Channel veteran Gary Pickford leaves Tarsus

By Mark Davison - After more than 24 years in various roles at the group, Gary Pickford, CEO of Tarsus Distribution, has resigned from the company. Group chief financial officer Emile Burger will take up the reins of the company from Pickford. “It is with a heavy...

Tariff shocks, AI disruption strain global growth

The global economic outlook has worsened since the start of the year, as rising economic nationalism and tariff volatility fuel uncertainty and risk stalling long-term decision-making, according to a new World Economic Forum report. The latest Chief Economists...

Technology critical for African agriculture’s future

Technology - particularly artificial intelligence (AI) – plays a critical role in enhancing agricultural productivity and reducing poverty across the continent. This is one of the findings from a white paper highlighting the trends shaping the agricultural landscape...

Thousands of ICT jobs in SA are going unfilled

South Africa’s digital economy is growing fast, but not fast enough to keep up with the country’s pressing need for jobs. New research by Collective X shows that, while employers need digital skills, too many junior roles are going unfilled. This highlights a critical...

Campus switch market drops again

According to a recently published report from Dell’Oro Group 3Q 2024 worldwide Ethernet Campus Switch revenues dropped by 24% year-over-year (Y/Y), marking the fourth consecutive quarter of Y/Y contractions. The Americas region dragged down market results, after...

Microsoft works with IOM on climate-driven displacement 

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and Microsoft have teamed up to address climate-induced displacement by harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) and data insights. Through innovative pilot projects with Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab in the Maldives,...

Telcos targeting ‘attractive’ SMB market

Telecoms service providers globally are upping their game to capture market share, grow revenue, and increase profitability by growing business in the small- and medium-sized business (SMB) market, according to new research from GlobalData. "Given the historical fact...

SA’s first solar façade skyscraper is generating power

Energy Partners, in collaboration with Fairvest, has completed the Metalbox skyscraper solar project in Auckland Park, Johannesburg, featuring building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) that generate up to 300MWh annually, making it South Africa's first solar facade...

Intel AI pioneers 8K OTT broadcast at Paris Olympics

Watching live Olympic sport from the comfort of your home in 8K video resolution - the highest broadcast-grade viewing quality - would, before today, have been something of a pipe dream. At the Olympic Games Paris 2024, Intel will demonstrate how this vision is...

Hybrid working can help bridge the gender gap

Research shows that women are more likely to return to full-time work when empowered to go hybrid, and that this work model can level out workplace opportunities. In August, a study by Public First found that hybrid working has encouraged many professionally educated...

More space junk clutters Earth’s orbit

Planet Earth is surrounded by spacecraft carrying out important work to study our changing climate, deliver global communication and navigation services and help us answer important scientific questions - but some of their orbits are getting crowded and increasingly...

CrowdStrike CEO must answer to Congress

As the dust starts to settle after Friday's global IT outage, the US Congress is looking for answers from the company that caused the issue. CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz has been called to testify about how the incident happened, and what mitigating steps the company...

New attacks personalise bulk campaigns

Kaspersky experts have identified a new phishing attack trend where elements of spear phishing are being used in bulk campaigns. Traditional bulk phishing emails target large audiences with generic messages, often rife with typos and simplistic formatting. In...

Europe faces severe skills shortage

Despite the continuous decline in European unemployment, the challenge of finding and retaining skilled workers is escalating for employers across Europe. The issue has reached a critical level with Europe's largest economy, Germany, facing a severe shortage of...

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Huawei offers partner value-adds

Huawei in on an active recruitment drive to sign up partners for its new Commercial Division. The company is building up its business channel system and looking to partner with a variety of different partners with experience in the commercial market, who understand...

LSD achieves VMware Master Services Competency in Cloud Native

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Findings underscore differing perceptions of the efficacy of data architectures, data management, and even the data itself, for fuelling confident decision-making. By Gary Allemann, MD of Master Data Management A new report, The Future of Data Architecture Study,...

OT the new feeding ground for cyber-attacks

Before the advent of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), operation technology (OT) was safeguarded against most cyberattacks. OT systems' propriety nature, standards and hard-wired connectivity protected it against malicious attacks. By Johan Potgieter, cluster...

Can we deliver effective CX in the era of remote work?

In the past few years, the world has undergone a significant change, as dealing with the challenges of the pandemic has led to a proliferation of remote and hybrid working models. More pertinently, these models are clearly here to stay, benefiting as they do both...

Omnichannel adoption is set to drive the new e-commerce experience

Market studies show that the recent Covid-19 pandemic served as a significant catalyst for ecommerce adoption among retail customers across the globe, with a vast majority of shoppers moving their spending online. By Mayen Warrie, key account executive at Infobip...

Why you need strong digital supply chain management

Digital transformation is crucial to the survival of any business today. And to truly capitalise on digital investments, organisations need to track the tools they are spending money on and understand how those tools are being used. This is known as digital supply...

A clear strategy can reduce your energy burden

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