Companies plan big security budget increases
Companies are planning to increase their investments in information security against the background of growing financial losses from cyber incidents. This trend was revealed in the recent Kaspersky’s IT Security Economics report, which unpicks the changes in budgets,...
SA CEOs are cautiously optimistic about 2025
South African business leaders are cautiously optimistic about the year ahead, driven by recent positive economic developments. The Q4 2024 Merchantec CEO Confidence Index recorded a 2% decrease between Q3 2024 and Q4 2024, reaching a score of 53.9. However, despite...
Closing the gender gap in the STEM-ICT arena
The gender gap in the science, technology, engineering, maths and ICT (STEM-ICT) field appears to be closing in South Africa, with more girls than boys participating in the Institute of IT Professionals SA (IITPSA )schools Talent Search for the second consecutive...
Calls for AI training to pause
Non-profit organisation Future of Life Institute has issued an open letter calling for a six-month moratorium on artificial intelligence (AI) training. Well over 1 200 people have already added their signatures to the letter, including Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon...
NASA missions study extremely rare gamma-ray burst
On Sunday 9 October 2022, a pulse of intense radiation swept through the solar system so exceptional that astronomers quickly dubbed it the BOAT – the brightest of all time. The source was a gamma-ray burst (GRB), the most powerful class of explosions in the universe....
New threat actors target banks, government
Kathy Gibson reports - Cyberthreats hit South Africa with a bang in January, and have been tailing off for the balance of the first quarter. Carlo Bolzonello, threat intelligence specialist and country lead South Africa at Trellix, points out that government is the...
Slight upswing for salaries in February
Take-home pay tracked in the BankservAfrica Take-home Index (BTPI) showed a slight recovery in February 2023. The latest data on the number of salaries paid during the month also suggests the local job market is stabilising. "The average nominal take-home pay rose to...
New wave of online shoppers offers huge potential
A new generation of over 1-billion digital native consumers are emerging in eight fast-growing countries in the next decade creating new areas of growth for companies, according to a new global commerce study by Accenture. Living in Bangladesh, Egypt, Ethiopia, India,...
Carbon management will help enterprises tackle climate change
As the urgency to combat global warming intensifies, enterprises are increasingly adopting rapid decarbonisation practices to align their business strategies with sustainable development goals (SDGs), according to GlobalData. With a focus on addressing the dual crises...
Loadshedding impacts cost to communicate
Government's concern about the cost to communicate in South Africa must take into account the impact of the energy supply constraint national disaster on the cost of providing connectivity and internet access services. "Lowering voice and data costs is challenging...
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DVT to sponsor National Software Testing Conference
South Africa and UK-based software and solutions company DVT will be a Gold level sponsor at the 2017 National Software Testing Conference in London, continuing its expansion into the post-Brexit UK market. The company, which runs one of South Africa's largest testing...
Sponsors promise ‘epic swag’ at DevConf2017
The sponsors behind DevConf, the only major independent developer conference in SA, promise a memorable presence at this year's developer community gathering. DevConf 2017 to be staged at Vodaworld in Midrand on 9 March, has attracted sponsorships from leading...
Fujitsu Wins 2017 Citrix Innovation Award for Partners
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BT links world’s biggest foreign exchanges
BT is linking up the world's five main foreign exchange (FX) locations to help boost the competitiveness of its global financial industry customers. The company is now offering BT Radianz FX express, dedicated high-speed links between financial hubs in the UK, US,...
Another bomb waiting to explode
Companies should refrain from irresponsible IT equipment disposal methods like staff sales, donations and auctions. Although they spend millions protecting their networks, they often overlook one crucial element of data security when disposing of redundant IT...
Lenovo partners with Vodacom
Following the successful launch of the Moto Z family and the Moto G4 Play in South Africa, Lenovo has announced its collaboration with Vodacom, the biggest mobile provider in South Africa, to offer three attractive bundle deals for the Moto Z, Moto Z Play and Moto G4...
Paratus Telecom brings Radwin Jet broadband to Zambia
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Bytes Technology Group partners for empowerment
Bytes Technology Group has sold a 51% stake in its Bytes Conference Centre business to empowerment group IYAVAYA HR Solutions, a 51% black woman owned and managed company providing specialist services in the fields of black economic empowerment, employment equity,...
Unemployment stats point job-seekers in the right direction
In a context of significantly high unemployment, South African job-seekers often find themselves in competition with hundreds - sometimes thousands - of equally experienced and qualified professionals. However, recent statistics highlight that certain sectors have...
Fintech startup enables VAS revenues
Retailers are increasing their revenues by hundreds of millions of rands selling virtual products and services known as value-added services (VAS). These include prepaid airtime, prepaid electricity, gift cards, bill payments, money transfers, e-tickets and loyalty...
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