SMEs should get ready to adapt
2024 is ending the year better than it began, with improved consumer and business sentiment largely attributed to the election outcome, a suspension of loadshedding for over eight months and a significant drop in inflation. In October South Africa’s annual inflation...
Matric Live wins FNB App of the Year 2024
The 2024 FNB App of the Year winner is Matric Live, an educational app designed to empower Grade 10 to 12 learners. Announced yesterday (4 December), the winning app impressed the judges with its dynamic approach to learning through interactive video lessons, gamified...
SA firms are vulnerable to cybersecurity attacks
A paltry 19% of organisations in South Africa have the 'Mature' level of readiness needed to be resilient against today's modern cybersecurity risks. This is according to Cisco's first Cybersecurity Readiness Index, developed against the backdrop of a post-Covid,...
Load shedding drives manufacturer confidence lower
Confidence levels in the manufacturing sector dropped 9 points to 17 in the first quarter of 2023, according to the Absa Manufacturing Survey. "Manufacturers are feeling pessimistic as load shedding, especially at higher levels such as stage 6, continues to have a...
Ethernet founder wins AM Turing Award
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has named Bob Metcalfe as recipient of the 2022 ACM AM Turing Award for the invention, standardisation, and commercialisation of Ethernet. Metcalfe is an Emeritus Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at...
Hackers continue to evolve attacks
Hackers are diversifying attack methods, including a surge in QR code phishing campaigns, according to the latest quarterly HP Wolf Security Threat Insights Report. By isolating threats on PCs that have evaded detection tools, HP Wolf Security has specific insight...
APT campaign targets organisations in Russo-Ukrainian conflict area
In October 2022, Kaspersky researchers discovered an ongoing advanced persistent threat (APT) campaign targeting organisations located in the area affected by the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Dubbed CommonMagic, this espionage campaign has been active...
Generative AI startups attract investment
In recent years, generative artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a game-changing technology with immense potential across various industries. Subsequently, generative AI startups are rapidly gaining traction, and venture capital investors are keen to capitalize...
Establish sound financial habits to weather tough times
The Experian Consumer Default Index (CDI) showed a quarter-on-quarter (Q-o-Q) deterioration from 3.66 in September 2022 to 3.93 in December 2022, indicating that South African consumers remain under financial pressure. This drastic short-term deterioration in the...
Quantum computer for healthcare research unveiled
Cleveland Clinic and IBM have officially unveiled the first deployment of an onsite private sector IBM-managed quantum computer in the US. The IBM Quantum System One installed at Cleveland Clinic will be the first quantum computer in the world to be uniquely dedicated...
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Next-generation robots guarantee a workplace revolution
Robotic technologies have certainly transformed substantially since the first idea for a mechanical knight was sketched by Leonardo Da Vinci in 1459. Even then, those with an understanding of the benefits of automation and robotics saw the significant advantages of...
A cashless economy helps bridge inequality
South Africa could take some lessons in cashless economy, writes Michael Bowren, CEO and co-founder of online financial product comparison portal www.fincheck.co.za. South Africa can learn from the Indian government's moves to bank its unbanked population by limiting...
Riverbed achieves Microsoft Gold Cloud Platform competency
Riverbed Technology has attained Microsoft Gold Cloud Platform Competency, demonstrating "best-in-class" ability and commitment to meet Microsoft customers' evolving needs in today's cloud-first world and distinguishing itself within Microsoft's partner ecosystem. To...
New skills gap in the audit sphere
As businesses increasingly focus on big data and more complex systems, the pressure is mounting on the auditing industry to produce the necessary skills and rethink its standards, writes Bilal Vallee, IT audit manager at Mazars. The capability of businesses to capture...
When your business needs formal processes
You conduct your performance reviews over a casual lunch or coffee meeting with employees, get expense reports and payroll done on Saturday mornings and record customer information on spreadsheets. You have survived your first few years as a start-up, and business is...
Fortinet extends security fabric to IoT
Fortinet announced the extension of the Fortinet Security Fabric to defend enterprises against the exponentially increasing cyber threats posed by the Internet of Things (IoT). Fortinet's Security Fabric delivers the visibility, integration, control and infrastructure...
The Print Place adds versatility with Xerox
Full-service print specialists The Print Place in Goodwood, Cape Town, has purchased a Xerox Versant 80 Press to add to its digital, litho, screen and specialist printing equipment. Supplied by Cape Office Machines through Bytes Document Solutions, the Versant 80...
Fujitsu leads in Managed Workplace Services
Fujitsu has been recognized as a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Managed Workplace Services (MWS) in Europe. The report evaluates End User Outsourcing (EUO) services as well as new digital workplace services that provide cloud-first, automated and integrated...
Five key questions to ask before migrating to cloud
Migrating applications to the cloud offers incredible opportunities that can make your business more versatile and efficient. Collaboration is often easier with the cloud, for example, and it can make disaster recovery a breeze, writes Sven Hammar, CSO of Apica...
Ambidextrous security posture enables transformation
As businesses face mounting pressure to evolve everything in their organisation - from technology, to processes, to market strategies - cyber-security becomes ever more essential. Unfortunately, it also becomes ever more complex, writes Paul Jolliffe, DSM expert:...
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