AI spend soars to unprecedented levels

Worldwide spending on AI is forecast to total $2,7-trillion in 2026, a 49,5% increase year-over-year, according to Gartner. “Demand for AI infrastructure (including AI-optimised IaaS, AI-optimised servers, AI network fabric, AI processing semiconductors and devices)...

Defences improve, but ransomware still threatens SA businesses

Almost two-thirds (63%) of ransomware incidents in South Africa resulted in data being encrypted over the past year, according to the new State of Ransomware in South Africa 2026 report from Sophos. This is above the global average of 56% and an increase from the 60%...

20 years on and gender gap parity is fracturing

Twenty years after the World Economic Forum first measured the global gender gap, the world is closer to parity than ever, but progress is fragile, with gains reversing in some areas, according to the Global Gender Gap Report 2026. Women now reach senior leadership in...

Unemployed are least likely to prioritise betting spending-limit tools

The online betting group most likely to prioritise debt repayment with a windfall is also the group least likely to ask regulators or operators for spending controls, according to new research from Softswiss. Fewer than four in 10 unemployed South Africans think...

AWS has deep roots in Cape Town

Kathy Gibson reports from AWS Summit in Sandton - AWS's relationship with South Africa - and Cape Town, in particular - goes back a long way. Indeed, a lot of the technology development that supports AWS's global cloud services was developed by a small group of...

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...

Heatwaves and fires scorch Europe, Africa and Asia

In June and July 2022, heatwaves struck Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, as temperatures climbed above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in places and broke many long-standing records. The map pictured here shows the surface air temperatures...

Digital payments could ignite the kasi economy

According to the World Bank, the majority of South Africa’s urban population resides in townships and, with an 18% contribution to GDP, the informal sector within it is one of the most important parts of the economy, both as a means of employment and how millions of...

Put people first for AI success

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a hot topic and big buzzword in business today – indeed, Infoholic Research predicts that AI in the logistics and supply chain markets will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 42,9% until 2023. According to author, AI and...

Despite complexity, SA manufacturing sector still resilient

The manufacturing landscape in South Africa has undergone a fundamental shift over the past two years thanks to several complexities that have had an impact, both locally and globally. In the country, the power supply remains a significant obstacle, while global...

Tokenised payments set to soar

A new study from Juniper Research has found the total number of tokenised payment transactions will exceed 1-trillion globally by 2026, rising from 680-billion in 2022, and representing growth of 58% over the next four years. It attributed this growth to the rise of...

Nvidia joins the list of brands favoured by fraudsters

To reach a specific community, scammers often act under the guise of well-known companies. In new malicious activity discovered by Kaspersky experts, the attackers were hidden behind technology company Nvidia. These attackers launched a fraudulent website to...

Global cellular IoT connections hit 2,1bn in 2021

A new report from the IoT market research firm Berg Insight says that the global number of cellular IoT subscribers increased by 22% during 2021 to reach 2,1-billion. The major regional markets China, Western Europe and North America grew similarly during the year as...

IBM expands Power10 server family

IBM has announced a significant expansion of its Power10 server line with the introduction of mid-range and scale-out systems to modernise, protect and automate business applications and IT operations. Digital transformation is driving organisations to modernise both...

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Expertise the key to online security

The days are long gone when you could protect your bank accounts by keeping your PIN number safe, says PayGate IT director David Beukes - these days the business of security is a lot more complex and best left to experts. “We all instinctively believe that if...

Cloud drives operational efficiencies

Cloud computing has the potential to deliver significant business benefit by turning IT into an operational cost rather than a capital expense. In addition, cloud is the foundation of leading-edge technologies such as mobility and collaboration, which are essential...

Data governance should not intimidate

Market forces are driving data awareness as businesses realise that they can derive significant value from effectively analysing data and applying the findings to decisions and actions, and as regulators tighten rules around how data should be managed, says Antionette...

Mobile workspaces the next security frontier

Most of us have become so accustomed to the mobile workspace that we forget that there was a time when connectivity was not a given. When you had to leave the office, everyone had to be informed and all decisions would have to wait until you return to be attended to,...

VMware reports first quarter 2015 results

VMware, the global leader in virtualisation and cloud infrastructure, has announced financial results for the first quarter of 2015: * Total revenues for the first quarter were $1,51-billion, an increase of 11% from the first quarter of 2014, or up 13% year-over-year...

Enhance your holidays with a tablet

Mobile devices like tablets have become an integral part of our lives – making us more productive and efficient in so many ways. But time flies when you’re working hard and it’s that time of year when we get to enjoy a few public holidays, when hopefully there’s a...

Vidi subsidises viewing data

Premier video-on-demand (VOD) service Vidi has subsidised over 60% of its customers' viewing data since its commercial launch in September 2014. The impressive percentage refers to the data that fixed line ADSL broadband viewers have used watching Vidi's unscheduled...

ERP re-imagined in cloud era

In this era of the customer where technology has transformed the ways that companies engage, connect and interact with clients, partners and suppliers, it has become crucial for businesses make use of the latest technological tools to gain insight into the needs of their customers to deliver experiences that build lasting relationships. Microsoft has launched one of these tools – Dynamics NAV 2015 – in South Africa.

Check Point uncovers Magento vulnerability

Check Point Software Technologies has announced that its Malware and Vulnerability Research Group recently discovered a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in eBay’s Magento Web e-commerce platform, affecting nearly 200 000 online shops around the world. If exploited, the vulnerability gives the attacker the ability to fully compromise any online store based on the Magento platform, including credit card information and other customer financial and personal data.

Africa to see growth in electronic payments

Visa has sponsored the Prepaid Summit Middle East event for the sixth consecutive year in 2015. The event was held in Dubai. Uniting over 150 leading participants, this conference is a regional standard for the electronic payments industry. On this occasion, various...

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