AWS renews commitment to cloud, AI in Africa
Kathy Gibson reports from AWS Summit in Sandton - AWS has already invested R15,6-billion in building infrastructure in Africa - and has committed to a further R30,4-billion. "Whether it is opening new office locations, or enabling the distribution connect backbone, or...
These are the technologies that will transform sales in the future
Emotion AI, machine sellers, and digital twin of a customer will have a transformative impact on the sales function in the next decade, according to Gartner. However, sales leaders must closely navigate the hype to evaluate when these technologies will be appropriate...
Zondo Report demonstrates the chair’s vital governance role
On one level, the Zondo Report reads like an over-the-top morality tale about the perils of poor governance. In this morality tale, the villain is frequently the chair of the captured state-owned enterprise (SOE). This is particularly ironic because it is the chair...
IITPSA announces new award for young achievers
The Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa (IITPSA) has announced a new youth-focused category in the annual IITPSA President's Awards. The new award will debut at the 2022 President's Awards later this year, and will recognise outstanding...
Why most loans in arrears are held by women
Women make up 57% of the 19 million credit-active consumers in South Africa, according to Eighty20's latest Credit Bureau Data released in 2021. The same report reveals that 58% of loans in arrears are held by women. Globally, millions of people have re-examined their...
What is a QPU and how will it drive quantum computing?
A QPU, also known as a quantum processor, is the brain of a quantum computer that uses the behaviour of particles like electrons or photons to make certain kinds of calculations much faster than processors in today’s computers. By Rick Merritt, senior staff writer...
RPA software revenue to hit $2,9bn this year
Global robotic process automation (RPA) software revenue is projected to reach $2,9-billion in 2022, an increase of 19,5% from 2021, according to the latest forecast from Gartner. "By achieving a growth rate of 31% in 2021, the RPA market grew well above the average...
Mobility electrification to drive electric vehicle battery growth
A new study from Juniper Research has found the volume of electric vehicle battery pack shipments will reach 30-million in 2027; from just 10-million in 2022. The research identified falling vehicle costs, often directly caused by government subsidies, and increasing...
Highly active APT campaign targets cryptocurrency industry
In the second quarter of 2022, Kaspersky researchers witnessed advanced persistent threat (APT) actors increasingly targeting the cryptocurrency industry. Using cryptocurrency-related content and warnings from law enforcements as bait, the actor behind this new and...
Lunar pits harbour comfortable temperatures
NASA-funded scientists have discovered shaded locations within pits on the Moon that always hover around a comfortable 63 F (about 17 C) using data from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft and computer modeling. The pits, and caves to which they may...
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Ricoh SA sponsors wheelchair basketball
Ricoh SA is again sponsoring the Pumas Wheelchair Basketball team to compete in the SuperSport Wheelchair Basketball Series, 2015. Ricoh SA has sponsored the Pumas Wheelchair Basketball team since May 2008 when it signed an agreement to provide kit, branding,...
Realtime results in a connected world
The Internet of Things or IoT is a reality that cannot be ignored. Gartner forecasts that by this year, there will be 4,9-billion connected things in use and this will reach 25-billion by 2020. This is changing the way companies operate, forcing them to redefine their...
Riverbed offers SteelCentral AppInternals 10
Riverbed Technology, the leader in application performance infrastructure, has announced the launch of Riverbed SteelCentral AppInternals 10, a breakthrough application performance management (APM) solution that helps IT teams take control of application performance...
Commvault a preferred Cisco partner
Commvault, a leader in data protection and information management, announced it is now a Preferred Solution Partner within the Cisco Solution Partner Program. The Internet of Everything (IoE) continues to bring together people, processes, data and things to enhance...
Achievement employment gap hampers IT skills
Lorraine Steyn, simplifier-in-chief of Khanyisa Real Systems challenges corporate South Africa and Industry to create internship programmes and spread their net wider when looking to hire graduates. The current frenzy to take top students is not doing the IT industry...
BlackBerry launches BlackBerry Leap in SA
BlackBerry has announced the availability of BlackBerry Leap in South Africa. Beginning today, consumers who want to get things done and companies looking for enterprise fleet renewals can now purchase the modern and powerful BlackBerry Leap. BlackBerry Leap features...
Interactive Intelligence a Gartner leader
Interactive Intelligence Group has been positioned as a Leader in the Gartner 2015 Magic Quadrant for Contact Centre Infrastructure, Worldwide report. According to Gartner, Leaders in this report are “high-viability vendors with broad portfolios, significant market...
Online stores need flexible IT architecture
In the retail market, competitiveness has always revolved around differentiation, be this of product, price or service. However, as the world has become more digital and traditional retailers have joined the online retail market in the ecommerce space, differentiation...
Preparing for PCI DSS compliance
Any organisation that processes credit card transactions is required to comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), says Simeon Tassev, director and QSA at Galix. This global standard was developed to ensure the payment card processes and all payment card data are secure throughout a transaction. Compliance requirements differ depending on the size of the organisation as well as their role in the process, however, one mistake many enterprises make is in believing that the compliance process is a simple task that takes at most a few weeks.
Insurance as a service
Studies conducted by Ovum reveal that the use of SaaS (software as a service) in the global insurance industry is already significant with at least a third of all insurers fully deploying or trialling SaaS currently. Despite a significant minority of insurers...
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