Growing energy demand will limit ambitious climate goals

The global economy is on the cusp of a major shift where most of future global energy demand growth will come from emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs). The new realities of meeting this demand alongside the need for energy security, resilience and...

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...

Formal approval could see crypto soar in SA

Cryptocurrencies currently form a small portion of total investment capital in South Africa managed by fund managers, wealth managers, and financial advisors. However, the recent approval by the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) of several financial service...

AI sets next wave of insurance disruption in motion

Artificial intelligence (AI) has been instrumental in shaping the insurance industry for the past few years and insurance providers have integrated AI models with established methodologies from the actuarial sciences to enhance risk analysis and streamline claim...

AI to enjoy increased investment

One-third of technology and service provider organisations with artificial intelligence (AI) technology plans said they would invest $1-million or more into these technologies in the next two years, according to a new survey from Gartner. The vast majority of survey...

Hyper-automation will drive big data spend

European spending on big data and business analytics (BDA) solutions is forecast to reach $50-billion this year, an increase of 7% over 2020, according to a new update to the Worldwide Big Data and Analytics Spending Guide from International Data Corporation (IDC)....

Fraudsters exploit new Bond film

New film premieres have always boosted the activity of cybercriminals, as many film fans are interested in being the first to watch the latest movie and can become inattentive to the sources they use to view it. The new James Bond film "No Time to Die", Daniel Craig's...

Altron sells off Altron People Solutions

Altron has announced the sale of its Altron People Solutions business, which was held for sale for the past year. Altron People Solutions' Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and Customer Experience Technology (CXTech) business has been acquired by iSON Xperiences, a...

Mobile PC revenues continue to exceed 2019 level

Revenue sales for notebooks and tablets continued to beat 2019 levels over the summer, with Wi-Fi 6-equipped notebooks performing particularly well. Context's Revenue Trend Index plots current performance against a value of 100 for each category, which is equivalent...

Surge in gaming PCs, monitors set to continue

According to the latest forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Gaming Tracker, worldwide shipments of gaming PCs and monitors continue to grow at rates faster than their parent markets. For gaming PCs, which includes both desktop...

Covid-19, funding shortfalls devastate efforts to end TB by 2030

The Stop TB Partnership has released new data showing how the Covid-19 pandemic and dismally low levels of funding represent the main barriers to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals of ending tuberculosis (TB) by 2030. The data from 2021 shows...

Ethics reaches the top of Gartner’s privacy hype cycle

Digital ethics sits at the peak of the Gartner Hype Cycle for Privacy, 2021, as people become increasingly aware of the value of their personal information and frustrated by lack of transparency and continuing misuse. Gartner defines digital ethics as the systems of...

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NCR launches APTRA Interactive Teller

At the ATMIA Emerging New Africa show, NCR Corporation - in collaboration with Bytes Managed Solutions - has launched NCR APTRA Interactive Teller, a new ATM-based technology that makes everyday banking  transactions easier for customers by allowing them to complete...

Web design must focus on mobile

In a world in which there are now more mobile phones than people optimising content for mobile consumption has become a business imperative. And in developing regions such as Africa, the importance of mobile is magnified by the fact that the majority of people only...

Top tips for supporting the modern customer

More companies these days would do well to follow the doctrine of Marshall Field. The 19th century US retailer, who coined the term "the customer is always right", also said that goodwill is the one and only asset that  competition cannot undersell or destroy, says...

SA companies place IT budget over user value

In spite of the fact that consumers now drive technology choices, most South African organisations are still designing software from their own perspective and ignoring the context in which their users will interact with their software. So says ThoughtWorks user...

Gilat Satcom sponsors Niger’s conference

Gilat Satcom is sponsoring and speaking at the Niger HTA telecoms conference which will take place on Thursday 17 October at the Hotel Gaweye in Niamey, the capital of Niger. At the conference, Gilat Satcom will unveil a raft of new services specifically tailored to...

Threat intelligence foils network intrusion

Although threat intelligence is by no means a revolutionary, or new concept, many organisations still do not implement it internally. Armed with a good understanding of and assisted by the application of threat intelligence, companies can prevent intrusion attempts...

New Yellowfin app integrates Storyboard

Global business intelligence (BI) and analytics software vendor, Yellowfin, has launched a new version of its native iPad application for Mobile BI, which incorporates Storyboard – its interactive PowerPoint-like presentation and collaboration module for BI content....

Taking a malware hit

Malware attacks mean financial losses for about 36% of users – with many people forced to pay to restore damaged devices to working order. This figure emerged from the recent 2013 global survey conducted by B2B International and Kaspersky Lab. It is widely but wrongly...

NetSupport launches Manager 12

NetSupport is delighted to announce the immediate availability of NetSupport Manager Version 12 – the latest evolution of the industry-leading remote control software solution. Developed over 23 years and with a current install base of over 12-million systems,...

CIOs must get their heads in the cloud

There is probably no hotter topic in business technology right now than cloud computing. Like many other rapidly popularised technologies, the cloud has inspired its fair share of advocates and detractors, with opinions often drawn from both fact and fiction alike. As...

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