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...

GenAI a key theme in companies’ discussions

Companies across various sectors are incorporating next-generation AI capabilities into their solutions, with GenAI standing out as a primary focus of technological innovation, reveals the Company Filings Analytics Database of research group GlobalData. The company’s...

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,...

Another decline for smartphone shipments

Worldwide smartphone shipments declined 8.7% year over year in the second quarter of 2022 (2Q22), according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. This marks the fourth consecutive quarter of decline...

Chatbots set to be primary customer service channel by 2027

By 2027, chatbots will become the primary customer service channel for roughly a quarter of organizations, according to Gartner. "Chatbots and virtual customer assistants (VCAs) have evolved over the past decade to become a critical technology component of a service...

Software needed to monitor social and environmental sustainability

While environmental issues have dominated the ESG/sustainability narrative, a recent International Data Corporation (IDC) survey finds that social sustainability topics account for the largest share of use cases for sustainability software. These human and social...

Disappointing Q2 results drive urgency to boost Meta ad business

Meta has reported its first-ever year-over-year drop in revenue. Rachel Foster Jones, thematic analyst at GlobalData, offers her view: "Meta is facing the perfect storm, from slashed advertising budgets due to inflation, Apple's crackdown on privacy, competition with...

Electronic visas could transform travel

SITA today announced the launch of SITA eVisa and SITA Electronic Travel Authorisation to meet the rapidly-growing demand from governments for digital visa systems to stimulate national economies after Covid-19, strengthen security and improve the travel experience....

Malware campaign hunts Discord messenger users

On July 26, using the internal automated system for monitoring open-source repositories, Kaspersky researchers identified a malicious campaign dubbed LofyLife. The campaign employed four malicious packages spreading Volt Stealer and Lofy Stealer malware in the...

SA data breach costs at an all-time high

IBM Security has released the annual Cost of a Data Breach Report, revealing costlier and higher-impact data breaches than ever before, with the average cost of a data breach in South Africa reaching an all-time high of R49,25-million for surveyed organisations. With...

$230k up for grabs in app contest

Under the theme 'Together we Innovate', Huawei has launched the 2022 edition of the Huawei Global App Innovation Contest (Apps UP). The competition aims to strengthen the skills of regional app developers and drive collaboration to build a connected app ecosystem....

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Treat office IT like your smartphone

With the environment that businesses operate in rapidly changing, finding new ways to be competitive takes them on a new challenge, says Wimpie van Rensburg, country manager, sub-Saharan Africa, Riverbed Technology. No doubt, many will be looking to grow and even...

The business impact of IoT

Machine-to-Machine is about the ability to remotely collect data from devices and use this data in real-time to make more informed business decisions which will inevitably lead to new business models, new business revenues and a more enriched user experience, says...

DCC offers Dell XPS 13 tablet

Small in stature but big on power, features and functionality, the new Dell XPS 13 from distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC) is the smallest 13-inch notebook currently available. Featuring an 11-inch display in a 13-inch sized laptop casing, the XPS 13 is the...

TVU One from Graphic Image Technologies

Graphic Image Technologies, local distributor of TVU Networks solutions in South Africa, has announced TVU One, the fifth generation live mobile IP news-gathering transmitter. TVU One represents a significant leap forward in mobile newsgathering, delivering the same...

Master Power supplies N Cherry Electrical

N Cherry Electrical (NCE), a Level Two BEE contributor, recently announced it has won a tender to supply Telkom’s strategic buildings with backup power, as part of their risk and growth facilities upgrades, in collaboration with Master Power Technologies. Once...

IT can accelerate service delivery

Technology provides the foundation for public sector organisations to accelerate service delivery through infrastructure architecture, at both the hardware and software level. That’s the view of Edgar Mabothe, district manager: Public Sector and Telco, EMC Southern...

LG unveils G4 smartphone

Last night LG Electronics (LG) unveiled its latest LG Electronics (LGESA) smartphone to excited guests, giving them a sneak preview of the most ambitious smartphone yet. The eagerly anticipated LG G4 smartphone will be in available in store mid-June. The new LG G4 is...

HomeSend wins banking award

HomeSend, an international transfer hub created by MasterCard, eServGlobal and BICS, has been named “Best Payment Product in Africa” at the Asian Banker Middle East and Africa Awards. The award recognizes payment products that efficiently enable secure, end-to-end...

Understanding a cyber-attack

Cyber-attacks today are highly advanced, and the developers and perpetrators are constantly evolving their tactics in order to breach an organisation’s perimeter defences. In addition, cyber criminals and their attacks are highly persistent, constantly adapting,...

NetApp launches AltaVault

In today’s business environment, traditional backup is slow, risky, expensive, and complex. Users expect instant recovery and minimal data loss, but IT struggles to keep pace using legacy backup and recovery strategies. To meet these demands, NetApp has introduced...

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