AI spend soars to unprecedented levels

Worldwide spending on AI is forecast to total $2,7-trillion in 2026, a 49,5% increase year-over-year, according to Gartner. “Demand for AI infrastructure (including AI-optimised IaaS, AI-optimised servers, AI network fabric, AI processing semiconductors and devices)...

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...

IBM and Pasqal partner on quantum-centric supercomputers

IBM and Pasqal, as leaders in superconducting circuit and neutral atom-based quantum computers respectively, have announced their intent to partner to develop a common approach to quantum-centric supercomputing and promoting application research in chemistry and...

Microsoft takes the global data centre lead

Microsoft has taken the lead with over 300 data centres globally, surpassing AWS. Edith Reads, financial analyst at Stocklytics.com. comments: "Microsoft is ramping up its data center footprint to meet the growing demand for high-performance computing (HPC) essential...

Omnichannel experience will drive e-commerce growth

The value of global e-commerce payment transactions will exceed $7,5-trillion by 2026, from $4,9-trillion in 2021, according to a new study from Juniper Research. This growth rate of 55% over the next five years will be driven by retailers offering compelling...

ESG is top of the enterprise tech agenda

Enterprises of all sizes are racing to deliver environmental, social, and governance (ESG) commitments, which is no longer a tick-box "nice to have" but an essential part of doing business in the twenty-first century. The ESG action is being driven by value and supply...

BlueNoroff drains cryptocurrency accounts

Kaspersky experts have uncovered a series of attacks by advanced persistent threat (APT) actor BlueNoroff against small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) worldwide resulting in major cryptocurrency losses for the victims. The campaign, dubbed SnatchCrypto, is aimed...

Zero-trust implementation gaps leave companies vulnerable

While most organisations have a vision of zero trust or are in the process of implementing zero-trust initiatives, fewer than half of them can translate this vision into the solutions they are implementing because they lack some basic core fundamentals of zero trust....

Cloud infrastructure spend continues growth trajectory

Spending on compute and storage infrastructure products for cloud infrastructure, including dedicated and shared environments, increased 6,6% year over year in the third quarter of 2021 (3Q21) to $18,6-billion. This is according to the International Data Corporation...

Crypto predictions for 2022

Crypto regulation is imminent in South Africa. In addition, ongoing price volatility and more formal links to the financial services sector are predicted for 2022, according to cryptocurrency exchange Luno. "Globally, we have seen moves to regulate crypto and we...

Offender monitoring market sees rapid growth

Berg Insight has released new findings on the market for Electronic Monitoring (EM) of offenders. The number of participants in EM programmes on a daily basis in Europe, North America and Latin America amounted to about 46 000, 282 000 and 71 000 respectively during...

Hybrid shopping, AI help meet shifting consumer preferences

Hybrid shopping – mixing physical and digital channels in shopping journeys – is on the rise as shopping habits consumers adopted out of necessity during the Covid-19 pandemic are becoming routine. This is among the findings of a global study, “Consumers want it all”,...

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Connected Services eases HR workload

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Mitel updates portfolio after Aastra merger

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Aspect announces Voxeo CXP Pro 14

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McAfee, partners launch Passwordday.org

In observance of the annual World Password Day which occurred on 7 May, McAfee, part of Intel Security, and its partners are leading an effort to help educate consumers worldwide on the importance of password safety in the wake of the multiple global security...

XON learnership programme grows skills

Pan-African ICT group, XON, has enjoyed considerable success from its learnership programme that kicked off in 2009.  To date all five graduates of the first round, which lasted until 2011, have been employed full-time by XON and the business is looking to employ the...

Sage unveils Sage ERP X3 version 7

Sage, one of the world’s leading suppliers of business management software and services, has unveiled the next generation of its global mid-market ERP solution, Sage ERP X3 version 7. The market-leading solution has been completely overhauled to ensure the best user...

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