NASA experiments with drones for planetary landings

NASA successfully demonstrated technology designed to help spacecraft autonomously navigate to safe landing sites on the Moon and on other planets. An Alta-X drone equipped with the agency’s Safe and Precise Landing – Integrated Capabilities Evolution (SPLICE)...

Turn vision into reality with the right AI strategy

Kathy Gibson reports from Dell Technologies Forum in Johannesburg - Today's leaders aren't asking whether to adopt AI, they're asking how to turn it into outcomes the business can see. And South African companies can no longer afford to take a wait-and-see attitude to...

Gloomy outlook for global economies as geopolitical tensions worsen

Coface’s latest risk review, Rates Against the Machine, has confirmed what the world dreaded just a few months ago has come to pass – rather than improve, the geopolitical situation has deteriorated once again. This, Coface says, puts upward pressure on commodity...

Banks are still missing the links between fraud and money laundering

Financial institutions are increasingly integrating their fraud and anti-money laundering (AML) systems, but intelligence and governance gaps remain. New fraud and AML convergence research from Datos Insights, commissioned by data and AI leader SAS, finds 86% report...

Africa under cyberattack

African organisations are feeling the pressure of the globe's highest number of cyberattacks during the last quarter. New Check Point Software Technologies data on Q2 2024 cyber-attack trends demonstrates that the rise in cyber-attacks is driven by increasing digital...

Cybercriminal activity on Telegram surges

Amid rising concerns about Telegram's security, the Kaspersky Digital Footprint Intelligence team analysed shadow Telegram channels. The findings reveal that cybercriminals are increasingly using Telegram as a platform for underground market activities. Cybercriminals...

GAP competition winners scoop R3m prize

Novel business concepts including an Internet of Things (IoT) system to prevent load shedding, a digital payment platform for spaza shops, and a portable DNA testing "lab" have scooped top prizes at The Innovation Hub's 2021 Gauteng Accelerator Programme (GAP)...

Huawei aims to grow cloud business in SA

Kathy Gibson is at Techscape 2022 – Huawei South Africa has reiterated its commitment to growing its presence and headcount in South Africa as it drives digital transformation in key markets. As a Level 2 B-BBEE company, the organisation has 1 400 employees, creating...

Cloud enables a new world of work

Kathy Gibson is at Techscape 2022 – Cloud computing is a vital enabler of the new hybrid working trend. That’s the word from Jasmine Lin, head of commercial division at Asus South Africa, who points out that the world of work has changed forever. “Hybrid working is...

Smart security extends beyond CCTV

Kathy Gibson is at Techscape 2022 – The importance of security solutions can be seen in the growth of companies operating in this space. For instance, HikVision has seen 33,21% compound annual growth since its inception in 2001. During that time it has filed 4 600...

High-performance broadband key for hybrid workers

Cisco's latest Broadband Index reveals people value access to the Internet more than ever before. According to the global survey of almost 60 000 workers across 30 countries about their home broadband access, quality and usage, economic and societal growth will not...

Minister’s SME bounce-back scheme draws fire

Kickstarting the economy took centre stage in yesterday’s Budget, and Minister of Finance Enoch Godonwana stressed the importance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in this effort. However, there is some scepticism around a new scheme that has been set up to help...

BCX releases Digital Innovation Report 2022

BCX has launched its first Digital Innovation Report 2022, tracking how South African companies are using technology for innovation.. "The reality of the Covid-19 pandemic is that we are all trying to solve problems never experienced before. At first it was for...

DHL tops phishing index

DHL attracted 23% of all Q4 2021 phishing attempts, according to recent data compiled bybanklesstimes.com. That figure made it the most alluring to phishers and also represented a 14% increase from Q3 stats, earning the firm the unenviable tag. The logistics and...

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Africell Holding acquires Orange Uganda

Africell Holding has signed an agreement with the Orange Group to acquire its majority stake in Orange Uganda.  The transaction upon completion, following regulatory approval, would bring Africell’s portfolio to four operations with a total market potential of over...

Two-factor authentication is a must

The repercussions of an online attack could be detrimental to a business, with both financial as well as reputation loss at stake, says Carey van Vlaanderen, CEO of ESET. With BYOD, mobility and cloud software becoming a standard for many companies, security should be...

SAP Africa drives tech in Maghreb region

SAP Africa has embarked upon a strategic initiative to facilitate conversation with key governmental, NGO and international funding institutions in specific developing economies across Africa. Having conducted similar engagements in Ghana and Nigeria this week’s...

Trend Micro launches attack info hub

Cybercriminals are becoming more aggressive and are diving deeper into victims’ networks to steal sensitive information. As targeted attacks continue to gain momentum, permeate the Internet and strike without warning, Trend Micro Incorporated, a global developer of...

Can you trust post-call surveys?

Post-call surveys are an essential part of the call centre manager’s toolkit - but, asks Bruce von Maltitz of 1Stream, can companies trust what the surveys are telling them? “Based on after-call surveys, many companies are far too complacent about how well they’re...

Ruckus launches SmartCell Gateway

Ruckus Wireless has unveiled the industry’s first carrier-class virtualised wireless LAN (WLAN) controller, the Ruckus virtual SmartCell Gateway (vSCG), designed to streamline the creation of highly scalable and resilient cloud-based wireless LAN (WLAN) services. The...

Smartphone design now key for consumers

Considering 80% of the world’s population is equipped with a mobile phone, with over 1-billion of these being smartphones, mobile communications technology has entrenched itself into modern day life. As these devices continue to become more integral to our day-to-day...

Is your MSP hindering cloud migration?

With cloud computing already entrenched and proven in some of the world’s most substantial companies (and equally entrenched among the world’s most savvy start-ups), South African businesses should be asking themselves a simple question: why isn’t more of my stuff in...

Interactive Intelligence grows cloud by 67%

Interactive Intelligence has reported a 67% compound annual growth rate (2010-2013) of its Communications as a Service offering, topping 20 000 seats. Interactive Intelligence CaaS is a set of cloud-based contact centre, unified communications and business process...

Pan-African banking solution demand grows

Standard Bank, Africa’s largest Bank by assets and market capitalisation, is seeing a continuation of demand for its services from international commodity traders and rapidly expanding regional and local businesses in Africa. This follows the withdrawal of several...

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