AI spend soars to unprecedented levels

Worldwide spending on AI is forecast to total $2,7-trillion in 2026, a 49,5% increase year-over-year, according to Gartner. “Demand for AI infrastructure (including AI-optimised IaaS, AI-optimised servers, AI network fabric, AI processing semiconductors and devices)...

Defences improve, but ransomware still threatens SA businesses

Almost two-thirds (63%) of ransomware incidents in South Africa resulted in data being encrypted over the past year, according to the new State of Ransomware in South Africa 2026 report from Sophos. This is above the global average of 56% and an increase from the 60%...

20 years on and gender gap parity is fracturing

Twenty years after the World Economic Forum first measured the global gender gap, the world is closer to parity than ever, but progress is fragile, with gains reversing in some areas, according to the Global Gender Gap Report 2026. Women now reach senior leadership in...

Unemployed are least likely to prioritise betting spending-limit tools

The online betting group most likely to prioritise debt repayment with a windfall is also the group least likely to ask regulators or operators for spending controls, according to new research from Softswiss. Fewer than four in 10 unemployed South Africans think...

IBM acquires Microsoft Azure consultancy Neudesic

IBM has acquired Neudesic, a US cloud services consultancy specialising primarily in the Microsoft Azure platform, along with bringing skills in multicloud. The acquisition will significantly expand IBM's portfolio of hybrid multicloud services and further advance the...

Intel to acquire Tower Semiconductor for $5,4bn

Intel and Tower Semiconductor, a foundry for analog semiconductor solutions, have announced a definitive agreement under which Intel will acquire Tower for $53 per share in cash, representing a total enterprise value of approximately $5,4-billion. The acquisition...

Smartphones gear up for mobile payment services

At least 3,4-billion smartphones will be ready for Apple Pay, Samsung Pay and Android Pay by the end of 2017, and the number is expected to increase to 5,3-billion by 2021. IHS Markit estimates that by the end of the 2017, 11% of active smartphones globally will be...

SA’s IoT.nxt aims for global expansion

South African IoT.nxt is expanding globally and will open its first fully-fledged office in Europe in The Netherlands in July this year. It established an associate office in London in January this year. "The company participated in large scale IoT conferences and...

SqwidNet gets IoT deployment plan underway

SqwidNet, a licensed SIGFOX operator, has successfully started to deploy its ultra-narrowband IoT radio network in South Africa. The network is a critical component of the IoT ecosystem that enables low-cost, low-power, and highly secure connectivity for IoT data...

Altron forges ahead with restructuring

As restructuring under new chief executive Mteto Nyati gets underway, Altron has warned that discontinued operations will reflect a loss in earnings. In a trading statement, the group states that, following the appointment of Nyati, it will streamline and simplify...

Windows 10 adoption well underway

Migration to Windows 10 is expected to be faster than previous operating system (OS) adoption, according to a survey by Gartner that showed about 85%of enterprises will have started Windows 10 deployments by the end of 2017. Between September and December of 2016,...

Mophatlane out, Russell in at BCX

BCX CEO and founder Isaac Mophatlane has left the company with immediate effect. Ian Russell is to lead the Telkom subsidiary from today (1 May). Isaac and his twin brother Benjamin founded BCX (then Business Connexion) in 1996. Benjamin led the company until his...

Mustek celebrates 30 years today

IT distributor Mustek opened for business 30 years ago today. The modest business of components distribution has changed a number of times since then, mirroring the many shifts that the industry has undergone. Not long after it started the components business, David...

Smartphone market enjoys 4,3% growth

According to preliminary results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, phone companies shipped a total of 347,4-million smartphones worldwide in the first quarter of 2017 (1Q17). In light of what might seem like a...

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