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...

AI could be key to achieving global connectivity

Artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to help bring online the 2,6-billion people still not connected to the Internet, according to The State of Broadband 2024 from the Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development. The first part of the Broadband Commission...

Audit anxiety signals digital shortfalls

Just one in four IT decision-makers (ITDMs) feels very confident in the lead-up to an audit - with respondents to new research from Canon Europe highlighting concerns over their organisations' information and data management processes. The results of the survey of 1...

What happens inside a cybercrime war-room?

South African businesses are most affected by crypto mining attacks by self-spreading malware, coin miner modules, and infections spread via users downloading a "cracked" version of legitimate software. "Living off the land" attacks are also on the increase, with...

Why is Open RAN important?

Kathy Gibson is at Mobile World Congress 2022 - While the IT industry has steadily shifted to open and interoperable systems, the telecommunications industry has kept its systems stubbornly closed - but the new era of rapid change and innovation means that openness is...

VMware puts people in the centre of its 6G vision

Kathy Gibson is at Mobile World Congress 2022 - VMware is unveiling its vision for Automating Life, underpinned by the fusion of cloud, networking and AI technologies, and a belief system structured around equity, sustainability and trust. To chart a successful course...

Life on the edge just became a lot more interesting

Kathy Gibson is at Mobile World Congress 2022 - Edge computing is rapidly becoming one of the most significant topics in the IT world, with the potential to completely transform the way businesses and individuals engage with the world around them. That's according to...

Metal and biometric cards to drive payment card revenue

A new study from Juniper Research has found that global payment card shipment revenue for technology companies will reach $11,7-billion in 2026, from $9,7-billion in 2022. This 20% increase reflects new innovations emerging in the payment cards space while the...

Teraco offers access to Oracle Cloud via FastConnect

Teraco is now offering connectivity directly through Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) FastConnect at its Isando Campus for the Oracle Cloud Johannesburg Region. Oracle customers are now enabled, the company says, to harness the power of Oracle Cloud locally,...

Every third banking malware attack in 2021 was directed at corporates

In 2021, the financial threats landscape witnessed positive changes where the overall number of users affected by malware reduced significantly, including a 35% drop in PC malware. Still, financial organisations, as cybercriminals' most lucrative targets, continue to...

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Complex environs need bespoke connectivity

Wireless is the quickest and most cost-effective way to implement a communications network and nowhere is this more evident than in the mining industry, says Gary Woolley, CCO of wireless connectivity specialist Comsol. Comsol has proven the case for wireless in...

Ukuvuma rolls out Cadac solution at KNS

Ukuvuma Solutions has successfully implemented the Cadac Organice Document Management and Control solution at the Koniambo Nickel SAS (KNS) in New Caledonia, located in the South Pacific, east of Australia. KNS is operating a mine, a metallurgical nickel smelter, a...

Immigration laws hinder offshore investment

In order for the South African economy to grow and provide sustainable employment, there has to be an increase in offshore investment into the country. This, however, is dependent on a review of the new immigration laws as they are effectively hindering the process of...

MPS is evolving to unlock business value

Managed print services (MPS) continues to evolve as companies strive to unlock hidden savings in the business. Over time, this has evolved from output consolidation to automated fleet management and on to workflow enhancements. According to Mark Kelly, sales director...

The blueprint for BYOD success

Just like mobile analytics, big data, the Internet and social networks changed the way companies do business, so the adoption of mobile devices has become a catalyst for change in corporations and small- to medium-enterprises (SMEs), says Manoj Bhoola, director:...

kalahari.com appoints market research firm

kalahari.com has appointed full service market research and strategy business, Dashboard Marketing Intelligence, to measure the perceptions of the brand in the minds of the country’s shoppers. Celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, Dashboard’s range of marketing...

Insight for the insurance industry

A tidal wave of data is drowning the enterprise. A terabyte, maybe two a few years ago, has grown to several petabytes for the larger entities, and most cannot cope with the speed and velocity at which this data is coming at them. Moreover, the vast majority of the...

Choosing the right Microsoft Office product

Microsoft Office is the most widely used productivity software packages in the world, and is available in several different versions for different users, says Ruben Naicker, Microsoft product specialist at Drive Control Corporation. For consumers, however, these...

Dac, Compute Corporate partner for education

Education institutions in South Africa are in a position to advance their curricula and offer added value as a result of Microsoft Office365 and the relationship between Dac Systems and Channel Partner Compute Corporate. Leading local provider of turnkey solutions Dac...

Big data as an information management issue

Right now, big data is one of the most heard buzz words in IT, next to cloud, analytics and mobile. So far, most of the discussions on big data focus on storage. In the past, a lot of people thought big data was only a storage problem. Organisations were wondering if...

Business Analyst

Key accountabilitiesThe Consultant shall provide Development, Testing, Data migration and Go-livesupport services for the SAP Data Services toolset (Data Integrator). This will include the following:1.Requirements refinement and documentation in the form of a...

Enterprise Architect

Our client, an International Mining Company, has a Contract position for a ENTERPRISE ARCHITECT.Provide domain and subject matter expertise in vulnerability and patch management.Design, develop, review, and maintain a comprehensive vulnerability/patch management...

Software Development Team Lead

Looking for a Senior Software Developer with managerial experience, comfortable mentoring and leading the development team.Must have completed Bachelors Degree (IT/Computer Science or similar) coupled with 4 -8 years of experience in the field of Software...

Digital Strategist (Senior) at Accenture – Western Cape Cape Town

About Accenture Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world's leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth, and enhance public...

Senior Data Engineer – Western Cape Century City

Primary Duties and Responsibilities: The Data Engineer will have a knack for data analysis, data manipulation and data modelling. The consultant will be responsible for understanding and driving the overall technical vision and planning of a client's organisation and...

Business Analyst – Gauteng Johannesburg

Key accountabilitiesThe Consultant shall provide Development, Testing, Data migration and Go-livesupport services for the SAP Data Services toolset (Data Integrator). This will include the following:1.Requirements refinement and documentation in the form of a...

Enterprise Architect – Remote Remote

Our client, an International Mining Company, has a Contract position for a ENTERPRISE ARCHITECT.Provide domain and subject matter expertise in vulnerability and patch management.Design, develop, review, and maintain a comprehensive vulnerability/patch management...

Software Development Team Lead – Gauteng Primrose

Looking for a Senior Software Developer with managerial experience, comfortable mentoring and leading the development team.Must have completed Bachelors Degree (IT/Computer Science or similar) coupled with 4 -8 years of experience in the field of Software...

Deployment Administrator

An opportunity has become available for 2 (two) Deployment Administrators in Johannesburg. Purpose of the position: The role of the deployment administrator supports the company goal of acquisition by ensuring the efficient deployment of newly sold devices. The...

Senior BI Analyst

Primary Duties and Responsibilities: The BI Analyst is responsible for turning data into information, information into insight and insight into business decisions. Responsibilities include conducting full life-cycle activities to include requirements analysis and...

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