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...

Telkom, NRF launch tech research funding initiative

Telkom and the National Research Foundation (NRF) have launched the Future Technologies (FutureTech) programme, a new initiative to co-fund technology research grants and the studies of postgraduate students and postdoctoral Fellows, to help drive innovation. The...

South Africans keen on switching to EVs, hybrid cars

More than 40% of South Africans are considering purchasing an electrified vehicle in the next five years, according to a recent survey by Ford, with most preferring hybrid technology. As part of its multi-market research, Ford spoke with South African car owners and...

Kaspersky supports Interpol’s African operation

Kaspersky has contributed to Interpol's Africa Cyber Surge Operation (ACSO) by sharing data, comprising of indicators of compromise (IoCs) on various cyberthreats and types of cybercriminal activity targeting African countries. This evidence provided the grounds for a...

What will cybersecurity look like next year?

In 2022, governments fought wars online, businesses were affected by multiple ransomware gangs, and regular users' data was constantly on hackers' radar. Marijus Briedis, chief technical officer of NordVPN, comments: "Next year will not be any easier when it comes to...

Digital shopping a clear trend this Black Friday

Even the challenges of increasing inflation and the prospects of continuing interest rate hikes could not dampen the enthusiasm of South African consumers for the extensive deals laid on by stores across the country over Black Friday weekend. That's according to...

Retail sees 126% growth on Black Friday and Cyber Monday

The retail, leisure and entertainment and travel industries were the big online winners over the last four days. This is the news from South African-based digital payment gateway Peach Payments, sharing details of transactions processed on its platform between Black...

Cyberthreats rose 17% in SA during Black Friday

A recently released study using aggregated data from Surfshark Antivirus shows that every 50th scan finds at least one threat. According to Surfshark's research, there was a noticeable rise of 16,94% of cyberthreats in South Africa a week leading up to Black Friday....

SA’s online threats spiked in October

The November Edition of Trellix's Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing for South Africa has shown a dip from around 2,6-million total files detected in August, to 2,4-million in September, before shooting back up, past the 2,7-million mark, in October. This top line...

Sustainable options to plug the energy deficit

In the wake of COP27, the 11th and final South Africa Economic Outlook report of 2022 from PwC focuses on opportunities and actions to improve power supply and energy sustainability in the country. Earlier this month, some PwC Africa leaders attended COP27 in Egypt...

Climate change: A pandemic we must collectively address now

During this year's COP27 in Egypt, world leaders have grappled over what must be done to curb global warming. Seven years ago, world leaders signed an international treaty to limit global warming to well below 2°C but, nonetheless, efforts remain insufficient to limit...

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Veeam introduces Direct Restore to Microsoft Azure

Veeam Software has announced Direct Restore to Microsoft Azure, available for preview as a free, pre-configured Azure appliance in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace that delivers cloud restore for Veeam Backup & Replication and Veeam Endpoint Backup. Available now,...

Airtel Zambia chooses Ericsson for network transformation

Ericsson has extended its partnership with Airtel Zambia, headquartered in Lusaka, Zambia, with a new contract covering the transformation of Airtel's radio access network (RAN) infrastructure in every major region of Zambia. This extended partnership will both...

Microsoft launches Office Excel Champs SA competition

Microsoft South Africa has launched the Office Excel Champs competition, which aims to find the country’s greatest Excel practitioner, whether he or she is a student, teacher, business professional or simply loves crunching numbers for fun.  “There have been many...

SUSE, CTU in open source training partnership

Enterprise Linux solutions provider, SUSE South Africa, has entered into a strategic partnership with CTU Training Solutions that will see the institution provide training based on the current SUSE certification programme. This includes Certified Linux Administrator,...

Students play their way to the top …

An exciting new career sector – gaming - has been quietly growing in the country in the past few years, and has now taken off with gusto as heavyweight degree courses come onto the market to provide professionals for the industry. While in the past gamers were mostly...

VoIP proves low cost can be high function

South African telecoms consumers today are so spoilt for choice that it is easy to forget a time when we had a choice of two cellular network operators and one fixed line operator. After the opening up several years ago of the telecoms sector to literally dozens of...

What are the cyber-threats in the financial sector?

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