AI-first enterprises will win big if they do it right

Kathy Gibson reports - Enterprises that are reshaping and reinventing business domains around artificial intelligence (AI) are on track to experience great return on investment (ROI) and become more competitive. But there is a currently a big disconnect between AI...

AI leaders join call for a slowdown in new developments

The call for a global slowdown on artificial intelligence (AI) development is gaining traction, with the leaders of the some of the world’s largest AI companies adding their voices. On Saturday, Anthropic CEO Dr Dario Amodei penned an essay calling for AI companies to...

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...

Cloud, AI key in solving African challenges

Kathy Gibson reports - Businesses today operate in an environment of global challenges such as economic and global uncertainties that impact profit margins and supply chains. Kholiwe Makhohliso, MD: southern Africa at SAP Africa, believes that within these challenges...

SAP embeds AI to help business stay agile

Kathy Gibson reports – Over the last few years, businesses around the world have faced one disruption after the other. “This why we say that businesses unusual is the new business as usual,” says Hans-Peter Fulle, chief business officer: EMEA at SAP. “And that is why...

Sustainability dominates data centre trends

Conversations around efficiency and utilisation in the data centre are evolving to reflect a more comprehensive and aggressive focus on sustainability. This movement recognises the urgency of the climate crisis, the relationship between resource availability and...

Black Friday data shows SA is maturing in e-commerce

A stable technical performance along with a more than 30% increase in first-time online shoppers and strong growth in both transaction volume and value, all point to a maturing e-commerce market. This is according to Peter Harvey, MD of DPO South Africa, who adds:...

NFC-ready PoS shipments reached 67,2m in 2021

According to a new research report from Berg Insight, the market for NFC-ready point of sale (PoS) terminals continued to show strong momentum in 2020 with annual shipments reaching an estimated 67,2-million units worldwide. The attach rate for NFC was highest in...

Poorest of the poor are still offline despite Covid connectivity boost

An estimated 37% of the world's population - or 2,9-billion people - have still never used the Internet. New data from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies (ICTs), also...

Online Cyber Week sales hit record highs

In 2021, global online sales hit an all-time high of $275-billion, up 2% compared to 2020. This is among the findings from Salesforce's annual Cyber Week report, which analyses shopping data from over 1-billion shoppers on the Salesforce Customer 360 platform and...

Black Friday drives buy now pay later shopping

Buy now pay later online sales this Black Friday and Cyber Monday were triple those recorded in 2021, driven overwhelmingly by South African women. "By 10am on Black Friday, sales value had already surpassed Black Friday 2020. By the end of Cyber Monday, sales value...

How African governments can ignite innovation-based growth

The digital industrial revolution has the potential to unleash a surge of innovation that could transform industries and improve well-being across the Africa region. However, for nations to compete in the new globalisation environment, they need to set their sights on...

2021 Africa Investment Forum postponed

The three-day 2021Africa Investment Forum, scheduled to start today in Abidjan, has been postponed until further notice. The President of the African Development Bank Group, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, comments: "The Africa Investment Forum is the premier investment...

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Cloud cover is good for Africa

Cloud is ready for your business in 2014, but is your business ready for the cloud? This was the question put to delegates at an information session on the impact of cloud computing as a business differentiator held at Microsoft, Bryanston in March. The session was...

Digital Express doubles volume with Xerox

Digital Express has doubled its digital printing production volume and slashed operating costs with the purchase of a Xerox Colour 1000 digital colour press from Bytes Document Solutions and Oxbow. “As a Xerox digital shop we’ve worked with different types of machines...

Q-KON partners for WiFi growth

Together with its expert knowledge of developed and emerging technology and its excellent track record of contributing to connectivity across Africa, Q-KON has strengthened its carrier-class WiFi service capability with the announcement of strategic partnerships....

Strengthening healthcare key in 2014

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ITSM sets new outsourcing standards

As IT solutions commercialise and plug-and-play becomes the order of the day, IT resellers and outsourced IT solution providers are being challenged to adapt their services to remain relevant. This is seeing a surge in demand for IT service management (ITSM) - the...

The personal cloud grows digital storage

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Ruckus delivers first 802.11ac WiFi product

Ruckus Wireless has announced the Ruckus ZoneFlex R700, the world’s first dual-band, three-stream indoor WiFi product specifically designed from the ground up built on the new 802.11ac standard. The R700 is the only 802.11ac product on the market that integrates...

Leader Tread tracks sales staff with Econz

Leader Tread has supplied and manufactured pre-cured rubber tread, as well as consumables required for the retreading process, for 50 years. Retreads are a big saving for large transport fleets and have better cost per kilometre than new tyres and in some cases the...

Protecting the supply chain from cybercrime

Sophisticated cyber "gangs' are gaining traction, resulting in the theft of sensitive data, intellectual property and customer details. These gangs not only have the motivation, but the ability and techniques to carry out these attacks, which are focused on a...

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Join one of South Africa's premier Asset Managers, leading the charge in today's dynamic market. As part of their growth strategy, we are seeking a skilled investment professional with a strong statistical/mathematical background to join them as a Fixed Income...

Junior Support/SQL Developer – Western Cape Cape Town

ENVIRONMENT:A dynamic provider of tailored Workforce Management and Software Solutions seeks a talented & ambitious a Junior Support/SQL Developer who will primarily be responsible for the Customer Support function. You will also assist with Software Development...

Senior Mobile Developer – Gauteng Centurion

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