AI is changing enterprises, and already driving value

By Kathy Gibson - Artificial intelligence (AI) is starting to pay off for early enterprise adopters. More than half of companies that have implemented AI are now seeing a return on investment, with the most value reported by future-built organisations. This is the...

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...

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...

Threat predictions for 2022

Every year, Kaspersky experts look back at the biggest security developments over the previous 12-months as part of the Kaspersky Security Bulletin series to help users and businesses usher in a safer new year. Here are the highlights of 2022 predictions for the...

Mteto Nyati steps down as Altron chief executive

Altron has announced that group chief executive Mteto Nyati will step down from his role effective 30 June 2022. The decision was informed by Nyati’s impending completion of a five-year term with the Altron Group, his successful contribution to increasing shareholder...

Consumers strive to keep work and personal lives separate

A massive 64% of consumers say they are trying to keep their work-self and personal-self separate. This is one of the findings of a Gartner survey to identify the top consumer and cultural trends for marketers in 2022. "Marketers responsible for strategic planning,...

Trends that defined 2021 and will impact 2022

The past year has seen seismic shifts in how organisations approach work, technology and collaboration. One of the biggest shifts has been the acceptance of hybrid work as a reality - companies have had to bow to its demands in a landscape still controlled by the...

One third of phishing pages live for just a day

Kaspersky researchers analysed the lifecycle of phishing pages and discovered that one third of phishing pages cease to exist within a single day, making the first hours of a page's life the most dangerous for users. This is the moment when a vast range of phishing...

Symbiotic edge and core to workload relationship vital for edge success

To compete in a digital-first world, organisations are prioritising investments in digital tools to augment physical spaces and assets and enable seamless and secure data gathering and analysis. These investments empower organizations to provision enterprise workloads...

Passport freedom gap is at its widest

Results from the Henley Passport Index show record-breaking levels of travel freedom for top-ranking nations Japan and Singapore - but also the widest recorded global mobility gap since the index's inception 17 years ago. Without taking evolving and temporary...

Professionally monitored alarm systems set for growth

Berg Insight research predicts that the number of professionally monitored alarm systems in Europe will grow from 16,8-million in 2020 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4% to reach 20,4-million in 2025. In North America, the number of monitored alarm systems...

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Ricoh named print leader by IDC

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150% EMEA enterprise growth for Veeam

Veeam Software has announced accelerated company success in the enterprise and midmarket segments in EMEA since the beginning of 2014, proving more enterprises are demanding solutions that enable the always-on business. PricewaterhouseCoopers, GAME, OEDIV Oetker...

CA announces Mobile DevOps suite

CA Southern Africa has announced Mobile DevOps, a solution suite aimed at accelerating application development and deployment. The company has also announced enterprise Internet of Things (IoT) – which will enable the adoption of Internet-connected devices. The Mobile...

Africa needs accessible, quality solutions

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Endpoints are the new perimeter

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Create, maintain a business personality

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Project management is a balancing act

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Nokia Lumia 1320 arrives in South Africa

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