SA has world’s highest cyberattack rate, identity visibility gap

South African companies have significant gaps in workforce password security, underscoring growing risks as they contend with rising cyber threats, increasing regulatory pressure, and limited visibility into user identities and access. This is according to a new study...

AI-enabled attacks drive ransomware surge

Cybercrime no longer functions as a series of isolated campaigns. Today, it operates as a system, with malicious hackers operating across an end-to-end life cycle and compressing the attack life cycle with shadow agents. This is the headline finding from the 2026...

Employees are the biggest cyber threat – and it will only get worse

South Africa experienced a 46% increase in insider cyber risk in 2026, surpassing the global average of 44%. What’s more, 63% of South African companies surveyed expect insider‑driven data losses to increase as growing numbers of disgruntled employees are resorting to...

Interconnected systems at risk of a digital pandemic

Are we ready for solar storms, submarine cable cuts, satellite disruptions, and extreme weather to disrupt communication networks and potentially trigger a “digital pandemic"? A new report – “When digital systems fail: The hidden risks of our digital world​" –...

Critical enterprise apps set to move out of public cloud

Through 2027, 50% of critical enterprise applications will reside outside of centralised public cloud locations, says Gartner. As cloud computing markets and data centre infrastructure evolve, and interest in migrating workloads grows, many enterprises struggle to...

Geopolitical unrest fuels cybercriminal attacks

Cybercriminals have taken full advantage of the ongoing global geopolitical unrest to ramp up their activities during the first half of 2023, according to NetScout's latest Threat Intelligence Report. Threat actors launched approximately 7,9-million distributed...

Solar installations to hit record 180GW in 2021

Solar PV installations are expected to post 27% year-on-year growth in 2021 amid strong demand despite increased module prices, long lead times and rising freight costs, according to a new report from IHS Markit. This comes at a time when the solar supply chain is...

Threats against industrial control systems on the rise

While the percentage of industrial control systems (ICS) computers on which malicious objects were blocked had declined since the second half of 2019, this number again started to rise in the second half of 2020. Globally, the percentage of attacked ICS computers in...

ISPA Inspires bursary awarded

South Africa's Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) has awarded its inaugural ISPA Inspires bursary to Fabian Brijlal from Phoenix, KwaZulu-Natal and Jordy Kafwe Kioni from Parklands, Western Cape. A total of 288 applications were received for ISPA's...

Institutional investors could hike bitcoin price

A bitcoin price drop will trigger a surge in institutional investment, driving the price up again. This is the word from Nigel Green, chief executive and founder of deVere Group, after bitcoin - up nearly 500% since the rally started in October - has pulled back after...

AR, VR and MR markets set to quadruple

In just a few years, the augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) became one of the biggest tech trends with millions of users in both the consumer and business sector. From video games to supporting critical business functions, AR and VR apps have found their...

Gaming PC and monitor market hits new record high

Throughout 2020, the global pandemic created new opportunities for many consumer technologies and gaming PCs and monitors have arguably been among the greatest beneficiaries. As consumers spent more hours at home and fewer dollars outside, shipments of gaming PCs and...

Liquid adds new digital corridors

Liquid Intelligent Technologies South Africa has completed two key digital corridors - NLD5 and NLD6 connecting Durban to Cape Town via the inland route. "The completion of these two digital corridors is yet another milestone achieved as part of our on-going...

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Hosting is the contact centre norm

Gartner has said that there will be a 17% compound growth over the next five years for contact centre adoption of hosted call centre solutions, and they expect that by the end of this year, 75% of global call centres will be leveraging hosted call centre solutions. ...

Co-op rolls out Aspect solution

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Oracle announces big data rack

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McAfee improves security on Android devices

McAfee has announced that it has delivered the industry's first ever whitelisting security solution for Android-based embedded systems. McAfee Application Control for Android is the only security solution that resides in the Android kernel, embedded in the operating...

VMware, Trend Micro partner for security

Global leaders in virtualisation and cloud computing VMware has partnered with leading security specialists Trend Micro to deliver the first agentless security platform architected for VMware virtualised data centres, virtual desktops, and cloud deployments.  As per...

Banking embraces cloud telephony

One of South Africa’s biggest retail banks, noted for its innovative use of technology, has again moved ahead of the competition with a cloud-based PBX solution from Connection Telecom. The Telviva platform provides the basis for easy group-wide rollout of a...

Fujitsu, Quantum boost enterprise backup

Fujitsu has announced that enterprises will soon find it far easier to balance backup and recovery speed with the cost of flexibly storing virtually unlimited amounts of data on any combination of storage media.  In an extended sales and technology agreement, Fujitsu...

Navigating the morass of technology threats

The rate at which technology is currently progressing is so rapid that almost all government legislation regarding technology is out of date by the time it is written into law. In an attempt to prevent this, governments try to make legislation as technology neutral as...

Mimecast achieves ISO 27001 certification

Mimecast, the leading provider of cloud-based e-mail archiving, continuity and security for Microsoft Exchange and Office 365, has announced that it has attained the ISO/IEC 27001 security certification for the South African market. The ISO 27001:2005 Information...

Comztek expands into Port Elizabeth

Value-added distributor of communications and technology products, Comztek, has announced that it has officially formed a local presence in the Port Elizabeth area. With the news, resellers will now have access to the full length and breadth of Comztek’s products and...

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DaaS: Data Analyst

ENVIRONMENT: Our client is a development company with branches in Stellenbosch and Johannesburg, specializing in the development of cutting-edge agricultural technologies. They are currently searching for a Data Analyst as part of their Data as a Service (DaaS) team....

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Are you a Junior Server Engineer looking for your next challenge? Our Team is looking for someone like you to help shape the future of Tech!You will work in a dynamic iOCO Infrastructure Team as a Junior Server Engineer assisting with the monitoring from our Command...

Software Developer (C#.NET) (CH937) – Western Cape Kuils River

Our client, in the Payments and Lending industry, has an opening for a skilled Software Developer to join their diverse team of C# developers. We are looking for an individual that takes pride in what they do, is customer focused and takes ownership and...

Senior Network Engineer (ARUBA) (JHB) – Gauteng Midrand

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