AI spend soars to unprecedented levels

Worldwide spending on AI is forecast to total $2,7-trillion in 2026, a 49,5% increase year-over-year, according to Gartner. “Demand for AI infrastructure (including AI-optimised IaaS, AI-optimised servers, AI network fabric, AI processing semiconductors and devices)...

Defences improve, but ransomware still threatens SA businesses

Almost two-thirds (63%) of ransomware incidents in South Africa resulted in data being encrypted over the past year, according to the new State of Ransomware in South Africa 2026 report from Sophos. This is above the global average of 56% and an increase from the 60%...

20 years on and gender gap parity is fracturing

Twenty years after the World Economic Forum first measured the global gender gap, the world is closer to parity than ever, but progress is fragile, with gains reversing in some areas, according to the Global Gender Gap Report 2026. Women now reach senior leadership in...

Unemployed are least likely to prioritise betting spending-limit tools

The online betting group most likely to prioritise debt repayment with a windfall is also the group least likely to ask regulators or operators for spending controls, according to new research from Softswiss. Fewer than four in 10 unemployed South Africans think...

GenAI flaws could stymie security strategies

Despite 65% of organisations having adopted generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) capabilities, 89% of IT leaders are concerned that flaws in GenAI cybersecurity tools could put their organisation at risk. This is according to a new Sophos report, “Beyond the...

Fraud rates show double-digit growth in Africa

Smile ID’s 2025 Digital Identity Fraud in Africa Report, highlights critical fraud trends across the continent, revealing that southern Africa’s rejection rates rose significantly from 9% in 2023 to 21% in 2024. Drawing on anonymised data from over 110...

How can CIOs drive the future digital business?

Kathy Gibson reports - This year, spending on digital technology will grow eight-times faster than economic growth. This means CIOs, in their leadership roles, have a massive task ahead to drive their organisations forward. Jyoti Lalchandani, group vice-president and...

SA needs to get proactive on fraud prevention

South Africans are facing an increasingly risk-based landscape when it comes to fraud with huge surges in incidents such as identity theft, money muling, and a multitude of both physical and digital scams. "Our research shows that identity theft has grown by more than...

Fraud still a big problem for banking customers

Although banks appear to be making greater efforts to resolve some types of consumer disputes internally, banking fraud related to current accounts and Internet banking remains high on the list of complaints to the Ombud for Banking Services South Africa (OBS). Two...

The challenges facing generative AI

Implementing generative AI comes with a multitude of challenges for enterprises including identifying suitable use cases, vendor selection, and addressing ethical considerations. Concerns regarding privacy, content generation, copyright infringement, and data leakage...

IaaS revenue tumbles but outlook is positive

Infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) revenue growth dropped 9% between Q4 2022 and the first quarter of 2023, but is likely to bounce back later this year as cyclical trends return and organisations work through their cloud challenges. This is the view of market...

AppSec teams struggling to keep up with vulnerabilities

Application security (AppSec) teams are stuck in a catch-up cycle, unable to keep up with the increasingly rapid, agile development pace - and playing security defence via an endless and unproductive vulnerability chase. This is one of the key findings from a new...

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Small business backup made easy with cloud

Data has become a crucial asset for all types of businesses, ranging from home offices to large enterprises that have multiple locations. Losing this data can be catastrophic to any business, writes Iniel Dreyer, MD of Gabsten. The good news is that effective data...

Loyalty programmes can aid customer centricity

Loyalty programmes have become a commodity to the extent that some form of a rewards programme has almost become a business-as-usual engagement between customers and their brands. Philip Stander, MD of Globetom examines how they can be used to improve a business's...

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It's no secret that we're currently faced with a global information security skills crisis, writes Simeon Tassev, MD and QSA of Galix Networking. Given that the predicted increase in demand for information security professionals is exceeding the current rate of supply...

SMEs key to supercharge Kenya’s growth

The party that emerges as the winner of Kenya's general election, to be held on 8 August, has an opportunity to supercharge job creation and economic growth by adopting policies that help SMEs to thrive. That's according to Nikki Summers, regional director for Sage in...

Epson printers notch up 20m sales

Cumulative global sales of Epson's high-capacity ink tank inkjet printers have reached 20-million units, according to the company. The high-capacity ink tank printers were first launched in October 2010 in Indonesia. Since then, the printers have continued to be...

New MDS channel consultant for Kyocera

Marcell Otto, a 13-year IT industry veteran and specialist within the managed document solutions space, has been appointed as Kyocera Document Solutions South Africa's MDS channel consultant. He will work closely with channel partners to maintain and expand on...

The contact centre generation gap

Bruce von Maltitz, co-founder and joint-CEO of 1Stream, discusses the generation gap that is increasingly apparent in the business environment, and how contact centres can evolve to make the most of it. There is a growing repository of literature focussed on the...

Security transitions to all-digital solutions

If your goal is to have all-digital security in just five years, Eckart Zollner, head of business development at the Jasco Group, says there is a smart way to do it. There are a lot of analogue CCTV solutions out there - they account for over 60% of the current...

Jordan’s power utility runs on IBM Cloud

Jordan Electric Power Company (JEPCO) has selected IBM Cloud to transform and modernise its IT infrastructure. Founded in 1938, JEPCO is responsible for distributing and retailing electricity in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Its customer base accounts for...

Progress OpenEdge 11.7 available now

AIGS has announced the latest release of Progress OpenEdge - the application development platform that simplifies delivery of mission-critical business applications. The 11.7 release, available immediately, includes capabilities to ensure higher availability of...

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