Private partnerships sought to save Post Office
Treasury support is being sought in forming a task team to pursue private financial and operational partners for the South African Post Office (SAPO). “This will enable serious consideration of privatisation scenarios as a preferential option to further funding from...
AI fuels explosive growth in shared cloud infrastructure
According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Infrastructure Tracker: Buyer and Cloud Deployment, spending on compute and storage infrastructure products for cloud deployments - including dedicated and shared IT environments -...
Most banks still in early stage of hybrid cloud adoption
In the years since the 2008 financial crisis, banks have struggled with performance and profitability. Average return on equity (ROE) remains well below banking industry metrics, and cost to income ratio (CIR) has improved on average, but remains high. By Shanker...
Bumper growth forecast for metaverse
The metaverse market will record a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 39,8% to reach $996-billion in 2030, as companies across the globe, including those in non-tech sectors, increasingly invest in the technology for better engagement with customers, brand...
Cybersecurity a major challenge for SMBs
A recent Kaspersky global survey conducted among 1 307 decision-makers in companies with 1 to 999 workers shows that cybersecurity incidents pose almost the same difficulties as a dramatic fall in sales. Thirteen percent of respondents from small and medium...
Decrease in technology use by marketers
Marketers report utilising just 42% of the breadth of capabilities available in their martech stack overall, down from 58% in 2020, according to a new survey by Gartner. Gartner surveyed 324 marketers in May and June 2022 to determine the state of marketing technology...
Intel reports breakthrough in quantum chips
The Intel Labs and Components Research organisations have demonstrated the industry's highest reported yield and uniformity to date of silicon spin qubit devices developed at Intel's transistor research and development facility, Gordon Moore Park. This achievement...
SWIFT paves way for global use of CBDCs and tokenised assets
SWIFT has successfully shown that Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) and tokenised assets can move seamlessly on existing financial infrastructure - a major milestone towards enabling their smooth integration into the international financial ecosystem. The...
New fund a game-changer for township business inclusion
The Gauteng Provincial Government, the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and the SA SME Fund have launched the SMME Crisis Partnership Fund, a R300-million debt fund for small businesses based in Gauteng townships. There are more than 2-million formal and...
Entries for Digital Twin Hackathon now open
Wits University's digital incubation hub, Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct, and the embass of the Netherlands have called for entries for their Digital Twin Hackathon - open to 15 students from South Africa and 15 students from the Netherlands. The Digital...
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Disaster recovery and the tough questions
In a market driven by data and the need to source, store and retrieve information in realtime, the ability to audit and control this data is paramount. The reason, say technology and cloud service experts, is to ensure that data can be protected and exploited, and...
BBBEE: Sector codes to clash with generic codes?
The legal framework for Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment in South Africa (BBBEE) has recently been significantly reformed through several amendments to the Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment Act and new "generic" Codes of Good Practice (which set out the...
Predictive maintenance reduces costs, improves uptime
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How to achieve data-first security strategy
Old-fashioned attempts to protect data by building impenetrable firewalls are impractical in the age of big data. It's just too expensive and, anyway, business success increasingly means opening up to customers and business partners. By Godfrey Kutumela, head:...
Self-service can help to improve ITSM efficiency
Self-service is a trend gaining traction and is being explored by customer service organisations in the quest to deliver better customer service, writes Edward Carbutt, executive director at Marval Africa. While self-service portals are frequently implemented within...
Standard Bank expands in Africa
Standard Bank Group has expanded its already extensive East African footprint with the official opening of a representative office in Ethiopia. This means that Standard Bank, which is Africa's largest bank by assets, has a continent-wide footprint in 20 African...
Ericsson, E.On, ABB work on smart energy
Ericsson, E.On and ABB have signed a cooperation agreement in Sweden to develop innovative products and services to deliver smart energy solutions for a number of industries, to help businesses reduce energy and operation costs and improve consumers' comfort and...
Huawei enhances energy efficiency
Huawei, together with the Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Electricity of Ethiopia, hosted the Ethiopia Day and Huawei Electric Power Summit 2015 themed "Better Connected Smart Grid, Greater Energy Efficiency" in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. As one of the key events at the...
Newgen Software for Union Bank of Nigeria
Newgen Software, a leading global provider of Business Process Management (BPM), Enterprise Content Management (ECM), Customer Communication Management (CCM), and Adaptive Case Management (ACM) solutions is pleased to announce its partnership with Union Bank of...
Ultra HD cameras take video surveillance to the next level
Video surveillance is an increasingly important part of any comprehensive security system. However, in large spaces or areas where a high level of detail is required there are a number of challenges, writes Laurence Smith, executive at Graphic Image Technologies....
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