RAG gains prominence in GenAI discussions
Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) is becoming a critical focus in company discussions about generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), as organisations look to leverage real-time external data to contextualise and refine the accuracy of generated responses....
Temu app racks up 735m downloads
Since its launch in September 2022, the Chinese shopping app Temu has been gaining share in the global ecommerce market, successfully competing with industry giants like Amazon, eBay, and Shein. With its aggressive pricing and discounts, wide product selection, and...
African Tech Festival recognises the continent’s innovators
Winners of the 15th Africa Tech Festival Awards - formerly AfricaCom Awards- were announced this week in Cape Town as the annual event one again celebrated record attendances. "It has been refreshing and energising being back in face-to-face contact with the...
Renewable energy solutions surge
Recent persistent power cuts in South Africa have seen many households and businesses turn to alternate energy sources, including solar energy, as a means of power continuity. However, solar kits don't come cheap. The average buyer in South Africa will have to spend a...
ICT could be game-changer career for the disabled
People with disabilities (PwDs) can play an invaluable role in South Africa's Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) while carving out a rewarding career for themselves in the country's thriving ICT sector, according to Prudence Mabitsela, co-founder and MD of training...
Solar Community Hub provides connectivity in rural Limpopo
SITA has joined Dell Technologies and Computer Aid International to launch a new Solar Community Hub to support a rural community in Limpopo. The project aligns with South African national Development Plan to reduce poverty and close the gaps of inequality....
In pursuit of the zero-carbon data centre
Kathy Gibson is at VMware Explore in Barcelona - Data centres today use massive amounts of electricity - and this is set to increase by as much as 200% as new technologies come online. "So there is an urgent problem today - and more that we need to solve," says Kit...
Banco BAI improves services with tech modernisation
Kathy Gibson is at VMware Explore in Barcelona - With more than 1,5-million retail and corporate customers, Angola's Banco Angolano de Investimentos (BAI) is determined to meet its current and future demands by modernising its technology infrastructure. Selecting...
SA’s business environment ranking for private companies improves
South Africa has been ranked 25th out of 33 EMEA countries in relation to the attractiveness of private business environments in PwC's latest EMEA Private Business Attractiveness Index 2022. This is an improvement on the country's 2021 ranking of 32nd out of 35...
Cybercrime-as-a-Service enables new wave of destructive attacks
Fortinet today unveiled predictions from the FortiGuard Labs global threat intelligence and research team about the cyberthreat landscape for the next 12 months and beyond. From quickly evolving Cybercrime-as-a-Service (CaaS)-fuelled attacks to new exploits on...
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Revolutionising the partner opportunity
Businesses are changing and, as a result so is the channel, writes Nathan Nayagar, MD of Lexmark - South Africa & English-speaking Africa. Companies are now looking to digitalisation and are increasingly turning to advanced technology to innovate the way they...
New African entrepreneurs honoured
MTN, in partnership with the MTN Solution Space at the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business and Jumia, has announced that team MedRX from Ghana emerged as the winner of the inaugural MTN Entrepreneurship Challenge powered by Jumia. The pan-African...
Dell XPS notebooks are built for business
Distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC) has announced the local availability of Dell's XPS 12,13 and 15 laptops. In line with Dell's focus on form and function the XPS 13 and 15 are the first to feature Dell's new virtually borderless InfinityEdge technology,...
Special offer for .xyz domains
ICANN-accredited registrar Domains.co.za is marking the second anniversary of the .xyz top level domain (gTLD) by dropping all costs on .xyz domain name registration on 1 June and 2 June 2016. There is a limit of five .xyz domains per customer. In addition, from 3...
Interactive Intelligence in the Magic Quadrant – again
Interactive Intelligence Group has been positioned as a Leader in the Gartner 2016 Magic Quadrant for Contact Centre Infrastructure, Worldwide. "This is our eighth consecutive time positioned as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Contact Centre Infrastructure,...
Eaton Towers sells SA tower portfolio to ATC
Eaton Towers Group has signed a definitive agreement to sell its South African towers to ATC South Africa for an undisclosed sum. Terry Rhodes, CEO of Eaton Towers, says: "The successful execution of our build-to-suit strategy over the last few years has resulted in a...
Balance mobility risk with data availability
Mobile devices have become an integral component of the Always-On Enterprise. But what impact do they have on the modern data centre, especially when employees expect to have access to mission-critical data from wherever they are? Rick Vanover, senior product strategy...
Underestimate spear phishing at your peril
Too many businesses today underestimate the dangers of spear phishing, and fail to realise it is one of the top threats enterprises face today, and one that often results in devastating losses, both financial and in terms of reputation. "Businesses who want to protect...
Transformation as a strategic imperative
Organisations are increasingly redirecting their attention and focus on transformation as they prepare to be evaluated according to the new B-BBEE Codes later this year. The revised codes of good practice around BEE come with relatively steep demands. Traditionally,...
Network analytics: creating harmony from chaos
With the developments of technology and the rapid rate that employees are adapting to these, enterprises need to ensure that they are keeping up to date with communication advancements. From the BYOD phenomenon, as well as mobility and the move to the cloud,...
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