Crypto helps drive DeFi market up 137%
After struggling through multi-year lows in 2022 and 2023, the 2024 crypto bull run breathed new life into the decentralised finance (DeFi) market. The surge in crypto prices propelled asset values in DeFi, attracting more users and liquidity. Investors flocked to...
Phishing threats target Telegram Premium
Kaspersky has warned that fake Telegram Premium offers have been spreading globally, targeting users with phishing scams and malware disguised as alternative app versions. These attacks aim to steal account credentials or compromise devices. The scams capitalise on...
Rooftop solar becomes more attractive
Households with their own rooftop solar will soon be able to sell excess energy back to Eskom. A feed-in tariff regulation is currently in the pipeline, says Gabriel Kgabo, GM: distribution at Eskom. This announcement, made at the Solar and Future Energy Show Africa...
Government denies it’s blocking Starlink
The Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Mondli Gungubele has refuted local media claims that government is blocking the operation of Elon Musk's Starlink satellite network. Gungubele's department has released an official statement on the matter: "The...
African Development Bank chief calls on Japan to invest more in Africa
Delivering a lecture at the Japan-Africa Investment Ecosystem Co-creation Forum in Tokyo, the president of the African Development Bank Group, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has called for a significant increase in Japanese investment in Africa. Dr Adesina is leading a...
Take the furniture … but don’t take the fibre ONT
It's a growing trend, but South Africa's Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) says home and business Internet customers should first check with their ISP before removing any fibre equipment. "Moving the furniture's fine but, when relocating, don't move the...
Video telematics systems on healthy growth path
The frontrunning North American video telematics market is more than three times the size of the European market - so far dominated by activities in the UK, according to Berg Insight, which estimates that the installed base of active video telematics systems in North...
AMD joins AWS ISV Accelerate Programme
AMD has joined the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Accelerate Programme, a co-sell programme for AWS partners who provide integrated solutions on AWS. The programme helps AWS Partners drive new business by directly connecting participating...
Intel dives into the future of cooling
Intel research and collaborations in thermal technologies is helping to extend Moore’s Law and improve the sustainability of data centres. Extending Moore’s Law means putting more transistors on an integrated circuit and, increasingly, adding more cores. Doing so...
Despite being prepared, companies still fall victim to ransomware
There is a large disconnect between organisations’ level of preparedness with existing strategies and their ability to stop a ransomware attack. Although 78% of organisations polled in a Fortiner survey stated they were “very” or “extremely” prepared to mitigate an...
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Bytes Security adds Performanta solutions
Bytes Systems Integration, a specialist outsource service provider and end to end ICT systems integrator and part of the JSE-listed Altron Group, has announced a joint venture with the Performanta Group to provide information security services to South African and...
Red Hat debuts latest version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat has announced the general availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9. The latest update to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 platform, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 builds upon more than six years of enterprise-proven success, offering a more secure, stable and...
Data-centric approach to drive insurance
Insurers today face a myriad of challenges especially when it comes to finding product differentiation in a highly competitive market. Kelly Preston, data analytics manager at SilverBridge, believes one of the best ways to overcome this is to embrace a data-centric...
Smallest-ever Fujitsu Primergy leads new server line-up
Smaller than ever yet delivering extraordinary performance, the new entry-level Primergy TX1320 M3 server is introduced today by Fujitsu. The ultra-compact tower server model is more powerful than ever, yet is whisper quiet in operation and small enough to fit on a...
Microsoft SA unveils the Microsoft Classroom of the Future
Microsoft South Africa in partnership with the Cape Town Science Centre have launched the Microsoft Classroom of the Future, an exhibition that showcases the latest and greatest educational tools available to teachers today. This interactive showcase at the Cape Town...
Enterprise operational intelligence accelerates decision-making
Most organisations are coming under growing pressure to improve efficiencies, reduce costs, deliver more value to customers and other stakeholders, and respond quickly to a fast-changing business environment, writes Thabo Ndlela, non-executive director of IFS South...
Jasco adds to fire solutions with R52,3m acquisition
Jasco Electronics Holdings has announced the acquisition of 65,4% of Cross Fire Management Proprietary Limited (Cross Fire) for a maximum aggregate purchase price of R52,3-million. Cross Fire was established in 1990 in Johannesburg and specialises in the design,...
IDx and IBM Watson Health partner on eye health
IBM Watson Health and IDx have announced a five-year strategic alliance to advance eye health through cognitive computing applications. The alliance aims to help primary care providers, hospitals, health systems, and integrated delivery networks deliver value-based...
CaseWare aids compliance reporting in Kenya
CaseWare Africa has announced the launch of an innovative software suite that automates the entire financial reporting process for public entities. George Pinto, R&D product manager at CaseWare Africa, says that the suite of products is designed to help Kenyan...
Samsung powers Motswatemeng High School
Samsung Electronics South Africa has enabled more than 400 learners from the Motswatemeng High School in Moretele, North West, to power-up and join the global digital disruption revolution with the installation of the state of the art Solar Powered Internet School...
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