Unmanaged AI poses new ‘shadow agent’ crisis

A growing “shadow agent” crisis threatens to overwhelm businesses. According to the Veeam Software’ latest research, organisations across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) are battling unmanaged AI on two fronts. On the data security front, 70% of organisations...

A third of employees laid off due to AI will need to be rehired

As AI continues to accelerate the pace and scope of work, CIOs must prepare for four shifts that will influence the future of work, says Gartner. “When business and IT executives look back on the early AI-era, they will realise their greatest mistake was believing...

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...

Delaying the just energy transition could prove costly

Recent research by economists at the University of Cape Town (UCT) suggests that delaying the just energy transition (JET) could be expensive, especially in light of evolving trade protocols that are increasingly calling for environmentally friendly alternatives, such...

First metal part 3D-printed in space

The first metal 3D printer in space, a collaboration between ESA and Airbus, has printed its first metal product on the International Space Station, a breakthrough in crew autonomy for future long-duration exploration missions.  ESA’s Metal 3D Printer, a technology...

Liquid completes Telrad acquisition

Liquid Intelligent Technologies has finalised its 100% acquisition and delisting of Telrad, an Israeli-based technology company. According to Nic Rudnick, deputy-chairman of Liquid Intelligent Technologies: “Earlier this year, Liquid had entered into a definitive...

Solid improvement in SA business debt

There has been a strong improvement in business debt conditions in Q1 but this trajectory is likely to decline in the coming quarters, according to new insight from Experian South Africa. The Experian Business Debt Index (BDI) increased in Q1 from Q4 2021, rising to...

Darknet forums target corporate infrastructure

Selling access to corporate infrastructure is one of the most popular topics on Darknet forums currently, accounting for 12% of all messages in trade forum sections analysed. This is according to Yuliya Novikova, head of security services analysis at Kaspersky, who...

Virtual assistants, digital humans could be close to acing Turing Test

Nvidia has announced the Nvidia Omniverse Avatar Cloud Engine (ACE), a suite of cloud-native AI models and services that make it easier to build and customize lifelike virtual assistants and digital humans. By bringing these models and services to the cloud, ACE...

AI-equipped drones study dolphins on the edge of extinction

Small in size and with a distinctive, rounded dorsal fin, Māui dolphins are one of the rarest and most threatened dolphins in the sea, with a known population of just 54. Decades of fishing practices, such as gillnetting off the west coast of New Zealand in the South...

AI, analytics key to developing African hydrocarbons

Africa has had massive oil and gas discoveries in recent years ­– including the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim offshore Senegal and Mauritania, the Luiperd and Brulpadda in South Africa and the Rovuma Basin discoveries offshore Mozambique, among others – but development has...

Betelgeuse slowly recovers after blowing its top

Analysing data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and several other observatories, astronomers have concluded that the bright red supergiant star Betelgeuse quite literally blew its top in 2019, losing a substantial part of its visible surface and producing a gigantic...

New challenges as we move beyond digitalisation

While digital transformation has meant the increasing prominence of digital technologies in traditional industries, there will be decreasing prominence of digital technologies in the next era. This is the word from the Gartner Research Board, which adds this isn't a...

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IT must secure #GenMobile

Do your security policies give employees the collaborative, open and creative environment they expect? If not, you might need to consider changing them. Here’s why, according to Matthew Barker, regional manager for sub-Saharan African at Aruba Networks. A guy named...

Getting started with document management

Document management (DM) is a programme or set of programmes used to track and store electronic documents. It typically has version control and audit capabilities, says Hennie Kruger, DDS product and marketing manager of Océ South Africa. Other features include...

Retirement village uses Sage Intelligence

Helderberg Retirement Village, on the gentle slopes of the Helderberg Mountain in Somerset West, was recognised as the World’s Best International Retirement Village for 2012-2013. Behind the tranquil setting of the 800-unit village is a focused and active management...

Intelsat, OneWeb in strategic alliance

Intelsat has announced that it has entered into a commercial agreement with OneWeb, the venture planning to build, deploy and operate a low earth orbit (“LEO”) Ku-band satellite constellation. Under the agreement, Intelsat will partner with OneWeb to use OneWeb’s LEO...

Industry lacks expertise, savvy

More than half of the world’s population: three billion now use the web regularly and two-thirds of those are from the developing world who, thanks to smartphones have doubled their Internet use over the last five years. All of this poses significant challenges for...

Hilton heads hotel boom in Africa

The findings of this year’s Hotel Chain Development Pipeline Survey, produced by Lagos-based consultancy W Hospitality Group, show that Hilton is leading the race to develop new hotels in Africa with 7 250 rooms in its pipeline, spread over 29 new properties, 18% up...

The power of digital offerings

Entrepreneurs and commercial businesses that pull more technology levers will improve their bottom lines and deepen their market penetration in the future. Those that don’t will either be left behind or forced to adopt the changes to survive. Standard Bank cautions...

FNB’s Slimlines grow in popularity

FNB’s Slimline self-service terminals have shown continued growth in popularity with a 30% increase in transaction volumes for the period July 2014 on April 2015. This innovative self-service terminal with large touch screen, integrated camera and Chip and PIN reader...

How much do risks cost?

All security budgets have limits. CSOs and other security practitioners have to continually make difficult decisions on how much risk is acceptable, which risks to mitigate, and which to accept. Jayson O’Reilly, director of sales and innovation at DRS, says because...

Selecting a bag to meet travel requirements

Travelling has become a part of our lives, whether it is for business or pleasure, and we are constantly looking for the most convenient option out there. Most people will agree that one of the most convenient ways of travelling is by airplanes as it saves you...

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Senior Data Scientist

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