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...

Vulnerabilities now exploited faster than ever

Threat actors are upping their game and taking advantage of newly-disclosed vulnerabilities quicker than ever. This is among the findings of FortiGuard Labs' 2H 2023 Global Threat Landscape Report, which highlights the need for vendors to adhere to vulnerability...

Agriculture, government, SMMEs under increasing cyberattack

In Africa, the agriculture, forestry and fishing sectors, followed by government services, industries most targeted by cyberattacks, with small and medium businesses bearing the brunt of attacks. This is among the findings of Mimecast's Global Threat Intelligence...

Sterling performance from second-gen Habana Gaudi2

Intel has announced that its second-generation Habana Gaudi2 deep learning processors have outperformed Nvidia’s A100 submission for AI time-to-train on the MLPerf industry benchmark. The results highlight leading training times on vision (ResNet-50) and language...

New board appointments at Mustek

Mustek Group has announced the appointment of executive director Neels Coetzee as divisional MD of Mustek. Shabana Aboo Baker Ebrahim will take over the position of group financial director and assist group CEO Hein Engelbrecht, who took over that position effective 1...

SA consumers see significant increase in fraud

Over the past year, South Africans have faced increased risk when it comes to becoming a victim of fraud. These trends are reflected in the latest statistics from the Southern African Fraud Prevention Service (SAFPS), comparing the first five months of 2022 to the...

Wearables come of age in health, wellbeing

A seamless and integrated digital experience is essential for consumers to maximise the potential of smart wearable health and wellbeing devices,. This is according to global research by Cisco App Dynamics, which explored consumer attitudes and behaviours in relation...

HR transformation needs to match staff needs

As businesses get back to normal, human resources (HR) needs to urgently address transformation. This is among the findings of the 2022 Universum Talent Survey which studies the South African talent landscape, collecting global data on employment trends, preferred...

New GM for Lenovo SA

Yugen Naidoo has been appointed as the new GM for Lenovo's South African division, as predecessor Thibault Dousson moves to the Lenovo SSG (Services and Solutions Group) for the Middle East, Turkey and Africa region. Naidoo joined Lenovo in 2016 as a consumer segment...

Intel Foundry Services alliance enables design in the cloud

Intel Foundry Services (IFS) has launched the next phase of its Accelerator ecosystem program, enabling secure design environments in the cloud, improving foundry customer design efficiency and accelerating time-to-market by harnessing the power of massive on-demand...

Cloud services, license support the bulk of Oracle revenue

Cloud services and license support are the key drivers of Oracle's revenues in 2022. This is according to a Stockapps.com analysis of the firm's Q4 fiscal year 2022 financial results, which shows that the segment contributed $7,6-billion of the company's $11,8-billion...

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XLink Communications partners with Cyan

Leading machine-to-machine specialist XLink Communications has cemented its position as a purveyor of best of breed M2M solutions to the South African market with the announcement of its recent partnership with UK integrated system and software design company Cyan...

Data key for capital-intensive industries

Smarter use of data collected from production and better collaboration between different parts of the enterprise offers asset-intensive South African companies a significant opportunity to reduce production disruptions, increase utilisation of production resources and...

Network Alliance uses Attix5 for backup

When it comes to disaster recovery and backup technology, international ICT service specialist Network Alliance believes in only one service provider – Attix5. Network Alliance is focused on the small-to-medium enterprises. It is based in Gauteng, South Africa, and is...

Colenbrander Technology helps Wildlands

Established in 2004 as a non-profit Section 18 organisation following the amalgamation of the Wildlands Trust and KZN Conservation Trust, Wildlands is one of South Africa’s foremost and widely recognised sustainable growth initiatives. Working at the interface between...

UCT rolls out Mazik Global solution

Mazik Global has been assisting with the consolidation of business processes at the University of Cape Town to deliver on the strategic requirement of improving constituent relationship management across various divisions. To date the project has successfully...

Recycled cartridges reduce carbon footprint

As climate change increasingly becomes a topic of interest across the globe, green initiatives have gained more and more traction. Organisations are now looking to reduce their carbon footprint and minimise harmful waste that can have a negative impact on the...

Afrimat implements QlikView solution

In order to achieve reporting efficiency and effectiveness, Afrimat, a construction supplies manufacturer servicing the construction, transport and mining sectors, has implemented the QlikView analytics and data visualisation solution with business intelligence...

Why mobility no longer scares us

Enterprise mobility strategies have dramatically changed during the last few years and as a result, the IT industry's perception of mobility is significantly more positive, says Chris Buchanan, director of End user computing at Dell South Africa. But what is behind...

Suntech opens warehouse in Cape Town

Wuxi Suntech Power has officially announced the establishment of a local warehouse in Cape Town, South Africa. This new facility will initially store 500kW of modules and will expand its storage capacity to 1MW later in 2015. Suntech established a full time presence...

Social innovation in action

A recent report from Chatham House, the international affairs think tank, noted the vital importance of cities to the global economy, calling them motors for growth, says Klaus Dieter Rennert, CEO for Europe Hitachi. The report stated that cities produce innovation,...

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