ManageEngine rolls out autonomous AI
ManageEngine, a division of Zoho and provider of enterprise IT management solutions, has launched Zia Agents, the company's proprietary AI-powered autonomous agent, across its digital enterprise management suite. Built within a secure and privacy-compliant framework,...
New benchmark aims to measure product readiness in SA businesses
South African businesses have become highly effective at digitising quickly. What remains far less clear is whether the systems underneath that growth are actually built to sustain it. That is the premise behind a new initiative launched this month by Specno, which...
No room for error: Hotel payments optimised
Hotels now have access to a seamless, end-to-end payment experience that follows the guest from booking through to checkout. Already live across the Red Carnation Hotel Collection’s South African portfolio - including the Oyster Box, Bushman's Kloof Reserve &...
I think I gave my AI an anxiety disorder
By Barry Buck - I said something to my project manager last week that started as a joke and has been quietly haunting me since. Anthropic might owe me money – because between the last-minute requirements and the volume I push through it, I am fairly sure I am going to...
Dell delivers production-ready agentic AI
Dell Technologies has introduced Dell Deskside Agentic AI, a new addition to the Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA that gives workgroups the ability to deploy and scale agentic AI workflows locally without the cost, latency and data sovereignty constraints of cloud-only...
Horizen debuts consumer-grade NB-IoT tracker for portable assets
In the first nine months of the 2025/2026 financial year, the South African Police Service (SAPS) recorded more than 77 000 vehicle-related theft cases, including 22 726 thefts of motor vehicles and motorcycles and 54 838 cases of theft from motor vehicles. Behind...
Infrastructure is the real hurdle for SA’s AI bots to overcome
In the world of AI voice technology, the difference between a satisfied customer and a frustrated hang-up is measured in mere milliseconds. By Bruce von Maltitz, CEO of 1Stream While the global hype focuses on the brilliance of Large Language Models (LLMs), the real...
SA’s circular economy could be in for a boost
South African solar and battery backup consumers are in for yet another round of industry-wide price increases, but it’s not all bad news. By Lance Dickerson, MD of Revov SA But before we dig into that, no discussion about the proliferation of behind-the-meter solar...
Lenovo enables fast deployment of production-ready agentic AI
Lenovo is enabling enterprises to deploy production-ready, agentic AI solutions in as little as one week, eliminating the long development cycles that typically delay AI from reaching production, while maintaining enterprise-grade security, governance, and control....
SMEs operate at half their potential: new platform targets the structural cause
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) generate, on average, only around half the productivity of large firms. This is a gap equivalent to as much as 5% of GDP in advanced economies and up to 10% in emerging markets, according to OECD and McKinsey research. Despite...
Local language models critical for accurate AI transcription
As AI becomes more deeply embedded in business systems, South African companies need to assess whether the underlying language tools are fit for the local market. This is the view of Euphoria Telecom MD Warren Hawkins, who says: “Transcription accuracy is becoming a...
Infrastructure, skills and the AI opportunity key to building SA’s digital future
President Cyril Ramaphosa's announcement at the 2026 State of the Nation Address of a R50-billion investment into data centres over the next three years signals that South Africa recognizes digital infrastructure as the foundation for economic growth. By James...