AI boosts Cyber Week sales
Cyber Week is expected to drive $311-billion in global sales as consumers eagerly await holiday deals - with the use of AI and agents set to influence up to 19% of those orders – according to a new report from Salesforce. The Salesforce Shopping Index - which analyses...
Device spending to hit all-time high next year
After fluctuating over the past three years, global spending on IT devices - including desktop PCs, laptops, tablets, mobile phones, and printers - has surged in 2024, rising by 6% year-over-year to $735-billion, according to research from Stocklytics.com. And this...
New payment standard offers cash-like convenience
Kathy Gibson reports - A broad industry initiative, PayShap is South Africa’s first low-value, interbank, realtime digital payments service that will make digital payments easier and more convenient for all South Africans. The new payments platform was developed by...
OpenFL paves the way to confidential AI
Intel announced that the LF AI & Data Foundation Technical Advisory Council accepted Open Federated Learning (OpenFL) as an incubation project to further drive collaboration, standardisation and interoperability. OpenFL is an open source framework for a type of...
2023 is the ‘moment of truth’ for battery-electric vehicles
Several factors will make 2023 a true test of the resolve of governments and the automotive industry in driving battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) forward, says Gartner. "2023 is the moment of truth to drive full electrification forward," says Pedro Pacheco, VP analyst...
2022 marked first year of decline for wearable devices
Global shipments of wearable devices declined 18,9% YoY in the fourth quarter of 2022 to 138,7-million units, according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker. Shipments for the full year 2022 were down 7,7% compared to 2021, marking the first year of...
Disclosure inconsistencies linger in corporate ESG reporting, assurance
The largest global companies continue to show momentum on corporate reporting and related assurance involving environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, according to a new report from the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) and AICPA & CIMA,...
Aligning commercial functions top priority for sales leaders
Sales leaders say that aligning commercial functions such as sales and marketing strategies is their top priority for 2023, according to a new survey from Gartner. The research group surveyed more than 200 sales leaders last November and December to understand how...
Shipments of AR/VR headsets decline sharply
The pendulum for AR/VR headsets swung the other way through the course of 2022 as global shipments declined 20,9% YoY to 8,8-million units, according to new data from the IDCWorldwide Quarterly Augmented and Virtual Reality Headset Tracker. The decline was not...
Ignoring generative AI will be a costly mistake
A new report from Forrester - Generative AI prompts productivity, imagination, and innovation in the enterprise - finds that generative AI can augment and enhance existing business processes in ways that were previously impossible. Forrester defines "generative AI"...
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Uncloaking corruption within encryption
Encryption is an effective weapon against cybercrime, writes Martin Walshaw, senior engineer at F5 Networks. Securing valuable data flow between applications is essential for safeguarding identity and helping communications between a web browser and a server to remain...
The future of HR in the next decade
The decade could be messy for those organisations that fail to recognise the impending HR revolution and act upon it. And that action needs to take place now, writes Mark McCallum, chief technology officer of Orange Business Services. This is according to a white...
Don’t be lured by ISP honey traps
As the fibre to the home (FTTH) market explodes in the South African market, consumers are faced with a flood of Internet Service Provider (ISP) options, writes Calvin Collett, CEO of iConnect Telecoms. Choosing the right one is increasingly difficult. There can be...
Zyxel showcases mobility, flexibility
Zyxel Communications will showcase its Mobile Access (LTE) and In-Building Coverage solutions at this year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Zyxel is refocusing its efforts on providing solutions to address the overriding concern of network operators: how they can...
Tech is key to unleashing the value of genomics
Dr Wolfgang Mertz, chief technology officer: EMEA for healthcare, life sciences and HPC at Dell EMC Isilon, tells us that thealth sector is on the cusp of a step change that will see patients benefit from treatment that is more focused on the individual than ever...
Technology can empower government services
Latest-generation enterprise technologies have the potential to improve financial and operational management within public sector entities, and enhance service delivery to citizens, write John Mokiti, business development manager: government and public services for...
Mastercard launches mobile marketplace in East Africa
Mastercard has launched 2KUZE, a digital platform that connects smallholder farmers, agents, buyers and banks in East Africa. 2KUZE, which in Swahili means "Let's grow together," enables farmers to buy, sell and receive payments for agricultural goods via their...
SA organisations must get to know their customers
While successful international businesses have long focused on customer experience as a major factor influencing a healthy return on investment, the same can unfortunately not be said for South African organisations who are letting this crucial business consideration...
Tallying the ripple costs of a cyber attack
The cost of any type of theft is often a lot higher than just the value of the stolen goods, writes Doros Hadjizenonos, country manager of Check Point South Africa. If your house was broken into, you would feel violated. While your insurance company would reimburse...
Otel Connect store aims to simplify voice, data
South Africa's increasingly competitive telecoms landscape is good news for the economy but potentially confusing for the consumer. Local fixed, mobile and VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) users today have a choice of a couple of fixed line providers, several...
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