Negative sentiment drives call for data centre transparency

Kathy Gibson reports from Vertiv Week in Zagreb – With data centres experiencing massive growth around the globe, the industry needs to do a better job of telling people the benefits they offer humanity at large. Worldwide, uncertainty about possible risks posed by...

Growing energy demand will limit ambitious climate goals

The global economy is on the cusp of a major shift where most of future global energy demand growth will come from emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs). The new realities of meeting this demand alongside the need for energy security, resilience and...

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%...

Africa’s top investment economies

RMB has released the 2024 edition of its Where to Invest in Africa report, a comprehensive analysis of the top investment destinations on the continent. The report, which has been developed in collaboration with the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS),...

Fintech investment falls but deal volume offers optimism

The first six months of 2024 were challenging for the fintech market globally amid the high interest rate environment and the significant amount of global geopolitical uncertainty. Total global fintech investment - including VC, PE, and M&A deal value - fell from...

New pothole app for Gauteng motorists

The Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport has launched a new province-wide app - PotholeFixGP - allowing road users to report poor road conditions and other road maintenance issues. The new app can currently be downloaded from the Google Play Store and will soon...

Cybercrime complexity drives changes in the CISO role

Kathy Gibson reports – Cybersecurity is not a simple exercise: there is no quick solution to a complex situation. Tony Olivier, acting-chief information security officer (CISO) at Imperial Logistics and also co-author of the Cybercrimes and Cybersecurity Bill of South...

Security underpins digital transformation

Kathy Gibson reports – Covid-19 has driven a paradigm shift in how business uses technology, which is now relied upon to drive businesses. Abdul Moosa, Chief Technology Officer of CoCre8 Technology Solutions, explains that business is no longer siloed, but rather...

Cheaper overseas calls could soon be a reality

The Internet Service Providers' Association of SA (ISPA) has welcomed moves by the Independent Communications Authority of SA (ICASA) to conduct a cost modelling exercise with regards to voice call termination rates and to introduce curbs on charges from local voice...

SMEs under cyber attack

When a small business owner is faced with the responsibilities of production economics, financial reports and marketing all at the same time, cybersecurity can often appear complicated and, at times, unnecessary. However, this disregard for IT security is being...

DDoS attacks still above pre-pandemic levels

The total number of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks fell 13% in 2021 over 2020, but were still well above pre-pandemic levels. According to Nexusguard researchers in the recently released DDoS Statistical Report for 2021, while the average attack size...

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter captures video of record flight

The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter's black-and-white navigation camera has provided dramatic video of its record-breaking 25th flight, which took place on 8 April. Covering a distance of 704m at a speed of 5,5m per second, it was the Red Planet rotorcraft's longest and...

AMD claims fastest and greenest HPC titles

AMD powers the fastest and the most energy-efficient supercomputers in the world, according to the latest Top500 and Green500 lists. Oak Ridge National Laboratory's (ORNL) Frontier system submitted its very first score to the Top500 list of 1.1 exaflops, making it the...

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Kyocera wins across the board

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Instead of focusing all one’s energy on separating and individually balancing each facet of life, rather concentrate on integrating these different areas. This is the essence of work/life balance, says Andre Louw of Mobile Data. There is a substantial amount of...

Fujitsu expands Lifebook range

Fujitsu has expanded its popular Lifebook notebook and Stylistic tablet range with new devices featuring the latest 5th generation Intel Core vPro processor family. With this line-up Fujitsu responds to the continuing trend of companies offering their workforce the...

Mobile comms as an alternative to post

Regardless of the South African Post Office’s four month strike coming to an end, organisations should step up their use of mobile communications to get their bills, statements and other vital communications to their customers. That’s the word from Jacques Swanepoel,...

Thermal imaging cameras cut illegal mining

In Ghana and Tanzania, incidents of illegal mining have been cut by more than 50% for one pan-African mining company. The use of thermal imaging cameras in security vehicles and at high sites, along with the capability to record and view each incident live – from...

Hughes Electrical rolls out Ruckus solution

Ruckus Wireless has announced that Hughes Electrical (Hughes), the second largest independent electrical retailer in the UK, has selected and is deploying Ruckus Smart WiFi products and technology across its retail outlets in the United Kingdom. The new Smart WiFi...

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Today’s contact centre agents deal with a large number of cutting-edge technologies, which are moving forward in leaps and bounds. Thanks to the powerful solutions now available, business can be conducted faster pushing the number of transactions being processed...

How the channel can capitalise on IoT

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ENVIRONMENT:A Company who uses the latest technologies to build state of the art services that are highly optimized for performance at massive levels, is looking for a top-class Front-End Developer to join a great team, as we continue to build and enhance our presence...

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Senior Oracle Cloud Database Engineer (LW2509) – Gauteng Midrand

We are seeking a highly skilled and analytical Cloud Database Engineer to join our team. In this critical role, you will be responsible for migrating our on-premises workloads to databases hosted on OCI (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure), Azure, and AWS platforms. As a...

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ENVIRONMENT:A full-service digital agency based in Reading, UK, The Hague, Netherlands and Stellenbosch, South Africa who strategizes, designs, and develops digital solutions for the private and public sectors is seeking to employ a Senior Software Engineer who will...

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