WLAN market growth gains momentum
The enterprise worldwide wireless local area network (WLAN) market grew 13,2% in the second quarter of 2025 (2Q25) compared to 2Q24 to reach $2,6-billion and building on the market’s growth momentum from the previous quarter, according to IDC’s latest Worldwide...
iPhone launch ignites scam campaigns
As Apple opened preorders for the new iPhone, Kaspersky detected a spike in scam exploiting the device's launch hype, with fraudsters deploying fake websites, bogus lotteries, and phony “tester” recruitment schemes to harvest personal data and financial information....
2025 set to break crypto crime records
With criminals stealing a record-breaking amount of money, this year is shaping up to be crypto's most dangerous yet - in just six months, their illicit activities have caused more financial damage than recorded during the entire years of 2023 or 2024. According to...
New chief executive for Openserve
Telkom has appointed Beauty Apleni as CEO of Openserve effective 1 July, saying she will drive the continuing growth and adoption of Openserve’s fibre network in pursuit of the group’s data-led strategy. Apleni has more than 25 years of experience in the ICT industry...
WeThinkCode_ secures $2m grant to scale AI training
South African tech academy WeThinkCode_ has been awarded $2-million in funding from Google.org. The grant will enable WeThinkCode_ to dramatically expand its artificial intelligence (AI) training programs, empowering 12 000 learners in South Africa and Kenya with...
Enterprises reopening their wallets for SASE spend
Global Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) revenue rose 17% percent year-on-year to $2,6-billion in the first quarter of 2025 propelled by a 21% jump in single-vendor deployments as enterprises prioritised more straightforward purchasing, tighter policy management, and...
Gen Z’s favourite games feature in 19m attempted attacks
Over the course of a year, from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025, Kaspersky detected over 19-million attempts to download malicious or unwanted files disguised as popular Gen Z games. With GTA, Minecraft and Call of Duty among the most exploited, it's clear that...
IBM unveils scalable, fault-tolerant quantum roadmap
IBM is on track to deliver scalable quantum computing by the end of this decade. Scientists from the IBM Quantum Data Center in Poughkeepsie, New York, believe they have cracked the science for quantum error correction and will be able to build the world’s first...
IBM key to Pinnacle’s enterprise goals
Kathy Gibson reports – Pinnacle is marking two months as an IBM partner, having won the distribution rights on 9 March. The distributor expects IBM to make a big contribution to Pinnacle’s goal of growing its enterprise stack to 60% of the company’s revenue. “We have...
Young SA workers welcome in these job sectors
Do South African job seekers still face the age-old dilemma that you can’t get a job unless you have experience, but you can’t build experience until you land your first job? New data from the latest Pnet Job Market Trends Report suggest that the answer is yes but...
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Governance strategies to help accelerate the AI opportunity in Africa
Over the past year and a half, we've seen the audience for AI extend from IT experts to almost anyone with access to the internet, writes Akua Gyekye, government affairs director at Microsoft Africa. Thanks to large language models (LLMs), online users can now...
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The petrochemical industry heavily depends on data for decision-making, operational efficiency, and compliance. However, it faces major challenges in managing data in remote sites with harsh environments and limited infrastructure, writes Iniel Dreyer, group MD of...
How to evaluate the value proposition of hyperscalers
Cloud service providers are set to continue increasing their presence in South Africa, while meeting local clients' enterprise computing and storage needs. By Eugene De Souza, regional cloud ecosystem lead at Red Hat Just last year, Amazon Web Services (AWS) committed...
What is the future of enterprise connectivity?
At the end of last year, the South African telecommunications services market was worth more than $9,4-billion and on track to continue its 2% compound annual growth rate through 2028. By Tobie van Schalkwyk, business unit manager at Duxbury Networking With...
New data, analytics officer for Cell C
Cell C has announced the appointment of Bryan O'Donovan as chief data and analytics officer, effective May 2024. Prior to his appointment at Cell C, Bryan held a number of key leadership positions, including managing executive roles at Vodacom South Africa, and a...
Fintechs should develop products that address the exact needs of their customers
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SARS is upping its debt collection game
If you are in debt with SARS or received a notice of final demand, there's no need for panic, says Thomas Lobban, Tax Legal Specialist at Latita Africa. "You're not the first and you won't be the last; there are generally honest ways to get through this without taking...
E-commerce could boost SME transporters
Since the pandemic, unprecedented numbers of people have embraced technology and shifted to e-commerce. Consequently, transport companies have increased demand. Justin Manson, sales director at Webfleet South Africa, sees this shift as a significant opportunity for...
Global disasters leave multinational insurance customers exposed
With the myriad of crises and challenges taking place around the world, from natural disasters to wars and conflicts abroad, multinationals may not be playing it safe enough when it comes to insuring against international risk. This is according to Mark Sanders,...
How retailers can ride the online shopping wave
Rapid growth in online shopping across most demographics creates a compelling opportunity for agile retailers to expand into new markets, build customer loyalty and grow their revenues. It also means that they will face more competition from shops outside their...
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Senior Software Engineer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
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