AMD launches full-stack compute for agentic AI

AMD has launched its next-generation AI infrastructure and physical AI portfolio, led by AMD Helios rackscale solutions now in production and set to be be deployed by at gigawatt scale. At its Advancing AI 2026 event yesterday, AMD chair and CEO Dr Lisa Su said: “The...

Does SA have what it takes to stay off the FATF greylist?

On 24 October 2025, the Financial Action Task Force removed South Africa from its list of jurisdictions under increased monitoring, 32 months after being placed there in February 2023. The reforms that got it off the list were real: new legislation, better beneficial...

OpenAI agent goes rogue and raids digital library

A rogue OpenAI agent is responsible for a completely autonomous attack on Hugging Face’s production infrastructure. The AI models responsible were being tested at the time, and managed to hack into the popular digital library, compromising some internal datasets and...

Transnet on track with R129bn recovery

Transnet will spend more than R129-billion over the next five years to restore the organisation’s sustainability and credibility. This is the word from group chief executive Michelle Phillips, addressing delegates at the SAPICS Conference in Cape Town. Phillips told...

Are you owed any unclaimed dividends?

The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) has launched its Claim It campaign, urging South Africans to check if they are potential shareholders owed a portion of the R4,5-billion in unclaimed dividends. The Claim It initiative is a collaborative effort between the JSE and...

Mobile services drive Telkom revenue growth

Telkom reports that its mobile service revenue outpaced the market with revenue growth of 9,6%. In a trading update for the third quarter ended 31 December 2024, group revenue was up 0,9% to R10 995-million, with fixed data revenue up 4,7% and information technology...

Quantum could power oil and gas computations

The oil and gas industry has relied on traditional computers to tackle their mathematical challenges for decades. Despite the significant improvements in the speed and precision of classical supercomputers, they can sometimes fall short when calculations involve...

AMD debuts Radeon PRO workstation graphics cards

AMD has announced two new additions to the AMD Radeon PRO W7000 Series product line: the AMD Radeon PRO W7600 and AMD Radeon PRO W7500 workstation graphics cards. The new graphics cards are designed to tackle mainstream workloads across a range of professional...

Africa’s first AppHaus is open for business

SAP Africa and EPI-USE have officially launched the first AppHaus in Africa. The SAP AppHaus Network is a community of global locations that are driven by SAP and its partners. Each AppHaus is connected through the conviction that innovation requires five ingredients...

Massive growth ahead for blockchain IoT

The global blockchain IoT market size is expected to reach $12,7-billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 58,2% from 2023 to 2030, according to a new report by Grand View Research. The rising adoption of decentralised applications (dApps) in the blockchain IoT industry...

University reform: No need to reinvent the wheel

According to recent news reports, Minister of Higher Education Blade Nzimande is considering a legal review of the governance frameworks at South Africa's universities in order to stem the rising tide of corruption and mismanagement at these institutions. Professor...

Advanced analytics to approach $190bn by 2030

The global advanced analytics market size is expected to reach $189,56-billion by 2030, expanding at a CAGR of 21,1% from 2022 to 2030, according to a new report published by Grand View Research. The market growth can be attributed to the increasing demand for...

Largest geospatial AI foundation model open to all

IBM's watsonx.ai geospatial foundation model - built from NASA's satellite data - will now be openly available on Hugging Face. It will be the largest geospatial foundation model on Hugging Face and the first-ever open-source AI foundation model built in collaboration...

Conversational AI to drive 16% contact centre growth

Worldwide contact centre (CC) and CC conversational AI and virtual assistant end-user spending is projected to total $18,6-billion in 2023, an increase of 16,2% from 2022, according to Gartner. "Near-term investment growth rates for CC and CC conversational AI and...

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Are you ready to go paperless?

Reduced costs. Better security and compliance. Increased productivity. And greater employee satisfaction. These are some of the challenges facing business owners every day - no matter the size of the organisation, writes Mark Taylor, CEO of Nashua. One of the surest...

EOH partners with KineMatik

EOH has been appointed as the authorised KineMatik partner in South Africa, enhancing the EOH Enterprise Information Management (EIM) solutions and extending its expertise to further meet the needs of its customers. KineMatik is an OpenText technology partner and a...

Digital transformation leads to multi-cloud

The siren's call of digital transformation boils down to "if you build an app, they will come", writes Lori MacVittie, principal technical evangelist at F5 Networks. There's a lot more to digital transformation than the pretty picture of success painted in colourful...

Cyber security is smarter now

Office 365 missed nearly 1-million spam, phishing, and other e-mails in September 2017 that contained malware of 10-million e-mails verified. By Tallen Harmsen, head of IndigoCube Cyber Security Of that number, the darkreading.com story continues, about 34 000 were...

Acer introduces Synergy Partner Portal

Acer Africa has introduced Synergy, a bespoke rewards based program which will assist its partners to reach its internal and sales goals. The objective of Synergy is to motivate resellers to reach certain targets every quarter and offering tools like incentives and...

Big value in small business data

I read an interesting article the other day about how a novel targeted at young, single females and housewives wasn't selling as well as expected, writes Charles Teversham, MD of Sage Intelligence. When the publisher looked deeper into its sales data, it found that...

Top global payroll trends for 2018

The rapid advancement of the cloud has changed how many businesses manage their day-to-day operations -- including payroll. Geographical borders no longer inhibit businesses and companies are increasingly choosing to manage their global payroll needs from one central...

Better deployment with HyperPod

Schneider Electric has released HyperPod, a rack-ready system designed to deploy IT in increments of eight to 12 racks, addressing the demand for greater computer capacity and flexible data centre architectures. Part of Schneider Electric's EcoStruxure for Data Center...

Chatbots to be the differentiator

As South African customers increasingly avoid call centres and emails in favour of using more immediate digital communication channels, local companies - especially in the retail and services sector - will need to look toward intelligent chatbots to set them apart...

SRIC migrates to new platform

The Swaziland Royal Insurance Corporation (SRIC) has chosen to migrate to SSP's digital insurance platform, SSP Pure Insurance. SRIC wanted a platform with the digital capabilities necessary to maintain its position as the largest insurer in Swaziland. SSP Pure...

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Infrastructure Architect at Tipp Focus Group

Job Opportunity: Infrastructure architect ?? Location: Cape Town Qualifications required: Relevant Architecture certification (e.g. TOGAF)Principal: 8+ years' experienceExperience required: Proven experience in Architecture role in large, complex organizations?? To...

Item Coding Analyst at Circana

Circana (formerly IRI and NPD) is the leading advisor on the complexity of consumer behavior. Through unparalleled technology, advanced analytics, cross-industry data, and deep expertise, we provide clarity that helps almost 7,000 of the world's leading brands and...

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Item Coding Analyst at Circana – Gauteng Johannesburg Region

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