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...

SA passes ‘hate speech’ bill

Despite international warnings, the South African parliament has passed new legislation broadly criminalising “hate speech”. The law states that any person who communicates with the intention to “be harmful or to incite harm” and to “promote or propagate hatred” is...

Impacts of climate change are increasingly visible

Up to 2,8-billion people could be exposed to heatwaves by 2090 under a high-warming scenario - more than double that in a low-warming scenario - according to new analysis from the International Organisation for Migration's (IOM) Global Data Institute (GDI). While the...

Consumer finances ease, but road to recovery will be tough

The government's decision to allow more economic activity during the third quarter of 2020 (Q3 2020) relieved some of the financial strain that several consumers had to endure during Q2 2020. This is evident from the Momentum-Unisa Consumer Financial Vulnerability...

Black Friday and the ethics of AI

With Black Friday around the corner, many businesses have adopted artificial intelligence (AI) to identify changing consumer trends and optimise sales. As businesses race to adopt this new technology, their ability to use it ethically - and in ways that generate trust...

In the time of Covid, businesses face new threats

External attacks on companies result in the most expensive cyber insurance losses but it is employee mistakes and technical problems that are the most frequent generator of claims by number. This is according to a new report from Allianz Global Corporate &...

Cybersecurity is coming of age

Decades after emerging from under IT's wing, the cybersecurity profession has matured. Armed with the insight and foresight that only experience can provide; cybersecurity stands at a pivotal point for the industry,organisations and people it serves. Against the...

Threats that will shape the security landscape in 2021

Ransomware and fast-changing attacker behaviours, from advanced to entry level, will shape the threat landscape and IT security in 2021. The Sophos 2021 Threat Report, written by SophosLabs security researchers, as well as Sophos' threat hunters, rapid responders, and...

How customer service and support is failing

Despite increased investments in a range of digital self-service capabilities, customer service and support (CSS) leaders continue to struggle with three failure points⁠ with self-service containment. According to Gartner, these failure points include external search,...

Printer market sees global growth

Worldwide shipments of hardcopy peripherals (HCP) increased for the first time since the second quarter of 2018, growing 8,6% year over year to nearly 26,2-million units in the third quarter of 2020 (3Q20). According to the International Data Corporation (IDC)...

Study shows impact of violence

A study commissioned by BNP Paribas Group South Africa and its consumer finance arm RCS have explored the long lasting and far-reaching effects of societal violence on communities and business in South Africa. The research was inspired by the work of the Whitaker...

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