AI-first enterprises will win big if they do it right

Kathy Gibson reports - Enterprises that are reshaping and reinventing business domains around artificial intelligence (AI) are on track to experience great return on investment (ROI) and become more competitive. But there is a currently a big disconnect between AI...

AI leaders join call for a slowdown in new developments

The call for a global slowdown on artificial intelligence (AI) development is gaining traction, with the leaders of the some of the world’s largest AI companies adding their voices. On Saturday, Anthropic CEO Dr Dario Amodei penned an essay calling for AI companies to...

Unmanaged AI poses new ‘shadow agent’ crisis

A growing “shadow agent” crisis threatens to overwhelm businesses. According to the Veeam Software’ latest research, organisations across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) are battling unmanaged AI on two fronts. On the data security front, 70% of organisations...

A third of employees laid off due to AI will need to be rehired

As AI continues to accelerate the pace and scope of work, CIOs must prepare for four shifts that will influence the future of work, says Gartner. “When business and IT executives look back on the early AI-era, they will realise their greatest mistake was believing...

Africa’s economy shows signs of strengthening

Africa’s economic performance is showing signs of improvement but remains vulnerable to global shocks, according to the 2025 Macroeconomic Performance and Outlook (MEO) report from the African Development Bank. The report, unveiled on the sidelines of the 38th...

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...

SA organisations embrace cloud

Most South Africa companies - 70% of them - are actively engaged in a cloud technology adoption strategy with a focus on migrating services and implementing changes within tight budget constraints. Around 50% are implementing a cloud-first strategy, 48% are planning...

Nominations open for 2023 IITPSA President’s Awards

Nominations are now open for this year's Institute of Information Technology Professionals (IITPSA) President's Awards . This year's awards theme is: 'IT Visionaries: Celebrating the ICT Industry's Embrace of the Future', recognising those ICT professionals who are...

Women make a showing in supply chain C-suite

Women have made a strong comeback to the supply chain workforce in 2023, with gains at nearly every level of leadership, according to a survey by Gartner. The advances were particularly prominent at the C-suite and executive level, where 26% of those roles (chief...

Webb identifies the earliest strands of the cosmic web

Galaxies are not scattered randomly across the universe. They gather together not only into clusters, but into vast interconnected filamentary structures with gigantic barren voids in between. This “cosmic web” started out tenuous and became more distinct over time as...

Business leaders want human involvement in AI

A majority of business leaders believe humans should be involved in artificial intelligence (AI) decision-making, citing ethical and data concerns. This is among results from a Workday study examining the state of AI in the enterprise, including the current perception...

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MegaFon demos commercial Gigabit LTE network

MegaFon has showcased the capabilities of Gigabit LTE on a commercial network, with the peak data download speed reaching 979Mbps. Nokia Air Scale system module and Sony’ Xperia XZ Premium, powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 Mobile Platform with X16 LTE, were used...

Extending self-service capabilities of ITSM

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International investment for GetWorth

Cape Town auto industry startup getWorth has announced an international investment that has increased its total committed funding to R18,5-million. GetWorth co-founder Jamie Surkont is excited by the international investment but says the details are confidential. “The...

Public-sector projects benefit from high-speed connectivity

It has been 23 years since the first Pan-African Conference of Ministers of Public/ Civil Service was held in Tangier. Since then there has been a lot of progress in the terms of public sector services on the continent, writes Vino Govender, executive: product...

BT appoints Juni Yan as VP: security in AMEA

BT has announced the appointment of Juni Yan as vice-president for security in Asia, Middle East and Africa (AMEA). In her new role, she will be in charge of all aspects of BT’s cybersecurity business in the region. Juni is based in Hong Kong and will report to Mark...

Santam Safety Ideas winners make security affordable

A cost-effective security system for low income families from Jonga is set to change the lives of township residents by making home protection affordable. Santam has announced Ntando Shezi and Ntsako Mgiba of Jonga as the winner of the inaugural Santam Safety Ideas...

Progress releases Kendo UI Builder

AIGS, Progress distributor in sub-Saharan Africa, has announced the latest version of Progress Kendo UI Builder, a responsive web UI toolkit for rapidly delivering beautiful and intuitive web experiences. The new release introduces browser compatibility with Electron...

SA operational technologies open to attack

South African operational Industrial Control System (ICS) /SCADA systems are becoming increasingly intelligent and connected, and therefore increasingly at risk of attack. “While a major breach has not yet been reported in South Africa, it is only a matter of time...

The rise of security as a service

The constant evolution of the global security threat landscape is playing a part in the rise of cyber ‘security as a service’ offerings. In addition, the evergreen discussion around cost modelling, namely the “capex versus opex?” issue, is also a factor in the...

Kaspersky launches Endpoint Security for Business

Kaspersky Lab has completed the integration and certification of Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business with ConnectWise Manage for remote monitoring and management (RMM) and ConnectWise Automate for professional service automation (PSA). Kaspersky Lab’s MSP...

Developer – Internship Role (JHB) at Parvana Recruitment

Parvana Role: Our highly successful national client is looking for a bright and ambitious developer for their team. You are not expected to know anything, you will be provided with courses as well as on the job training which will last for over 4 months. This role can...

Business Analyst

Job Description:To apply a set of tasks and techniques used to work as a liaison amongst stakeholders in order to understand the problems, opportunities, needs, structure; policies and operations of the organization on large; high risk and complex projects. To...

IT Project Manager

Lead impactful tech projects and take your project management career to the next level. Is this you?You're a strategic thinker with a talent for navigating complex projects. With a track record of successfully leading cross-functional teams, you can coordinate...

Business Analyst – Remote Remote

Job Description:To apply a set of tasks and techniques used to work as a liaison amongst stakeholders in order to understand the problems, opportunities, needs, structure; policies and operations of the organization on large; high risk and complex projects. To...

IT Project Manager – Gauteng Pretoria North

Lead impactful tech projects and take your project management career to the next level. Is this you?You're a strategic thinker with a talent for navigating complex projects. With a track record of successfully leading cross-functional teams, you can coordinate...

Senior DevOps Support Engineer

Title: Senior DevOps Support EngineerDescription Responsibilities/Tasks:Design, development, implementation, migration and support of a comprehensive build and release management process and technical solution to support the development processes, using existing tools...

Developer – PYTHON (MASTER) at Parvana Recruitment

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Project Manager Junior at PnP

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