AI is driving more breaches, at an average cost of $6m

One in four malicious breaches were AI-enabled – a 56% increase over last year – and these breaches cost an average of $6-million, roughly $1-million more than the global breach average of $4,99-million. This is among the findings from IBM's 2026 Cost of a Data Breach...

AI automation is having an impact on entry-level hiring

Nearly a quarter (22%) of CHROs report that at least one business leader in their organisation has stopped hiring for entry-level roles due to AI automation, according to Gartner. The 4Q25 Gartner survey of 110 heads of HR also found that 95% of organisations have...

Africa’s young people want jobs, clean government

Africa’s young people are more optimistic about the future of their countries, economies and the continent than at any point since the pandemic - but they are demanding jobs, cleaner government, safer communities, a stronger political voice and a model of democracy...

Even without data centres, Africa faces water bankruptcy

A new United Nations (UN) report says the world has moved past a water crisis into water bankruptcy – and Africa’s utility numbers already show what that looks like.

From AI to the metaverse, ITU adopts new resolutions

Members of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) have agreed on priorities for standards and capacity development in areas from artificial intelligence (AI) and the metaverse, to sustainable digital transformation at the World Telecommunication...

GenAI extends automation potential in future of work

The return to the office has accelerated in 2024. While further return-to-the-office mandates are expected in 2025, many employees continue to work remotely for at least part of the time. Against this backdrop, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as the hottest...

NASA space missions pinpoint sources of CO2 emissions on Earth

A duo of Earth-observing missions has enabled researchers to detect and track carbon dioxide (CO2) emission changes from a single facility, using the world’s fifth-largest coal-fired power plant as a test case. In the recent study, researchers used space-based...

Insurers shift focus to customer experience, operational efficiency

Improving the customer experience and operational excellence, not growth, is the driving force of a majority of insurance digitalization initiatives in 2023, according to a new Gartner survey of insurance CIOs and technology executives. The 2023 Gartner CIO and...

Privacy predictions for 2023

This year we will witness the formation of an even more diverse market for behaviour tracking due to local law enforcement. Moreover, smartphones will take over traditional paperwork and the idea of a metaverse will become part of our reality. These are excerpts from...

Intel data centre processors drive next-gen innovations

Dubbing it one of the most important product launches in its history, Intel has unveiled its 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors (code-named Sapphire Rapids), the Intel Xeon CPU Max Series (code-named Sapphire Rapids HBM) and the Intel Data Centre GPU Max Series...

AI efficiency meets sustainability

Accelerated Nvidia Hopper systems with 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors -- including Nvidia DGX H100 and 60+ systems from Nvidia partners -- provide 25-times more efficiency than traditional data centre servers to save big on energy costs. AI is at the heart of...

PC shipment slump continues, recovery not likely this year

Global shipments for traditional PCs fell below expectations in the fourth quarter of 2022 (4Q22) as 67,2-million PCs were shipped, down 28,1% from the prior year, according to preliminary results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly...

BETI is back on track

Ending the year positively, the BankservAfrica Economic Transactions Index (BETI) for December 2022 improved despite the ongoing, dismal economic context. "After six consecutive months of declines, the BETI rose to an index level of 132.1 in December, almost on par...

CFOs need to rethink the finance function

Evaluating finance function strategy, scope and design is the top priority for chief financial officers (CFOs) in 2023, according to a survey by Gartner. A survey of 157 CFOs in November 2022 ranked the top 10 priorities for CFOs for this year, and 90% of respondents...

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Scatec Solar signs up Nigerian power plant

Scatec Solar has signed an agreement with CDIL, a Canadian renewable energy development company focused on Africa, and BPS, a Nigerian strategic consulting firm, securing the 100 MW (DC) Nova Scotia Power plant located in Jigawa State, Nigeria. This agreement was...

NetWitness integrates threat intelligence

RSA, The Security Division of EMC, has deepened its bench with new integrated threat intelligence partners for the RSA NetWitness Suite.   The RSA NetWitness Suite is designed to incorporate threat intelligence from customers, threat intelligence partners, RSA experts...

Xerox Corporate Golf Challenge 2016 brings networking to SA

The Els Club Copperleaf, Johannesburg, will host the sixth qualifying round of the Xerox Corporate Golf Challenge on Thursday, 18 August 2016. This is the 19th consecutive year that this tournament is being conducted, and South Africa is the only country outside the...

SimpliVity named a Leader in Hyperconverged Infrastructure

SimpliVity has been recognized as a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI), Q3 2016 report. SimpliVity's position as a Leader in Forrester's assessment of the 12 most significant hyperconverged infrastructure vendors was based on the...

How banks can weather the storm

The financial services sector is sailing into choppy waters, writes Michiel Lely, vice-president, business strategy group: EMEA at Verint Systems. Traditional players are threatened by a wave of disruptive change within the industry and also competition from companies...

Innovating for entrepreneurial success

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Made in SA overcomes hidden FTTX component costs

FTTX is in growing demand across South Africa, but in meeting this demand, it is important for telcos to control the costs of infrastructure build without losing focus on quality, writes Clive Maasch, GM at Tank Industries. The telecoms and internet sectors,...

Enterprise apps will have an impact on transport, logistics

While the current wave of app development is relatively new and the platforms still evolving, apps represent an increasingly important channel for companies to deliver content, information and services to users. This according to Cassie Lessing, MD of the Strato IT...

Shark simulator wins design award

Sharks are majestic creatures, but they have a bad reputation - that they are bloodthirsty monsters. Environmental educators work hard to debunk such myths about them. One approach is to educate the public about how sharks hunt, using their highly developed senses of...

Mercantile Bank launches platform for entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs have demanding schedules and the growth of their businesses is a lifelong project and a top priority. The right technology can help ensure that they are able to spend more time on those things that are key to their business success. Bearing this in mind,...

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Desktop Support Engineer – Gauteng Johannesburg

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