Global IT spend to hit $5trn on 6,8% rise
Worldwide IT spending is expected to total $5-trillion in 2024, an increase of 6,8% from 2023, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. This is down from the previous quarter's forecast of 8% growth. While generative AI (GenAI) had significant hype in 2023, it...
Critical infrastructure sees most cyber incidents
A significant 18% of companies in the Middle East, Turkiye and Africa (META) region have experienced cyber incidents due to insufficient cybersecurity investment in the last two years. Alarmingly, critical infrastructure, oil & gas and energy organisations...
Traditional employment avenues are disappearing
While South Africa's economy is unable to absorb huge numbers of the unemployed, a lesser traditional approach to income generation may be the solution. This is the word from Direct Selling Association of South Africa (DSA) chairperson Rajesh Parshotam, responding to...
New work shakeup as talent seeks its freedom
Skilled professionals forced to work from home since the Covid lockdown are finding themselves reluctant to return to the rigid corporate world. The sense of freedom gained from this enforced change to their working lives is prompting many to plan the even more...
First-time consumer credit defaults improve in Q2
The rate at which people defaulted on their loans for the first time decreased in the second quarter of the year, according to Experian South Africa's Consumer Default Index (CDI). Although consumer debt remains at R1,9-trillion, the index improved from 4.33 in March...
Butterfly inspires young Free State scientist
The graceful flight of a butterfly inspired a Free State learner to undertake a research project into the how of its flying. Amy Pastors watched a butterfly fly past and asked herself if the grace and beauty on display was really as simple and effortless as it looked....
Malicious code spreads through WhatsApp mod
Kaspersky has discovered a malicious version of a popular WhatsApp messenger mod (unofficial modification of the app) called FMWhatsapp. The mod spreads the Triada mobile Trojan, which downloads other Trojans and can launch ads, issue subscriptions, and intercept a...
International travel largely on hold despite May uptick
The biggest crisis in the history of tourism continues into a second year. Between January and May, international tourist arrivals were 85% below 2019 levels (or a 65% drop on 2020), UNWTO data shows. Despite a small uptick in May, the emergence of Covid-19 variants...
Blue Label reports year-end earnings
Blue Label Telecoms has reported core headline earnings for the year ended 31 May 2021 of R788-million, equating to core headline earnings of 89.65 cents per share, of which R763-million related to continuing operations and R25-million to discontinued operations. Core...
July unrest still reverberating through SA’s technical goods sector
South Africa's technical goods retail sector continues to feel the aftershocks of the looting and rioting in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal in July. That's according to a GfK Lighthouse study of the impact of the unrest on technical goods sales in South Africa which uses...
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Navigating SMS interconnect agreements
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Interactive Intelligence launches contest
Interactive Intelligence Group, a global provider of software and services designed to improve the customer experience, is launching a Customer Experience Makeover: Contact Centre Style contest. The contest is open to businesses of any size worldwide looking for a...
Cyberoam grows managed security automation
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Fortinet expands DDoS product family
Fortinet − a world leader in high-performance network security – has expanded its distributed denial of service (DDoS) product family with four new appliances for data centre managers and system architects at mid- to large-sized enterprises and managed service...
Call centres are getting smarter
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Fujitsu vShape integrates with NetApp
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VMware Virtual SAN now available
VMware, the global leader in virtualisation and cloud infrastructure, today announced the general availability of VMware Virtual SAN, VMware’s first Software-Defined Storage product. Built directly into the VMware vSphere kernel, VMware Virtual SAN provides a new tier...
Xerox presses on display at Africa Print
Bytes Document Solutions will showcase a wide range of colour digital presses, from the Xerox Colour 560/570 printer, to the Xerox 1000, Xerox J75 and the Xerox wide-format IJP 2000. Workflow solutions and business development resources that drive successful digital...
On-premise security not always viable
IT security has become a complex challenge for companies of all shapes and sizes. With the range of threats to corporate data coming from the Web, social media, via e-mail, and internally, most companies typically address each channel with multiple best of breed...
DCC offers Verbatim MediaShare Wireless
As mobility gains impetus in the South African market, many users face the challenge of limited storage on their tablets and smartphones. Distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC) is solving this problem with the introduction of Verbatim’s MediaShare Wireless, a...
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Microsoft CRM Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg
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