SA needs 2,2m homes to meet demand
South Africa has a housing supply backlog of at least 2,2-million units, with a significant shortage in the affordable housing or “gap market”, according to a recent study by the Centre for Affordable Housing Finance (CAHF). The gap housing market is generally...
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...
Mbilwi Secondary scoops Solve for Tomorrow award
Mbilwi Secondary School from Venda, Limpopo has been declared the winner of the Solve for Tomorrow schools' competition. The competition, which was run in partnership with the State Information Technology Agency (SITA), was aimed at giving grade 10 and 11 learners...
SA demand for managed services is on the up
A global study commissioned by Cisco and conducted by Canalys shows that South Africa's IT channel partners increased managed services revenue in 2022 with a YoY growth rate of 17,7%, delivering services valued at $1,2-billion (R22,93-billion). The Shift to Managed...
Generative AI pilots at an advanced stage
In a recent Gartner poll of more than 1,400 executive leaders, 45% reported that they are in piloting mode with generative AI, and another 10% have put generative AI solutions into production. This is a significant increase from a Gartner poll conducted in March and...
Intel intends to run PSG as a standalone business
Intel has announced its intent to separate its Programmable Solutions Group (PSG) operations into a standalone business. It's believed this will give PSG the autonomy and flexibility it needs to fully accelerate its growth and more effectively compete in the FPGA...
Phishing now the world’s leading cyberthreat
In a world where digital predators roam freely, the rise of phishing attacks has left countless victims vulnerable to the ruthless theft of their valuable information and assets. These cunning schemes employ a variety of deceptive tactics - from misleading emails and...
Africa must accelerate efforts to achieve SGDs
Africa's progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the African Union's Agenda 2063 aspirations has been uneven, with significant differences among subregions, countries, and rural and urban areas. This calls for accelerated efforts to ensure that Africa...
Offset crypto losses against future earnings this tax season
With individual tax returns due to SARS on 23 October, South African residents who have invested in crypto assets are gathering their information before the filing window closes. And with this in mind, crypto investment app Luno has partnered with a crypto tax expert...
Eskom Expo International Science Fair gets underway
The 43rd Eskom Expo International Science Fair (ISF) kicked off this week with an electric start as young scientists from around the world were treated to robotics and coding activities, along with science shows as they prepared to showcase their own scientific...
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Africa must find a global health voice
If developing countries don't push for greater influence in global health organisations, they will face even greater health crises, like less affordable access to vital medicine. This is according to Dr Aquina Thulare, technical advisor on National Health Insurance in...
Fujitsu derisks the service integrator journey
Fujitsu has launches its new EMEIA-wide Service Provider Program, developed for and by partners. Designed to address the long-term shift in the way customers of all size are moving from a product-centric approach to a greater focus on IT-as-service, Fujitsu is...
How to safeguard personal information
By now, it's well known that the IT systems of insurance giant, Liberty Life, were breached by cybercriminals late on Thursday 14 June. David Munro, CEO of Liberty, had this to say regarding the attack: "It's fair to say an event like this is not something one can...
Sunbet debuts new online betting platform
Sunbet, Sun International's sportsbook, have unveiled their new website following the announcement of their partnership with the digital platform specialists, Bede Gaming and Kambi. Kambi's end-to-end sports betting solution has been integrated with a back-end...
HomeFixer announces Hirsch collaboration
South Africa's recently-launched home improvement app, HomeFixer, has announced a partnership with Hirsch's, one of South Africa's most well-known independent home appliances and furniture store. HomeFixer founder and MD, Renaldo Bothma, says that the home improvement...
Cisco, NetApp simplify cloud infrastructure delivery
Cisco and NetApp have announced new FlexPod solutions, combining Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure with NetApp data services to help organizations accelerate application delivery and transition to a hybrid cloud with a trusted platform for innovation. The new...
Securing and regulating IoT
In the data centre, servers, storage and, more recently, networks are highly automated, and the processes are "industrialised". However, in the case of IT security, point solutions and manual work still seem to prevail. Simon Bryden, consulting systems engineer at...
How to protect your kids online
Children know how to play online games, get updates on their favorite celebrities, find the latest music hits, chat with their equally tech-savvy peers, or ask the Internet for answers to their questions that they might be too embarrassed to ask others. However,...
Smart home basics: creating a reliable LAN
Smart homes are supposed to simplify our lives and make our homes more convenient. But without a reliable internet connection and local area network, your smart devices can go offline and underperform, which can create more stress than convenience. To make sure that...
Digital printers and digital workflows
Printing doesn't have to be complicated, but, let's face it: for every user who wants something different from that machine, the complexity increases. By Karl Boissonneault, vice-president: channel partners group at Xerox Canada What started as printing a piece of...
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