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...

Gloomy outlook for global economies as geopolitical tensions worsen

Coface’s latest risk review, Rates Against the Machine, has confirmed what the world dreaded just a few months ago has come to pass – rather than improve, the geopolitical situation has deteriorated once again. This, Coface says, puts upward pressure on commodity...

Banks are still missing the links between fraud and money laundering

Financial institutions are increasingly integrating their fraud and anti-money laundering (AML) systems, but intelligence and governance gaps remain. New fraud and AML convergence research from Datos Insights, commissioned by data and AI leader SAS, finds 86% report...

How can SA plug the ICT skills gap?

Kathy Gibson reports from the IITPSA Workforce Conference – While South Africa records the highest unemployment rate in the world, there is still a dire shortage of critical IT skills. Presenting the IITPSA IT Skills Survey, Lehlohonolo  Mokenela, MD of Africa...

Global IaaS public cloud services revenue passes $100bn

The worldwide infrastructure as a service (IaaS) market grew 29,7% in 2022, to total $120,3-billion, up from $92,8-billion in 2021, according to Gartner. Amazon retained the top position in the IaaS market in 2022, followed by Microsoft, Alibaba, Google and Huawei....

Americans fear cyberterrorism more than nuclear war

According to a Gallup poll on world affairs, cyberterrorism is regarded by a majority of Americans as the most pressing danger to the US. A staggering 85% of respondents identified it as a "critical threat," surpassing all other concerns, an Atlas VPN team found....

SSD usurps HDD for primary storage in PCs

The adoption of SSDs for primary storage accelerated during the fourth quarter of 2019 as the volume of HDD PCs - notebooks, desktops and workstations - sold through the Western Europe (WE) IT distribution channel fell to 9,4%, according to research company Context....

MWC cancelled over Covid-19 fears

In an unprecedented move, Mobile World Congress 2020 has been cancelled as concerns over the Covid-19 epidemic rise. The GSMA has issued the following statement: "Since the first edition of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in 2006, the GSMA has convened the...

Nedbank warns of data breach

Nedbank has issued a warning to its customers about a data breach at one of its service providers that may have compromised personal details of about 1,7-million clients. In a statement today, the bank says it has investigated a data security issue that occurred at...

SA lovers splash out for Valentine’s Day

A new study of card transactions has revealed that South Africa's 'love economy' continues to grow, with Valentine's Day spend up 11% and the overall number of transactions increasing by 36% over the past three years. This is according to the Mastercard Love Index,...

2020 gets off to an eventful start …

It's fair to say this year has already gotten off to an eventful start, with the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) unexpectedly cutting the repo rate by 25 basis points to 6,25%, while lowering 2020 economic growth projections down from 1,4% to 1,2%. Of the opinion...

Innovation drives SA banking inclusion

Innovation in banking is driving up transaction activity, according to the BankservAfrica Economic Transaction Index (BETI) for January 2020. "Rapid transformations in banking in South Africa are benefitting customers who are at the receiving end of improved...

Valentine’s and chocolate don’t always equal love …

With Valentine's Day approaching, lovers around the world are working on finding the best way to celebrate with their loved ones. Meanwhile, cyber criminals around the world also seem to be caught up in the spirit of this unique day. Over the past two years, Check...

Growing market for offender monitoring

Berg Insight, the leading IoT market research provider, today released new findings on the market for Electronic Monitoring (EM) of offenders. The number of participants in Electronic Monitoring (EM) programmes for offenders on a daily basis amounted to around 39 000...

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Platform Support Engineer – Western Cape Stellenbosch

Platform Support EngineerLocation – Stellenbosch or Johannesburg (Remote/Hybrid)Job DescriptionOur client is seeking to employ a Platform Support Engineer to join their team.A specialist in Cloud Security and Optimization focused on providing proactive guidance and...

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