Unmanaged AI poses new ‘shadow agent’ crisis

A growing “shadow agent” crisis threatens to overwhelm businesses. According to the Veeam Software’ latest research, organisations across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) are battling unmanaged AI on two fronts. On the data security front, 70% of organisations...

A third of employees laid off due to AI will need to be rehired

As AI continues to accelerate the pace and scope of work, CIOs must prepare for four shifts that will influence the future of work, says Gartner. “When business and IT executives look back on the early AI-era, they will realise their greatest mistake was believing...

IT channel pivots to add value as AI takes off

Kathy Gibson reports from Pinnacle TechScape - Artificial intelligence (AI) may be at the peak of the hype cycle, but this doesn’t detract from the value that the technology will bring to the industry. That’s the word from Tim Humphreys-Davies, CEO of Pinnacle, who...

Network to the fore as agentic AI adoption takes off

In the era of agentic AI, the network is becoming the critical foundation for trust, security and the seamless operating models through which people and AI can build the future. However, as organisations move quickly to gain an advantage from AI, a significant gap has...

Ukraine cyberwar drives DDoS attacks to record levels

The first quarter of 2022 saw a sudden increase in attacks in late February as a result of the crisis in Ukraine. DDoS attacks are designed to interrupt network resources used by businesses and organisations and prevent them from functioning properly. They become even...

No end in sight for new cables connecting Africa

Africa gained new undersea cables with a combined construction cost of $12-billion between 2016 and 2021, with every major subsea deploying new cables during this timeframe. Investment is expected to continue across all global routes. Following three straight years...

Gates Foundation highlights ‘remarkable progress’

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has launched an inaugural annual report showcasing the remarkable progress that has been made in reducing extreme poverty and disease in recent decades, but issuing a stern warning to the world that future progress is in...

VPN crackdown will hurt China

GlobalWebIndex reports that China's campaign to crack down on VPNs will seriously disrupt the work of students, entrepreneurs and scientists. China currently has around 100 million regular VPN users, around 14% of its population. VPNs are used to access the global...

MEA hardcopy peripherals bounce back

The overall Middle East and Africa (MEA) hardcopy peripherals market (HCP) grew 17,4% year on year in Q2 2017 to total 1,19-million units, according to IDC. Much of this growth was spurred by accelerated demand for lower-priced inkjet devices, with the research and...

Cell C slashes OOB data rates

Cell C has tackled two of the major issues faced by data customers and is making some dramatic changes in an attempt to address those challenges. "The way customers consume data has changed and as a business, to remain customer focused, we need to adapt our own rules...

Kenyan startup shakes up fintech

Kathy Gibson at VMworld in Barcelona -- A Kenyan startup is leveraging the cloud to shake up big data, fintech and agritech in its home market and the broader sub-Saharan Africa region. Intelipro is barely two years old and already it touches literally millions of...

VMware grows business with partners

Kathy Gibson at VMworld in Barcelona -- Partnering remains the core of VMware's business, with 95% of sales in the EMEA region being signed through partners. "The company has had phenomenal momentum over the past year," says Jean Philippe Barleaza, vice-president:...

People, technology key to business success

Kathy Gibson at VMworld in Barcelona -- As computing sees massive change, with infrastructure moving to the cloud and automation or artificial intelligence taking over customer relationship tasks, CIOs have to make decisions for a future they may not be able to...

Beware Bashware!

Cybercriminals have apparently developed a new method for any malware to bypass security solutions, according to Check Point Security Research. "We have recently found a new and alarming method that allows any known malware to bypass even the most common security...

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