average, consumers expect that 59% of their spending on key shopping dates will be online this year...
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J2 Software launches Home Secure
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DDoS attacks demand different defence strategies
Despite the fact that firewalls, IPS and load balancers are some of the least effective mitigation measures against distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, they remain at the top of the list of security measures that organisations have said they plan to employ...
Exergy joins Microsoft co-sell initiative
SilverBridge Holdings has announced that its policy administration solution, Exergy, is now part of the exclusive Microsoft co-selling programme. This sees the two companies working together to take Exergy to market as a packaged solution. Exergy, its flagship...
GIS can improve supply chain and logistics
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West African Internet Exchange launched
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NetApp data fabric drives competitive advantage with AI
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Artificial intelligence: threat or saviour ?
Most new technologies tend to see people react with scepticism, suspicion and fear, with some even becoming alarmist and broadcasting extreme negative scenarios up to and including some pending cataclysm. And this has certainly been the case for artificial...
How to enable dynamic planning and continuous accounting
The role of the modern CFO is experiencing a wave of transformation as the speed of business and the prevalence of exponential technologies push toward real-time dynamic planning and financial decision-making. by Francois Beyleveld, presales specialist at SAP Africa A...
Canon launches CCM Online
Canon Europe has launched Customer Communcations Management Online (CCM Online), a new delivery system for its customer communications proposition. CCM Online is an end-to-end managed cloud service which allows businesses to engage in more effective and consistent...
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