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...

New AI attack vectors a top concern for SA organisations

South African organisations are concerned about the potential for artificial intelligence to be used to launch attacks that are hard to guard against. This is among the findings from Mimecast’s ninth annual State of Human Risk report. Based on the findings of an...

AI reasoning comes closer with new Blackwell Ultra AI factory platform

Nvidia has announced the next evolution of the Nvidia Blackwell AI factory platform, Nvidia Blackwell Ultra — paving the way for the age of AI reasoning. NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra boosts training and test-time scaling inference — the art of applying more compute during...

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...

Business health declines despite better GDP

The Experian Business Debt Index (BDI), which reflects the overall health of businesses in the economy, declined in Q2 to 0.445 from a slightly upwardly revised 0.740 in Q1. This decline was less than anticipated considering the better than forecasted outcome for Q2...

Resilience drives cybersecurity investments

Business resilience as a key driver for cybersecurity investments, according to the second Nixu Cybersecurity Index. Based on a survey of over 370 northern European organisations, the Index reveals both encouraging progress and increasing concerns. Alarmingly, 50% of...

Enterprise use of GenAI set to surge

By 2026, more than 80% of enterprises will have used generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) application programming interfaces (APIs) or models - and/or deployed GenAI-enabled applications in production environments - up from less than 5% in 2023, according to...

SA economy continues to ‘muddle along’

September reflected another month of weakened economic activity indicating bleak prospects for the economy's growth in the third quarter, according to the latest BankservAfrica Economic Transactions Index (BETI) data. "The BETI slipped marginally to an index level of...

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Boosting cyber resilience

Barely a week goes by without a story of how another major organisation has been compromised. Whether millions of IDs were stolen, or personal data compromised, it's clear that no business, irrespective of the money they throw at security solutions, is safe. Even more...

How to increase employee engagement

It is no secret that a well-established employee engagement strategy is crucial for business success in the modern business environment. It is the method by which the business ensures its employees are happy and performing at their best, and are aligned with the...

EQT acquires SUSE

SUSE is set to be acquired from Micro Focus by EQT, which is a development-focused investor with extensive experience in the software industry. In partnership with EQT, SUSE expects to be equipped to exploit the market opportunity both in the Linux operating system...

How low code development helps your business

Low code development platforms make building applications quick and easy enough that even people without any coding knowledge can do it. By Ben Cilliers, applications development manager at IndigoCube They also make deploying to multiple platforms, such as tablets,...

Global design competition from Samsung, Dezeen

Samsung Electronics has announced a partnership with design and architectural magazine Dezeen, inviting designers to create graphics for the Ambient Mode feature on Samsung's QLED TVs. Running until August 3, the contest offers 29 500 Euros (R468 969) in total prize...

Serve yourself and potential employers honestly

News reports of qualification scandals involving high level administrators in the public and private sector, alike, continue to stress the critical importance of comprehensive background screening checks. All job seekers are urged to be honest, as the personal risks...

Fujitsu simplifies disaster recovery

Fujitsu has introduced the latest version of Fujitsu Eternus Snapshot Manager (ESM). The feature-rich and efficient software enables near-instant disaster recovery and reliable business continuity through array-based snapshot and data replication of Fujitsu Eternus...

Commercial messaging from IMImobile SA

IMImobile SA has launched a new commercial messaging service, MiniMailers, a rich media messaging solution that is delivered directly to a consumer's messaging inbox. MiniMailers has been successfully trialed with some of South Africa's largest banks who were...

BBD joins Amazon Web Services Partner Network

BBD has achieved Standard Consulting Partner status in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Network (APN). In addition, BBD is now able to provide services through the Amazon CloudFront global content delivery network (CDN). Dieter Rosch, executive and cloud champion...

What burglars look for before breaking into a home

The mid-year school break is here, and with it will come trips away with the family and holidays abroad, which means homes will be left empty at a greater rate. Before you pack up your suitcase to take your much-needed holiday, it's important to make sure that your...

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...

ETL & Database Developer – Gauteng Centurion

Our client is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Junior/Intermediate ETL & Database Developer to join their team. This role involves building, maintaining, and optimizing ETL workflows and working with databases to ensure efficient data management and...

Senior Mobile Developer

Our client is looking for an experienced Senior Mobile Developer specializing in Flutter to lead the development of a next-generation Workforce Management Application. This project involves rebuilding a legacy app from the ground up using Flutter, introducing enhanced...

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...

Solutions Architect (Network + Security)

Job OverviewThe Solutions Architect (Network + Security) is responsible for designing, implementing, and managing the network and security architecture of the organization. This role involves ensuring the robustness, scalability, and security of the IT infrastructure...

Senior Mobile Developer – Gauteng Centurion

Our client is looking for an experienced Senior Mobile Developer specializing in Flutter to lead the development of a next-generation Workforce Management Application. This project involves rebuilding a legacy app from the ground up using Flutter, introducing enhanced...

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