As AI adoption grows, more security alerts are ignored

Security operations centres are facing mounting pressure from growing alert volumes, increasingly sophisticated AI-powered attacks, and persistent staffing constraints. According to Prophet Security's Second Annual State of AI in Security Operations Report, presented...

Roman telescope aims to travel 1m miles into space

This month could see the launch a new space telescope that aims to travel 1-million miles and record billions of galaxies. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope could launch from the Kennedy Space Station as early as 30 August aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy. The Roman...

Climate change is redrawing the malaria map in Africa

Malaria is the deadliest climate-sensitive infectious disease. Yet, researchers and public health officials have debated how climate change has shaped its spread. A new Nature study by an international team, including the University of Cape Town (UCT), resolved this...

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...

SASE gains momentum as SD-WAN revenue rebounds

According to a recently published report from Dell’Oro Group, the global Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) market reached $2,6-billion in 4Q 2024, achieving 14% year-over-year (Y/Y) revenue growth. The market showed notable improvement, especially within the SD-WAN...

Google Cloud opens first African region in Joburg

Kathy Gibson reports – In a first for Africa, Google Cloud has launched a Johannesburg region, joining its global network of 40 regions and 121 zones. Solly Malatsi, Minister of Communications and Digital Technology, says the opening of the cloud region is an...

Generative AI is transforming healthcare

The global generative AI (GenAI) in healthcare market is expected to reach $14,77-billion by 2030, says Grand View Research, adding that it is anticipated to grow at a CAGR of 36,7% from 2023 to 2030. Generative models in healthcare are advancing diagnostic accuracy...

Nvidia takes a new stride in its AI strategy

Developers now have a new AI-powered steering wheel to help them hug the road while they drive powerful large language models (LLMs) to their desired locations with the Nvidia NeMo SteerLM which lets companies define knobs to dial in a model's responses as it's...

Cisco, DCDT expand digital acceleration program

The Department of Communications and Digital Technologies and Cisco have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), launching a new phase of the Cisco Country Digital Acceleration (CDA) Program in South Africa. The memorandum was signed between the Department of...

Standards make the world a better place

Every year, the work of International and National Standards Bodies and the experts who contribute to the development of standards, is celebrated on World Standards Day, observed on 14 October. This year, the worldwide theme is "Our Shared Vision for a Better World"....

Google, CTSC partner to train girls on AI and robotics

In line with the International Day of the Girl Child, the Cape Town Science Centre (CTSC) partnered with Google to offer training on Artificial intelligence (AI) and Robotics to South African girls between the ages of 10 and 13. The training, which is aimed at...

Get paid for space, power use when upgrading your storage

Pure Storage has come up with a novel way to help customers make the decision to keep their storage on-premise: they’ll pay them for the space and power that the systems will use. This means customers are effectively paying for just the consumption of storage capacity...

Hybrid work flexibility underpins employee experience

While 90% of businesses see the enablement of hybrid and remote work as having a positive impact on their bottom line, fewer than half (48%) of organisations strongly agree that employees have access to the technology they need to work well both at home, and in the...

Global shocks not holding African markets back

The Absa Africa Financial Markets Index 2023 reveals there has been continued progress in developing financial markets across Africa in the past year, with many AFMI countries taking steps to bolster their resilience against global market shocks. Now in its seventh...

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Your personal information is already out there

South African identity verification service ThisIsMe has announced the launch of its new consumer product, FutureProtect. Data breaches have almost become the new normal - so much so that there's a more than 90% chance that your personal identity information has...

Internet of Things: Pandora’s Box or enterprise enabler?

The Internet of Things has yet to overcome significant challenges to truly deliver the value the enterprise requires. By George Kalebaila, research director for telecommunications, media and Internet of Things (IoT) at International Data Corporation (IDC) The...

AI helps retailers predict new product line success

All retailers have models for predicting market response to new products, but with cutting edge new fashion items and revolutionary products that have no historical sales data, it can be difficult to gauge the market success the items might enjoy. Artificial...

CETel expands service portfolio with SatADSL

SatADSL, a provider of professional VSAT services via satellite has joined forces with global satellite, fiber and wireless-enabled communications solutions provider CETel to deliver an expanded range of services in Ku- and C-band across Africa and the Middle East....

Ivorian government, Visa to digitise payments

The Ivorian government, represented by the Minister of Finance and Economy, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Visa, a leader in payments, to digitise government services and ensure financial services are accessible to more Ivorians. Adama Koné, the...

FibreCo boosts broadband connectivity in Kroonstad

Internet connectivity in Kroonstad will benefit from a substantial enhancement as FibreCo Telecommunications completes its roll out of fibre in the town, making reliable high-speed broadband connectivity more accessible to the community. Given that only 5.4% of...

Public vs private cloud: maturity self-assessment

The growing maturity of enterprise cloud offerings is giving businesses unprecedented choice in how they build the technology infrastructure that will power their core processes and enable their digital transformation. And while there are multiple paths to take, all...

How to succeed with Australian investment

The struggle to stabilise David Jones, Woolworths' beleaguered investment in the Australian retail market bought for over R20-billion four years ago, continues as the company announced the loss of 15 head office jobs and the departure of MD for clothing and general...

Hisense SA debuts ULED enhancements

Hisense has optimised the colour on its 2018 line-up of Premium ULED TVs by adding Quantum Dot Technology in both the U9A and U8A series. TVs that make use of Quantum Dot as a light source are able to produce pure colour and make imagery more real. This improvement...

Full Stack DevOps Engineer

One of the fastest Growing IT Companies (With the most advanced Core Stack available to people in SA) is looking for a Full Stack DevOps engineer (MP Consultant) to join their team Desired Skills: docker kubernetes CI/CD Infrastructure as code terraform jave ee python...

Data Analyst – Credit Optimisation at The Foschini Group

JOB DESCRIPTION The opportunity: A challenging opportunity is available within the Credit Optimisation department of TFG Financial Services. We are looking for a dynamic, highly motivated individual to develop analytical solutions to business problems using analytical...

Full Stack DevOps Engineer – Gauteng Menlyn

One of the fastest Growing IT Companies (With the most advanced Core Stack available to people in SA) is looking for a Full Stack DevOps engineer (MP Consultant) to join their team Desired Skills: docker kubernetes CI/CD Infrastructure as code terraform jave ee python...

UniData Business Analyst

Join Our Team as a UniData Business Analyst! Tired of the daily traffic grind? Work remotely and free your mind! Join a global consulting powerhouse, making waves in IT's vast warehouse. Bring your UniData expertise and lead the way,On cutting-edge software projects...

Application Support Engineer at The Foschini Group

JOB DESCRIPTION Key Responsibilities: Test and implement application solutions Operational support including, amongst others, root cause analysis; management of incidents, problems, changes and service requests; and SLA achievement Involvement with projects, where...

UniData Business Analyst – Gauteng Johannesburg

Join Our Team as a UniData Business Analyst! Tired of the daily traffic grind? Work remotely and free your mind! Join a global consulting powerhouse, making waves in IT's vast warehouse. Bring your UniData expertise and lead the way,On cutting-edge software projects...

Principle Automation Engineer-UiPath

We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled Principle Automation Engineer-UiPath to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will play a crucial part in driving our company's digital transformation by creating, designing, developing, and implementing innovative RPA...

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