AI is changing enterprises, and already driving value

By Kathy Gibson - Artificial intelligence (AI) is starting to pay off for early enterprise adopters. More than half of companies that have implemented AI are now seeing a return on investment, with the most value reported by future-built organisations. This is the...

Tech giants raise the AI safety bar

The risks associated with artificial intelligence (AI) are back in the spotlight with the news that rogue agents have been responsible for multiple attacks on government sites in Australia and the US. Even the FBI has not been immune to attacks from autonomous agents....

AI makes critical thinking a workforce priority

A new global study from the IBM for Business Value points to a disconnect between the skills chief human resource officers (CHROs) say AI requires and those employees prioritise. While 71% of CHROs identify the ability to supervise, validate and override AI outputs as...

Today’s data centre build-out dwarfs previous infrastructure investments

Kathy Gibson reports from Vertiv Week in Zagreb – Artificial intelligence (AI) is driving the biggest infrastructure build-out in human history – bigger than the railroads or the Industrial Revolution. “People assume AI is a bubble, but it is showing no signs of...

Solar drives up residential fire risk

Kathy Gibson reports from Huawei FusionSolar Partner Summit - The power situation in South Africa is driving people to install solar systems - but they could be putting their homes and families at risk. "Every fourth structural fire in Johannesburg we receive a call...

1-in-100 online service users is part of a fraud network

Research by Sumsub, a global verification platform with more than 1-billion identities on its database, shows an alarming surge of fraud networks across multiple regions. According to the research, every 100th user of a digital platform or service globally was a...

Vodacom’s quarterly revenue up 9%

Vodacom has reported group revenue of R24,8-billion for the quarter ended 30 June 2021, up 9% from the corresponding period last year. Normalised group service revenue growth was 7,8%, with international growth accelerating. South Africa service revenue was up 5,2% to...

Fraudulent Covid sites abound

During the pandemic, Kaspersky alone recorded more than 5 000 fraudulent sites globally related to the coronavirus. During this period, the company also prevented more than one million users' attempts to visit these sites. Among the most common schemes used by...

SASE solutions the future for security

Cyberattacks and threats have increased as hackers have taken advantage of the shift to remote and hybrid work. A new survey from Check Point Software Technologies confirms that there is a growing shift towards cloud-based security and secure access service edge...

Protecting your biometrics is your birthright

Fraudsters do not discriminate and, as we continuously move towards the adoption of a digital and more importantly "touchless" era, the platform for fraud increases. Now, thanks to an increase in data breaches, fraudsters are motivated and armed with the correct...

HP believed to be dropping PageWide line-up

Almost 10 years after launching the PageWide printers into the market, it is believed that HP is discontinuing the product category. PageWide technology has a fixed print head that prints the entire width of the page. Sources reveal that HP is set to drop the A4 and...

Campaign aims to bring corporates, SMEs together after unrest

One Linkage is putting its weight behind efforts to help small South African businesses recover from the spate of unrest that affected parts of the country in recent days. A week of looting and rioting has seen the destruction of thousands of businesses in the Gauteng...

Transnet container terminal systems interrupted

Speculation about a cyberattack at Transnet is rife as the state-owned logistics company is experiencing interruptions to its container terminal operations. Very little information is available, with the Transnet web site currently down, but some customers have been...

Weaponised cyberattacks may soon kill people

By 2025, cyber attackers will have weaponised operational technology (OT) environments to successfully harm or kill humans, according to Gartner - and CEOs could be held liable. Attacks on OT - hardware and software that monitors or controls equipment, assets and...

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The necessary art of data exploration

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BDS launches Xerox WorkCentre 5800 MFP

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Ethiopian mine uses Q-KON services

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Telkom Mobile announces BB Q10 pre-orders

Customers can now pre-order the new BlackBerry Q10 smartphone from Telkom Mobile online or in-store from 15 May 2013. The BlackBerry Q10 will be available from Telkom Mobile via Telkom Direct, Telkom Express and 8ta stores on 1 June 2013. The smartphone will be...

Itec Innovate wins Dealer of the Year award

Office automation and communications group Itec has awarded its Dealer of the Year accolade for the sub-Saharan Africa region to Cape Town-based Itec Innovate. The award places Itec Innovate at the forefront of 47 highly competitive dealers that vied for top spot. The...

Xtranet launches Cloud Solutions

Xtranet is excited to announce the launch of Xtranet Cloud Solutions.  “Cloud computing provides computation, software, data access, and storage services that do not require end-user knowledge of the physical location and configuration of the system that delivers the...

Samsung launches new A3 copiers

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Data is everywhere except where it should be

Data is everywhere; everywhere except where it should be. Moreover, with the rapid growth of data volumes across a myriad of sources, including social media, business systems, e-mail and mobile phones, organisations are increasingly losing grip over these primal...

IT changes financial services industry

According to recent research by Deutsche Bank, financial services firms will spend between $270-billion and $460-billion on IT in 2013 globally. The explosion of technology has changed the financial services industry from a paper and branch business to digitised and...

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C++ Desktop Application Developer (Remote)

ENVIRONMENT:Our client, an innovative Software Specialist, is currently seeking skilled C++ developers who possess the ability and coding expertise to craft advanced, defect-free, and easily maintainable software solutions. As part of this role, you will be tasked...

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C++ Developers – Western Cape Cape Town

Our Client is seeking innovative and exceptional C++ developersArea/Location: Century City, Cape Town / OR REMOTEWe are seeking innovative and exceptional C++ developers. Should be enthusiastic about learning, teaching, and working in a team.Roles & Outcomes:C/C++...

C++ Desktop Application Developer (Remote) – Western Cape Cape Town

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Flutter Mobile Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg

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The purpose of this role is to consolidate, track and manage physical and contractual aspects of an information technology asset throughout its lifecycles and to support the delivery of Information Technology Services to the business and ensure that the licensing...

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