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The rapid rise of crypto assets is forcing tax systems to ponder if rules designed for a traditional economy can keep pace with technologies that are redefining how value is created, owned and exchanged, Professor Shaun Parsons has told attendees at a University of...

CEOs want to ramp up their AI spending as FOMO kicks on

AI is exceeding most CEOs’ expectations and their optimism is growing. Cisco’s latest study shows that 67% now worry they’re underinvesting in the technology — up from 57% last year — with nearly two thirds (64%) of those surveyed now seeing AI adoption as mandatory...

Women face higher levels of burnout as stress levels climb

South African employers are facing a growing workforce resilience challenge as new data reveals that women are increasingly bearing the burden of workplace stress, burnout and mental health crises. A comprehensive analysis by Lyra Southern Africa of 67 419 Employee...

SA companies are shunning public cloud for AI workloads

South African organisations are shifting AI workloads out of the public cloud faster than their counterparts anywhere else in the world, according to new global research commissioned by Cloudera. The Great AI Re-Architecture Survey, conducted by Wakefield Research...

Decline, then growth, forecast for campus switches

Well in excess of $100-billion will be spent on campus switches over the next five years, according to a new report from Dell'Oro Group, which says that after three strong years in campus switch sales it foresees a significant correction in 2024, followed by a...

African gains boost Vodacom results

Vodacom has announced that, for the quarter ended 31 December 2023, group revenue increased 26,8% to R38,9-billion, positively impacted by the acquisition of Vodafone Egypt. Group service revenue growth including Vodafone Egypt on a pro-forma basis was 8,8%, at the...

Learn and innovate together at SAP’s SAPPHIRE NOW

This year SAP's flagship event SAPPHIRE NOW is a free-to-attend virtual experience that brings live panels, round tables, expert conversations and immersive virtual experiences to delegates around the world. The SAPPHIRE NOW 2021 program kicks off on 2 June 2021 with...

Americans set to lose over $5bn to Internet crime

Cybercriminals in America are getting richer. According to the Atlas VPN team's analysis, Americans are estimated to lose $5,6-billion to internet crime by the end of 2021. Cybercrime losses are expected to grow by nearly a third (32%) in 2021 from 4,2-billion in...

IDC forecasts growth for carrier VNF/CNF and NFVI markets

International Data Corporation (IDC) forecasts worldwide revenue for telecommunications network functions virtualisation (NFV) software, including virtual network functions (VNFs), network functions virtualisation infrastructure (NFVI), and cloud-native network...

Cold chain tracking solutions market bolstered by Covid

Berg Insight, the world's leading IoT market research provider, today released a new market report covering the cold chain tracking market. The number of active tracking devices deployed for refrigerated cargo loading units including trailers, intermodal containers,...

Treated right, Born Digital workers can deliver big profits

Today's young employees are the engines of the knowledge economy and tomorrow's business leaders - and according Citrix Systems' "The Born Digital Effect" research, they're primed to deliver an extra $1,9-trillion in corporate profits. But they'll need some help to...

USSD still key for omnichannel strategies in Africa

As companies forge ahead with their digital transformation, many are inadvertently excluding large parts of their customer base who don't own smartphones, alienating vital demographics and crippling their digital inclusion agendas. A technology they should not forego...

MEA’s PC shipments on a 15-year high

The Middle East and Africa (MEA) personal computing devices (PCD) market, which is made up of desktops, notebooks, workstations, and tablets, recorded incredible year-on-year growth of 36,6% in the first quarter of 2021 -- the highest annual growth seen in the region...

Chip shortage fails to dent global PC growth

Despite ongoing concerns around semiconductor shortages the PC market continues to be one of the many consumer technology markets that is thriving. According to a new forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device...

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Interconnection rate cuts to boost VoIP

South Africa could at last be on the cusp of having a more competitive telecoms market. In 2010, the country’s telecommunications regulator, the Independent Communication Authority of South Africa (ICASA), implemented three interconnect rate cuts. These rates are the...

Africa focused on a connected future

The increase in available bandwidth and lowering of costs makes for a far more competitive connectivity services marketplace. ICT experts suggest that as companies continue to try to establish their offerings and differentiate themselves, the relevance and...

Legislative guidelines for employers in 2013

“Changes proposed to South Africa’s Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA), Labour Relations Act (LRA) and Employment Equity Amendment Bill (EEAB) will have a significant impact on how employers conduct their business in 2013,” says Rob Cooper, a tax expert and...

BYOD poses serious risks to IT security

The always-on, always-connected, productivity-on-the-go trend of allowing smartphone and tablet toting employees to take their own devices to work (known as BYOD, or “bring your own device”) and to plug it into the company network is growing in popularity around the...

Tellumat appoints Plessie as ShoreTel reseller

Tellumat Communications Solutions, the exclusive distributor of ShoreTel unified communications (UC) and enterprise contact centre (ECC) systems, has added to its growing channel with the appointment of Plessie as its first ShoreTel reseller in KZN. Leon Rusch,...

Genesys to buy Angel from MicroStrategy

Genesys has reached a definitive agreement with MicroStrategy Incorporated, a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) and mobile software, to acquire its subsidiary Angel.com. Angel is a leading provider of cloud-based self-service contact centre...

Boost for local software development

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Sophos recognised in Forrester report

Sophos has announced that it has been positioned as a Leader in Forrester Research’s new Client Security report, The Forrester Wave: Endpoint Security, Q1 2013. It provides a comprehensive overview of the endpoint protection vendor landscape. Forrester says that...

Integr8 supports BCX’s Nigerian cloud

Amid growing levels of demand for computing power and services in Nigeria, widely acknowledged to be the most populous country in Africa, South African systems integrator Business Connexion (BCX) recently launched a cloud services offering in the West African country....

Fujitsu optimises Eternus DX S2

Fujitsu has accelerates business customers’ mission-critical applications by further optimising the Eternus DX S2 Disk Storage Family as systems of choice for high-performance applications. With a long record of leading benchmarks and satisfied customers, Fujitsu now...

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