Top data and analytics trends to factor in
More than one in 10 enterprises will be AI-first by 2030, outperforming competitors in the adoption of AI agents, semantics and converged data and analytics (D&A) platforms, according to Gartner. These three areas are the driving forces behind the top trends for...
AI drives global server sales past $122bn
The worldwide server market reached $122,6-billion in vendor revenue in the first quarter of 2026 - a 30,4% year-over-year increase — according to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker. The result reflects AI-driven infrastructure investment that has moved from...
HPE collaborates to advance quantum computing at scale
HPE has expanded relationships with eight companies to integrate high performance computing (HPC) and quantum computing systems to pave the way for practical and scalable hybrid classical-quantum applications in the future. The company says that, as a global leader in...
Cursor deal signals SpaceX’s post-IPO acquisition push
SpaceX’s $60-billion all-stock acquisition of Anysphere, the company behind the AI coding tool Cursor, highlights the company’s growing ambitions in artificial intelligence (AI) and place it on a more direct collision course with established leaders in the space,...
Vumacam helps recover hijacked vehicle in Alexandra
A hijacked vehicle was successfully recovered in Alexandra following a swift, coordinated response supported by Vumacam Proof and local law enforcement teams. The incident began when an eyewitness, who was stuck in traffic, captured video footage of a reported...
Finalists for SAS CTF qualifiers announced
Kaspersky has announced eight finalists of this year’s SAS CTF qualifying round, the company’s annual competition for professional CTF players and seasoned security experts, that outperformed more than 1 100 participants. With the winners advancing now to the offline...
AI and real-time monitoring are reshaping African investment decisions
Before financing a large agricultural project in central Africa, investors needed to answer a deceptively simple question: would there be enough water to sustain crops year after year? In many projects on the continent, questions like this are hard to answer with...
Managed firewalls positioned as active protection
South African organisations are increasingly dependent on connected systems, cloud platforms, remote access, and digital customer service. Yet many still treat firewall protection as something configured once and revisited only when there is a problem. IPT, a managed...
Employment‑led digital skills accelerate SA’s public sector transformation
South Africa’s ambitions for a more efficient, citizen‑centric public sector are well documented. Yet across government, the real constraint is often not policy or technology, but rather capacity in having skilled individuals inside departments who can turn digital...
The hidden productivity crisis costing businesses hours every week
Employees spend as much as 8,8 hours every week searching for information they need to do their jobs, according to workforce efficiency research by Synergis. For many organisations, that equates to more than an entire working day lost every week to finding information...
Duxbury Cybersecurity adds WatchGuard and Cynet
Duxbury Networking has strengthened its Duxbury Cybersecurity business unit with the addition of WatchGuard and Cynet. The move comes as cybersecurity buying becomes more fragmented and customer risk becomes harder to prioritise. Customers are no longer looking for...
Capturing SA’s AI moment: human advantage starts where the algorithm ends
When AI governance is still being defined at a national level, having control at an organisational level separates businesses from the competition. By Werner Joubert, commercial SYS business director (South Africa and SADC) at ASUS When South Africa’s government...