The Ministry of Tourism and Airbnb have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to support the continued recovery of the tourism sector and build inclusive tourism in South Africa. The agreement will see the Department of Tourism work closely with Airbnb to advance...

South Africans who have a Luno wallet will be able to pay at Pick n Pay with cryptocurrency by simply scanning a QR code. Crypto payments have been available at over 1 500 Pick n Pay stores since February 2023. But the payment process required customers to download...

Applications are open for the next AlphaCode Incubate programme which aims to identify, partner and grow innovative financial services entrepreneurs. Successful applicants will receive funding, guidance from performance coaches and a panel of advisory experts, access...

The main reason that hackers initiate attacks is to be challenged. This is one of the findings in survey data acquired by Finbold.com, which indicates that about 68% of hackers initiate attacks in order to be challenged. The survey featured over 3 150 respondents from...

Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) will go into liquidation, after a bid to have it placed under business rescue failed. The South African Social Services Agency (Sassa) won't back down over a debt it is claiming from CPS, making business rescue unlikely to succeed,...

According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Cloud IT Infrastructure Tracker, vendor revenue from sales of IT infrastructure products (server, enterprise storage, and Ethernet switch) for cloud environments, including public and private...

Kathy Gibson reports from VMworld 2020 – Change of the magnitude that we are going through can be very challenging, but it also brings new opportunities to reimagine how we deliver IT services. That’s the word from Tom Gillis, senior vice-president and GM of the...

Kathy Gibson reports from VMworld 2020 – The world has completely changed, but the last few months have seen tremendous growth and impact for organisations around the world. “Using Horizon and Workspace One, our VMware customers have been able to work and thrive...

Kathy Gibson reports from VMworld 2020 – When it comes to quickly scaling a service, arguably the best example is how Zoom coped with exponentially-expanded usage this year. Aparna Bawa, chief operating officer of Zoom, points out that the online meeting service went...

Kathy Gibson reports from VMworld 2020 – VMware has quietly become a leader in the security business. The company’s security business is now worth $1-billion, and serves 20 000 security customers, says Sanjay Poonen, chief operating officer: customer operations at...