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...

Ecobank launches 2024 Fintech Challenge

Ecobank has official opened applications to the 7th edition of its Fintech Challenge. This annual competition invites early-stage and mature fintech startups to partner with Ecobank, offering a grand prize of $50 000 and a chance to scale their solutions across...

Interest in NFTs continues to fade

The last two years have been rough for the NFT market, and 2024 doesn't look much better. With falling sales and investors losing appetite for digital artwork, market projections became less optimistic, showing only a modest 2,6% annual growth by 2028, twenty times...

Sales budgets tipped for 2022 increase

A Gartner survey of CSOs in 2H 2021 identified the top three investment areas to be sales enablement, digital marketing and sales operations programs. "CSOs are adjusting their expanding budgets in 2022 to become better prepared for what could be foundational shifts...

Telkom comments on SIU investigation

Telkom has issued a statement regarding the Government Gazette 11385, published yesterday (Tuesday 25 January 2022) giving the Special Investigative Unit (SIU) authority to investigate several matters including contracting and possible maladministration regarding the...

UCT ranks among top 60 most international universities

The University of Cape Town (UCT) has been ranked 55th by Times Higher Education (THE) in their latest list of the most international universities in the world 2022. This position is tied with Carnegie Mellon and Princeton in the US. These institutions collaborate on...

Calls to lift travel restrictions grow

The World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) has welcomed the call of its sister UN agency World Health Organisation (WHO) for restrictions on travel to be lifted or eased. Citing new evidence on the rise and spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, WHO has noted that...

ESG concerns turn spotlight on hyperscaler carbon emissions

By 2025, the carbon emissions of hyperscale cloud services will be a top three criterion in cloud purchase decisions, according to Gartner. As environmental, social and governance (ESG) priorities and reporting received growing levels of enterprise attention, more...

NaaS emerges as key digitalisation driver

With the network playing a key role in the success of digital transformation, technology leaders are looking to network as a service (NaaS). This is the finding from a new study from Aruba, which looks at the interest in NaaS as organisations recover from the Covid-19...

Alarm sounded over self-spreading vaccine proposals

Since the first lab-modified virus capable of replication was generated in 1974, an evidence-based consensus has emerged that many changes introduced into viral genomes are likely to prove unstable if released into the environment. On this basis, many virologists...

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ETI offers employers a strategic opportunity

South African businesses of all sizes have a great opportunity to help address the country’s growing youth unemployment crisis while benefitting from a tax incentive by taking advantage of the Employment Tax Incentive (ETI). That’s the word from Rob Cooper, at tax...

East Africa the hub of economic developments

African economic development over the past decade has been remarkable, with Sub-Saharan Africa’s economy lauded as one of the fastest growing regions in the world. But, thanks to a significant lack of infrastructure, phase two of the continents’ economic...

Stratasys releases new 3D printing materials

Stratasys, a leading global provider of 3D printing and additive manufacturing solutions, has released a previously announced extension to its range of flexible and rigid material options for the Objet500 Connex3 colour multi-material 3D printer. Hundreds of new...

Avaya caters to local SMEs’ UC needs

According to IDC, the global small-to-medium enterprise (SME) market is set to represent 52% of IT spending by 2016, with small enterprises one of the largest segments. To ignore this business segment would be folly, says Selvin Kristnen, MD of Avaya South Africa. “As...

Big business, govt must grow SME sector

Big business and government must work closely together to create a thriving small business economy if South Africa is to meet its real growth potential and create decent, sustainable jobs over the next five years. That’s according to Ivan Epstein, of Sage, who says...

High speed mobile WiFi from Huawei

Take advantage of LTE mobile broadband speeds and securely share your connection across a home, office or any other location with the Huawei E5372 LTE from distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC). This mobile WiFi hotspot boots up in just five seconds, enabling...

Fujitsu rated highly by channel partners

Fujitsu has announced that over 80% of its global resellers are either very satisfied or satisfied with the company and the commercial benefits offered by its SELECT Partner Programme, with satisfaction levels increasing at the higher Programme levels as close...

DCC offers Dell Latitude E6440 and E6540

Protecting sensitive and mission critical data is more important than ever. Safeguard your business’ most valuable asset while ensuring outstanding manageability with Dell reliability and powerful performance for workforce productivity with the Dell Latitude E6440 and...

Fox Projects exhibits African staying power

In contrast to what many companies experience when engaging the Africa market, Fox Projects has managed to overcome many of the challenges and instil a level of service around projects across several countries.  Fox Projects is currently involved in the rollout of...

Syspro wins at Education Excellence Awards

Leading provider of business software solutions, Syspro, has been recognised for its efforts aimed at skills development when it was recently named runner-up in the Corporate Educator of the Year category at SAPICS’s 2014 SCM Education Excellence Awards. This year’s...

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2-3 months contract Requirements: Developing and maintaining SQL server databases and applications using T-SQL, SSIS, SSRS, and other tools.Writing and optimizing SQL queries, stored procedures, functions, and triggers for various business requirements and...

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Our International Client is seeking a Technical Lead to join their Software Development Team. You will be responsible for providing technical guidance leadership to the development team. You will also actively contribute to the application architecture design and work...

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Psybergate is an IT company that builds bespoke software solutions and provides highly skilled resources to its clients.We are looking for a Flutter Developer Lead to join our financial services client based in Sandton.What you will be doing: Designs, develops, and...

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Support & Maintain Organizational Computer SystemsInstall, Diagnose, repair, maintain and upgrade organizational hardware & EquipmentOn-Site and Remote End User Support on Laptops, Desktops, Servers, Printers etc.Attending to applicable calls logged via...

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