Gold near record highs on Fed rate cut bets
Gold traded just $23 short of its all-time high this week as investors positioned for fresh US rate cuts and a weaker dollar, prompting the financial advisory deVere Group to predict that it could climb to $5 000 per ounce before the end of the first quarter of 2026....
Trend Micro teams up with McLaren Racing
Cybersecurity company Trend Micro has been named an official partner of the McLaren Formula 1 team for the remainder of the 2025 season and beyond, helping them by safeguarding operational systems and sensitive data. “It is fantastic to have Trend join the McLaren...
Fraud accounts for a quarter of SA’s financial crime
Fraud has been the most frequently recorded type of financial crime in South Africa – accounting for 26% according to an analysis by LSEG Risk Intelligence. The research showed that control or regulation violations and theft and embezzlement took second and third...
AI agents step up as consumer trust slips
Consumer trust in companies is at a record low – but artificial intelligence (AI) is raising the stakes for brands, according to Salesforce’s latest State of the AI Connected Customer research. Today, 60% of consumers believe that advances in AI make trust even more...
Supply chain risks under the spotlight
A big majority of organisations were negatively impacted by a supply chain cyber breach over the past 12 months, each suffering 3,7 breaches on average. This is among the findings of BlueVoyant’s fifth annual global survey into supply chain cyber risk management. The...
NIS2 compliance comes at a cost
With NIS2 implementation now underway across the EU, a new Censuswide survey commissioned by Veeam Software reveals the significant impact on businesses as they adapt to this key cybersecurity directive. The study found that, while most IT leaders are confident about...
Equipment buy-back rate set to change
Xperien has urged businesses to start preparing for important buy-back rate changes in 2025. These changes stem from the introduction of Windows 11, the rise of AI-enabled devices, and increasing environmental concerns about outdated equipment. Wale Arewa, CEO of...
Kaspersky identifies signs of AI in phishing attacks
Cybercriminals are increasingly using large language models (LLMs) to generate content for large-scale phishing and scam attacks, Kaspersky’s AI Research Center experts have discovered. As threat actors attempt to generate fraudulent websites in high volumes, they...
AMD, Fujitsu partner on sustainable AI infrastructure
AMD and Fujitsu have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to form a strategic partnership to create computing platforms for artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC). The partnership, encompassing aspects from technology development to...
Nvidia Ethernet accelerates xAI’s supercomputer
xAI’s Colossus supercomputer cluster, comprising 100 000 Nvidia Hopper GPUs, achieved this scale by using the Nvidia Spectrum-X Ethernet networking platform, which is designed to power multi-tenant, hyperscale AI factories using standards-based Ethernet, for its...
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Pinnacle becomes a Commvault Service Advantage Distributor
Pinnacle has achieved Foundation level Commvault Service Advantage Distributor status as of May 2021. This certification acknowledges Pinnacle's advanced level of technical knowledge as well as their capability with the Commvault solution stack. As the largest...
MTN commits R170m for EC network modernisation
MTN has committed an additional R170 million investment in the Eastern Cape. The MTN Network currently provides coverage to over 98% of the population in the province and over 87% of the population already have LTE coverage. "In the past six months MTN has made...
Working models during and after the pandemic
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Job creation can reboot SA’s ICT transformation
South Africa's ICT sector, which has come under renewed pressure to transform in recent months, is increasingly looking to NPO YES (Youth Employment Service) to help create a new cohort of tech-skilled youth through YES's turnkey implementation partner model....
Why move to the cloud?
Moving to the cloud is the key to succeeding in the digital era. Many business leaders are making this move to improve security, flexibility, and agility whilst others are doing it to keep relevant and productive, ultimately with the bottom line in mind. By Garry...
Online University of the People expands in SA
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Digital trends are transforming higher education
Pandemic life has resulted in a rapid shift to digitisation, most notably in the education sector. This has meant that teachers, students and parents had to acclimatise to remote e-learning via digital platforms. As a result, traditional face to face teaching methods...
Why the privacy role is more important than ever
The time has come for all organisations to recognise the importance of the privacy role and to see it as a standalone function within the operating model. Cyrus Ndyamba, Bizmod's privacy consultant, says that although the data privacy and information security...
Digital retail and its relationship with data
With more South Africans shopping online than ever, retailers have had to rethink their digital strategies, especially when it comes to data analysis and optimising the supply chain. By Vishalan Moodley at TechSoft International Consumers can buy just about anything...
Remote working enabled with purpose-designed laptops by HP- brought to you by Axiz
With work from home (WFH) having become mainstream in South Africa since the first Covid-19 lockdown in March 2020, there’s consensus that the “new normal” will see a hybrid working model emerge, with employees accessing the corporate network at least partly from out...
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