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...

IT channel pivots to add value as AI takes off

Kathy Gibson reports from Pinnacle TechScape - Artificial intelligence (AI) may be at the peak of the hype cycle, but this doesn’t detract from the value that the technology will bring to the industry. That’s the word from Tim Humphreys-Davies, CEO of Pinnacle, who...

Network to the fore as agentic AI adoption takes off

In the era of agentic AI, the network is becoming the critical foundation for trust, security and the seamless operating models through which people and AI can build the future. However, as organisations move quickly to gain an advantage from AI, a significant gap has...

From ballot to boardroom: The impact of your vote

As President Cyril Ramaphosa, in accordance with constitutional provisions, declared 29 May 2024 as the date for the 2024 General National and Provincial elections, it becomes imperative to recognise the profound significance of every South African's vote. By...

IBM unveils next chapter of watsonx and AI

IBM has announced several new updates to its watsonx platform as well as upcoming data and automation capabilities designed to make artificial intelligence (AI) more open, cost-effective and flexible for businesses. "We firmly believe in bringing open innovation to...

New MD for HPE SA as Ntuli moves to regional role

Sandile Dube has been appointed as acting-MD for Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) in South Africa, effective 1 January 2022. Current MD President Ntuli has been promoted to a pan-regional role as director of HPE GreenLake Cloud Services across the UK, Ireland, Middle...

Supply constraints challenge growing PC, tablet markets

With 2021 nearing a close, global shipments of Traditional PCs are forecast to reach 344,7-million units, according to the latest forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. While annual shipments are...

Chip shortages will drive automotive OEMs to make their own

By 2025, chip shortages and trends such as electrification and autonomy will drive 50% of the top 10 automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to design their own chips, according to Gartner. As a result, it will give them control over their product roadmap...

Study finds which data-driven security practices work

Security teams that have a modern, cloud-based IT are more likely to maintain pace of business, as it's twice as likely their technology is kept up to date. This is one of the findings from Cisco's latest cybersecurity report, Security Outcomes Study Volume 2, which...

Private 5G networks on the drawing board

New research shows that just over half of companies (51%) in the UK, US, Japan, and Germany planning to deploy a private 5G network will do so within the next six to 24 months to improve security, reliability, and speed. According to , "Private 5G here and now", a new...

Data maturity still tops leadership agenda

The growth rate of companies' data maturity has almost doubled since 2018, from 8% to 15%. Thirteen percent of companies are at the highest level of data maturity in 2021, compared with only 3% in 2015, according to a survey of more than 1 100 companies across...

Data centre switch sales hit all-time high

Global data centre switch revenue was up 11% year-over-year in 3Q 2021, reaching an all-time high. According to a recent report by Dell'Oro Group, Arista and white box switch suppliers captured most of the growth and gained more than one point of revenue share each....

Enterprise WLAN market maintains growth

Growth rates remained strong in the enterprise segment of the wireless local area networking (WLAN) market in the third quarter of 2021 (3Q21) as the market increased 11,9% year over year to $1,9-billion. In the consumer-class WLAN market, revenues declined 7,3% in...

More News Today

E-mail can be a weak link in security

E-mail has just celebrated its 42nd to convey messages to different users of the same computer. Today, what was described as a “nice hack” in the 1970s has become the most widely used application on the Internet - over 2,2-billion people use e-mail every single day....

Accsys aims to meet Africa’s HR needs

There is a definite increase in interest in - and adoption of human resource, payroll and time & attendance solutions in Africa. One service provider has positioned itself to take advantage of the growing opportunity and has focused intensely on entrenching and...

Effective storage, backup for professionals

Data is a critical business asset in today’s digital world, and backups have therefore become essential in ensuring business continuity. As a result, many organisations have embarked on backup strategies aligned with business needs and requirement, says Anamika...

Veeam, NetApp team up for data protection

Veeam Software, innovative provider of Data Protection for the Modern Data Centre, announced it is collaborating with NetApp to create a new data protection solution for the modern data centre to enable the always-on business. Through this partnership, Veeam will...

