These were the largest service outages in 2024
Ookla has released its latest analysis on the largest internet outages during the first nine months of 2024. The report, based on Downdetector data, aims to analyse the largest challenges associated with service disruptions, as dependence on digital services...
Campus switch market drops again
According to a recently published report from Dell’Oro Group 3Q 2024 worldwide Ethernet Campus Switch revenues dropped by 24% year-over-year (Y/Y), marking the fourth consecutive quarter of Y/Y contractions. The Americas region dragged down market results, after...
PMI ticks down in March
The seasonally-adjusted Absa Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) ticked down slightly in March to 48.1 from 48.8 in February. After a solid start to the year, this was the second straight month that the index pointed to a deterioration in business conditions in the...
Generative AI set to change how businesses work
Generative AI and other rapidly evolving technologies are ushering in a bold new future for business as physical and digital worlds become inextricably linked. These are among the findings of the Accenture Technology Vision 2023, "When Atoms Meet Bits: The Foundations...
SA consumers impacted by supply chain disruptions
Supply chain disruptions have affected South African consumers most significantly by increasing the prices of household goods, longer queues in-store, items being out of stock, and reduced product range availability, says PwC's third South Africa Economic Outlook...
Cyber risk the top concern in supply chain buying
By 2025, 60% of supply chain organisations will use cybersecurity risk as a significant determinant in conducting third-party transactions and business engagements, according to Gartner. As the surface area of digital supply chains expand, enhanced cybersecurity is a...
Security teams face unique cloud challenges
Organisations continue to rapidly pursue digital transformation and expand their operations to find innovative ways to connect with customers, embrace a more permanent work-from-anywhere (WFA) strategy, and so much more - and cloud adoption is helping to drive this...
3CX threat may have been active since February
The 3CX supply chain cyberattack uncovered this week may have been active for longer than first thought, according to new information. The attack impacts a 3CX voice over IP (VoIP) application and affects organisations all over the world, including but not limited to...
Can AI testing be halted?
The open letter calling for a moratorium on artificial intelligence (AI) testing hasn't been thought through, according to some. The letter, published by Future of Life Institute and signed by several industry heavyweights, asks that all research and projects beyond...
Foldable phones only bright spot in declining smartphone market
International Data Corporation (IDC) expects worldwide shipments of foldable phones, including flip and fold form factors, to reach 21,4-million units in 2023 - an increase of more than 50% over the 14,2-million units shipped in 2022. An updated IDC forecast projects...
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BlackBerry extends software licensing
BlackBerry has announced a major agreement to license BlackBerry software and services for the production of secure BlackBerry Android handsets in more global markets including India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh. The exclusive, long-term licensing agreement with...
Xerox, EFI partner on digital front end
Xerox Corporation and Electronics For Imaging (EFI) have announced a strategic partnership to bring to market a next generation digital front end (DFE) to drive Xerox digital production presses. The agreement includes the sale of Xerox's FreeFlow Print Server (FFPS)...
Prepare for robots in the workplace
Artificial intelligence (AI)--including robotics and cognitive computing--has been one of the top discussions on the minds of business leaders, organisations and consumers in the past few months, writes Dr Roze Phillips, MD of Accenture Consulting. Mark Zuckerberg...
Emerging trends in DevOps
DevOps is a new approach to business that is based on applying Agile and Lean philosophies to operations work. In the past, operations and development engineers worked in separate silos and it was a case of 'never the twain shall meet'. DevOps has completely changed...
Insurers look to digital in fast-changing world
Global insurers are being forced to digitise their operations to cope with dramatic changes in the global market, where selfie deaths are climbing into double and triple digits, ordinary people call for tens of millions of dollars in life assurance, and policy holders...
IT trends for 2017
2017 will be an exciting time and may well be the beginning of a new era for productivity growth, writes Bertus Homan, sales director of Hitachi Data Systems South Africa. Digital transformation will be a major business focus, and success will hinge on how successful...
CA strengthens security
CA Southern Africa has announced the new release of CA Technologies, CA Identity Suite, that includes integration with CA Privileged Access Manager for governance of privileged accounts. Features include new, flexible deployment options for agility, speed and...
Could your next chit-chat be with a chatbot?
We've all experienced the frustration: dialling call centres, waiting on line, listening to elevator music, having calls dropped, or patched through to other departments, only to finally speak to someone and then receive sketchy customer service, writes Dave Stevens,...
So what is modernisation really?
Don't sweat digitalisation, sweat assets, advises Rick Parry, chairman and CEO of AIGS. In a previous article, we stated that a failure to embrace digital transformation can cause companies financial harm within a year. But replacing core systems with new digital...
Could PMO gamification drive quicker adoption?
What do the introduction of new technologies, business re-engineering and process improvement projects all have in common? The answer is simple, these types of projects typically touch almost every aspect of a business and are classified as organisational change...
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