Galaxy S25 puts AI centre stage
Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S25 series of phones at Unpacked 2025 event this week. Anisha Bhatia, senior technology analyst at GlobalData, offers her view: Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked 2025 event emphasized the significance of software and AI capabilities over hardware...
Professional development more vital than ever in age of AI
This year’s International Day of Education (Friday 24 January) spotlights the theme “AI and education: Preserving human agency in a world of automation”. The day emphasises the transformative power of education in fostering social impact through personalised digital...
IT spend on global banking, investment to hit $652bn
Worldwide banking and investment services IT spending is forecast to total $652,1-billion in 2023, an increase of 8,1% from 2022, according to Gartner. Spending on software will see the largest growth with an increase of 13,5% this year. "Current economic headwinds...
131 years needed to close the gender equality gap
Gender parity globally has recovered to pre-Covid-19 levels, but the pace of change has stagnated as converging crises slow progress, according to the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report 2023. The report finds that the overall gender gap has closed by 0,3...
Digitalisation key for increased manufacturing output
Local manufacturing output has increased by 3,4% year on year, according to the Manufacturing: Production and Sales report recently released by Statistics South Africa. While this is a step in the right direction following a protracted spell of subdued activity, it is...
Climate crisis changes parental decisions on purchasing, careers, family size
Parents are taking serious action due to climate change, from everyday decisions to long-term family planning. A study from HP conducted by Morning Consult among parents in India, Mexico, Singapore, the UK and US found that 91% of parents are concerned about the...
Global in-app purchase spend set to jump
Last year mobile phone users worldwide spent almost $205-billion on in-app purchases - the highest value in the app market's history. This figure is set to grow by around 12% year-over-year and hit $231-billion in 2023 as millions of people continue spending more...
AMD expands commercial portfolio
AMD has announced its new Ryzen PRO 7040 Series Mobile processors, bringing advanced and power efficient x86 processors to more premium Windows 11 business laptops and mobile workstations. With "Zen 4" architecture, AMD RDNA 3 integrated graphics, AMD PRO...
25 African startups for Google startup fund
Google for Startups (GfS) has announced the 25 African-based startups selected for this year's $4-million Black Founders Fund. The Black Founders Fund, now in its third year, aims to help tackle systemic racial inequality in venture capital (VC) funding by providing...
Juno snaps lightning on Jupiter
NASA's Juno mission observed the glow from a bolt of lightning, in this view of a vortex near Jupiter's north pole. On Earth, lightning bolts originate from water clouds, and happen most frequently near the equator, while on Jupiter lightning likely also occurs in...
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CaseWare Africa launches CloudTax
CaseWare Africa, a division of Adapt IT, has launched CloudTax, a new product aimed at small, medium and large tax practices. CloudTax provides tax practitioners with a central place to manage their entire practice which integrates seamlessly with SARS eFiling, says...
Disrupt cyber-attacks before they disrupt you
Dimension Data and Cisco, have jointly published a white paper to help organisations stay ahead of ransomware threats. Called "Ransomware: The Pervasive Business Disruptor", the paper looks at ransomware trends and impacts, and how to respond before a threat becomes a...
Mobile devices: even attacks are getting personal
When it comes to mobile devices, things are getting more personal, including attacks. Contact lists, emails and text messages are just the tip of what people keep on their devices. With banking applications, location histories, social media, photographs, enterprise...
Things to consider before you retrench
Cathie Webb, director of the South African Payroll Association (SAPA), offers some advice on how to handle this difficult task. Whenever a worker is retrenched in South Africa, it's not just one person losing an income. That's because employees in this country have a...
Nokia expands private wireless network portfolio
Nokia is extending its portfolio of access and core technologies to support the digital transformation of industries and enterprises. New small cells, Wi-Fi® connectivity, Multi-access Edge Computing and Cloud Packet Core capabilities will allow businesses to manage...
Making the digital workplace a reality
It comes down to digital transformation, MPS and devices, writes Carro Ford, content marketing strategist at Xerox.There's an opportunity to fire your business up to the next level, but it's really not a choice. If you don't innovate the way you work and connect, you...
IoT: The Internet of (every)thing?
Gone are the days when I had to get up out of my bed to turn the lights on, writes Rebecca Franks, Android engineering lead at DVT and Google developer expert. Now every morning my lights slowly turn on automatically without lifting a finger. My Google Home's alarm...
Ensure your power backup doesn’t let you down
Power problems are a reality in South Africa for the foreseeable future, and many organisations have implemented solutions to minimise downtime and ensure business continuity. One of the most common solutions that people turn to is the use of an uninterruptible power...
Arbor Netscout partnership offers intelligent security
Arbor Networks, the security division of Netscout, has joined forces with its parent company to offer a unique, intelligent solution in the fight against the advanced threat market. Netscout has announced an integration between its next-generation, real-time...
How to maintain systems while growing
As an organisation moves through the five stages of the business lifecycle, rapid growth must be coupled with sound processes and access to information to reach maturity. With the correct systems in place, the business can function at the same efficiency regardless of...
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