In today's rapidly changing work environment, Connector managers are critical to helping organisations achieve long-term success, according to Gartner. Gartner experts explained that organisations that are most successful at developing their employees have focused on...

Half of business technologists produce capabilities for users beyond their own department and/or enterprise, according to a new survey from Gartner. They are primarily responsible for building analytics capabilities (36%), but are also involved in building digital...

Following a rash of targeted ransomware attacks upon hospitals in early 2016, Intel Security investigated the attacks, the ransomware networks behind them, and the payment structures enabling cybercriminals to monetise their malicious activity. The researchers...

Have you ever stopped to consider the positivity you bring to your friends, family or greater community? With September's "International Day of Positive Thinking" in mind, Chevrolet enlisted the cognitive capabilities of IBM's Watson platform to develop the Chevrolet...

As the start of a strategic content play, Cell C has partnered with Bl!nk Pictures to launch what it believes is a global-first reality show rooted in unearthing the next online sensation. Called, #BreakTheNet (#BTN), the talent search show is challenging the typical...

By 2020, 21-billion of Internet of Things (IoT) devices will be in use worldwide, with about 6% used for industrial IoT applications. However, IT organisations have issues identifying these devices and characterising them as part of current network access policy, says...

August 2016 was the warmest August in 136 years of modern record-keeping, according to a monthly analysis of global temperatures by scientists at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York. Although the seasonal temperature cycle typically peaks in...

The rash of mergers and acquisitions in the IT industry continues with the news today that OpenText has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Dell EMC's enterprise content division (ECD), including Documentum, for $1,62-billion. ECD offers a suite of leading...

The technologies defining the Fourth Industrial Revolution, or Industry 4.0, are being powered by cloud infrastructures. The Oracle "Cloud: Opening up the Road to Industry 4.0" report has found that from robotics to artificial intelligence, businesses view the cloud...

South African mobile payments startup iKhokha and Mastercard have announced a partnership that aims to boost payment card acceptance at micro, small and medium enterprises in informal settlements, while educating consumers and business owners on the benefits of using...