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...

Meta grants look to empower AI-driven organisations

Continuing its commitment to supporting innovative use cases of open-source AI to address critical global challenges, Meta has launched Llama 3.1 Impact Grants. Building on the success of previous grant programmes, the Llama 3.1 Impact Grants will provide up to...

AI at the edge makes work smarter

Kathy Gibson reports from Pinnacle TechScape, Durban - AI is changing the way we work, learn and create - indeed, it is changing the way we live our lives. That's the word from Yesh Surjoodeen, MD of HP SA, who believes the industry is on the cusp of massive...

These are the top privacy trends

As the number of privacy regulations worldwide continues to grow, organizations should focus on five privacy trends to help meet the challenges of protecting personal data and meeting regulatory requirements, according to Gartner. "By year-end 2024, Gartner predicts...

Obstacles ahead for SA’s economy

Local economic growth is facing a myriad of headwinds this year including a weaker global environment weighing on export potential, a tightening of domestic monetary policy, a further rise in electricity load-shedding, a series of big fuel prices increases, and the...

Digital transformation acceleration comes with trade-offs

With highly distributed architectures and a broader threat landscape resulting from an ongoing digitisation of previously physical experiences, organisations are turning to a variety of solutions to help manage complexity and address widening IT skills gaps. However,...

SAP Africa sets up Africa’s first AppHaus

SA Africa has revealed plans to set up its first African AppHaus in Cape Town. The SAP AppHaus Network is a community of SAP partners that are united in the belief that innovation requires a creative environment, a multi-disciplinary team of designers, domain experts,...

CMOs should look beyond digital for differentiation

Marketing teams that are effective at scaled judgment and empathetic influence are more likely to report revenue growth, according to Gartner, In fact, marketing teams who implemented these skills were 11% more likely to report organisational revenue growth in 2021....

Regional displacement tracking scales up

More than 8-million people are internally displaced in Ukraine due to the war, and a further 6,5-million have fled to safety across international borders. In response, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) is scaling up the use of its Displacement...

Government sector increasingly targeted by cybercriminals

Research based on the analysis of incidents reported to customers of Kaspersky Managed Detection and Response (MDR) has revealed that the share of critical incidents experienced by organisations increased from one-in-ten (9%) in 2020, to one-in-seven (14%) in 2021....

Marketing budgets on the increase

Marketing budgets have climbed to 9,5% of total company revenue in 2022, an increase from 6,4% in 2021, according to Gartner. But while marketing budgets are increasing this year, they still lag pre-pandemic spending levels. The annual Gartner 2022 CMO Spend and...

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Logikal Consulting signs Verint Systems

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ICT, skills sustain each other in Africa

ICT can develop skills, which in turn can develop the ICT sector, in a “benefit cycle” that can propel Africa into the mainstream knowledge economy. But more effort is needed to get this wheel rolling, says Ayanda Dlamini, business development manager at LGR...

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VMware results show growth

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Oekom rates Ricoh for sustainability

Ricoh has been awarded Prime status by German Oekom research for its Sustainability rating.  Points for which Ricoh was especially highly rated are: * The introduction and implementation of comprehensive guidelines in relation to product reuse and recycling; *...

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