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...

Labour disputes emerge as SA’s top legal concern

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Digital companies’ emission reductions lag climate commitments

Despite progress in climate reporting and renewable electricity use, digital companies are falling short in cutting emissions at the pace required to achieve global climate targets, according to the new report Greening Digital Companies: Monitoring Emissions and...

Investment in enterprise business pays off for Pinnacle

Kathy Gibson reports from Pinnacle TechScape, Durban - The South African IT market is a dynamic and constantly-changing environment - and distributors have to be agile to ensure they stay relevant. A case in point is how Pinnacle Enterprise has grown over the last few...

Fragility of international economic system under scrutiny

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Youth urged to be mindful about money

It's no secret that South Africans don't have a great track record when it comes to debt. FNB recently revealed that credit-active middle-income consumers spend, on average, 30% of their income on unsecured credit and 35% on secured credit. To create a future...

UNCDF and IBM partner to address digital skills gap

UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) is working with IBM to address the digital skills gap by delivering digital learning to youth and women, as part of UNCDF's Digital Futures initiative. IBM will support the implementation of Digital Futures through the IBM...

Business confidence slips in the second quarter

The RMB/BER Business Confidence Index (BCI) dropped from 46 to 42 in the second quarter – a similar level to that recorded in the second half of 2021. Various shocks over the past year have contributed to keeping confidence this low and many uncertainties remain. A...

Using AI, Mayflower Autonomous Ship concludes trans-Atlantic journey

In a voyage lasting 40 days and conquering approximately 3 500 unmanned miles at sea, the Mayflower Autonomous Ship arrived in North America in Halifax, Nova Scotia on June 5, 2022. Following two years of design, construction and AI model training, the Mayflower...

Half of finance AI projects destined to be delayed or cancelled

Half of current finance artificial intelligence (AI) deployments will be either delayed or cancelled by 2024, while the use of business process outsourcing (BPO) for AI will rise from 6% to 40% within two years, according to Gartner. Chief financial officers (CFOs)...

Semiconductor revenue to grow but supply chains still constrained

According to the Worldwide Semiconductor Technology and Supply Chain Intelligence service from International Data Corporation (IDC), worldwide semiconductor revenue is expected to reach $661-billion in 2022, a 13,7% year-over-year growth rate following strong 2021...

Malware dwell time is increasing

There has been a 36% increase in malware dwell time, with a median intruder dwell time of 15 days in 2021 versus 11 days in 2020, according to the Active Adversary Playbook 2022, which details attacker behaviours that Sophos' Rapid Response team saw in the wild in...

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Fujitsu offers Connected Retail strategy

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Gartner positions Qlik as a leader

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Security: prevention and remediation

Businesses around the world are seeing a large growth in their threat surfaces, due to the influx of new technologies. This growth in turn, is forcing security practitioners to retying their companies’ security practices. Jayson O’Reilly, director of sales and...

ESET offers next-gen business security

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F5 Networks announces new appointment

F5 Networks has appointed Carlos Marques as the new director of sales for sub-Saharan Africa. Reporting directly to Myles Bray, regional vice-president, Sales, UK, Ireland and sub-Saharan Africa for F5, Marques’s focus will be to grow F5’s business and presence across...

CIOs must make security a top priority

For a country like South Africa that is visibly paranoid about security, the country's information security landscape is seriously lagging in terms of awareness and practical, relevant application. Today's chief information officer (CIO) needs to keep tabs not only on...

Fujitsu at MWC: human-centric innovation

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The new era of customer demands

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