AI spend soars to unprecedented levels

Worldwide spending on AI is forecast to total $2,7-trillion in 2026, a 49,5% increase year-over-year, according to Gartner. “Demand for AI infrastructure (including AI-optimised IaaS, AI-optimised servers, AI network fabric, AI processing semiconductors and devices)...

Defences improve, but ransomware still threatens SA businesses

Almost two-thirds (63%) of ransomware incidents in South Africa resulted in data being encrypted over the past year, according to the new State of Ransomware in South Africa 2026 report from Sophos. This is above the global average of 56% and an increase from the 60%...

20 years on and gender gap parity is fracturing

Twenty years after the World Economic Forum first measured the global gender gap, the world is closer to parity than ever, but progress is fragile, with gains reversing in some areas, according to the Global Gender Gap Report 2026. Women now reach senior leadership in...

Unemployed are least likely to prioritise betting spending-limit tools

The online betting group most likely to prioritise debt repayment with a windfall is also the group least likely to ask regulators or operators for spending controls, according to new research from Softswiss. Fewer than four in 10 unemployed South Africans think...

IT distribution revenues continued to decline

IT distributor revenue experienced a year-on-year decline of 5,5% to $17,85-billion in the first quarter of 2024, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) North America Distribution Tracker (NADT). The market continued to rebalance following pandemic...

Europe set for big increase in AI spending

The new Worldwide Artificial Intelligence Spending Guide from International Data Corporation (IDC) forecasts that European spending on AI systems will jump from $17,3-billion in 2021 to more than $50-billion in 2025. The compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for...

Altron issues trading statement

Altron has issued a trading statement, for the six months ended 31 August, alerting shareholders of a big decrease in earnings. The group warns that it is likely to report basic earnings per share of between -16 cents and -3 cents, being a decrease in excess of 100%...

Huge investment needed to achieve circular plastics economy

Ambitious goals for attaining a circular plastics economy could be achieved by shifting a portion of the future investment required to meet the growing demand for plastics towards advanced recycling methods, according to a new analysis by IHS Markit. Approximately...

Resellers gear up for major cloud investment

Nearly half (49%) of European resellers are preparing for a significant cloud push in the coming year, to meet rising customer demands for digital transformation, according to new data from Context. A preview of Context's upcoming ChannelWatch survey found that 73% of...

Digital gender gap costs developing countries $1trn

New research has found that low and lower-middle income countries have lost an estimated $1-trillion in GDP in the last 10 years because of barriers preventing women from accessing the Internet and participating online. The study, conducted by the World Wide Web...

Young scientists beat the odds

An experiment to establish the effect of garden lights on swarms of honeybees awarded Rebecca Leisegang of Parktown Girls High School the top junior prize and a cash amount of R50 000 in the annual Eskom Expo for Young Scientists International Science Fair awards...

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Huawei new sponsor of AC Milan

Huawei, the leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, and AC Milan have announced a sponsorship agreement during a recent press conference held at “Sala dei Trofei” inside the football club’s headquarters in Milan.  With the...

POPI to create new roles in enterprise

The new Protection of Personal Information Bill (POPI) is set to create a new role for specialised compliance officers within enterprises, says Ayanda Dlamini, business development manager of LGR Telecommunications. The new Protection of Personal Information Bill...

Norton announces new security products

Norton has announced the release of the latest versions of the award-winning Norton core security products, which keep consumers safe from evolving threats in their daily online lives. The latest versions improve on the industry’s leading protection and performance,...

Razer Comms supports additional languages

The world leader in high-performance gaming hardware, software and systems, today announced the release of localized versions of Razer Comms, an all-in-one communications solution for gamers. The program is now available in German, French, Russian, Portuguese, Spanish...

Metalogix acquires Idera SharePoint products

Soarsoft Africa, a specialist of archive, migration, messaging and collaboration solutions and distributor of Metalogix solutions in southern Africa, has announced Metalogix’s acquisition of Idera’s highly successful and profitable SharePoint business, including the...

Inoxico boosts credit scoring solutions

Risk solutions provider Inoxico has confirmed that it has identified a meaningful correlation between its proprietary Inoxico Director Singularity Index (DSI) and an organisation’s likelihood of a defaulting on its financial obligations. According to Inoxico CEO André...

Kaseya acquires Office 365 solution

Kaseya, a leading provider of IT systems management software, has announced the acquisition of 365 Command, a solution enabling IT organisations and MSPs to easily manage and administer the Microsoft Office 365 cloud application suite. With this acquisition, Kaseya...

Alcatel OneTouch smartphone sales boom

TCL Communication Technology has announced the unaudited figures about shipments of its handsets and other products in September 2013 and for the first nine months of the year. The group’s total sales volume of handsets and other products increased by 38% year-on-year...

Samsung launches SMB printing solutions

Samsung Electronics South Africa has announced the launch of its Business Core Printing Solutions for small and medium sized businesses (SMBs), to increase workplace efficiency through easy-to-use, serverless printing. Business Core Printing Solutions enable SMBs to...

The role of load balancers in business

The African ICT market is thriving and has reached a level of maturity that makes it easier for any-sized business to trade and compete. Multiple server infrastructures is evidence of this growth and today small-to-medium sized organisations run the same amount of...

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IQbusiness is a leading management consulting firm. Our Innovative Analysis Team is looking for seasoned Business Analysts that have experience and exposure to projects within the Financial Services industry. We are specifically looking for people that have worked on...

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