Unmanaged AI poses new ‘shadow agent’ crisis

A growing “shadow agent” crisis threatens to overwhelm businesses. According to the Veeam Software’ latest research, organisations across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) are battling unmanaged AI on two fronts. On the data security front, 70% of organisations...

A third of employees laid off due to AI will need to be rehired

As AI continues to accelerate the pace and scope of work, CIOs must prepare for four shifts that will influence the future of work, says Gartner. “When business and IT executives look back on the early AI-era, they will realise their greatest mistake was believing...

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...

SA’s first solar façade skyscraper is generating power

Energy Partners, in collaboration with Fairvest, has completed the Metalbox skyscraper solar project in Auckland Park, Johannesburg, featuring building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) that generate up to 300MWh annually, making it South Africa's first solar facade...

Intel AI pioneers 8K OTT broadcast at Paris Olympics

Watching live Olympic sport from the comfort of your home in 8K video resolution - the highest broadcast-grade viewing quality - would, before today, have been something of a pipe dream. At the Olympic Games Paris 2024, Intel will demonstrate how this vision is...

Adaptability and the need to change

Kathy Gibson is at the IDC CIO Summit 2022 - People and organisations change for one of two reasons: they are forced to change; or they want to. But often the work required to make a change is just too daunting and they give up. This is according to Aurelia Edwards,...

CIOs embrace post-pandemic realities in a digital-first world

Kathy Gibson is at the IDC CIO Summit 2022 - Many companies have brought forward their digital transformation projects by two years or more in response to the global pandemic - and they are reaping the benefit - but CIOs need to prepare now for the post-pandemic...

WAPA encourages ICASA to release 1,200GHz of WiFi 6E spectrum

South Africa could benefit by up to nearly $58-billion over the next 10 years by enabling 1 200 license-exempt megahertz in the 6GHz band, helping the country to bridge the digital divide as well as improve access to remote education, work, and commerce. But ICASA has...

Cybercriminals target Windows Print Spooler

Kaspersky researchers have revealed that the number of attacks exploiting numerous vulnerabilities in Windows Print Spooler have risen noticeably over the past four months. Even though Microsoft regularly releases patches for its Print Spooler, software that manages...

Intel unveils new cloud-to-edge technologies at Vision

At its inaugural Intel Vision event, the company announced advancements across silicon, software and services, showcasing how it brings together technologies and the ecosystem to unlock business value for customers. Among the benefits highlighted across real-world...

IBM’s global workforce in decline

Once the world's biggest computer company, IBM has seen a 35% decline in its workforce in the last 10 years, according to a tradingplatforms.com data analysis. The technology and consulting company has recorded a downward trajectory in its revenue for the past few...

Executive pay disclosure a governance imperative

The recent suggestion by PSG CEO Piet Mouton that the requirement to disclose executive pay should be made optional raises important questions about an issue that consistently attracts controversy. This follows news reports of Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Neal Froneman...

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Cartrack raises R510m capital

Leading fleet management, stolen vehicle recovery and insurance telematics group, Cartrack Holdings Limited, has successfully raised R510-million in a private placement of 60-million shares at an issue price of 850 cents per share. This translates into a market...

Ricoh SA wins EMEA award

Ricoh SA has won a Power of Knowledge (POK) award for having the best sales unit growth rate in Ricoh’s EMEA region, which constitutes 22 operating companies. The local operating company achieved 162% unit sales growth compared with the previous financial year. “We...

VMware offers new integrations

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Gemalto launches Sealys Secure Surface

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Analytics in the contact centre

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Trend predictions for 2015

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2014 music recap from simfy africa

simfy africa users have spoken, voting with their listening choices. simfy africa today announced the most popular streamed tracks, albums and artists of 2014. This diverse playlist shows the depth of simfy africa’s 27 million strong catalogue and features the hits of...

Resolve wins FlowCentric award

Resolve’s Hosting and Software Services (HSS) received the highly sought-after New Partner of the Year Award for 2014 from FlowCentric Technologies. This award is given to the business partner that produces outstanding work in solution design and innovation, by fully...

Kaspersky Lab counts 2014 cyberthreats

In 2014 Kaspersky Lab experts saw considerable growth in the number of malicious attacks on user computers and mobile devices, further development of financial malware and a change in the vectors of web attacks. Based on the company’s statistics, 2014 in figures looks...

A signed e-mail can be a signed contract

In one of the most important judgments on contract law in recent years, the supreme court of appeal found that the exchange of e-mails by parties to a contract with each of the parties typing their first names at the end of the e-mails was sufficient to cancel a...

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