Team SA takes bronze at International Olympiad in Informatics
The four-member South African team won two bronze medals and an honourable mention at the 36th International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI 2024) - the most prestigious global computer science competition for secondary school and high school students. Bronze medals were...
Interest rates down, SME confidence up
With the rand continuing to strengthen and heightened political stability as a result of the now formalised Government of National Unity, the small business sector in South Africa continues to show improved confidence. On the back of South African Reserve Bank cutting...
Consumers want more transparency on how businesses handle their data
Cisco's 2022 Consumer Privacy Survey, an annual global review of consumers' perceptions and behaviours on data privacy, highlights the critical need for further transparency as consumers say their top priority is for organisations to be more transparent on how they...
The top 5 cybersecurity trends of 2022
Since the Covid-19 pandemic forced increased digitalisation, threat detections have increased exponentially, according to Trend Micro's mid-year report on the latest developments and trends in cybersecurity. For many IT decision-makers, this rapid digitalisation is...
PC market sees steepest decline in 20 years
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 68-million units in the third quarter of 2022, a 19,5% decrease from the third quarter of 2021, according to preliminary results by Gartner. This is the steepest market decline since Gartner began tracking the PC market in the mid-1990s...
Global co-operation vital to counter cybersecurity threats
Kathy Gibson reports from Gitex - Cybersecurity is arguably the biggest challenge facing all organisations around the world, and global co-operation will be needed to mitigate the threats. Eugene Kaspersky, founder and CEO of Kaspersky, points out that, while states...
Old cooking oil could solve diesel generation problems
Kathy Gibson reports from Gitex - Climate change has been caused by business decisions - and one of the reasons governments haven't been able to do anything about it is because, most often, it is not a government issue. And business decisions are quite hard to make,...
Global PC shipments continue to decline
Declines continued for the traditional PC market as global shipments totaled 74,3-million units during the third quarter of 2022 (3Q22), according to preliminary results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device...
Global collaboration in R&D key to economic success
Kathy Gibson reports from Gitex - Research and development investments play a critical role in future-proofing a nation's economy - and nations need to work together to solve the big global problems. That's the word from Dr Ray Johnson, CEO of Technology Innovation...
Africa’s entertainment and media industry becomes more digital, more mobile
PwC Africa has released its latest industry insights from the Africa Entertainment and Media Outlook 2022-2026 which indicates the E & M industry is a considerable economic driver in many African countries and, just like the rest of the world, large sectors within...
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Maximising data resources to protect water resources
Kroshlen Moodley, GM: public sector and utilities at SAS, writes that South Africa is a water scarce country. With average annual rainfall of 450mm - compared to a global average of 870mm - the country is ranked the 30th driest in the world. One would assume that we...
Digital technology at the heart of progress
2015 was a watershed year according to Professor Barry Dwolatzky, director of the Joburg Centre for Software Engineering (JCSE). Working to ready Braamfontein as the digital hub of Johannesburg, he says that 2016 is time to 'take the great leap forward' and move from...
2016 – the year of XaaS and everything software-defined
The new year will offer up several opportunities to businesses that are ready to embrace transformation of infrastructure and whose CIOs are up to the challenge to help businesses use new technology effectively and truly rethink IT. IT professionals like Muggie van...
Ecowize boosts business efficiency with Sage 300
Ecowize, one of South Africa's leading hygiene and sanitation service providers, has improved productivity and efficiency by implementing the Sage 300 (formerly known as Sage ERP Accpac) business management system. The group, which has more than 80 sites around South...
Red Hat expands hybrid cloud
Red Hat has announced the general availability of Red Hat CloudForms 4, the latest version of its award-winning hybrid cloud management solution. Built on an open platform, Red Hat CloudForms 4 goes beyond self-service, offering a consistent experience and...
Top technologies for retail at a glance
In recent years we have seen the consumption of technology grow at an ever-increasing speed, writes Robbie Johnson, retail manager at DCC. Sometimes, just as you have become accustomed to an operating system (OS) or a smaller mobile phone, it's time to upgrade and...
SAP connects users via WeChat
Nexmo, a leader in global cloud communications platforms, has signed a partnership agreement with SAP SE that allows it to integrate Nexmo Chat App API with the SAP Cloud for Customer solution. By using Nexmo Chat App API, customer service agents will now be able to...
Consumers now protected from online fraud
Phishield, the world's first cyber and phishing insurance, covering losses for unauthorised transactions on accounts is now available in Africa via Phoenix Distribution, who has won the exclusive distribution rights. Phishield offers a financial protection solution...
Using shade to produce solar energy
GeoSolar, part of the GeoGroup, recently personified "out-of-the-box" thinking, when it turned an original invention for shade into a source of solar power. For more than 100 years, the chief purpose of carports has been to shield vehicles from the harsh sun. Today,...
EMC offerings extend across platforms
EMC has announced RackHD, a platform-agnostic technology stack designed to solve an industry-wide challenge of managing and orchestrating server and network resources at hyper-scale. Additionally, the CoprHD Community announced the release of CoprHD 2.4 and new...
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