Tech giants raise the AI safety bar

The risks associated with artificial intelligence (AI) are back in the spotlight with the news that rogue agents have been responsible for multiple attacks on government sites in Australia and the US. Even the FBI has not been immune to attacks from autonomous agents....

AI makes critical thinking a workforce priority

A new global study from the IBM for Business Value points to a disconnect between the skills chief human resource officers (CHROs) say AI requires and those employees prioritise. While 71% of CHROs identify the ability to supervise, validate and override AI outputs as...

Today’s data centre build-out dwarfs previous infrastructure investments

Kathy Gibson reports from Vertiv Week in Zagreb – Artificial intelligence (AI) is driving the biggest infrastructure build-out in human history – bigger than the railroads or the Industrial Revolution. “People assume AI is a bubble, but it is showing no signs of...

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...

Expect a surge in electric vehicles

The global electric vehicle market will reach $8,8-trillion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 33,6% from 2024 to 2030, according to a new report from Grand View Research. Growing emphasis on environmental sustainability and the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is...

This is what SA consumers spent on Mother’s and Father’s Day

Fine dining, crockery and pots, flowers and jewellery continue to enjoy the lion's share of consumer spend leading up and during Mother's Day, while biltong and winery dominate spend in the same period for Father's Day. According to FNB data, on Mother's Day in 2024,...

Online retail set to continue growth trajectory

South African online retailers have learned to meet the demands of Black Friday and the Christmas season, with nine out of 10 saying they coped with extra staffing demands and more than two-thirds saying their technology could handle the increased traffic at the end...

Cloud spend predicted to overtake traditional IT in 2025

Enterprise IT spending on public cloud computing, within addressable market segments, will overtake spending on traditional IT in 2025, according to Gartner. Gartner’s ‘cloud shift’ research includes only those enterprise IT categories that can transition to cloud,...

DSA advances affordable connectivity in underserved countries

A partnership between the UK Government’s Digital Access Programme (DAP) and the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance (DSA) is contributing towards digital inclusion in Brazil, Indonesia, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa. By encouraging “a new spectrum mindset”, the DSA and DAP...

NFTs could become standard in investment portfolios

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) could become a standard feature of investment portfolios within five years. The prediction from Nigel Green of deVere Group, comes as international brands become increasingly interested in the NFT market. Last week, Nike filed a lawsuit...

Net1 continues recovery journey

Net 1 UEPS Technologies is moving towards profitability, with more positive results reported for the quarter ended 31 December 2021. Continued momentum in Easy Pay Everywhere (EPE) saw that business ending the quarter with just under 1,1-million EPE accounts. Overall,...

LNG imports could make up Russian gas shortfalls in Europe

Supplies of Russian gas to Europe via Ukraine have already fallen - and been replaced by LNG imports - to such a degree that shutting off the remaining gas that is still flowing through Ukraine would have relatively limited additional impact on European supply,...

Pinnacle, Syntech tops in Channelwise Distributor of the Year awards

Pinnacle has won the coveted Distributor of the Year 2021 Award at the Channelwise Awards, while Syntech Distribution once again scooped the Customer Care Distributor of the Year trophy. The Channelwise Awards poll resellers on their favourite vendors and distributors...

And the top vendors are …

South Africa’s resellers have once again made their voices heard, voting for their favourite vendors in the 2020 Channelwise Awards. Over the years, the Channelwise Awards have tracked the progress of the South African IT industry, reflecting each year how technology...

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Infor innovation is the new face of ERP in SA

Infor’s constant innovation and development is transforming the face of ERP in South Africa and aiding leading local businesses to provide world class services to their customers. Local business and technology solutions provider EOH recognises the benefits of...

MTN announces Sky Bundle promotion

One lucky MTN customer stands a chance to win a Sling 4 2014 aeroplane to take to the skies or the cash value, when they purchase any of the MTN Sky bundles from R25. MTN SA has announced the launch of their MTN Sky Bundles promotion, starting 25 June until 31st of...

Kaspersky tackles virtualisation myths

When Kaspersky Lab asked business professionals about their “IT Security Priorities” for the next 12 months, 21% of Enterprise-level IT managers said securing virtualised infrastructure was one of the top 3 items on their “to-do” list. This new-found focus on...

MDM grows amidst data protection worries

Demand for intelligent mobile device management (MDM) solutions in South Africa is increasing steadily as companies strive to empower their mobile ambitions more strategically and securely. Securicom, a managed IT security services vendor, has seen an impressive 20%...

Resolutions trump answers in customer care

There is a big difference between answers and resolutions, especially when it comes to customer support. Is serving up pages upon pages of search results on a web page for your customer or agents to scroll through really providing an answer? Sometimes an answer isn’t...

Netology implements Marval MSM solution

Netology is a South African company with a core focus on outsourced network support, specialising in networking and related services. As a result, effective customer service is critical to their business. More effective IT service management (ITSM) processes and tools...

GIT offers the full range of TVU products

In today’s increasingly fast-paced mobile and connected world, news agencies need to be able to broadcast from anywhere, quickly and easily, bringing up-to-date coverage to audiences across the globe. The TVU Networks range of wireless Electronic News Gathering (ENG)...

Cloud brings convenience to Africa

A lot of myths pervade when it comes to cloud in Africa. In the not-so-distant past, to get their technology infrastructure up and running, companies would purchase or license all their business software and run applications from work PCs or access these programs from...

Trend Micro offers global partner programme

Trend Micro Incorporated, a pioneer in security software, today announced the launch of its global partner programme. The Trend Micro Partner Programme is designed to further enhance the productivity and profitability of its more than 50 000 channel partners by...

Dell offers new storage array series

Dell has announced it will bring its high-end storage capabilities to mid-sized deployments with the creation of a new series of full-featured, enterprise storage arrays. Dell also shared details of its growing software-defined storage (SDS) ecosystem and plans to...

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