MENA emerges as global leader in digital transformation
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Women take top spots in SA entrepreneurship challenge
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Global data centres face rising climate risks
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Consumer hunt for value reshapes SA market
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Global trade up $300bn in first half of 2025
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Xerox buys Lexmark for $1,5bn
Xerox has completed its acquisition of Lexmark International from Ninestar Corporation, PAG Asia Capital, and Shanghai Shouda Investment Centre and says the transaction - valued at $1,5-billion inclusive of net debt and assumed liabilities - marks a significant...
IBM debuts next-gen Power11 servers
IBM has revealed IBM Power11, the next generation of IBM® Power servers. Redesigned with innovations across its processor, hardware architecture, and virtualisation software stack, Power11 is designed to deliver the availability, resiliency, performance, and...
A new take on change adoption by employees
Only one in three (32%) mid-to-senior level business leaders said that the last change they led achieved healthy change adoption by employees, according to a new survey by Gartner. Gartner defines healthy change adoption as the success elements that leaders can...
Musk’s proposed party accelerates Bitcoin’s political ascent
Elon Musk’s announcement that his proposed America Party will fully back Bitcoin marks a major leap in the digital asset’s political legitimacy - and directly builds on the momentum initiated by the Trump administration earlier this year. This is the view of Nigel...
UCT debuts sign language-accessible website
In a first for South African higher education, the University of Cape Town (UCT) has launched a pilot project to make its National Benchmark Test (NBT) website accessible in South African Sign Language (SASL). The project is led by UCT’s SASL interpreter Michelle de...
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Email best practices under the spotlight
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Peach Payments offers daily settlements for all merchants
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Cambium Networks’ new fibre portfolio available in SA
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Mimecast launches Partner ONE program
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Understand and navigate AI risks
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Best practice tips for strengthening data privacy
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CIOs have never had more to offer – or to contend with
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Growth challenges for emerging African telcos
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