South Africans under increasing attack by fraudsters

A massive 68% of South Africans have been targeted by email, online, phone call or text messaging fraud in the last three months, with 13% saying they had become victims. Among those who said they were targeted, the most common reported schemes were phishing, where...

Solar Orbiter gets world-first views of the Sun’s poles

Thanks to its newly tilted orbit around the Sun, the European Space Agency-led Solar Orbiter spacecraft is the first to image the Sun’s poles from outside the ecliptic plane. Solar Orbiter’s unique viewing angle will change our understanding of the Sun’s magnetic...

Joburg is still Africa’s top data centre location

Johannesburg officially confirmed its position as Africa’s digital infrastructure powerhouse. The new Cushman & Wakefield 2025 Global Data Centre Market Comparison ranks Johannesburg as the continent’s leading data centre market and places it in the top 10...

IBM unveils scalable, fault-tolerant quantum roadmap

IBM is on track to deliver scalable quantum computing by the end of this decade. Scientists from the IBM Quantum Data Center in Poughkeepsie, New York, believe they have cracked the science for quantum error correction and will be able to build the world’s first...

Chiplet market to grow to $411bn by 2035

Chiplet technology is revolutionising the semiconductor industry by offering alternative advantages compared with traditional monolithic designs, according to new research from IDTechEx, which highlights the transformative potential of chiplets. In its latest study –...

The future of transportation in Africa

At this year’s SingularityU South Africa Summit, Dr Carlo van de Weijer, GM AT Eindhoven AI Systems Institute, shared his vision for how Africa can harness emerging technologies to leapfrog when it comes to transportation and create a more sustainable future. "The...

2024 Irish Tech Challenge launches in SA

The 2024 Irish Tech Challenge was launched in South Africa today (15 March 2024), at Tshimologong Precinct in Braamfontein. Darragh O'Brien, the Irish Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, will officially launch the 2024 Tech Challenge. The Irish Tech...

SA set to become a top-10 solar PV market this year

The dominance of solar photo-voltaic (PV) power continues to grow in South Africa's journey towards energy security, with BloombergNEF's Q1 global PV market outlook predicting that South Africa will be the 10th-largest PV market in the world in 2024. According to the...

Consumers brace for April electricity increases

An average South African household could be spending as much as R480 extra on their monthly electricity bills from April, translating to an additional R5 760 each year. This is according to Alumo Energy business director Jean-Phillipe Ghyoot, demonstrating the growing...

SA becomes a more attractive cybercrime target

There was a concerning surge in cyber threats targeting websites and key industries during February, underlining the critical need for heightened cybersecurity measures. The top three African industries targeted last month were utilities, manufacturing and...

Manufacturing Survey highlights lower business confidence

Load shedding, challenges at the ports and political uncertainty weighed on manufacturer confidence during the first quarter of 2024. According to the Q1 Absa Manufacturing Survey, business confidence dipped 5 points to 21, which is significantly lower than the...

Cybersecurity a resilient force TMT deal activity declines

Despite a decline in overall deal activity within the tech, media, and telecom (TMT) sector, cybersecurity has emerged as a resilient outlier. With escalating cyber threats globally, companies are prioritizing investments in cybersecurity capabilities, leading to a...

SA channel partners say data is key to growth

Channel partners in South Africa see data as both their biggest challenge and a major opportunity as they look to achieve growth and transition to recurring revenue models, according to new research. Westcon-Comstor surveyed more than 500 senior decision makers at...

Multicloud provides the best of both worlds

Kathy Gibson reports from Pinnacle Tech Tour - The multicloud environment is gaining in popularity as IT leaders opt for best-of-breed capabilities to achieve differentiated outcomes. "They want the cloud experience, with its flexibility," says Ben Steyn, pre-sales at...

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Digital transformation and the need to embrace a multi-cloud environment have disrupted the corporate landscape over the past 19 months. More than ever, business and technology decision-makers are looking for insights and guidance on how concepts such as multi-cloud,...

Virtual interviews are here to stay

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The effects of climate change on SA’s insurance industry

Climate change is a hotly debated environmental risk and with a marked increase in the frequency and severity of extreme weather events as outlined by Aon's Annual Catastrophe Report, there is a rising concern that weather catastrophes will impact the sustainability...

Securing smart devices in OT environments

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is all about connecting people, processes, and assets. Traditionally, devices in OT environments have been isolated or connected directly to an industrial control system. IIoT gives these devices a link to the internet. By Joe...

Data privacy requires a multi-pronged data protection approach

The introduction of the Protection of Personal Information Act (PoPIA) has put the spotlight on data security for many organisations, which has prompted many CIOs and chief information security officers (CISOs) to invest in data encryption. By Gary Allemann, MD of...

Hybrid working and the unexpected future

Hybrid working is never going to work. Work from home is never going to stick. Oh, really? Colin Thornton, chief commercial officer at Turrito Networks, questions the predictions. It was the year that finally changed global business gear - 2020. The year when...

Digital nomads need digital policies for business continuity

The world has changed. It has changed as fundamentally as it did when the wheel entered the transportation equation and electricity lit up the office. The world of work will never return to the humdrum run of traffic, office and watercooler gossip, not unless these...

Why investors should care about cybersecurity

Investors need to consider cyber preparedness in their investment decisions, writes Kondi Nkosi, country head of Schroders South Africa. Today, 100% of companies rely on the internet to operate, compared to the one-in-four 10 years ago, according to a study from...

Nology to distribute Call4tel 3CX PBX appliances in SA

Unified Communications appliance manufacturer Call4tel has appointed Nology as its local authorised distributor of the Call4tel 3CX PBX-certified appliance range. Ross Griffiths, product manager at Nology, says: "Nology identified a gap in the South African market for...

African banks turn to IBM hybrid cloud and AI

IBM has announced that major financial institutions across Africa have selected hybrid cloud and AI capabilities from IBM to unlock digital innovation and continue their work to develop digital-first solutions, ultimately broadening access to financial services on the...

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