Hubble solves merger mystery from Milky Way’s early years

Our home galaxy, the Milky Way, grew to its current size in part by consuming smaller galaxies. Now, new data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope shows definitive evidence of a dwarf galaxy merging with the young Milky Way galaxy in the earliest phases of its...

Crypto assets force tax systems to review their policies

The rapid rise of crypto assets is forcing tax systems to ponder if rules designed for a traditional economy can keep pace with technologies that are redefining how value is created, owned and exchanged, Professor Shaun Parsons has told attendees at a University of...

CEOs want to ramp up their AI spending as FOMO kicks on

AI is exceeding most CEOs’ expectations and their optimism is growing. Cisco’s latest study shows that 67% now worry they’re underinvesting in the technology — up from 57% last year — with nearly two thirds (64%) of those surveyed now seeing AI adoption as mandatory...

Women face higher levels of burnout as stress levels climb

South African employers are facing a growing workforce resilience challenge as new data reveals that women are increasingly bearing the burden of workplace stress, burnout and mental health crises. A comprehensive analysis by Lyra Southern Africa of 67 419 Employee...

Business urged to lead in Africa’s digitalisation

Kathy Gibson reports from Africa Tech Festival – Business leaders are calling for more co-operation across the continent to fast-track connectivity and make the digital economy a reality. Speaking on a panel discussion at Africa Tech Festival, President Ntuli, MD:...

Improving Africa’s pharmaceutical supply chain

Prosper Africa’s Tech for Trade Alliance (AT4T) is launching its latest pilot in Africa to field test a digital platform intended to bring visibility to Africa’s drug supply chains and creating a more transparent, efficient, and safe commercial market for medications....

Digital card issuance set to boost credit cards

The number of credit cards issued via digital card issuance platforms will exceed 320-million globally by 2027 compared to 120-million in 2023, according to Juniper Research. This growth of almost 170% reflects the use of new advanced digital capabilities such as...

Global crypto market cap jumps 35% in January

After a year of turmoil, the world`s largest and most expensive cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, has begun 2023 on a positive note - bringing some long-awaited optimism to the market. According to data presented by BitcoinCasinos.com, the global crypto market cap jumped by...

Growth slows for North American distributors

Revenue reported in IDC's North America Distribution Tracker (NADT) for the fourth quarter of 2022 (4Q22) came in at $21,7-billion with a modest year-on-year decline of 1,8% ending the sustained growth that distribution experienced over the past two years. The soft...

Miscommunication a leading cause of IT security incidents

More than half of top-tier managers surveyed in South Africa (60%) admit that a miscommunication with the IT department or IT security team has resulted in at least one cybersecurity incident within their organisations. In terms of personal attitudes, the majority of...

Young SA scientists show research at global fair

Two South African learners have been awarded the opportunity to showcase their scientific brilliance at the 2023 Taiwan International Science Fair, after impressing at the Eskom Expo for Young Scientists International Science Fair (ISF) with their research projects....

$1bn set to be spent on future of work

Hybrid work, once thought to be a temporary means of enabling enterprises to continue business operations through the Covid-19 pandemic, has become a mainstay for the global work landscape. To enable these hybrid work models, organisations are investing in a wide...

Consumers splurged on groceries, entertainment and fuel in December

With "Janu-worry" drawing to a close, and as South Africans recover from the traditional spending hangover over the December holiday period, BankservAfrica's point-of-sales (POS) transactional data has revealed how spend varied among cost-conscious consumers. "The...

CFOs plan to increase employee compensation in 2023

The vast majority of CFOs plan to materially increase spending on employee compensation this year with 86% planning to raise compensation spend by at least 3% across their budgets year-over-year, according to Gartner. Despite recession fears, and ongoing inflation...

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Time to ramp up sales

With less than four months to go before SA closes up shop, now is the time to make sure you can meet your targets by year-end. This is according to Louise Robinson, MD of CG Consulting, who notes that companies in South Africa have a habit of leaving everything to the...

Leave policy critical to flexibility

With skills in short supply and the level of unemployment in South Africa rising, the issue of how best to manage people in business continues to gain traction. Aspects like leave and leave policy often makes the critical difference as to whether a business can retain...

CloudSmiths is Salesforce Platinum partner

CloudSmiths, launched in 2014 as a local Salesforce Partner, and has been named a Salesforce Platinum Partner. Tightly integrated with some of the largest Salesforce customers in South Africa, CloudSmiths specialises in the deployment of Salesforce solutions and the...

Spectrum spectacle an opportunity to learn and grow

Telecom regulators across many countries across Africa are beginning to focus on available spectrum licenses to advance digital migration. While the majority of countries failed to meet the ITU's June 2015 migration deadline, there is an increasing number that are...

From backup as a service to DR as a service

While some companies acknowledge that they need disaster recovery as a Service (DRaaS), many still think that backup as a service (BaaS) is sufficient to meet their data management needs, writes Iniel Dreyer, MD of Gabsten Technologies. Those that are convinced that...

Digital disruption: re-inventing the small business

When people talk about 'digital disruption', they tend to focus on disruptive opportunities for technology start-ups and the threats they pose to established banks, retailers and media companies. As we celebrate the annual Small Business Friday, Small & Medium...

EMC debuts Enterprise Hybrid Cloud 4.0

EMC has announced general availability for EMC Enterprise Hybrid Cloud v4.0, as well as planned enhancements for both Enterprise Hybrid Cloud and EMC Native Hybrid Cloud, designed to help customers advance their journey for both traditional and cloud-native...

Commvault supports Red Hat Virtualization 4

Commvault has announced support for Red Hat's Kernel-based Virtual Machine powered virtualisation platform, Red Hat Virtualization 4. Through this integration, customers can implement a unified data protection strategy for workloads running on Red Hat Virtualization 4...

New Adabas & Natural 2050 agenda from Software AG

Software AG has released details of its agenda to support and further develop its Adabas and Natural product portfolio until beyond the year 2050. This industry move is in response to a recent independent survey highlighting that 98 percent of Adabas & Natural...

IFS expands its partner network

IFS has appointed Kgosi Informatics of Botswana and iNENSA of Uganda as business partners in order to expand its reach in fast-growing markets in Sub-Saharan Africa. IFS will collaborate with the two companies to provide customers with enterprise resource planning...

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