Intel appoints Lip-Bu Tan as CEO
Lip-Bu Tan has been appointed as CEO of Intel, effective 18 March. He succeeds interim co-CEOs David Zinsner and Michelle Johnston Holthaus. Tan will also rejoin the Intel board of directors after stepping down from the board in August 2024. Zinsner will remain...
Financial services seeks true value from AI
Kathy Gibson reports – The financial services industry is under pressure to quickly adopt artificial intelligence (AI), but needs to ensure that it does so responsibly. There are huge opportunities for the industry to increase innovation and profitability, but there...
Cost of a data breach hits an all-time high
Despite considerable investments in security technology, data breaches continue affecting companies across the globe and causing them more financial damage than ever. According to data presented by AltIndex.com, the average data breach cost has jumped by nearly $600...
Consumers want their data to be treated with more care
Consumers reveal how they expect their personal data to be shared and secured - and companies should take note that they want a more trustworthy digital experiences. An Axway survey found that, while more than 60% of Americans feel open banking is positive and 62%...
2024 security trends focus on GenAI, CISO role
The top cybersecurity trends set to shape global enterprise in 2024 include generative AI (GenAI), boardroom discussion, sovereign cloud, vendor strategy, and insights on hiring. This is according to Margareta Petrovic, global managing partner: risk and cybersecurity...
President Ntuli confirmed as MD of HPE SA
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) today confirmed that President Ntuli has been appointed to the role of board member and MD for South Africa with immediate effect. The previous MD, Sandile Dube, has left the company to join Equinix as the MD for South Africa. Ntuli...
How El Niño is shaping up
Not all El Niño events are created equal - their impacts vary widely, and satellites like the US-European Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich help anticipate those impacts on a global scale by tracking changes in sea surface height in the Pacific Ocean. Water expands as it...
Sandile Dube is new Equinix MD in SA
Sandile Dube has been appointed as MD: South Africa of digital infrastructure company Equinix, which is currently building a $160-million data centre in Johannesburg. One of Dube's key roles will be to work closely with both local businesses and multinational...
Malware ‘meal kits’ help attackers steal businesses’ lunch
Thriving cybercriminal marketplaces are offering low-level attackers the tools needed to bypass detection and infect users, according to HP Inc's quarterly HP Wolf Security Threat Insights Report. Based on data from millions of endpoints running HP Wolf Security, key...
Attacks on web applications spike
There was a notable increase in threats to web applications, accounting for 30% of the engagements Cisco Talos Incident Response (Talos IR) responded to in the third quarter of 2023, compared to 8% the previous quarter. Exploitation of public-facing applications was...
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Nokia debuts fixed access network solution
Nokia today launched its fully open and programmable fixed access network slicing solution. Delivering more than service level slicing, the solution enables operators to scale to a virtually unlimited number of discrete network slices that can be independently...
Networking practices to avoid
While there is no denying the importance of networking in the modern business environment, it is important to note that not all networking is the same. ManpowerGroup South Africa's MD Lyndy van den Barselaar recommends five networking practices you should leave at the...
The growth of cloud-based ERP
Worldwide revenue in cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP) software is expected to top $28-billion in 2022 (up from an estimated $17,6-billion in 2016). By Chris Willemse, CEO of DAC Systems This reflects the declining of initial concerns around the merits of...
Altron Bytes Managed Solutions adds digital security access
Altron Bytes Managed Solutions (Altron BMS) has partnered with Nasdaq listed MicroStrategy, to provide a digital security access solution that addresses enterprise security threats. MicroStrategy is a worldwide leader in enterprise analytics and mobile software. "With...
The game has changed
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DoshEx launches virtual assets
DoshEx, a Johannesburg-based developer of tokenised ecosystems and exchanges, has formally launched following the listing of two virtual assets by two financial service companies. The digital tokens registered and listed with DoshEx permit the enterprises to transfer...
A fresh solution to job creation
Unemployment will reduce drastically if empowerment is seen as a business and commercial opportunity. However, the group think and approach needs to change. This is according to Khonology CEO Michael Roberts, who believes empowerment programs can be sustainable, but...
HR must focus on strategic alignment with the business
The human resources (HR) function must reinvent itself as a digital, data-driven partner to the business as trends such as artificial intelligence (AI), big data and mobility transform the world around us. HR departments and leaders that continue to focus on...
Digital is changing the ‘payment rituals’ of African consumers
Cash is still king in Africa, but the accessibility and acceptance of new digital payment channels is fast changing the 'payment rituals' of consumers across the continent. Nnamdi Oranye, fintech author and international remittances lead at Standard Bank Group, says...
Managing the risk of procurement fraud
How proactive is your organisation in preventing procurement fraud? What measures are in place to reduce the possibility of incidents within your company and are they effective? These are questions every business should ponder regularly as the risk of procurement...
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