A familiar face takes the reins at Tarsus

By Mark Davison - After months of speculation, Alviva Holdings – parent company of Tarsus Distribution – has announced a new, permanent CEO for one of South Africa’s oldest and leading distributors. Thibault Dousson, currently director of Lenovo’s Solution and...

European orbiter detects hints of volcanic activity on Mars

New evidence from gas seeping above volcanic rifts suggests Mars is not geologically dead deep inside, but merely sleeping. Fresh fissures along the Alba Mons region hint at active spots under the surface, where gases from inside the planet may be making their way up...

NASA experiments with drones for planetary landings

NASA successfully demonstrated technology designed to help spacecraft autonomously navigate to safe landing sites on the Moon and on other planets. An Alta-X drone equipped with the agency’s Safe and Precise Landing – Integrated Capabilities Evolution (SPLICE)...

Turn vision into reality with the right AI strategy

Kathy Gibson reports from Dell Technologies Forum in Johannesburg - Today's leaders aren't asking whether to adopt AI, they're asking how to turn it into outcomes the business can see. And South African companies can no longer afford to take a wait-and-see attitude to...

Prolific ransomware groups switch on remote encryption for attacks,

Some of the most prolific and active ransomware groups, including Akira, ALPHV/BlackCat, LockBit, Royal abd Black Basta, are deliberately switching on remote encryption for their attacks. In remote encryption attacks, also known as remote ransomware, adversaries...

Top Chinese companies bet big on AI

By 2027, the Top 2000 companies in China will allocate over 50% of their core IT spend on AI initiatives, leading to double-digit increase in rate of product and process innovations. During the IDC FutureScape China event in Beijing, IDC local analysts also revealed...

Legitimate software used to hack US government systems

Computers at the US Treasury - and possibly other federal agencies - have been the victims of hacking using legitimate software upgrades from Solar Winds. On Sunday, Reuters reported that a group backed by a foreign government stole information from Treasury and a...

Covid lockdowns take a toll on young people’s mental health

A new University of Cape Town (UCT) study into the emotional well-being of young people during the Covid-related lockdown in South Africa has revealed that majority are suffering from depression. In South Africa, more than seven million young people aged 18 to 35...

Businesses urged to act now to navigate to recovery

As economies continue to tackle the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, PwC's Global Restructuring Trends report estimates that 40-million people were on furlough across 37 economies in July 2020. The analysis outlines how governments and businesses have responded to...

SA consumers plan to spend a lot less this holiday season

Elevated customer expectations and tighter budgets will make 2020 holiday shopping more competitive than ever for retailers, with nearly 90% of consumers planning to spend the same or less than last year. According to new research by SAS, nearly three quarters (74%)...

Despite budget cuts, security is still a priority

Cybersecurity remains a priority for investment among businesses, according to the new Kaspersky report "Investment adjustment: Aligning IT budgets with changing security priorities". Its share of IT spending has grown from 23% in 2019 to 26% in 2020 for SMBs, and...

Wearables market shows regional rebound

The Middle East and Africa (MEA) wearables market rebounded in Q3 2020 thanks to an easing of the supply disruptions that had plagued the previous quarter. The market recorded year-on-year unit growth of 15,8% in Q3 2020, while its value was up 33,9% over the same...

Server market revenue up 2,2%

Vendor revenue in the worldwide server market grew 2,2% year over year to $22,6-billion during the third quarter of 2020 (3Q20). According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, worldwide server shipments declined 0,2% year...

SA fails to ready youth for 4IR

South Africa is failing to expose and prepare young people for the evolving world of work. This is according to Tumelo Dichabe, business advisor at non-profit organisation Technoserve, who says: "Our youth are not exposed to the options that exist or that would result...

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