Google on the hunt for 15 black-owned SA startups
Applications for the Google for Startups Accelerator Africa: Black Founders programme are now open to black-owned startups in South Africa. The company says the fund is indicative of its commitment to supporting startups in South Africa and recognising the important...
Inclusive participation key for African growth
The Global Africa Business Initiative (GABI) event wrapped up last week (26 September 2024) in New York, themed: “Unstoppable Africa: Shaping Global Ambitions for Agenda 2063”. The summit emphasised inclusive participation and solution-driven solutions, culminating in...
Crypto is on the up in Africa
Despite the global crash in cryptocurrencies, sustained uptake of innovations in non-fungible tokens (NFTs), decentralised finance (DeFi), Web 3.0 and the aetaverse in Africa is convincing investors that early adopters of these technologies are well positioned to...
Shoprite Group almost doubles solar capacity
Over the past 12 months, the Shoprite Group has increased its installed capacity of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems by 82% to 26,606 kWp. The 143 674m2 of solar panels at 62 sites, is equivalent to the size of 20 soccer fields. This is enough to power the equivalent...
Infected Tor Browser installer distributed through popular YouTube channel
Kaspersky researchers have uncovered an ongoing malicious campaign distributed via YouTube channel with more than 180 000 subscribers. Cybercriminals spread malware to collect users' personal data and obtain full control over the victim's computer by placing a link to...
Businesses are still introducing security risk into cloud environments
While cloud computing and its many forms (private, public, hybrid cloud or multi-cloud environments) have become ubiquitous with innovation and growth over the past decade, cybercriminals have closely watched the migration and introduced innovations of their own to...
Compute, storage cloud infrastructure spend on upward trajectory
Spending on compute and storage infrastructure products for cloud deployments, including dedicated and shared IT environments, increased 22,4% year over year in the second quarter of 2022 (2Q22) to $22,6-billion. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC)...
Automation is on the corporate agenda
A massive 85% of infrastructure and operations (I&O) leaders that do not currently have any full automation expect to become more automated in the next two to three years. Gartner predicts that by 2025, 70% of organisations will implement structured automation to...
Your personal data could go for less than the price of a Big Mac
Cybercriminals sell users' data on the dark web for dirt-cheap prices - often less than the price of a Big Mac in the US. For instance, a batch of American mobile phone numbers costs $4.50, US payment card data can be bought for around $5.80, and the Twitter login for...
Mobility as a service could save users $10,8bn in fuel
A new study from Juniper Research found MaaS (mobility as a service) will generate fuel cost savings of $10,8-billion by 2027 globally; increasing from $2,8-billion in 2022 - a growth of 282%. The research anticipates these savings will be achieved by MaaS' ability to...
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Data Centre Central 2015: bridging the gap
Top-level decision makers wanting to gain greater insight into the country's most pressing complex data centre challenges, from real-life economic, engineering and regulatory issues, should mark off 29 October 2015 on their calendars to attend the second Data Centre...
Training steady as apprentice intake drops
The artisan industry seems to be in a nosedive, with apprentice intake arguably heading for a significant drop for the year as company's cut back due to continued pressures in the mining and commodities markets. However, some artisan training companies, such as...
How is SDN disrupting the way businesses develop technology?
While many businesses acknowledge that the benefits of SDN are too big to ignore, there are challenges to overcome, says Gary Newe, technical director at F5 Networks. You must have read so much about software-defined networking (SDN) by now that you probably think you...
Soft skills boost competitive edge
The rules for remaining competitive in business are changing every day, yet some companies are still not embracing new trends and methods. It has long been said that the magic recipe for a successful business is talented, knowledgeable staff combined with innovative...
SUSE and Huawei debut SAP HANA appliance solution
SUSE and Huawei are collaborating to include SUSE Linux Enterprise Server as the operating environment in Huawei's new SAP HANA Appliance Solution. The combination of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Huawei's SAP HANA appliance will speed up real-time data analysis...
What to look for in a mobile enablement partner
South Africa's mobile messaging market is a fiercely contested space, it is therefore important that organisations examine their mobile channel requirements carefully to obtain optimal value in the future, writes Jacques Swanepoel, COO of Cellfind. The mobile phone is...
Professional lead generation boosts sales
In order to make sales, a business has to have qualified leads, and the best way to do this is thorough lead generation, or the process of establishing interest in products or services among a specific target market. Generating leads involves a process. There are ways...
Network Platforms links Hetzner and Teraco
Network Platforms has developed a robust and scalable fibre infrastructure between Hetzner's Centurion data centre and Teraco Isando. The solution ensures that Hetzner and Network Platforms can offer their clients an impressively rich array of services and...
PoPI drives IT security as business priority
The Protection of Personal Information (PoPI) Act has received significant media attention over the past two years, particularly around the various aspects covered and how to comply, writes Simeon Tassev, Director of Galix. While the appointment of the regulator has...
Argility signs up with Storeforce
Storeforce has appointed Argility as its exclusive partner in the South African market. Toronto-based Storeforce provides an integrated, Web-based solution to help retailers improve the productivity of their in-store sales force. "In today's omnichannel retail...
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