Banks expect to hand decisions to AI – even if they can’t explain them

Banks are racing toward a future where AI no longer merely informs key credit, treasury, and risk decisions – it makes them autonomously. Yet AI governance is not keeping pace with adoption, according to new AI risk research by FT Longitude, SAS and Microsoft. Even as...

Mankind’s first journey to another star set for 2029 launch

Plans are underway for mankind’s first journey to another star – a trip that is expected to take about 80 000 years. The Fermi Explorer Mission, a nonprofit organisation, hopes to set off for Alpha Centauri by 2029. The more than 40-trillion kilometre journey is...

IT spend will breach $7trn for the first time in 2027

Worldwide IT spending is expected to reach $7,35-trillion in 2027, up 15% from 2026, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. “Collectively, the market forces are reinforcing spend around AI infrastructure, AI-enabled cloud platforms, and advanced software...

As African CEOs embrace AI, ROI is still elusive

By Kathy Gibson - African companies are in the middle of learning and adopting artificial intelligence (AI), and adapting to the changes it brings. But they are also looking beyond adoption at how to measure value from their AI investments, says Ladi Asuni, partner...

IBM unlocks capabilities for enterprise-scale AI

IBM has revealed architecture details for the upcoming IBM Telum II Processor and IBM Spyre Accelerator -  new technologies designed to significantly scale processing capacity across next generation IBM Z mainframe systems and help accelerate the use of traditional AI...

Nvidia Blackwell sets new standard for GenAI in MLPerf benchmarks

As enterprises race to adopt generative AI and bring new services to market, the demands on data centre infrastructure have never been greater – training large language models (LLMs) is one challenge, but delivering LLM-powered realtime services is another. In the...

Vantage secures solar energy for Joburg data centre

Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data centre campuses, has entered into a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with SolarAfrica to supplement the local grid that powers the company's Johannesburg (JNB1) data centere campus scheduled to...

Employee Tax Incentive abuse exploits unemployed youth

Abusive Employee Tax Incentive schemes (ETI) marketed by some training providers has done massive damage to the training and development industry, leaving many businesses hesitant to revisit the many social and economic benefits of the scheme. But, most crucially,...

Is your router secure?

Routers are essential for WiFi connections, with millions of new devices set up daily in homes and workplaces. According to analysis conducted by Kaspersky, over 500 vulnerabilities were discovered in routers in 2021, including 87 critical ones. Threats stemming from...

Post Office warms the public on new scam

The SA Post Office has received several enquiries about a new scam designed to mislead members of the public to pay money into a fraudulent account, and into sharing the details of their credit card with the scammers. The emails and SMS messages appear to originate...

$18,5bn pledged to connect the unconnected

A global pledging event organised by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) this week has rallied unprecedented support from governments and companies to expand Internet access everywhere as a key aspect of sustainable development. The Partner2Connect (P2C)...

Global investments in contactless services spike

To ease people's fears regarding personal hygiene and safety and return to pre-pandemic stability, businesses across all industries are incorporating contactless/no-touch solutions in existing operating models. Adopting these practices will lower personal proximity,...

For customers, experience is as important as products

This new digital-first world has changed the norms of commerce, work, and everyday life, prompting customers and brands to re-establish how they connect. This is the message from the fifth edition of Salesforce’s State of the Connected Customer report that shares...

PC shipments into MEA grow while tablets decline

The Middle East and Africa (MEA) personal computing device (PCD) market, which is made up of desktops, notebooks, workstations, and tablets, is expected to decline 6% year on year in shipment terms for the second quarter of 2022, according to International Data...

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Taneja report lauds Tintri solution

Tintri has announced the findings of a Taneja Group Field Report. The report, Massively Scalable, Intrinsically Simple: Tintri’s Low TCO for the Virtualised Data Centre, is based on in-depth interviews with Tintri customers across a broad range of industries. Customer...

