World leaders outline bold visions for the future
US President Donald Trump outlined his strategy to bolster the US economy and “unleash” investment in a wide-ranging speech via live video link to around 3 000 global leaders at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos. The newly inaugurated president pledged...
Icasa approves transfer of Cell C licences
Cell C has obtained Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) approval to transfer control of the relevant telecommunications licences that it holds to Blue Label subsidiary The Prepaid Company. Although the licences will continue to be held by Cell...
Robotic system a first for SA private healthcare
Robotic assisted surgery using the da Vinci Xi surgical system has recently been established at Netcare Pretoria East Hospital. This robotic system is the first of its kind to be installed in the private sector in the country. The hospital is the fourth in the Netcare...
SAP to embed IBM Watson AI
SAP and IBM have announced that IBM Watson technology will be embedded into SAP solutions to provide new AI-driven insights and automation. SAP will use IBM Watson capabilities to power its digital assistant in SAP Start , which provides a unified entry point for...
Look beyond passwords to protect data
Tomorrow (Thursday 4 May) is World Password Day, an annual initiative that promotes better password habits. Duane Nicol, cybersecurity expert at Mimecast, says passwords are often a weak link in security. An increase in regular security awareness training has made...
AMD debuts Ryzen Z1 Series for handheld game consoles
AMD has introduced the new Ryzen Z1 Series processors for handheld PC gaming consoles1. The Ryzen Z1 Series features two high performance processors, the Ryzen Z1 and Ryzen Z1 Extreme, featuring AMD RDNA 3 architecture-based graphics. AMD is partnering with Asus to...
Key Africa appointments at Microsoft
Microsoft has made two key leadership appointments to its African operations. Lillian Barnard has been named President for Microsoft Africa, while Kalane Rampai will succeed her as MD of South Africa. The new appointments are an important milestone in Microsoft’s...
Get ready for massive shifts as jobs change
Almost a quarter (23%) of jobs are expected to change by 2027, with 69-million (10,2%) new jobs created and 83-million (12,3%) eliminated. The Future of Jobs Report 2023 suggests that the jobs market will see a net decrease of 14-million jobs, or 2% of current...
Economists divided on recovery
The continuing uncertainty of the global economic outlook is reflected in the striking spread of responses to the latest Chief Economists Outlook, released this week. In a survey featured in the report, experts are evenly divided on the prospects for the global...
Absa PMI increases to 49.8 in April
The seasonally adjusted Absa Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) rose to 49.8 index points in April 2023 from 48.1 in March. Despite the improvement, the index failed to edge back above the neutral 50-point mark as business activity and new sales orders worsened relative...
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DRS wins big at Intel Partner Awards
For the second year running, ICT services and solutions provider DRS, a Cognosec company, has been named Intel's Revenue Partner of the Year, sub-Saharan Africa 2016. In addition, the company scooped the NET New Business Partner of the Year Award for the region. Held...
Pivotal Data is Africa’s first Polycom Hosted Voice Platinum Partner
Pivotal Data has been awarded Platinum Partner Status for Polycom's Hosted Voice Programme - the first African company to achieve this prestigious partner status. The Platinum Partner Status is the highest accreditation in Polycom's Hosted Voice partner programme, and...
Riverbed introduces Network-as-a-Service products
Riverbed Technology has introduced the Riverbed Service Delivery Platform, designed to enable service providers to deliver Network-as-a-Service, with the speed and flexibility expected by today's digital enterprises. Current Network Function Virtualization (NFV)...
SA healthcare braces to take on risk
The security risks facing the healthcare sector have never before been so broad or so complex, reports Fortinet. "Thanks to digitisation across the sector, the advent of Internet of Things (IoT) and wearables, and the increasing sophistication of cyber criminals, the...
Predictions for the banking industry
An influx in innovative fintech and digital banking competitors against the conventional bankers has seen the industry find ways to adapt their approach to suit their customers. Gareth Whitaker, presales director at Software AG, foresees five key changes for the...
A smart approach to investing in innovation
That innovation is important and necessary for survival goes without saying. While there is no universal solution for organisations looking to improve their ability to generate, develop, and disseminate new ideas, some strategies are superior to others. "The process...
Secure the BYO environment
These days, it would appear as if every business has become a software business. Organisations of all kinds and sizes are growing increasingly dependent on automation, which in turn sees a need for software to be safe and stable in an increasingly complex environment....
Innovation and agility key to BI
Across Africa, business culture is shifting from total autocracy - where only EXCO had access to business intelligence data - to a democracy, where the entire workforce works together, with the correct information at hand, to improve performance and bolster the bottom...
Sophos announces Mobile 7
Sophos has announced the latest version of its Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) solution, Sophos Mobile 7. This new version extends containerisation support for Android Enterprise (formerly "Android for Work,") enables IT administrators to manage IoT devices and...
Emerson Network Power rebrands as Vertiv
Vertiv, the business formerly known as Emerson Network Power, has officially launched under its new branding in South Africa. Vertiv is a global provider of mission-critical infrastructure technologies for vital applications in data centers, communication networks,...
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