AI-powered threats are set to soar
AI has changed the rules of deception. What once took a skilled fraudster hours or days now takes a model seconds. Just in time for International Fraud Awareness Week 2025 on 16-22 November 2025, a new cross-industry survey of anti-fraud professionals by the...
AI reckoning will define investing in 2026
A global reset is unfolding across AI and tech markets as investors confront the limits of a model that has powered equity gains for two years. This warning from Nigel Green, CEO of deVere Group, follows four sessions of heavy selling across world indices, with the...
IBM, Scuderia Ferrari enhance Formala 1 fan experience
IBM and Scuderia Ferrari HP have introduced a new mobile app experience designed to bring the passionate global fanbase of nearly 400-million Tifosi closer than ever to cars, drivers and races. Now available in English and – for the first time – Italian, the app...
PMI shows another decline for manufacturing
The latest Absa Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for April 2025 points to a deterioration in manufacturing sentiment. The index remained in contraction for a sixth straight month. The seasonally adjusted PMI fell by 4 points to 44.7 in April, the weakest reading since...
Machine learning helps protect endangered whales
SAS is helping Fathom Science Inc North Carolina State University tech spin-off that is building digital twins of the ocean, validate its whale location prediction model so vessels can avoid striking critically endangered North Atlantic right whales. Fathom Science...
AI makes privacy more complex than ever
With data privacy critical to establishing business value and trust, a complex landscape is emerging where the demand for local data storage intersects with reliance on global providers’ expertise. The eighth edition of Cisco’s Data Privacy Benchmark Study, conducted...
Doug Woolley exits Dell
Doug Woolley, GM and vice-president: sales for southern Africa at Dell, is leaving the global IT vendor after a 10-year tenure. Having joined Dell in 2015, Woolley has led the local company through a number of changes, including the merger of Dell and EMC in 2016....
Court upholds Turkcell appeal on MTN case
The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has overturned a previous high court judgement for MTN, and will allow a case brought by Iran’s Turkcell against MTN to be heard in South Africa. The judgement is the latest move in a 2013 high court case brought against MTN by...
Is it time to say goodbye to passwords?
Each year on the first Thursday of May, cyber security professionals urge the public to strengthen their password hygiene. But in 2025, this tradition may be past its expiry date. Why? Because our over-reliance on passwords is becoming the very risk we seek to avoid....
Be wary of AI password generation
Most online services and apps require the user to create a password – but chances are many of those passwords are not being used daily and due to this overabundance, there’s a high probability that many of the passwords are being reused. Poor password management is...
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Guarding against fraud and corruption can bolster trust with stakeholders
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From analysing customer data to sales success
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NetApp award for Westcon-Comstor SSA
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Twoobii uses as-a-Service to expand offering
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OneWeb appoints Paratus as African distributor
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Solve false alarms during loadshedding
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Huawei demonstrates Western Cape investment
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