These were the largest service outages in 2024
Ookla has released its latest analysis on the largest internet outages during the first nine months of 2024. The report, based on Downdetector data, aims to analyse the largest challenges associated with service disruptions, as dependence on digital services...
Campus switch market drops again
According to a recently published report from Dell’Oro Group 3Q 2024 worldwide Ethernet Campus Switch revenues dropped by 24% year-over-year (Y/Y), marking the fourth consecutive quarter of Y/Y contractions. The Americas region dragged down market results, after...
SA consumers more discerning in seeking ‘bang for their buck’
South African consumers spent R112-billion in the first quarter of 2024 - a YoY increase of R7,7-billion (7,3%) - with ambient foods (including rice, sugar, and UHT milk), soft drinks, beer and frozen meat among the most significant contributors to this growth. This...
CFOs must treat cybersecurity as a business decision
With more executives identifying security as critical for enterprise revenue growth, the CFO needs to be comfortable handling cybersecurity investments that provide defensible performance and outcomes to business stakeholders, says Gartner. Paul Proctor, distinguished...
Intel’s Lunar Lake processors set for Q3 delivery
Starting Q3 2024 in time for the holiday season, Intel's upcoming client processors (code-named Lunar Lake) will power more than 80 new laptop designs across more than 20 original equipment manufacturers, delivering AI performance at a global scale for Copilot+ PCs....
Public cloud spending spurred on by GenAI
Worldwide end user spending on public cloud services is forecast to grow 20,4% to total $675,4-billion in 2024 - up from $561-billion in 2023 - according to the latest forecast from Gartner which says this growth is being driven by generative AI (GenAI) and...
Tarsus to distribute alternative virtualisation solution
Tarsus Distribution has partnered with Scale Computing, which offers edge computing, virtualisation, and hyper-converged solutions via its SC//Platform while simultaneously expanding its technology offerings to its channel partner network. "Our new partnership with...
New malware steals passwords under the guise of AI
A new ongoing malware campaign that exploits the growing popularity of AI tools by disguising itself as an AI voice generator has been discovered by Kaspersky. The malware uses GitHub to store password-protected archives as the final payload. This payload contains...
Apple trails in AI patents; Google leads with 870
Big tech firms are scooping up most of the AI patent rights - but Apple is falling behind its counterparts with a notable gap. According to Stocklytics.com, Apple pegged 142 patents to its name in 2023, less than a quarter of Google's total patents. The site's...
From ballot to boardroom: The impact of your vote
As President Cyril Ramaphosa, in accordance with constitutional provisions, declared 29 May 2024 as the date for the 2024 General National and Provincial elections, it becomes imperative to recognise the profound significance of every South African's vote. By...
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Data specialist PBT Group to list on A2X
PBT Group (share code: PBG) has been approved for a secondary listing on A2X Markets, and its shares will be available for trade on A2X from 1 February 2022. PBT Group will retain its primary listing on the JSE Limited (JSE) and its issued share capital will be...
SA startup Wamly targets international expansion
Wamly, the one-way video interview software startup has secured a second round investment from South African venture capital firm, Knife Capital. The deal sees Davey Gant, Knife Capital partner based in UK, joining the Wamly board of directors. Wamly is one-way video...
CompariSure secures R15m in funding
CompariSure has raised R15-million from HAVAÍC and 4Di, with HAVAÍC leading the Pre-Series A funding round. Founded in November 2017 by CEO Jonathan Elcock and CFO Matt Kloos, CompariSure is a financial services provider that distributes financial services products...
Shifting analytical gear in the contact centre
In the past, speech analytics solutions were an expensive, often out of reach investment for most contact centres. They were usually only accessible by larger contact centres with at least 300 seats and cost upwards of R2-million to implement. Today, this paradigm has...
Five trends shaping Africa’s future
Last year I started my trends forecast by saying: "Covid-19 made it clear that despite any organization's best efforts to predict what's coming, the possibility for major disruption always exists ... the only certainty is uncertainty." By Lee Naik, CEO of TransUnion...
Payment trends to watch in 2022
There is an ever-increasing number of ways for consumers to pay for goods and services. Clinton Leask, business development lead at Pay@, reflects on the trends that took shape in the payments space over the past year and what can be expected in 2022: Of course, there...
Cloud cost optimisation key for business success
The large cloud hyperscalers have built their business on the ability to provision resources on-demand. For corporate customers, this provides the opportunity to scale as needed. By Craig Freer, executive head: cloud managed services at Vox The risk with this comes in...
Effective workforce mobility at the heart of hybrid working
As a result of the pandemic, we're seeing workforce collaboration being harnessed like never before, with teams often becoming more globally distributed. By Sarthak Rohal, vice-president: IT services at In2IT Technologies Today's workforce needs streamlined processes,...
Energy trends for guiding miners to net zero
With decarbonisation at the forefront of miners' agendas, Aggreko has released its top tips to help miners decarbonise now and into the future. Aggreko's global head of mining, Rod Saffy, says while miners were embracing the global energy transition, some were unsure...
LGBTI+ summit examines supplier development
South African lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex business owners and entrepreneurs - and their supporters - are urged to register for the SA LGBTI+ Business Network Summit 2021/2022. Hosted by PLUS. The LGBTI+ Business Network, registration is free and...
Oracle Apps DBA
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