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...

Smartphone shipments on the road to recovery

Worldwide smartphone shipments are forecast to grow 4% YoY in 2024 to 1,21-billion units, according to the latest International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. The growth in 2024 adds momentum to the overall recovery IDC expects...

Ransomware continues to cause havoc

Ransomware remains an ongoing threat for organisations and is the largest single cause of IT outages and downtime as 41% of data is compromised during a cyberattack, according to the latest Veeam 2024 Ransomware Trends Report. The report also reveals that only 57% of...

LG Electronics joins the IBM Quantum Network

LG Electronics has joined the IBM Quantum Network to advance the industry applications of quantum computing. By joining the IBM Quantum Network, IBM will provide LG Electronics access to IBM's quantum computing systems, as well as to IBM's quantum expertise and...

Non-geographic number porting is (finally) a go

It is a regulation that has been 16 years in the making, and hampered by legal action from mobile operator Cell C, who took exception to elements of the regulation. By Greg de Chasteauneuf, chief technology officer at Saicom However, in early 2021, the legal action...

CMPs simplify logistics, localise connectivity

Recent developments in the domains of network virtualisation, SIM technology and LPWA networking are currently driving a shift in the market for IoT connectivity management platforms (CMPs) towards a greater diversity of IoT connectivity management services. This is...

Minister seeks engagement on Telkom’s ITA challenge

The Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has noted the new court application by Telkom to set aside the Invitation To Apply (ITA) for IMT Spectrum issued by ICASA on 10 December 2021. She points out that this development happens...

IoDSA supports State Capture Report recommendations for directors

Conclusions and recommendations made in the first part of the state capture inquiry report align closely to a letter sent by the Institute of Directors South Africa (IoDSA) to the Zondo Commission in September 2021. The letter included recommendations on director...

Few would miss Internet trolls in 2022

Internet trolls are top of the list of things that people would like to see gone from the Internet in 2022. NordVPN asked people what they would like to delete from the internet forever and not bring into the new year. More than a third of them (32%) answered that...

New malicious files climb to 380k a day in 2021

In 2021, Kaspersky’s detection systems discovered 380 000 malicious files per day, indicating a 5,7% increase compared to 2020. This growth correlates with the continuous rise in the number of devices used worldwide, among other factors, and is one of the trends found...

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SA market buys into converged infrastructure

For the past few years, the cloud has been one of the fastest-growing technologies in the IT space, offering many benefits to organisations of all sizes, says Roelof Louw, senior sales consultant IT at T-Systems in South Africa. However, due to security concerns...

InnoVent helps bridge SA’s skills gap

South Africa’s official unemployment rate is estimated to be at 24,7%, which is higher than the 21,9% it had been at in 2008 before the impact of the global recession crashed onto our shores. Yet this is not always due to a lack of jobs. While South Africans are...

Kaspersky tops AV-TEST trial

Kaspersky Lab’s flagship product for home users Kaspersky Internet Security blocked every threat in the Bi-Monthly Certification January-February 2014 testing conducted by AV-Test, an independent German research centre. The solution claimed first place, achieving a...

Pilanesberg mine rolls out GE software

GE Intelligent Platforms has partnered with RKA Consulting to provide Proficy Plant Applications at Pilanesberg Platinum Mine, a project that has improved efficiency and productivity for the mining company. Three of four phases of integrating the Proficy Plant...

Powermode to market Delta UPSes

Powermode, a South African power provisioning company, has been appointed a value-added reseller (VAR) and systems integrator by the Delta Group, a global power and thermal management solutions company. Delta’s range of high-end, transformer-based uninterruptible...

Eye-Fi introduces Mobi wireless memory card

Eye-Fi has introduced Eye-Fi Mobi, a WiFi SD card that adds the convenience and the connectivity of mobile devices to high quality digital photography. Photos and videos can now be transferred quickly, easily and wirelessly to a smartphone or tablet, making them...

Voice still essential to business

In a survey conducted in the UK late last year, voice still topped the communication stakes in business. The Critical Communications report indicated that 78% of UK employees and IT leaders identify voice as the most critical form of business communication and almost...

Dell offers new enterprise solutions

Dell has announced it is enabling customers to redraw the boundaries of IT with new enterprise solutions designed to dramatically speed application response times, strengthen the ties among data centre technologies and simplify IT operations. CIOs are being tasked to...

E-mails can expose confidential data

Surveys show that companies are becoming increasingly concerned about data loss and exposure of confidential information through e-mail. And, rightly so. Research indicates that at least 22% of companies have experienced an accidental or malicious leak of sensitive or...

Garmin hosts trade delegation in Accra

Garmin has announced that it is hosting a trade delegation in Accra, Ghana from 12 to 16 May 2014. The purpose of the trade delegation is to engage with prospective businesses partners in West Africa who have strong distribution and/or reselling capabilities and a...

Project Manager IT – Gauteng Johannesburg Region

Must be in Project Management for 10 years or more.Managed project team inclusive of vendors / suppliersAble to make key decisions for the programme or projectManage Financials for the projectsMust have Regulatory knowledge and experience and have managed large...

Desktop Support Engineer (Plettenberg Bay)

ENVIRONMENT:PROVIDE end-user support & analyses, diagnoses and resolve software and hardware problems ensuring optimal and uninterrupted functionality of operations as your strong technical skills is sought to fill the role of a Desktop Support Engineer for a...

Java Developer – 2446

Contract Starts: 01.04.2024Contract Ends: 31.12.2026Location: Midrand/Menlyn/Rosslyn/Home Office rotationESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:Strong conceptual skillsAdvanced knowledge in in software engineering with a focus on cloud architecturesAdvanced knowledge in JAVA,...

Mobile Application Developer

Looking for a Mobile Application Developer who will be responsible for full time maintenance and feature development of Company Native Mobile Application features. Key Requirements 5+ years' experienceBachelor's Degree / BTechFlutterReact.Net MauiShould you meet the...

Java Developer – 2446 – Gauteng Pretoria

Contract Starts: 01.04.2024Contract Ends: 31.12.2026Location: Midrand/Menlyn/Rosslyn/Home Office rotationESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:Strong conceptual skillsAdvanced knowledge in in software engineering with a focus on cloud architecturesAdvanced knowledge in JAVA,...

Mobile Application Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg Region

Looking for a Mobile Application Developer who will be responsible for full time maintenance and feature development of Company Native Mobile Application features. Key Requirements 5+ years' experienceBachelor's Degree / BTechFlutterReact.Net MauiShould you meet the...

Software Developer (C#.NET) (CH937)

Our client, in the Payments and Lending industry, has an opening for a skilled Software Developer to join their diverse team of C# developers. We are looking for an individual that takes pride in what they do, is customer focused and takes ownership and...

Java Developer – 2442

Contract Starts: 01.02.2024Contract Ends: 31.12.2026Location: Midrand/Menlyn/Rosslyn/Home Office rotationESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:Strong conceptual skillsStrong knowledge in in software engineering with a focus on cloud architecturesVery strong knowledge in JAVA,...

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