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...

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 -...

Load shedding, petrol, interest rates hit SME confidence

South African small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) confidence levels took a dip in second quarter of 2022. This is according to the recently released Q2 2022 SME Confidence Index conducted by specialist SME financier, Business Partners, which reveals that SME...

Poor home security threatens corporate networks

Unwitting insider threats are becoming an increasingly common part of the attack chain for general consumers. Even the smallest of data leaks can lead to huge ramifications further up the business chain and poor cybersecurity at home could prove to a weak link for...

Despite headwinds, IT resellers remain confident

IT resellers across much of Europe and beyond are largely positive about the future despite strengthening economic headwinds, according to the latest ChannelWatch report from Context. The annual Context report polled 5 308 B2B and B2C resellers of all sizes and across...

Smart home device growth slows

Consumer buying continues to cool across the globe as macroeconomic issues persist. The slowdown in buying is expected to result in flat growth for smart home device shipments in 2022. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Smart...

Big investment needed to prevent more energy poverty

Energy is key to the growth and prosperity of any modern economy, but it is estimated that nearly 1-billion Africans lack access to clean, sustainable energy. The shortage of electricity in many African countries is approximately equivalent to 1% of the global...

Liquid adds Equiano capacity

Liquid Dataport has acquired a pair of fibre cables on Equiano, the new West coast submarine cable, capable of delivering up to 12Tb of new Internet capacity. The Equiano sea cable is the highest capacity cable landing in South Africa. According to David Eurin, CEO of...

Private investors ‘back innovators to boost African connectivity’

Venture capital and private equity investors believe increased innovation in the delivery of Internet connectivity in Africa will help drive dramatic expansion in connecting the continent, new research from blockchain-based mobile network operator World Mobile shows....

Quarter of finance leaders plan to increase CSS funding

Only 7% of CFOs plan to decrease customer service spending over the next 12 months, according to a July 2022 poll of 234 finance leaders by Gartner. Twenty-one percent plan to increase customer spending and 72% to maintain spending despite economic pressures. "In...

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Britehouse appoints Paolo Masselli as group CEO

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