IBM debuts sub-1nm chip in miniaturisation first

IBM has found a way to further miniaturise chips, with the introduction of the world’s first sub-1 nanometer (nm) chip technology, featuring a transistor architecture at the 0,7nm, or 7 angstrom node. The achievement marks a landmark moment for an industry facing the...

Flexible, AI-driven, multi-income careers: Gen Z wants it all

Gen Z professionals are rethinking their careers, embracing flexible, AI-enabled and multi-income pathways to build long-term earning potential, according to new research from International Workplace Group (IWG). AI is not just another wave of innovation - it is part...

AI coding costs set to outstrip developer salaries

By 2028, AI coding costs will overtake the average developer’s salary due to rising large language model (LLM) token consumption and the shift to consumption-based licensing models, according to Gartner. AI tokens are the units of data processed by generative...

‘A defining opportunity for Africa to leapfrog into the AI era’

The transition from legacy 2G/3G networks to 4G and 5G will act as critical infrastructure for Africa's participation in the AI economy, according to the latest Ericsson Mobility Report: Sub-Saharan Africa, which says AI and uplink-heavy applications are set to...

Resellers: Make your voice heard

Voting has officially opened for the South African IT distribution channel’s most prestigious awards – the Channelwise Awards 2025 – where resellers and partners get the chance to rate and reward their top distributors and vendors. “Over the years, the Channelwise...

Supply chain cybersecurity hits Peak of Inflated Expectations

Supply chain cybersecurity has reached the Peak of Inflated Expectations, while generative AI (GenAI) is in the Trough of Disillusionment and presents an added threat to secure supply chains, according to Gartner. “The large number of multitier partners in an...

Retail brands embrace AI, drive surge in spending

Retail and consumer product executives are dramatically shifting their focus toward artificial intelligence (AI), with a new global study from the IBM Institute for Business Value indicating that participants’ project spending outside of traditional IT operations...

Key AI trends that will separate leaders from laggards

Three transformative themes will drive AI and data-driven businesses in the year ahead: authenticity, applied Value, and agents. This is according to  Qlik, which draws on deep market analysis to share its outlook for trends in 2025. These trends were developed by...

PC market closed out 2024 with slight growth

PC shipments during the fourth quarter of 2024 grew 1,8% from the prior year with global volumes reaching 68,9-million shipments, according to preliminary results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. For...

PC sales set to grow for the first time since 2021

The past three years have been a rough ride for the PC industry. With inflation crunching consumer purchasing power and fewer people spending money on new tech, PC sales plunged by more than $20-billion, one of the sharpest drops in the market’s history. But, after...

Intel accelerates software-defined whole-vehicle approach

At CES 2025, Intel unveiled an expanded product portfolio and new partnerships designed to accelerate automakers’ transitions to electric and software-defined vehicles (SDVs). Intel now offers a whole-vehicle platform, including high-performance compute, discrete...

Banshee Stealer targets macOS users 

As macOS continues to gain popularity, with over 100-million users globally, it’s becoming an increasingly attractive target for cyber criminals. Despite its reputation as a secure operating system, the rise of sophisticated threats like the Banshee MacOS Stealer...

Nvidia launches Cosmos World Foundation Model Platform

At CES 2025, Nvidia announced Nvidia Cosmos, a platform comprising state-of-the-art generative world foundation models, advanced tokenisers, guardrails and an accelerated video processing pipeline built to advance the development of physical AI systems such...

2024 vehicle sales decline, despite late-year recovery

December vehicle sales in South Africa rose for the third consecutive month, increasing by 2,5% compared to December 2023. This growth was primarily driven by an 8,2% rise in passenger car sales, with the rental industry continuing to play a significant role in the...

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According to a Gartner study, by 2022, 85% of all customer service interactions will start with self-service. For the insurance industry, it's become increasingly important to digitise the customer journey and offer tools that empower customers to find information,...

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Hello SASE. Goodbye SD-WAN?

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Re-engineering the document management system

As we move further into the digital age, paperless systems are becoming a more appealing way to deal with document management and storage. Instead of physical filing systems and cabinets taking up space, a document management system (DMS) enables you to store and...

All the highlights from Webex One

In line with the defined focus on innovation delivery demonstrated this year, Cisco has, through its annual Webex One event announced significant new features across its Webex ecosystem, the industry's first and most comprehensive end-to-end hybrid work solution. Here...

Remember the human condition when planning the hybrid workplace

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New president for SAP EMEA South

SAP has appointed Emmanuel Raptopoulos as the new president for SAP's EMEA South region, which comprises Southern Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He will report to Scott Russell, SAP executive board member: customer success. Raptopoulos, who is based in Milan,...

Orange converts African data centre to solar power

The GOS (Groupement Orange Services) is a resource-pooling entity for the 18 Orange Middle East and Africa subsidiaries, which provides hosting and infrastructure operations, service platforms and IT to all the subsidiaries. The data centre was build in 2016 in Grand...

Advice for first-time share traders

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