SA holds its own as global AI adoption accelerates

Worldwide adoption of artificial intelligence continued to rise in the first quarter of 2026, according to Microsoft’s Global AI Diffusion Q1 2026 Trends and Insights report from its AI Economy Institute. During the quarter, AI usage increased by 1,5 percentage points...

Enterprise AI hits the wall

Enterprise AI is outgrowing the architecture and infrastructure beneath it as data privacy and sovereignty requirements tighten, according to new research from NTT Data. The latest research finds a widening split between enterprises that are redesigning AI for...

Information integrity passes geopolitics as the top risk

Information integrity risk, caused by the proliferation of AI‑enabled decision-making and uncertain AI transparency requirements, gained the top rank of emerging risks for the first quarter of 2026, according to Gartner. The Gartner Quarterly Emerging Risk...

SA skills gap: Where talent supply and employer demand collide

South Africa faces a persistent disconnect between the talent available in the labour market and the qualifications that employers are seeking, according to the latest Pnet Job Market Trends Report for April. Around half (54%) of job adverts posted in the last 12...

SA CEOs are cautiously optimistic about 2025

South African business leaders are cautiously optimistic about the year ahead, driven by recent positive economic developments. The Q4 2024 Merchantec CEO Confidence Index recorded a 2% decrease between Q3 2024 and Q4 2024, reaching a score of 53.9. However, despite...

AI not the driver for 2025 PC, tablet growth

The global market for personal computing devices, including PCs and tablets, is set to grow 3,8% in 2024, reaching 403,5-million units, according to the latest forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device...

Bitcoin trading picks up in 2023

The renewed institutional interest in cryptocurrency sent Bitcoin surging to a new 12-month high, with its price jumping above $31 300 in June. Although BTC lost some of its gains in the last week of the month, it still finished the first half of 2023 with an...

Integration challenges as zero-trust becomes a priority

A significant number of companies report they are facing challenges related to a lack of integration between zero-trust solutions deployed on-premises and in the cloud. This is among the findings from Fortinet's global 2023 State of Zero Trust report. Other key...

Brace yourselves for a new wave of cybersecurity threats

Security professionals have their jobs cut out for them, with 74% saying their organisation's sensitive data was potentially compromised or breached in the last year, according to Forrester. New research from Forrester shows the percentage of external attacks remained...

DDoS attacks doubled in 2022

In 2022, the total number of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks worldwide increased by 115,1% over the amount observed in 2021, according to new research from Nexusguard released in its DDoS Statistical Report for 2022. The data also showed that cyber...

AI, digital twins drive next wave of climate research

AI and accelerated computing will help climate researchers achieve the miracles they need to achieve breakthroughs in climate research. This is the word from Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang, speaking during a keynote at the Berlin Summit for the Earth...

Upcoming Meta app set to rival Twitter

Meta, which owns Facebook and Instragram, will launch an new text-based conversation app on Thursday (6 July 2023). Threads, as the new app is called, is already available for pre-order on the Apple App Store, where the description reads: "Threads is where communities...

These legal issues are critical to AI regulation

With various lawmakers across the globe proposing regulations and guidance on large language model (LLM) tools, such as ChatGPT and Google Bard, Gartner, has identified four critical areas for general counsel (GC) and legal leaders to address. "Legal leaders can...

CEOs use AI to boost their businesses

Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to boost business growth and operational optimisation within the ever-changing South African market. Although some businesses in South Africa have prioritised other areas of their business, most CEOs are actively...

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The European Union (EU) is about to enforce the most important legislative update to the protection of personal information in our time. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect in May 2018. It's designed to protect the Personally Identifiable...

Ozone adds Exinda for network solutions

Ozone Information Technology Solutions has included Exinda Application Assurance and Visibility as one of its network optimisation solutions. Designed to help network managers and administrators overcome complex network challenges, Exinda reduces network costs and...

Trends that will disrupt African fintech

As digital transformation continues to shift the way we think, live and do business, fintech remains one of the fastest growing and innovating industries, capturing the imagination of both industry and consumers with topics like cryptocurrencies and blockchain...

Security is key to successful 5G rollout

The current expectation is that the first commercial 5G networks will be rolled out in 2020, just two years away. The early adopters will naturally be those countries whose 4G networks are already in place, but there is no doubt that African players are already busy...

Fortinet delivers third-generation network security

Fortinet has announced the evolution of its Security Fabric architecture with the release of FortiOS 6.0, which it claims is the world's most deployed network security operating system. With more than 200 new features and capabilities, enterprises will benefit from...

Benefit from an information landscape audit

The explosive growth of big data means companies can gain greater insights across the entire organisation. Thanks to the real-ime nature of the digital world, decision-makers can more dynamically react to market conditions than in the past. A vital tool, which helps...

Red Hat adds virtualisation to SAP HANA

Red Hat has announced that Red Hat Virtualization now supports the SAP HANA platform, an in-memory data and application development platform for running big data workloads. Red Hat is now able to offer an operating system (Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP HANA) and...

Safe as houses?

Information is an organisation's most valuable asset. To protect that asset, it's no longer viable that security is an external layer of core information management software. Security should be imbedded in the foundation of the software's design. It is integral to the...

Securicom brings Cloudistics to SA

Securicom has brought to South Africa Cloudistics, a cloud software appliance technology. Named "Cool Vendor in Cloud Infrastructure" by Gartner in 2017, Cloudistics delivers a premium private cloud experience. Its software-defined technology natively converges...

VAT shelf price update debacle looms

The increasing VAT amount is having an enormous impact on retailers that use paper price tags - but almost none on retailers that use electronic shelf labels (ESL). Retailers that use paper price tags have to ensure that every single price in their stores changes...

Firmware Engineer at Interdot Solutions

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES: Assessing a design brief and generating the required designrelateddocumentationDocumenting the design process and presenting progressreports to all relevant stakeholdersDevelop re-usable library modulesCreating multiple iterations of design...

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Job OverviewThe IT Senior Engineer is responsible for managing and maintaining the organization's IT infrastructure, network, and security devices, as well as providing advanced client support. This role requires a high level of autonomy and expertise to ensure the...

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Ready to Join the Ranks of Innovators? iOCO Infrastructure Services Awaits.We are looking for a Desktop Engineer II with a knack for solving complex IT issues, ensuring seamless operation of hardware, software, and network systems. Adept at providing top-tier...

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ENVIRONMENT:A Software and Technology firm is looking for a C# Developer to join their team. In this role, you'll collaborate with the development team to understand project requirements and contribute to software development tasks. You'll assist in designing,...

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Job Title: Technical Enterprise Architect Location: Cape Town Reports To: CIO / Program Director Team Size: Leading a team of 12 Solutions Architects Contract: 6-12 months OverviewWe are seeking an experienced and visionary Technical Enterprise Architect to join a...

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Our client, in the Payments and Lending industry, has an opening for a skilled Software Developer to join their diverse team of C# developers. We are looking for an individual that takes pride in what they do, is customer focused and takes ownership and...

Desktop Engineer II – Western Cape Cape Town

Ready to Join the Ranks of Innovators? iOCO Infrastructure Services Awaits.We are looking for a Desktop Engineer II with a knack for solving complex IT issues, ensuring seamless operation of hardware, software, and network systems. Adept at providing top-tier...

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