AI is driving more breaches, at an average cost of $6m

One in four malicious breaches were AI-enabled – a 56% increase over last year – and these breaches cost an average of $6-million, roughly $1-million more than the global breach average of $4,99-million. This is among the findings from IBM's 2026 Cost of a Data Breach...

AI automation is having an impact on entry-level hiring

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Africa’s young people want jobs, clean government

Africa’s young people are more optimistic about the future of their countries, economies and the continent than at any point since the pandemic - but they are demanding jobs, cleaner government, safer communities, a stronger political voice and a model of democracy...

Even without data centres, Africa faces water bankruptcy

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Africa Energy Bank gains momentum

Nigeria, Angola and Ghana have fulfilled their capital commitments toward establishing the Africa Energy Bank (AEB), representing 44% of the minimum required funding from African Petroleum Producers Organisation (APPO) members to initiate the bank's operations. This...

Intel Gaudi 3 AI Accelerators now available on IBM Cloud

At Intel Vision 2025, IBM announced the availability of Intel Gaudi 3 AI accelerators on IBM Cloud. The offering delivers Intel Gaudi 3 in a public cloud environment for production workloads. Through this collaboration, IBM Cloud aims to help clients more...

Volatile economy drives escalating telco struggles in SMB market

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Certified project managers earn way more

Project management is listed as one of the top scarce skills in the country by the Department of Home Affairs, which has heightened the demand for certified project professionals. This results in a potential earning advantage, especially for project managers who hold...

Google to help with SA tourism promotion

Google has signed an agreement with Patricia Lille, minister of tourism, aimed at promoting South Africa as a prime tourist destination and providing training and support to the sector in digital training. The Ministry of Tourism is mandated to create conditions...

Business needs, GenAI will drive public cloud spend to $679bn in 2024

Worldwide end-user spending on public cloud services is forecast to grow 20,4% to total $678,8-billion in 2024, up from $563,6-billion in 2023, according to the latest forecast from Gartner. "Cloud has become essentially indispensable," says Sid Nag, vice-president...

Cybersecurity trends to watch in 2024

South Africa's cybersecurity landscape is becoming increasingly dangerous. In fact, a recent report by Interpol reveals that the country is the cybercrime hub of the continent. As cyber-threats continue to rise, it's crucial for local businesses to keep an eye on...

Covid impacted digital transformation in healthcare

Globally, 71% of healthcare industry professionals expressed that the Covid-19 pandemic had the greatest impact on digital transformation in the healthcare sector during the last few years, among other macro events, according to a survey by GlobalData. GlobalData's...

New challenges as HR leaders strive to meet business outcomes

Leader and manager development, and organizational culture are the top priorities for HR leaders for 2024, according to a survey by Gartner. The Gartner survey of 520 HR leaders in July 2023 found the top five organisational priorities for HR leaders next year...

Digital payments to become a $10trn industry

Over the past five years, more than 1,6-billion people worldwide have embraced digital payments, pushing the total user count in this market to a whopping 4,44-billion, or more than half the world`s population. This massive user base has helped the total transaction...

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While the cost of compliance has escalated due to the ever-changing regulatory landscape, which can often mean a ripple effect of change across the business, there are solutions that enable organisations to reduce these costs. Taking a closer look at what these costs...

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Nokia is introducing the latest release of the Nuage Networks Virtualised Network Services (VNS) platform, offering the most powerful and secure end-to-end network governance across a multi-cloud environment, with complete visibility and control from a single...

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Bitdefender adds online crime defences

Bitdefender's new 2019 consumer security product line includes Network Threat Prevention, providing in-depth monitoring of systems, searching for avenues of attack to prevent exploitation of vulnerabilities. Network Threat Prevention also detects, and blocks...

Schneider Electric revamps partner portal

Schneider Electric South Africa has revamped its online portal for IT channel partners to enhance profitability, support, enablement, and overall experience with a focus on providing more efficient and intuitive access to incentives, training and support, product...

Liquid Telecom partners with Zindi

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Ericsson wins 5G Enabler of the Year award

Ericsson has been named 5G Enabler of the Year at the Telecoms World Middle East 2018 that took place in Dubai last week. The award is based on Ericsson's position as a consolidated technology leader driving 5G innovation regionally and globally. Ericsson's network...

RubiBlue’s easiPol reaches 6m policies

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Argility buys SkyData Communications

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NetApp acquires StackPointCloud

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