IM is key for animal feed manufacturing

A sector that produces almost 11-million tonnes of feed and is calculated as being worth between R22-billion and R25 billion rand, the South African animal feed industry faces a number of challenges, with the maintenance of good profit margins and acceptable levels of...

Johnson Controls introduces mini chillers

Johnson Controls has introduced its line of modular mini chillers to provide easy installation, affordability and scalability for small and large facilities in South Africa. Each module is designed to integrate easily with each other, giving users the right amount of...

Draytek VDSL business router boosts networks

Network Platforms is pleased to release the DrayTek Vigor 2860 business router series. The Vigor 2860 Series is designed to boost developing corporate networks and includes single port modems and solutions to support VDSL and ADSL2 for backwards compatibility, as well...

Symantec: cybercrime growing in Middle East

Symantec has observed the growth of indigenous groups of attackers in the Middle East, centred on a simple piece of malware known as njRAT. While njRAT is similar in capability to many other remote access tools (RATs), what is interesting about this malware is that it...

SAP offers free online classes

Following the success of the openSAP platform and its massive online open courses (MOOCs), SAP AG has announced it will increase the diversity of its online courses to maximise their value and reach to learners worldwide. The current focus on developers using SAP...

PPO partners with NSI Technology Africa

Project Portfolio Office (PPO), an online project portfolio management (PPM) and collaboration application, has signed a partnership agreement with NSI Technology Africa (NSI), an Africa-wide technology advisory, solutions and services provider with a primary focus on...

System Administrator / DevOps Engineer – Gauteng Johannesburg

Role: DevOps EngineerLocation: Illovo, Johannesburg Our client is a leading ISP who are looking for a dynamic and driven DevOps Engineer to join their team. Your team will maintain, upgrade and manage their diverse and growing infrastructure environment. You will be...

IFS Business Analyst – Western Cape Cape Town CBD

Join our dynamic team as a IFS Business Analyst, where innovation meets impact! At the forefront of global strategy, our Consulting company in Cape Town invites you to pioneer change and shape industries. Elevate your career with unparalleled opportunities and be part...

Senior Project Manager – KwaZulu-Natal KwaZulu-Natal

An exciting opportunity for a Senior Project Manager (Hybrid) with business analysis experience to join a well-known innovative software consulting house. The ideal candidate must have working experience with Microsoft Modern Workplace...

Junior C# Developer (CPT Hybrid)

ENVIRONMENT:A cutting-edge FinTech company seeks a passionate coder to fill the role of a Junior C# Developer who will be responsible for maintaining existing products, offering tactical input alongside the Business and Engineering team. Working closely with the...

IT Support

IT SUPPORTThis is an on-premises position, candidate is required to be stationed at the office in Linbro Park, Sandton.Candidate must have strong I.T. knowledge in networks, servers, cyber security, and general end user support.I.T Policies and procedures:Review the...

Remedy Business Analyst

Join our dynamic team as a Remedy Business Analyst, where innovation meets impact! At the forefront of global strategy, our Consulting company in Cape Town invites you to pioneer change and shape industries. Elevate your career with unparalleled opportunities and be...

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER at Health Sector at UCT

The Knowledge Translation Unit (KTU) is a health systems research unit that develops, implements, and evaluates clinical guidance for primary care public health sector use. They currently work in South Africa, several other sub- Saharan African countries, Brazil and...

Junior C# Developer (CPT Hybrid) – Western Cape Cape Town

ENVIRONMENT:A cutting-edge FinTech company seeks a passionate coder to fill the role of a Junior C# Developer who will be responsible for maintaining existing products, offering tactical input alongside the Business and Engineering team. Working closely with the...

IT Support – Remote Remote

IT SUPPORTThis is an on-premises position, candidate is required to be stationed at the office in Linbro Park, Sandton.Candidate must have strong I.T. knowledge in networks, servers, cyber security, and general end user support.I.T Policies and procedures:Review the...

Remedy Business Analyst – Western Cape Cape Town CBD

Join our dynamic team as a Remedy Business Analyst, where innovation meets impact! At the forefront of global strategy, our Consulting company in Cape Town invites you to pioneer change and shape industries. Elevate your career with unparalleled opportunities and be...

View more career listings on our Careers Section