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%...

20 years on and gender gap parity is fracturing

Twenty years after the World Economic Forum first measured the global gender gap, the world is closer to parity than ever, but progress is fragile, with gains reversing in some areas, according to the Global Gender Gap Report 2026. Women now reach senior leadership in...

Unemployed are least likely to prioritise betting spending-limit tools

The online betting group most likely to prioritise debt repayment with a windfall is also the group least likely to ask regulators or operators for spending controls, according to new research from Softswiss. Fewer than four in 10 unemployed South Africans think...

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 surges as luxury goods push personalisation

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has induced a fresh wave of technological advancement, prompting businesses across various sectors to intensify their efforts to integrate AI capabilities into their products and services. As the industry grapples with the interpretation...

AI drives growing shared cloud infrastructure spend

Spending on compute and storage infrastructure products for cloud deployments, including dedicated and shared IT environments, increased 36,9% year over year in the first quarter of 2024 (1Q24) to $33-billion, according to the International Data Corporation...

Multi-cloud complexity, skills shortages add to security concerns

As organisations continue to adopt the cloud, with 35% running more than 50% of their workloads on the likes of Azure, AWS and GCP, they struggle to manage the complexity of securing their cloud infrastructures across multiple cloud platforms, while also suffering a...

SA workers score well for security habits

More than half (53%) of global workers would be very comfortable reporting a violation or security issue - rising to 80% in South Africa but dropping to 35% in Germany and 39% in the Netherlands. This is among the findings from a KnowBe4 survey of security habits...

Rival gangs hit victim with dual ransomware attack

Sophos has released findings of a dual ransomware attack where extortion notes left by Karma ransomware operators were encrypted 24 hours later by Conti, another ransomware gang that was in the target’s network at the same time. Sophos details the dual attacks in the...

Consumer rights and the financial services market

South African consumers are offered a wide range of protection in the form of legislated consumer rights, developed and applied over the years into the framework that we know today. “Over the years, this has been vital; particularly in the financial services sector,”...

Independent group calls for sustainability pledge

In advance of critical biodiversity negotiations in Geneva, the Campaign for Nature’s Global Steering Committee is urging ambitious nature protection, funding for biodiversity, and support for Indigenous Peoples and local communities. Led by former US Senator Russ...

Binge drinkers upped consumption during lockdown

New research has found that heavy episodic drinkers consumed more alcohol than usual during both increased and decreased lockdown restrictions and reported drinking more alcohol because they felt stressed, felt a need to relax, and felt bored. The researchers...

Customers demand more from life insurers

The latest South African Customer Satisfaction Index (SA-csi) for Life Insurance (2021) conducted by Consulta reveals how satisfied customers are with their life insurers over the last year. The benchmark measurement for Life Insurance (2021) provides important...

Companies will let customers go if they are not a good fit

By 2025, 75% of companies will "break up" with poor-fit customers as the cost of retaining them eclipses good-fit customer acquisition costs, according to Gartner. When "breaking up" with a poor-fit customer, organizations proactively end the relationship on their own...

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Software indispensable to IoT

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Software AG expands executive board

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Flash adoption improves efficiencies

Flash technology has become a reliable, revolutionary performance-driving storage option for the most demanding and mission-critical enterprise data sets. Servaas Venter, country manager of EMC Southern Africa, says flash has enabled the IT industry to provide the...

Datacentrix SA’s most empowered IT company

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Metrofile appoint new CFO

Mark McGowan has officially joined JSE-listed Metrofile Holdings Limited, as a director and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective 1 August 2014. According to Graham Wackrill, CEO of Metrofile Holdings Limited, McGowan is well known to Metrofile having been the...

Intel Haswell processor now available

First announced in June 2013, Intel’s 4th Generation Core Processor, Haswell, is now available in all the latest 2-in-1’s, laptops, desktops and servers. Like its predecessors, Haswell upgrades the core architecture of Intel’s processors, boosting device performance...

Payroll admin is critical to business

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Investing in future call centre staff

Leading customer interaction and communications expert Inter-Active Technologies is proud to announce that 44 learners have completed the company's distinguished Internal Learnership Programme. This has been considered as a significant milestone for Inter-Active...

Cybersecurity Engineer – Western Cape Cape Town

Cybersecurity EngineerSecure your future with this giant in the aerospace and defense industry!R75 000 to R80 000A proudly South African company that is a leader in the aviation and defense industry.An innovative and dynamic work environment.Working with cutting edge...

Business Analyst IT

Business Analyst with banking experience specifically experience in financial crime. Problem solvingDocumentation - Writing / ReportingEffective communication and relationship management(Managment of stakeholders)Microso Suite / Confluence knowledgeWorks well under...

Senior Applications Business Analyst – LW

Requirements EngineeringLead and facilitate requirements elicitation efforts with client stakeholders through workshops, discussions, and other methods to ensure comprehensive engagement and accurately capture essential functional requirements. Model business...

Software Developer – Gauteng Pretoria

We are looking for a well-versed Software Developer to join our team. As a Software Development professional you'll be responsible for the verification, testing, and release of software related to the energy management product portfolio. What you'll do:Testing...

SAP FICO Consultant (hybrid contract) 0040 (TB) – Gauteng Midrand

Initial focus on master data. Ability to assist with problem identification and possible solution by means of skills such as code debugging. Documentation of as-is and to-be business processes. Coordinate with other module SAP consultants for integration requirements....

Cybersecurity Engineer – Western Cape Cape Town

Cybersecurity EngineerSecure your future with this giant in the aerospace and defense industry!R75 000 to R80 000A proudly South African company that is a leader in the aviation and defense industry.An innovative and dynamic work environment.Working with cutting edge...

Business Analyst IT – Gauteng Johannesburg Region

Business Analyst with banking experience specifically experience in financial crime. Problem solvingDocumentation - Writing / ReportingEffective communication and relationship management(Managment of stakeholders)Microso Suite / Confluence knowledgeWorks well under...

Software Developer – Gauteng Pretoria

We are looking for a well-versed Software Developer to join our team. As a Software Development professional you'll be responsible for the verification, testing, and release of software related to the energy management product portfolio. What you'll do:Testing...

Software Support Technician

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