Mankind’s first journey to another star set for 2029 launch

Plans are underway for mankind’s first journey to another star – a trip that is expected to take about 80 000 years. The Fermi Explorer Mission, a nonprofit organisation, hopes to set off for Alpha Centauri by 2029. The more than 40-trillion kilometre journey is...

IT spend will breach $7trn for the first time in 2027

Worldwide IT spending is expected to reach $7,35-trillion in 2027, up 15% from 2026, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. “Collectively, the market forces are reinforcing spend around AI infrastructure, AI-enabled cloud platforms, and advanced software...

As African CEOs embrace AI, ROI is still elusive

By Kathy Gibson - African companies are in the middle of learning and adopting artificial intelligence (AI), and adapting to the changes it brings. But they are also looking beyond adoption at how to measure value from their AI investments, says Ladi Asuni, partner...

Africa moves from AI ambition to action

AI has moved from potential to proven economic value and while ambition setting is near universal across economies, execution speed is the differentiator, according to Boston Consulting Group’s The AI Maturity Matrix 2026: AI Is Transforming How Economies Develop and...

Cloud transformation vital for global competitiveness

In a landscape of rapidly advancing technology, CEOs throughout Africa are strategically positioning their investments to secure a competitive advantage through emerging technologies, including generative AI, advanced analytics and industry cloud. Among these, the...

Advertising, analytics used to make cyberattacks more effective

Cyberattackers are continuing to find innovative ways to influence users and infect endpoints. The newly-released HP Wolf Security Threat Insights Report has uncovered several notable campaigns, including: * DarkGate campaign uses Ad tools to sharpen attacks:...

Another zero-day exploit found in Desktop Window Manager

Early 2021, Kaspersky’s researchers, upon further analysis into the already reported CVE-2021-1732 exploit used by the Bitter APT group, have managed to discover another zero-day exploit. They are currently unable to link this exploit to any known threat actor. A...

Microsoft strengthens healthcare play with Nuance acquisition

Microsoft has agreed to buy Nuance Communications for $56.00 per share, in an all-cash transaction valued at $19,7-billion, inclusive of Nuance’s net debt. Nuance is a cloud and AI software player in the healthcare and enterprise AI space. Mark Benjamin will remain...

EOH posts operating profit

EOH has reported continued financial improvements for the six months ended 31 January 2021. The revenue of R4 376-million saw a decline, mainly attributable to disposals and legacy contracts. But gross profit margin increased to 27,6% from 24,2% in the prior period....

Cape Town improves its rank in Global Cities Index

Cape Town has improved its position by 20 places in this year’s Schroders Global Cities Index, and is currently number 438 in the 2020 rankings. This places the city 20 places higher on the list since the publication of the 2019 Index. The improved ranking is the...

Almost all companies came under cyberthreat in past year

The move to mass remote working during the Covid-19 pandemic saw the mobile attack surface expand dramatically, resulting in 97% of organisations facing mobile threats from several attack vectors, according to Checkpoint's 2021 Mobile Security Report. With 60% of...

Vodacom partners with AU on vaccinations

Vodacom Group will partner with the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) to build digital infrastructure to manage vaccinations across up to 55 countries following successful deployments in South Africa (to manage Covid-19 vaccinations) and in Mozambique,...

Increase in ransomware attacks on SA companies

South Africa is firmly in the sights of international cybercrime syndicates who have been ramping up their attacks on local companies in the past six months, according to security specialist Nclose. ‎ Martin Potgieter, co-founder & technical director at ‎Nclose,...

PC market has fastest YoY growth in 20 years

Worldwide PC shipments totaled 69,9-million units in the first quarter of 2021, an increase of 32% from the first quarter of 2020, according to preliminary results by Gartner. The market rebounded from a weak first quarter of 2020 to record the fastest year-over-year...

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