Datacentrix honoured by VMware

Virtualisation and cloud infrastructure solutions company, VMware has honoured Datacentrix, a provider of high performing and secure ICT solutions, at its recent annual partner awards event for South Africa and West East Central Africa (WECA), held in Johannesburg....

DiData scoops Cisco awards

Dimension Data, the $6-billion ICT solutions and services provider, has announced that it has been awarded four prestigious awards at the Cisco Collaboration Summit in Los Angeles. These include Global Collaboration Partner of the Year; EMEAR Theatre Collaboration...

Betting World rolls out Microsoft solution

Founded in 2000, Betting World is one of South Africa’s most exciting operators in the fixed odds horseracing and sports betting market. Wholly-owned by JSE-listed Phumelela Gaming and Leisure, Africa’s largest horse racing and tote betting company, Betting World’s...

Faster modernisation with two-tier ERP

Two-tier ERP concepts provide an efficient way of modernizing business management solutions quickly and economically, provided the software is future-proof. In this article, Epicor sets out the key criteria for evaluating a two-tier ERP solution and explains how you...

Training, deal registration benefit partners

IT solutions provider First Technology says that as hardware margins shrink it is becoming vital for resellers to deliver strong, reliable value-added services to their clients - and that vendors are an important part of the equation. “Our management and professional...

Westcon, Juniper Networks grow relationship

Westcon Group,the leading value-added global distributor of security, unified communications, network infrastructure and data centre solutions, has announced the company has signed an expanded distribution agreement with Juniper Networks. The deal empowers specialty...

CSH acquires P:Cubed

Buy-and-build credit and information services business, CSH, today announced the acquisition of P:Cubed, a South African marketing service provider, for just under R350-million (US$30-million). These businesses have taken this step in order to support an enhanced and...

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...

Junior Manual Tester (JHB Onsite)

ENVIRONMENT:A highly skilled Junior Manual Tester is sought by a specialised Software Tech company in Joburg to join its team. The ideal candidate will require a tertiary qualification or Certification in Software Testing and a Diploma in Software-related area to...

Junior Manual Tester (JHB Onsite) – Gauteng Rosebank

ENVIRONMENT:A highly skilled Junior Manual Tester is sought by a specialised Software Tech company in Joburg to join its team. The ideal candidate will require a tertiary qualification or Certification in Software Testing and a Diploma in Software-related area to...

Senior IT Support Technician at Visio Assignments

Our client is seeking a client-driven, 3rd line ITTechnician that has previous IT Managed Service Provider (MSP) experience. The successful candidate will be confident and outgoing with an excellent telephone manner. You will have great communication skills both...

Junior Automation Tester (JHB Onsite)

ENVIRONMENT:A Software Specialist in Joburg seeks a strong technical Junior Automation Tester to test case preparation and maintenance, review and test execution, select automated testing tools and setup automated testing and logging, tracking and raising...

Junior Automation Tester (JHB Onsite) – Gauteng Rosebank

ENVIRONMENT:A Software Specialist in Joburg seeks a strong technical Junior Automation Tester to test case preparation and maintenance, review and test execution, select automated testing tools and setup automated testing and logging, tracking and raising...

Network Operations Engineer

Senior NOC (Network Operations Centre) Engineer Field Teams: - Monitor Field Team groups for escalations and assistancerequests, including switch renaming, device connection issues,and bespoke requests.PRTG Monitoring:- Frequent monitoring of PRTG during shifts to...

Security Analyst X2

iOCO Infrastructure Services Invites You to Explore Possibilities. We are seeking a Security Analyst to join our team. As a Security Analyst, you'll be responsible for responsible for monitoring all connectivity environments, as well as continuous updates of all daily...

Network Operations Engineer – Gauteng Midrand

Senior NOC (Network Operations Centre) Engineer Field Teams: - Monitor Field Team groups for escalations and assistancerequests, including switch renaming, device connection issues,and bespoke requests.PRTG Monitoring:- Frequent monitoring of PRTG during shifts to...

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