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...

Financial, digital skills hold small tourism businesses back

A tourism sector report by Xero has revealed that South African small business owners desperately need to invest in digital skills to unlock business success, as more than a third (34%) are still managing finances on spreadsheets and 32% are struggling with tax...

Apple Vision Pro headset sparks mixed reactions

Apple's Vision Pro, the mixed-reality headset unveiled at the June 2023 Worldwide Developers Conference, has created a substantial buzz in the tech industry, translating into a notable increase in Reddit discussions during the second week of June. Among Redditors,...

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...

Distributors nurture the channel during lockdowns

Global IT distributors appear to have worked hard during lockdown to support their resellers and enhance key channel partnerships, although there's more work to do as cloud emerges as a key focus area, according to research organisation Context's latest ChannelWatch...

Smart home device market remains resilient

The worldwide market for smart home devices is expected to grow 4,1% year over year in 2020 with shipments totaling more than 854-million units, according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Smart Home Device Tracker. Worldwide shipments are forecast to be more than...

Project Monterey will drive new data centre architecture

Kathy Gibson is at VMworld 2020 – Remote working, coupled with a move to process automation, is driving rapid developments around edge computing. Meanwhile, next-generation applications will leverage a raft of new technologies including AI, machine learning and 5G...

VMware partners with Nvidia to make AI ubiquitous

VMware and Nvidia has announced a broad partnership to deliver both an end-to-end enterprise platform for AI and a new architecture for data centre, cloud and edge that uses NVidia DPUs (data processing units) to support existing and next-generation applications....

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