IT channel pivots to add value as AI takes off

Kathy Gibson reports from Pinnacle TechScape - Artificial intelligence (AI) may be at the peak of the hype cycle, but this doesn’t detract from the value that the technology will bring to the industry. That’s the word from Tim Humphreys-Davies, CEO of Pinnacle, who...

Network to the fore as agentic AI adoption takes off

In the era of agentic AI, the network is becoming the critical foundation for trust, security and the seamless operating models through which people and AI can build the future. However, as organisations move quickly to gain an advantage from AI, a significant gap has...

Labour disputes emerge as SA’s top legal concern

Labour matters rank highest among the everyday legal questions that South Africans are asking. This is according to data aggregated by My AI Lawyer, which found that more than a third (37%) of the queries processed on My AI Lawyer in the first six months of 2026 is...

Digital companies’ emission reductions lag climate commitments

Despite progress in climate reporting and renewable electricity use, digital companies are falling short in cutting emissions at the pace required to achieve global climate targets, according to the new report Greening Digital Companies: Monitoring Emissions and...

AMD, Fujitsu partner on sustainable AI infrastructure

AMD and Fujitsu have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to form a strategic partnership to create computing platforms for artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC). The partnership, encompassing aspects from technology development to...

Nvidia Ethernet accelerates xAI’s supercomputer

xAI’s Colossus supercomputer cluster, comprising 100 000 Nvidia Hopper GPUs, achieved this scale by using the Nvidia Spectrum-X Ethernet networking platform, which is designed to power multi-tenant, hyperscale AI factories using standards-based Ethernet, for its...

First Distribution takes home closely-fought Customer Care award

First Distribution has been chosen as the distributor that showed resellers the most care in 2022, walking away with the Channelwise Customer Care Distributor of the Year Award. The calibre and adaptability of South Africa’s IT distributors was amply demonstrated in...

These are the channel’s favourite vendors

South Africa’s resellers have once again made their voices heard, voting for their favourite vendors in the 2022 Channelwise Awards. “Over the years, the Channelwise Awards have tracked the progress of the South African IT industry, reflecting each year how technology...

Your data could be for sale on a bot market

At least 5-million people have had their online identities stolen and sold on bot markets for R102.00 on average - and 48 000 of those affected are South African. This data comes from research by the cybersecurity company NordVPN, which looked into three major bot...

Heightened hacktivism, geopolitical cyberattacks expected in 2023

Forecasts from the Trellix Advanced Research Centre anticipate spikes in geopolitically motivated attacks across Asia and Europe, hacktivism fuelled by tensions from opposing political parties, and vulnerabilities in core software supply chains. "Analyzing current...

Cybercriminals are after your bank account this festive season

According to a 2021 Interpol report, South Africa had 230-million cyber threat detections between January 2020 and February 2021. Additionally, the country recorded a 100% increase in mobile banking application fraud and is estimated to have suffered 577 malware...

This is the year in search in SA

Google today released its Year in Search results, which capture all of the information and questions South Africans sought out in 2022. Google's Year in Search is an annual analysis that reveals the top trending lists and spotlights what the world searches to see,...

CIOs move towards becoming business value drivers

The CIO role is evolving beyond that of being a technical problem solver, to becoming a strategic business value driver. However, CIOs themselves need to take the lead in entrenching themselves as agents of change for business. This emerged during a round table...

EWSETA, CSIR collaborate to grow renewable energy skills

The EWSETA (Energy and Water Sector Education and Training Authority) and the CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) have entered into a funding agreement with a value of just over R9-million, over the five-year period, to launch the Energy Industry...

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Gemalto’s SDK gets ANSSI certification

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If you've been listening to the news at all the past couple of weeks, you have undoubtedly heard of a number of companies being affected by ransomware, writes Paul Williams, major account manager at Fortinet. The recent surge in this form of cyber attack has many...

Make sure your printing solution is POPI compliant

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SSL: The unchecked security blind spot

When changing lanes on the highway, you would first indicate to make other drivers aware of your intentions and then check your blind spot to make sure it was safe to switch lanes, writes Martin Walshaw, senior engineer at F5 Networks. Those safety measures, which...

Nominations open for Heritage Trust Contest

As part of the EMC Information Preservation Initiative to advance the conservation of the world's information heritage, EMC has announced that nominations for the 2016 EMC Heritage Trust Project are being accepted, effective immediately through 20 May 2016. Grants of...

Shared services to drive municipal service delivery

With pressure mounting on the government to reduce costs while improving governance and service delivery, there is an opportunity for municipalities to streamline their operations by adopting a shared services model. During the recent 2016 Budget Speech, the emphasis...

PE gets new tech R&D centre

SEDA Nelson Mandela Bay ICT Incubator (SNII) has announced the opening of a new technology research and development (R&D) centre, located on-site at its Newton Park technology office business park in Port Elizabeth. The SNII R&D Lab offers assistance and...

Argility adds Open Virtual Desktop

Digital transformation specialist - Argility - has signed a strategic partnership with OpenSector, Inuvika's distribution partner for Africa.  This move positions Argility as a leading open source software solution provider for application delivery supporting Inuvika...

Unlimited calling for fixed line users

Cape Town-based telecommunications company Comtel Communications has launched Unlimited Calling, a fixed-line product for both residential and business clients. The new offering is an addition to the company's services that include fibre and wireless connectivity,...

Bi-modal IT: Finding the perfect harmony

As the concept of bimodal, or 'two-operations IT' gains traction, chief information officers (CIOs) are grappling with the dilemma of how to keep existing systems humming, while simultaneously developing the agility and innovation capability to respond to new business...

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