CIOs must overcome challenges to deliver AI value
A Gartner survey of 451 senior technology leaders in the second quarter of 2024, found that 45% of CIOs in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) said they are tasked with leading an artificial intelligence (AI( strategy in their enterprise. However, four emerging...
Fraud accounts for a quarter of SA’s financial crime
Fraud has been the most frequently recorded type of financial crime in South Africa – accounting for 26% according to an analysis by LSEG Risk Intelligence. The research showed that control or regulation violations and theft and embezzlement took second and third...
Outsourcing key to overcoming the cybersecurity skills gap
Outsourcing cybersecurity services will become integral to every effective corporate cybersecurity strategy in 2023, says Kaspersky. The importance of such an approach becomes even more critical at a time when third-party research shows that 75% of companies across...
Study confirms massive green hydrogen potential in Africa
Harnessing Africa’s solar energy to produce 50-million tons of green hydrogen a year by 2035 can help secure global energy supply, create jobs, decarbonise heavy industry, enhance global competitiveness and transform access to clean water and sustainable energy. This...
Sustained loadshedding puts pressure on network operators
South Africa’s protracted and more frequent power cuts are having a significantly negative impact on the country’s mobile network operators. Although the industry has proactively spent billions of rand in backup power solutions for network stability and continuity,...
ChatGPT produces malicious emails and code
Check Point Research (CPR) has warned of hackers potentially using OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Codex to execute targeted and efficient cyber-attacks. To demonstrate, CPR used ChatGPT and Codex to produce malicious emails, code and a full infection chain capable of targeting...
Study reveals the true value of elephants
New research examining the services and benefits of elephants has revealed many values are often overlooked when deciding how they should be protected. The collaboration between universities in England and South Africa, including the University of Portsmouth, found...
NASA’s Perseverance rover to begin building Martian sample depot
In the coming days, NASA’s Perseverance rover is expected to begin building the first sample depot on another world. This will mark a crucial milestone in the NASA-ESA (European Space Agency) Mars Sample Return campaign, which aims to bring Mars samples to Earth for...
Climate change played key role in dinosaur success story
Climate change, rather than competition, played a key role in the ascendancy of dinosaurs through the Late Triassic and Early Jurassic periods. According to new research, changes in global climate associated with the Triassic-Jurassic mass extinction – which wiped out...
META sees strong growth for smart home devices
The Middle East, Turkey, and Africa (META) smart home devices market continues to register significant gains on the back of increasing demand and better supply in the region. That's according to the latest insights from International Data Corporation (IDC), with the...
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SteelCentral amps up visibility in the cloud
Riverbed Technology has announced new enhancements to Riverbed SteelCentral that bring major advances to troubleshooting capabilities and improved monitoring across the cloud while simultaneously improving ease of use and scalability. These enhancements continue to...
Software AG launches webMethods DevOps Edition
Software AG has announced the availability of its new webMethods DevOps Edition for continuous development, testing, integration and deployment, with low to zero failure rates. The purpose of webMethods DevOps Edition is to help developers write and launch apps in...
Software project success grounded in strategy
Software that is designed to direct business operations - ERP software - has earned a bad rap as an expensive and drawn-out exercise that often does not live up to expectations. This is because software selection gets more attention than business strategy formulation,...
MTN promotes volunteerism
MTN SA, through its corporate social investment unit, MTN SA Foundation, is today pleased to announce the annual 21 Day Y'ello Care Campaign that is set to kick-off at MTN Innovation Centre on Saturday 4 June with a 21 km half marathon. The half marathon allows...
Is skills development failing?
The amendments to the Skills Development Act have had far reaching consequences for training institutions, employees that seek to develop their skills, and the companies that employ them. Factor in Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) point requirements, and...
What smart technology really means for business
Smart technology (IoT), is simply about connecting devices, but while the focus has been on technology that facilitates the creation of smart households, its business applications are endless, writes Keith Fenner, vice-president of Sage X3 International. According to...
Four accounting hacks that keep small businesses afloat
By Daryl Blundell, MD of Sage SSB (Start-up and small business) Accounting South and Southern Africa Many business owners are not equipped to survive the years of hard work and reach overall success. Lack of finance is one of the biggest reasons for this. For many...
Epson’s gateway to tablet POS printing
With the growth in e-commerce and an increasing trend towards experiential shopping, point-of-sale manufacturers are seeing the need to develop technology that enhances the shopper experience and speeds up in-store transactions. While large retailers can afford to...
Connecting the always-mobile bank of the future
As a mobile-centric hub, Africa has the capability to approach banking in a whole new manner. In fact, today very few Africans have access to traditional banking accounts. The issue that arises is a lack of infrastructure to support the all-encompassing digital bank...
Preparing for your next IT budget
IT spend has increased significantly over the last decade and business leaders everywhere fear they may be spending too much on 'unnecessary technology', but often not enough on what is really important to the business. This is according to Mark Geschke, CEO of...
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