Global IT spend set for 9,8% growth in 2025
Worldwide IT spending is expected to total $5,61-trillion in 2025, an increase of 9,8% from 2024, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. “While budgets for CIOs are increasing, a significant portion will merely offset price increases within their recurrent...
Stargate puts down $100bn for AI infrastructure
US president Donald Trump has announced a new joint venture, Stargate, that will immediately unlock $100-billion in infrastructure projects to power artificial intelligence (AI). The initial equity funders in Stargate are SoftBank, OpenAI, Oracle, and MGX. SoftBank...
Business confidence weighed down by load shedding and profitability pressure
The RMB/BER Business Confidence Index (BCI) declined for a fifth consecutive quarter to 27 in the second quarter of 2023 - down by nine points from 36 in the first quarter - marking the lowest level of confidence since 2020, and suggesting that only about a quarter of...
As AI enters the workplace, optimism levels are high
Kathy Gibson reports - Employees at all organisational levels recognise that artificial intelligence (AI) is here to stay and will fundamentally change or even supersede their jobs. But there is a generally high level of optimism about the positive impacts of the...
These myths obscure cybersecurity value
Four common myths are obscuring the full value of cybersecurity for the enterprise and inhibiting security program effectiveness, according to Gartner. Chief information security officers (CISOs) must embrace a "Minimum Effective" mindset to maximise cybersecurity's...
More cyberattacks now target employees
More than 90% of business leaders believe that increased employee cybersecurity awareness would help decrease the occurrence of cyberattacks. The most recent Global Threat Landscape Report from Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs found that ransomware threats remain at peak...
Insider actions cause data leaks
A vast majority (91%) of companies experience data leaks due to insiders' actions. According to SearchInform analysts, who studied security incidents in more than 100 companies, malicious actors are generally interested in technical information (blueprints and...
African nations under online attack
Nigeria, currently ranked 50th worldwide for online threats, South Africa at 82nd, and Kenya at 35th, have increasingly become focal points for cyber threats. This is according to Kaspersky Security Network (KSN), which presented the reality of cyber threats in Africa...
Meta, Apple show different strategies for immersive technology
Meta and Apple this week unveiled their VR and AR headsets Quest 3 and Vision Pro, respectively, at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2023. Kiran Raj, practice head of Disruptive Tech at GlobalData, comments: "The technology landscape witnessed a pivotal...
Nvidia an early winner in the AI boom
While the current AI boom is only just getting started, an early winner is Nvidia, which on Tuesday 30 May saw its market capitalisation exceed $1-trillion for the first time. For a chip designer with no fabrication capabilities of its own, this is a significant...
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The true value of IT asset disposition
Should companies use a professional IT asset disposal (ITAD) provider instead of disposing of redundant IT equipment themselves? Local ITAD specialist Xperien says this should be a key consideration and must form part of any IT asset disposition strategy. Most...
Transforming customer experience in retail
From virtual reality dressing rooms and drone deliveries, to iPads in store and targeted mobile advertising, the retail sector is arguably at the forefront of technological innovation. The industry's focus on data driven information with organisations merging the...
Why it’s critical to combat cloud sprawl
Not long ago, cloud was seen as a fad--something for start-ups to take a chance with, but hardly a serious choice for enterprise IT. Now, it's increasingly the preferred method of accessing and delivering technology, writes Brendan McAravey, country manager at Citrix...
Absa launches online self-service investment platform
Absa is pleased to announce the launch of its very own online investment platform, Virtual Investor, which harnesses technology to lower fees to investors. This is an online self-service investment platform that uses artificial intelligence and computer algorithms to...
Building talent, developing tech leaders from within
South African companies are in dire need of skilled and experienced ICT professionals, particularly software developers, coders and data analysts. As a result, for those companies that employ these professionals, staff retention is an ongoing challenge. While many...
Maxwell Technology enters the LTE connectivity space
Paratus Telecommunications South Africa, through its subsidiary Maxwell Technology, has partnered with Rain to provide a range of LTE products called Max-LTE. Customers can expect affordable rates, with speeds of between 20Mbps and 50Mbps. Wireless Business Solutions...
Kaspersky Lab holds cybersecurity activations in schools
Kaspersky Lab, in partnership with Active Education, have embarked on a series of interactive cybersecurity roadshows at selected schools in Johannesburg and Cape Town - aimed at driving top of mind awareness around online safety. The activations, aimed at children...
Technological workplace revolution felt mainly by women
On paper, there is no doubt that women have made great progress in the workplace - in Europe, the percentage of women represented on large company boards has almost doubled over the past five years to 25%. Women also outnumber male university graduates in 95 of 144...
Protect your communications network and IP
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) has become an integral aspect of modern day businesses around the globe, taking the productivity of your workforce to new heights by making yourself available to your clients from remote locations where before, this was not a...
Xerox leads Quocirca Managed Print Services Market Landscape report
Xerox continues to maintain the leadership position in worldwide managed print services (MPS), according to the latest market landscape report by analyst research group Quocirca. The 2017 rankings mark Xerox's eighth year as the front-runner. Xerox's MPS offerings are...
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