AI-first enterprises will win big if they do it right

Kathy Gibson reports - Enterprises that are reshaping and reinventing business domains around artificial intelligence (AI) are on track to experience great return on investment (ROI) and become more competitive. But there is a currently a big disconnect between AI...

AI leaders join call for a slowdown in new developments

The call for a global slowdown on artificial intelligence (AI) development is gaining traction, with the leaders of the some of the world’s largest AI companies adding their voices. On Saturday, Anthropic CEO Dr Dario Amodei penned an essay calling for AI companies to...

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...

Desco calls for consumer incentives in vape disposal

Desco Electronic Recyclers is urgently calling on producers, sellers, and retailers to incentivise consumers to return used vapes and e-cigarettes for proper disposal. With over 95% of these products ending up in landfills, Desco stresses the critical need for...

ACSA trains front-line workers to use sign language

Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) is collaborating with the South African National Deaf Association (SANDA) to provide sign language training to 130 front-line staff across ACSA's network, enhancing the accessibility and inclusivity of its airports. The training...

NASA, UAE Mars missions agree to share science data

NASA's MAVEN mission and the United Arab Emirates' Hope Probe mission are paving the way toward greater scientific collaboration and data exchange between the two Mars orbiters. A new partnership that encourages the sharing of data between NASA's MAVEN (Mars...

Easter phishing scams drive Emotet to malware dominance

Emotet continued its reign as the most popular malware, impacting 10% of organisations worldwide, double that of February, according to the Global Threat Index for March 2022 from Check Point Research (CPR). Emotet is an advanced, self-propagating and modular trojan...

Kids predict what the future will look like

New survey findings reveal what the future will hold in the next 10 to 50 years, according to children. The future, as children aged 5-11 see it, brings exciting, wacky technological advancements but some serious concerns about the impact of climate change. The...

When galaxies collide …

A spectacular head-on collision between two galaxies fueled an unusual triangular-shaped star-birthing frenzy. The interacting galaxy captured in this image from the Hubble Space Telescope is collectively called Arp 143. The pair contains the glittery, distorted,...

Backup gap means organisations continue to lose data

A huge majority (86%) of EMEA organisations (78% in South Africa) have a protection gap between how much data they can afford to lose and how often IT systems are protected. This has risen by 14% in the past 12 months across the EMEA region, indicating that, while the...

Worldwide PC shipments see first quarter decline

Worldwide PC shipments totaled 77,5-million units in the first quarter of 2022, a 7,3% decrease from the first quarter of 2021, according to preliminary results by Gartner. A sharp drop in Chromebook sales significantly contributed to the overall market decline....

These are the new WASPA office bearers for 2022

South Africa's Wireless Application Service Providers' Association (WASPA) has elected its new board for 2022, introducing Iman (Faith) Malaka as the new membership chair, and Casper de Villiers who returns as treasurer. Malaka is the co-founding member, CEO and...

Fakecalls Trojan imitates bank employee conversations

A new banking Trojan dubbed Fakecalls masquerades as a banking app and mimics the telephone customer support of the most popular South Korean banks. Unlike regular banking Trojans, it can discreetly intercept calls to real banks using their own connection. Under the...

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Lean Start-up workshop begins in Jo’burg

Lean Startup Machine Johannesburg takes place from 31 October to 2 November 2014 at Jozihub. Prof Barry Dwolatzky, director of the Joburg Centre for Software Engineering (JCSE) is a mentor for the 2014 workshop and says that the concept of “Lean Startup” is all about...

HDS expands cloud offerings

Hitachi Data Systems Corporation (HDS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, has announced three new ways for customers, providers and partners to gain the benefits of the cloud without compromising the control, flexibility or security of their data. First is Hitachi...

Mobile payments improve customer experience

Mobile payment technologies are gradually beginning to make inroads into both cash and credit card payments in South Africa – mostly because of the convenience they offer to both the customer and the business owner. Vuyo Mpako, Head of Innovation and Channel Design at...

Global Micro, Microsoft aid SA enterprises

Global Micro, together with its long-term partner, Microsoft, today hosted a session with some of South Africa’s top enterprise clients. The partnership plans to support these companies in transitioning to a hybrid cloud solution, while leveraging the benefits of a...

More East African partners for Panda

Panda Security continues to increase its footprint in Africa recently appointing BA Internet Solutions as a premier partner. Panda Security and BA Internet see the partnership as an opportunity to grow the adoption of cloud technology within the region and provide...

How to differentiate customer experience

The battle for the customer is shifting to new ground, away from the telephone to digital (email, web chat) and social media (Facebook, Twitter, and others). However, the delivery mechanism for customer experience remains the same: the contact centre agent or customer...

Hosted PBX cuts costs, operational strain

Companies are increasingly turning towards the cloud – the umbrella term used to describe Internet-based computing where data, software, or applications are run and stored online instead of on the user's machine itself or housed elsewhere on site. It is therefore...

Eaton offers new 9E UPS

Power management company Eaton has launched a new range of uninterruptible power supplies (UPSs) which gives users access to comprehensive online double-conversion power protection at an affordable price in Africa. Models in the new 9E range combine exceptional...

Veeam Cloud Connect now in Azure Marketplace

Veeam Software, provider of solutions that deliver availability for the modern data centre, has announced the availability of Veeam Cloud Connect within the Azure Marketplace. Veeam Cloud Connect is available as a pre-configured Microsoft Azure Certified for Virtual...

Online businesses need to heed POPI

The promulgation of the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act into law will result in severe penalties if an online business does not adequately secure the personal details of its customers stored online. According to the Act, personal information is defined...

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Senior Developer Are you ready to be part of a transformational journey that will reshape the digital landscape of Africa? A leading Pan-African telecommunications company is launching a groundbreaking Software Engineering Centre of Excellence (COE); dedicated to...

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