Saffers are generally happy in love, but Gen Z is left out

As Valentine's Day approaches, a new Ipsos Love Life Satisfaction study reveals that South Africans continue to thrive in matters of the heart, with feeling loved and appreciated ranking as the nation's number one source of happiness – even as financial stress weighs...

Stark warning that AI could shut down critical infrastructure

Gartner predicts that, by 2028, misconfigured AI in cyber physical systems (CPS) will shut down national critical infrastructure in a G20 country. Gartner defines CPS as engineered systems that orchestrate sensing, computation, control, networking and analytics to...

Global technology spending set to hit $5,6trn this year

Global technology spending is forecast to grow by 7,8% in 2026 to reach $5,6-trillion, up from $5,2-trillion in 2025. According to Forrester’s Global Tech Market Forecast, 2025 To 2030, despite US tariffs most countries will see similar economic growth in 2026...

OADC buys seven data centres from NTT Data

Kathy Gibson reports - Open Access Data Centres (OADC), part of the WIOCC group of companies, has acquired seven South African data centres from NTT Data. The data centres, in Bryanston, Parklands, Cape Town, Umhlanga, Bloemfontein, Gqeberha and East London, were part...

Mobile robots to outpace drones in supply chain

Smart mobile robot adoption in supply chains is growing rapidly and will far outpace drones over the next three years, according to Gartner. In the Gartner report, Hype Cycle for Mobile Robots and Drones, 2023, Gartner experts said that many organisations already...

Google opens AI accelerator for African startups

Google has unveiled the Google for Startups Accelerator: AI First, an initiative aimed at supporting African startups looking to use artificial intelligence (AI) to solve local challenges. The programme recognises the transformative role that AI is playing across the...

Alliance aims to bridge the digital divide

Access to digital technologies has enabled many to work, learn and live during the Covid-19 pandemic. However, the pandemic has exposed and exacerbated existing gaps and inequalities: almost half of the global population, some 3,6-billion people, remain offline and...

All change for top smartphone vendors

The worldwide smartphone market continued to improve in the holiday quarter of 2020 (4Q20) returning to familiar ground with 4,3% year-over-year growth. According to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone...

Young innovator looks to improve mine safety

After scooping a number of awards at the Eskom Expo for Young Scientists virtual awards, Greenside High School pupil Muhammed Hassen has big dreams of improving the safety standards in South African mines. Hassen, currently in Grade 11, won a gold medal at the virtual...

Telcos start journey to digital transformation

A significant 75% of telecommunications operators (telcos) are increasing their digital transformation investments following the unprecedented connectivity demand across the globe brought in by the Covid-19 pandemic. Around 65% of telcos have developed a roadmap for...

World leaders call for unity in climate change response

War was on the agenda during the third day of The Davos Agenda in the form of action on climate change and the threat of conflict as a result of the pandemic. Reflecting the day's meeting theme, "Enhancing stewardship of our global commons", leading figures gave a...

iPhone 12 demand puts Apple in global smartphone top spot

In the fourth quarter of 2020, worldwide smartphone shipments reached 359,6-million units, a small decline of 2% year-on-year. Apple shipped its most iPhones ever in a single quarter, at 81,8-million units, up 4% against the previous year. Samsung took second place,...

Public cloud revenues expected to maintain massive growth

The cloud computing market has witnessed impressive growth in recent years, with billions of private and business users taking advantage of the on-demand technology. However, the Covid-19 has fuelled the entire sector's growth, as companies across the globe started...

Tackling supply chain emissions can help reverse climate change

The commitment to tackling climate change is accelerating in all sectors of society, with net-zero pledges from companies, cities, states, and regions doubling in the past year. Decarbonizing supply chains is a major opportunity for companies to put these commitments...

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MWEB Business partners with Mimecast

Mimecast, the leading supplier of cloud-based e-mail archiving, security and continuity for Microsoft Exchange, Hosted Exchange and Office 365, and MWEB Business have announced a partnership that will see the Internet service provider utilise Mimecast’s e-mail...

NEC adds new models to MD Series

NEC Display Solutions Europe has added two new models to its range of MD Series of medical grade displays, aimed at aiding the transition of primary diagnostic displays from greyscale to LED colour. It has also significantly refreshed its GammaCompMD QA software suite...

HP extends OpenStack commitment

HP has extended its commitment to the OpenStack community with new and enhanced HP Converged Cloud offerings that enable enterprises to increase agility, speed innovation and lower costs. As a leader in advancing open, standards-based cloud solutions, HP is...

Gemalto launches LinqUs CloudnShare

Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, has extended its portfolio of end-user cloud services solutions for mobile network operators with innovative private file storage and sharing application. LinqUs CloudnShare offers mobile network operators a fast-track to...

SAP, Ivory Coast partner on development

In a press conference, SAP announced its commitment to the Ivory Coast and environs as part of its Africa expansion strategy.   In addition, SAP will be implementing skills development and employability programs as part of its involvement in the country’s development....

AIO PCs the new face of home entertainment

With the blistering pace of advances in all things digital, technology is increasingly becoming simpler to manage, easier to use, and part of the furniture and fabric of life. In the past, our ideas of home entertainment were largely constrained to a complex and bulky...

Mobile malware rising rapidly

Smartphones continue to escalate in popularity as more mobile phone manufacturers release affordable smartphone handsets in order to attract consumers in emerging markets. It appears to have been a smart move. Leading IT research and advisory company, Gartner,...

Proactive surveillance lowers theft risk

After a number of security incidents at its office park in Morningside, Sandton, a large international organisation that focuses primarily on engineering and construction market sectors, needed to deploy a remotely managed closed circuit television (CCTV) solution to...

Altonet delivers data protection for NAC

National Airways Corporation (NAC) is the largest general aviation company in Africa, offering a full range of aviation services including aircraft sales, aircraft maintenance, parts, charters, international operations and pilot training.  The company is headquartered...

MDM is crucial to leveraging BYOD

The bring your own device (BYOD) phenomenon, which sees individuals bring their own mobile devices into the workplace, is part of a new business paradigm. It allows business to be conducted remotely, from anywhere, at any time, says Fred Mitchell, Security business...

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