Sluggish demand pushes Absa PMI back to contractionary territory
After the encouraging uptick in July, the seasonally adjusted PMI dropped significantly by 8.8 points to 43.6 in August, down from 52.4 in July. This decline underscores the challenges the sector faces amid ongoing political uncertainty, high but slowing inflation,...
Intel raises the bar for AI performance on Xeon processors
In the latest MLCommons AI performance benchmark suite – MLPerf Inference v4.1 - Intel submitted results across six MLPerf benchmarks for 5th Gen Xeon Scalable processors and, for the first time, its Xeon 6 processors with Performance-cores (P-cores). Intel Xeon 6...
Massive growth predicted for CCaaS
A new study by Juniper Research has found that global CCaaS (contact centre-as-a-service) market revenue will reach $15,6-billion by 2027; rising from $4,9-billion in 2022. This 216% growth of will be driven by the breadth of services offered within comprehensive...
Antarctic ice loss is double what we had estimated
New research on Antarctica, including the first map of iceberg calving, doubles the previous estimates of loss from ice shelves and details how the continent is changing. The greatest uncertainty in forecasting global sea level rise is how Antarctica’s ice loss will...
Companies set to invest more in ICT
Organisations around the world significantly accelerated their adoption of technology services during Covid-19 to drive their digital transformation and boost their resilience. Telefónica Tech's "Planting digital seeds for the future" study reveals that, although lack...
Intel shows off driverless tractors
At its Intel Vision event, Intel demonstrated the possibilities that open when the company pairs a high-bandwidth, low-latency private 5G wireless network with edge computing devices. The company collaborated with Federated Wireless and Blue White Robotics to deliver...
Network security sales set to top $150bn
Demand for network security - which includes email security, firewall, security service edge (SSE), secure web gateway (SWG), and web application firewall (WAF) technologies - is expected to remain healthy over the next five years as solid enterprise investment in...
Android the biggest cause for privacy concern
Anonymised data voluntarily provided by users of Kaspersky's Privacy Checker, a website that offers advice on privacy and security instructions for various Internet platforms and digital applications, shows that users are most interested in finding out how to set up...
Crypto scams and hacks ramp up
The crypto scam epidemic has worsened recently, costing investors billions of dollars. According to a BanklessTimes.com analysis, as of 10 August 2022, crypto scams had lost roughly $42-billion. That translates into a daily loss of an average of $189 000 a day. "While...
Software, Internet services companies are the biggest spenders
The software and Internet services sector has the costliest finance function at all levels of company revenue, spending at least twice what companies in the food and beverage sector do at equivalent revenue points, according to Gartner. As many finance functions start...
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YEZZ Mobile launches in Nigeria
YEZZ, a worldwide mobile brand, was created in Miami, Florida in 2011 and has experienced tremendous success in the Latin American market. Its success has allowed the US based brand to expand its distribution footprint into Europe and now Africa, a key growth focus...
Recreational drugs affect employees
Drug abuse in South Africa, as in many countries all over the world, has been an issue for years. However, the number of different types of drugs available has grown dramatically, at a variety of price points, and cheap recreational drugs are now easier to come by...
UCS Solutions wins industry award
When powerful partners come together with a shared commitment to delivering highly effective, competitive services and solutions to customers, the result is an offering that meets global standards. This level of commitment and service from UCS Solutions to Mimecast...
Dell releases UC Command Suite
Dell Software has announced the newest release of its Unified Communications Command Suite, which adds analytics reporting for Office 365 for Exchange Online and Cisco Unified Communications Manager to Dell’s cross-platform analytics and diagnostics solution. Unified...
Cross-border money service in Niger
Bharti Airtel, a leading global telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Africa and Asia, has today announced the launch of a cross-border money transfer service for Airtel Money customers in Niger, a first for Niger. Niger will join...
Old malware, new tricks
There’s been an explosion in new malware over the past t years. But how new is this malware, really? How serious is the threat, and how should it be countered? Doros Hadjizenonos, Country Manager, Check Point South Africa looks at the issues.Taking the path of least...
Novatti deploys mobile banking in Tanzania
Following a competitive tender, Novatti has been appointed to supply a mobile money and mobile banking platform for Tanzania Telecommunications Company Limited (TTCL) in Tanzania. The Novatti platform will enable TTCL to enter the already competitive but highly...
ttrumpet creates safer communities
ttrumpet – one of the most advanced over-the-top (OTT) service providers – has launched a new feature to the platform, namely “Tag Me” – a my-safety, real-time feature within the app aimed at families, friends and active sportsmen. The feature enables individuals to “pin” or “mark” their journey home while on their way back from a specific location, allowing personally selected people to identify their exact location and whether they have gone off route, as well as allowing the user to alert their “followers” in cases of distress.
Leading companies join FANTASTIC-5G
A group of 16 leading players in the field of telecommunications are joining forces to advance the development of a new air interface below 6 GHz for 5G networks. The “FANTASTIC-5G” (Flexible Air iNTerfAce for Scalable service delivery within wireless Communication...
AMD unveils new Catalyst driver
AMD has announced its new AMD Catalyst 15.7 Driver update delivering seamless and intuitive support for Windows 10 and the DirectX 12 API, and is a primary ingredient for users to get the most out of their AMD APU and GPU solutions. The AMD Catalyst 15.7 driver is a...
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