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...

Strong solar flare caught on camera

The Sun emitted a strong solar flare, peaking on 4 February 2026. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the Sun constantly, captured an image of the event. Solar flares are massive eruptions of electromagnetic energy from the Sun that, upon reaching Earth...

African CEOs must prioritise innovation – and take risks

More than 150 CEOs in Africa who participated in PwC’s 29th Global CEO Survey demonstrate strong operational resilience and reinvention as they navigate currency fluctuations, political uncertainty, infrastructure constraints and supply chain disruptions. The survey...

Computer Applications Olympiad winners named

The national winners of the 2023 Applications Olympiad have been named, featuring a cohort of new rising computing stars. The Computer Applications Olympiad is part of the South African Computer Olympiads, a project of the Institute of Information Technology...

Applications open for ISPA Inspires sponsorship

South Africa's Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) is inviting applications for its ISPA Inspires educational sponsorship for the 2024 academic year. Applications open tomorrow (Tuesday, 1 August 2023) and will close on Friday, 1 September 2023. Sponsorship...

Learning organisations can emerge stronger from a crisis

The coronavirus has reminded many organisations, including those in the insurance industry, that organisations that have a strong learning culture stand a better chance of emerging stronger from a crisis, says Ronald Tembo, executive manager at the Insurance Institute...

Domain spoofing on the rise in SA

South African organisations are under increasing pressure to protect customers against cybercriminals that are exploiting their web and email domains for monetary gain. Last week the South African Post Office warned customers not to be tricked by a new scam whereby...

Global connectedness falls sharply in 2020

After holding steady in 2019, current forecasts imply that the DHL Global Connectedness Index 2020 (GCI) will fall significantly in 2020 due to the distancing effects of Covid-19 on societies, such as closed borders, travel bans and grounded passenger airlines....

Economic pressures drive southern Africa’s PC market down

Southern Africa's personal computing devices (PCD) market, which comprises desktops, notebooks, and tablets across South Africa, Botswana, and Namibia, saw shipments decline 12,2% year on year (YoY) in Q3 2020, according to the latest research from International Data...

Solid PC shipment growth set to continue

The ongoing surge in PC demand is expected to continue as work from home and remote education needs mix with the holiday spending season. According to a new International Data Corporation (IDC) forecast, shipments of desktop and notebook PCs will grow 18,2% year over...

Hacker-for-hire group DeathStalker strikes again

DeathStalker is an advanced persistent threat (APT) actor that is believed to offer hacking-for-hire services to steal sensitive business information from companies in the financial and legal sector. First reported by Kaspersky researchers in August this year, the...

Key takeaways from Black Friday 2020

While pre-Covid-19 e-commerce played on the periphery of retail in South Africa, BankServ figures show online sales surging 62% year-on-year (YoY) on Black Friday as virus-wary South Africans shunned in-store shopping. On the other hand, brick-and-mortar sales figures...

Online fraud rose over Black Friday weekend

There has been a 6,59% rise in suspected online retail fraud coming from South Africa during the start of the 2020 holiday shopping season compared to the same period in 2019. These findings are based on the online retail transactions TransUnion analysed for its...

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The business case for data governance

Data governance may be the most talked about yet elusive prize in the data management space. It is highly coveted by people who work with data because practitioners know the mission-critical role governance plays in achieving desired data outcomes, says Jim Orr,...

Ensure Facebook competitions comply

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SA’s solar energy debate

South Africa is the third best solar location globally, as it has one of the highest and most stable solar radiations in the world. With 2 500 hours of sunshine annually - equalling one third of a year or four entire months including nightly hours - the opportunities...

Avaya hosts partner conference

Avaya, a leading global provider of business communications applications, systems and services, hosted its annual PartnerConnect Conference on 23 January in Johannesburg. The conference focused on helping partners throughout the African continent grow their regional...

Make sense of data by mining it

As the year starts, the media is filled with analysts and experts from various sectors and industries and their predictions about what the most notable trends will be in the year ahead. Those who are gazing into the proverbial crystal ball on behalf of the IT industry...

Epson launches EB-1900 projector range

Epson, one of the leading projector manufacturers since 2001, has launched the EB-1900 range of projectors. These have been designed to meet the needs of both corporate and education environments in South Africa by offering a combination of high-quality output,...

HTML5 favoured among developers

Choosing what mobile platforms to support continues to be a vexing problem for developers both big and small. Supporting one platform can be difficult enough, but now developers not only have multiple operating systems to consider, but multiple device types as well....

CIH enhances processes with PPO

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Cloud an opportunity for the channel

A depressed economic climate, coupled with the ever-present challenges of shrinking IT budgets, reduced spend and lower margins, are issues which have plagued the channel for many years, says Alain Schram, chief operating officer at Kathea.  More recently the...

Seagate wins Best of CES 2013 award

With a "Best of CES 2013" win, Seagate’s Wireless Plus is destined for great things, says local distributor Platinum Micro. The Wireless Plus mobile storage device was singled out by international consumer technology news site CNET for the award in its Networking and...

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IT Security Architect – Gauteng Johannesburg

Our client in the Financial Services industry is looking for a highly skilled Enterprise Security Architect to develop and implement robust security frameworks aligned with stringent security standards. Key Responsibilities: Developing Enterprise Security...

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Are you a dynamic and skilled professional ready to embrace a challenging role in Industrial Services (IS) project management? We're thrilled to announce a compelling opportunity for an experienced Project Manager to join our esteemed client's team. If you hold a...

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