AI to the fore as cyberattackers focus on Africa

Kathy Gibson reports - As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more accessible and sophisticated, we are going to see it playing a bigger role in cyberattacks. Tony Anscombe, chief security evangelist at ESET, describes how AI malware has made an appearance and will...

Global IT spending set to grow 10,8%, hitting $6,15trn

Worldwide IT spending is expected to reach $6,15-trillion in 2026, up 10,8% from 2025, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. “AI infrastructure growth remains rapid despite concerns about an AI bubble, with spending rising across AI‑related hardware and...

At 140 years old, Mercedes-Benz unveils Nvidia-powered S-Class

Mercedes-Benz is marking 140 years of automotive innovation with a new S-Class built for the AI era, bringing together automotive safety and Nvidia’s advanced autonomous driving platform to enable a level 4-ready architecture designed for trust. The new S-Class with...

AI platforms lean towards region-specific infrastructure

By 2027, 35% of countries will be locked into region-specific AI platforms using proprietary contextual data, according to Gartner, which also predicts that platform lock-in will rise from 5% to 35% by 2027. “Countries with digital sovereignty goals are increasing...

Huge campus switch growth as supply chain eases

Campus switch sales were up 40% in the first quarter of 2023, the highest growth level recorded in this market in over two decades, according to a recent report by Dell'Oro Group. This remarkable level of growth was fueled by enormous backlog releases and higher...

Pick n Pay taps into the metaverse with Roblox

Pick n Pay is giving away 100-million Robux, the digital currency for the gaming platform Roblox, to registered Smart Shopper customers. It will also soon sell Roblox vouchers in rands, arguably the first South African retailer to do so. With a reported 50-million or...

Server shipments to EMEA show Q2 decline

International Data Corporation's (IDC) EMEA Server Tracker shows that in 2Q20 the EMEA server market reported a year-on-year (YoY) decrease in vendor revenues of 5,8% to $3,9-billion and a YoY decrease of 6,9% in units shipped to around 470 000. When viewing the EMEA...

Directors expect Covid to change business models

Digital transformation has received a boost in the wake of global Covid-19 disruption. A new survey from Gartner finds that 69% of boards of directors (BoDs) accelerated their digital business initiatives, and almost half anticipate changing their organisations'...

UNWTO harnesses AI to boost tourism employment

The World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) is to work with California-based Eightfold.ai to help connect tourism jobseekers with employers and so drive the global recovery of the sector. The new partnership will see UNWTO harness the power of the Eightfold Talent...

UC&C market delivers strong growth

Worldwide unified communications & collaboration (UC&C) revenue grew 25,1% year over year and 12,4% quarter over quarter to $11,5-billion in the second quarter of 2020 (2Q20), according to the latest International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly...

Navigating the future of industry ecosystems

The tactical and strategic priority list for leadership, built on the premise of a steady rate of change, has changed dramatically in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and the ensuing economic uncertainty. Organisations are embracing radical change in short periods of...

All the winners from Microsoft Partner Awards

Microsoft South Africa hosted a virtual Partner Awards event last night to recognise and acknowledge the performance of partners, who have worked through the challenges of the year. A stand-out partner at the awards was Global Computing and Telecoms, which scooped the...

Scammers target Facebook relief grants

Earlier this year, as a means of assisting businesses that have been impacted by the pandemic, Facebook announced a grant of $100-million for small businesses, according to the company's official blog. However, Kaspersky analysis shows that just as the news was picked...

SEW Eurodrive ploughs R400m investment into SA

At a time when many organisations are suspending in their investments in South Africa, SEW Eurodrive is committing to spend around R400-million on a new head office and factory in Johannesburg. The company today broke ground on the construction site that will house...

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