Cisco targets security in the AI age with Hypershield
Kathy Gibson reports - Artificial intelligence (AI) is dominating the headlines today, but the technology to power the revolution is still being developed - and it is largely still unsecured. "This is one of the largest platform shifts most of us have experienced in...
Intel welcomes Open Platform for enterprise AI
The Linux Foundation AI & Data have announced the Open Platform for Enterprise AI (OPEA) as its latest Sandbox Project. OPEA aims to accelerate secure, cost-effective generative AI (GenAI) deployments for businesses by driving interoperability across a diverse and...
Huge increase in social media threats on payment services
Social media attacks on payment services increased by 561,8% in Q2 2021, compared to the previous quarter. The data is supplied by PhisLabs and presented by Atlas VPN, analyzed hundreds of thousands of phishing and social media attacks targeting enterprises, their...
Wits leads partnership to drive AI in Africa
Wits University has invited Africa's research community to join its newly formed AI Africa Consortium, which aims to develop a collaborative network focussed on the advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) and the application of AI in research and innovation....
Liquid, Unitas partner in Africa
Liquid Intelligent Technologies has announced a strategic partnership with global managed network provider, Unitas Global to better meet the demands of rapid digital transformation across the continent. Through the Unitas Nexus software platform, Liquid will be able...
No mask? You can be fired for refusing to wear PPE
Wearing a mask at work is not necessarily a violation of your personal rights - it could be mandated policy and a firing offence if not followed. There is little doubt that the cracks around Covid-19 are starting to show. As employees become increasingly restless and...
World leaders urge adaptation in the climate change agenda
Global leaders have stressed the critical urgency of climate adaptation. In a meeting of the Friends of the Global Centre on Adaptation (GCA), they discussed the acceleration of adaptation solutions ahead of November’s United Nations global climate summit, COP26....
Putting the burden on employees leads to compliance failures
Compliance teams that don’t embed their controls into employee processes face a significantly higher rate of compliance failures, according to a survey by Garner. The survey of 755 employees in April 2021 found these failures linked to unnecessary compliance burdens...
Strong PC growth continues in Q2
The recovery of the global PC market gained momentum in the first half of 2021, mainly driven by the growth in gaming notebooks and surging Chromebook sales. According to data presented by StockApps.com, the total number of PCs shipped during the first half of the...
Economy continued recovery in Q2
Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) reported on 7 September that the South African economy continued to recover lost ground during the second quarter of 2021. Lullu Krugel, chief economist for PwC Strategy& Africa, and Dr Christie Viljoen, PwC Strategy&...
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A new kind of customer engagement
The rise of smart devices and a focus on customer loyalty has created the proverbial "perfect storm" for enterprises that want to reinvent the customer experience around smartphones and tablets, says Deon Scheepers, strategic consultant EMEA Interactive Intelligence....
Boost service delivery while reducing costs
Using automated image recognition it is possible for large organisations to streamline financial departments while reducing overheads believes Intervate’s Gia Thom. As a business entity grows in complexity and size, so delivering a consistent level of service and...
Mobile app aids municipal asset management
IMQS, a supplier of market leading asset management software to more than 100 South African municipalities, has launched a new mobile application designed to make municipal asset register data capture up to 10 times faster and more accurate than conventional methods....
Worldwide FOBS market on growth curve
The worldwide file- and object-based storage (FOBS) market continues to gain momentum with revenues exceeding $23-billion in 2013 and forecast to reach $38-billion in 2017. According to new research from International Data Corporation (IDC), growth in the overall...
The new horizon for BI and analytics
Successful companies know that achieving a competitive advantage in today’s market is largely a function of deploying better and more advanced analytics to a growing variety of data sets, says Johan Jurd, MD of InfoBuild, representing Information Builders in SA....
Citrix XenClient 5 grows enterprise mobility
Citrix has announced a new release of Citrix XenClient, further executing on the company’s enterprise mobility strategy. By leveraging the powerful personalisation and profile management technology in Citrix XenDesktop, XenClient 5 allows mobile workers to seamlessly...
Wildcard certificates are a security risk
As the name suggests, the value of a Wildcard SSL certificate varies and is determined by its audience. There are several risks associated with this certificate type, says Megan Rehbock, LAWtrust certificate service manager. Wildcard certificates, which support all...
Capsicum Culinary Studio uses IEP solution
Integrated electronic platforms (IEP), which have been piloted in select South African schools, is now being used to train some of South Africa’s up-and-coming chefs. This is according to Deon Roets, academic manager of Capsicum Culinary Studio, the country’s largest...
The Open Group SA to host EA conference
The Open Group Enterprise Architecture (EA) Practitioners Conference will be held at Gallagher Estate in Midrand, Johannesburg on 5 September 2013. The sixth conference to be hosted by The Open Group South Africa, a vendor- and technology-neutral consortium. This...
The dark side of analytics
It has been suggested by an eMarketer report entitled Worldwide Social Network Users: 2013 Forecast and Comparative Estimates, that approximately one in four people worldwide will use social networks in 2013. Further to this, the number of social network users...
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Senior Data Analyst at Government Employees Medical Scheme – Gauteng Menlyn
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