AI is driving more breaches, at an average cost of $6m

One in four malicious breaches were AI-enabled – a 56% increase over last year – and these breaches cost an average of $6-million, roughly $1-million more than the global breach average of $4,99-million. This is among the findings from IBM's 2026 Cost of a Data Breach...

AI automation is having an impact on entry-level hiring

Nearly a quarter (22%) of CHROs report that at least one business leader in their organisation has stopped hiring for entry-level roles due to AI automation, according to Gartner. The 4Q25 Gartner survey of 110 heads of HR also found that 95% of organisations have...

Africa’s young people want jobs, clean government

Africa’s young people are more optimistic about the future of their countries, economies and the continent than at any point since the pandemic - but they are demanding jobs, cleaner government, safer communities, a stronger political voice and a model of democracy...

Even without data centres, Africa faces water bankruptcy

A new United Nations (UN) report says the world has moved past a water crisis into water bankruptcy – and Africa’s utility numbers already show what that looks like.

Investors increasingly look at sustainability metrics

The majority of public companies will update their investment methodologies to include sustainability metrics as a key part of their return on investment (ROI) analysis by 2026, according to Gartner. The shift from viewing sustainability solely as a source of risk...

SASE continues robust growth

The worldwide secure access service edge (SASE) market topped $6-billion in 2022, representing robust 34% growth year-over-year (Y/Y). According to Dell'Oro report, in a crowded market with over 30 vendors, Cisco remained the overall SASE leader with a 17% revenue...

Significant increase for notebook PC ODM shipments

The global production volume of notebook PCs by the ODM/EMS industry increased 11,4% year over year to 39,7-million units in the second quarter of 2019 (2Q19). According to the latest results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Notebook ODM QView,...

ITU, Cisco partner on digital skills transfer

ITU, in partnership with Cisco, has launched the Digital Transformation Centres Initiative to equip people with the skills needed to effectively participate in today's digital society and economy. Through the initiative, launched at ITU Telecom World, ITU and Cisco...

Security appliances enjoy double-digit growth

The total security appliance market experienced double-digit unit shipment and revenue growth in the second quarter of 2019 (2Q19). According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Security Appliance Tracker, worldwide revenue increased 10,4%...

Business confidence falls to 20-year low

Treasury's economic policy paper has failed to spark enthusiasm, write Lullu Krugel, PwC Strategy & Chief Economist for Africa, and Dr Christie Viljoen, PwC Strategy & Economist. The Bureau for Economic Research (BER) reported on September 11 that South...

IBM unveils z15 with industry-first data privacy

IBM today announced IBM z15, a new enterprise platform delivering the ability to manage the privacy of customer data across hybrid multicloud environments. With z15, clients can manage who gets access to data via policy-based controls, with an industry-first...

Banks gear up to tackle financial crime

A new independent survey by research firm Ovum on behalf of global analytic software firm FICO has found that most banks plan to integrate their fraud and financial crime compliance systems and activities in response to new criminal threats and punishing fines. Ovum...

New Cisco SA head no stranger to the company

Cisco has appointed Garsen Naidu as its new country manager for South Africa. Naidu has been with the company for eight years, his most recent position being head of the Partner and System Engineering organisations for Sub-Saharan Africa. "Garsen has led our Partner...

The aliens are coming …

During what has been a content-rich summer season across the northern hemisphere, children have shown significant interest in viral memes about Area 51, according to Kaspersky's annual summer report into kids' online safety. Area 51 is commonly believed to be a...

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