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...

Gartner forecasts 8% growth in IT spend

Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $5,1-trillion in 2024, an increase of 8% from 2023, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. While generative AI (GenAI) has not yet had a material impact on IT spending, investment in AI more broadly is supporting...

Intel launches Intel Core 14th Gen desktop processors

Intel launched the new Intel Core 14th Generation desktop processor family, led by the Intel Core i9-14900K. This latest-generation desktop processor family includes six new unlocked desktop processors at launch, delivering up to 24 cores and 32 threads and up to 6...

Africa eradicates wild poliovirus

The independent Africa Regional Certification Commission (ARCC) for Polio Eradication has officially declared that the World Health Organisation (WHO) African Region is free of wild poliovirus. This marks the eradication of the second virus from the continent since...

Mauritius has become more attractive for Saffers

Mauritius has been a popular holiday destination for South Africans for many years, but the government’s recent concessions have made it more accessible and affordable for South Africans to retire, live and work than ever before. In June 2020, the Mauritian...

Businesses are under the whip: agility is key to survival

Private businesses are seeing major impacts in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Just 9% of respondents surveyed in February and March 2020 expected revenues to decline; in June 2020 that number jumped to 51%. Some private businesses are weathering the storm better,...

E-commerce takes hold in SA

Figures recently published in Salesforce's Global Shopping Index show a 71% upswing in global digital commerce. This correlates with local data, according to the Consumer Pulse survey, which suggests that South Africa's lockdown measures are spurring consumers towards...

Counterfeiting seen as a business threat

Findings from a recent HP survey in EMEA found that over 97% of customers see HP's Customer Delivery Inspections (CDIs) as a valuable service for their business, and 96% feel they protect them from falling victim to fraudsters. Customer Delivery Inspections, which are...

Pre-installed malware found on low-cost phones

Pre-installed malware signing African mobile users up to subscription services without their permission has been seen on thousands of low-cost devices made by Chinese manufacturer, Transsion. That's according to new findings released by Secure-D, Upstream's anti-fraud...

People, not technology key to organisational security

Africa scores high for security culture, coming in on a par with North America, Australia and New Zealand at ahead of Europe. This is one of the findings from the 2020 Security Culture Report by KnowBe4 and CLTRe, based on data from more than 120 000 employees across...

Are schools keeping your private information safe?

South African schools are increasingly embracing the digital universe and the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated their adoption of online communication and digital strategies. Out of pure necessity, as school gates shut in March, many schools made the agile pivot to...

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