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%...

High interest rates and cost-of-living crises still burden salaries

The average nominal take-home pay slipped in June, according to the BankservAfrica Take-home Pay Index (BTPI), which tracks about 4-million salary earners in South Africa. "At R15 492, the average nominal take-home pay for June was down from May, but still 6% up on...

PC sales through distribution return to growth

Distributor revenue remained flat year over year at $19,5-billion in the second quarter of 2024 (2Q24), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) North America Distribution Tracker (NADT). As expected, Network Infrastructure sales saw a double-digit...

Cigarette market ‘greatly disrupted’ by lockdown ban

A recently published paper in Nicotine and Tobacco Research found that the 20-week ban on the sale of cigarettes in 2020 greatly disrupted the cigarette market in South Africa and that, despite cigarette sales being illegal, most smokers were able to access them,...

Companies must cater for employees’ changing expectations

US employee annual voluntary turnover is likely to jump nearly 20% this year, from a prepandemic annual average of 31,9-million employees quitting their jobs to 37,4-million quitting in 2022, according to Gartner. "New employee expectations, and the availability of...

Hamilton Ratshefola takes over from Maphum Nxumalo at Gijima

Maphum Nxumalo is leaving Gijima, retiring as the company's group chief executive effective May 2022. Nxumalo has had a 45-year career in the ICT industry, serving for 14 years with the Massmart group before joining Infloplan and then becoming the executive and...

African banks shift gear to drive digitalisation

The last year has seen a growing trend towards the digitalisation of banking services, driven by the cost-saving and efficiency effect induced by digital platforms. A new report from African Banker magazine and engagement banking platform Backbase shows that the...

CFOs turn to process mining for better RPA returns

A big majority (80%) of finance leaders agree finance must significantly accelerate its implementation of digital technology, such as robotic process automation (RPA) and artificial intelligence to effectively support the business by 2025, according to a survey by...

Soft global demand drives smartphone shipments down

Worldwide smartphone shipments declined 8,9% year over year in the first quarter of 2022 (1Q22), according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. This marks the third consecutive quarter of decline...

What SA users searched for in April

South Africans turned to Google to find out more about religious holidays, the KwaZulu Natal floods and social grants, based on Google search activity in April. In a rare coincidence, the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Jewish Passover and Christian Easter overlapped in...

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Stratus Technologies localises user support

Stratus Technologies is a leading provider of availability solutions that ensure uninterrupted performance of essential business operations. This is a requirement that is becoming even more prominent in today’s “always-on” era, where tolerance for downtime from...

Acer partners with PartServe

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Ricoh announces the Pro C7100 series

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Innovation is key to staying relevant

With today’s budget restraints, it seems virtually impossible for IT to meet all business demands. Therefore, IT needs to respond rapidly and innovate in order to stay relevant. This is according to OutSystems South Africa director Craig Terblanche. How will IT meet...

Use ICT to manage African energy resources

Africa is being touted as the next frontier that will supply natural and renewable resources to the global energy market, but many countries within sub-Saharan Africa are either struggling to provide access to energy and electricity for their citizens or can’t keep up...

Riverbed announces next-gen products

Riverbed Technology, the leader in application performance infrastructure, announced at Riverbed FORCE 2014 the next-generation of two Riverbed flagship products - Riverbed SteelHead 9.0 and Riverbed SteelCentral AppResponse 9.5 - to deliver the most complete...

Cartrack to list on the JSE

Cartrack Holdings has announced that it is currently evaluating the intention to list on the Main Board of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (“JSE”) in the Support Services sector. Cartrack, which was founded in 2001, is an established, trusted and recognised household...

Longline phishing rears its ugly head

The past few years have seen a tremendous rise in the use of email as an attack vector for enterprises and larger entities. These attacks have also evolved in sophistication, from the first examples of malicious links or attachments being included in emails, to the...

Veeam achieves record Q3 2014 results

Veeam Software, the innovative provider of solutions that deliver Availability for the Modern Data Centre, released highlights of its Q3 2014 results, reporting total revenue bookings growth of 65% compared to the same period last year. The third quarter of 2014 marks...

Net1 MS introduces Mobile Virtual Card tech

Net1 Mobile Solutions (N1MS), a business unit of Net 1 UEPS Technologies, has  announced the launch of Shmart!Pay Mobile Card in India together with its partner TranServ Private Limited ("TranServ"). This mobile-based payment solution is the first of its kind in...

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Looking to work in an environment that offers manual and automation testing then this is the role for you, allowing you to take your skills to the next level.Be part of a dynamic team while learning and growing your skills togetherJob Description: Release...

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