Sophos secures the AI-era network
Sophos is helping organisations keep pace with the performance and security demands of the AI era with the Sophos Firewall v23, new XGS hardware, and a standalone Sophos NDR offering. Together, they drive stronger AI-era network defenses through Sophos Fusion, the...
Sage payroll connects directly to SARS
Sage has launched a new Monthly Employer Declaration (EMP201) integration, enabling employers to submit their monthly EMP201 returns directly from their payroll system to the South African Revenue Service (SARS). This removes one of the most manual and error-prone...
Datacentrix wins SolarWinds’ SA Growth Partner of the Year
SolarWinds has named Datacentrix, a leading hybrid ICT systems integrator, as Growth Partner of the Year for South Africa, acknowledging its commitment to developing the partnership. According to Lucky Qwabe, senior security solutions specialist at Datacentrix, the...
Paratus Lesotho opens for business with Starlink
Paratus Lesotho has been set up to provide high-speed internet services backed by local customer and technical support and offers Starlink enterprise connectivity alongside Paratus network solutions to businesses and organisations across the country. Makali Lepholisa...
Westcon-Comstor’s SAIL programme helps partners with AI demand
Westcon-Comstor has announced an initiative to equip channel partners with the commercial and technical capabilities to capitalise on growing demand for AI solutions. The Secure Artificial Intelligence Learning (SAIL) programme has been developed by the distributor’s...
Alphawave completes follow-on investment in Saigen
South African speech AI company Saigen today announced the successful close of a new investment from its shareholder, specialised South African technology group Alphawave. The funding follows Alphawave’s announcement in August 2026 that it had merged its Saigen and...
Chips, AI hit as midterms panic selling drags down AI’s strongest names
The chip selloff triggered by the Democrats’ midterm sweep is likely to deepen in the coming days as investors price in higher energy and financing costs for the AI buildout, though indiscriminate selling now risks punishing the sector’s strongest companies alongside...
Set-top box botnet hit more than 41 000 SA homes
A coalition of private and public sector partners has disrupted X.CPE, a global botnet hidden in more than 1,3-million TV set-top boxes across more than 200 countries - including South Africa. TrendAI research identified 41 651 affected devices in South African homes...
What we will lose with AGOA
South Africa will be excluded from the US’s African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) from January 2027. Sanisha Packirisamy, group economist at Momentum Group, unpacks what AGOA meant for the country, and what we stand to lose. South Africa was among the original...
Despite 6,3bn people online, digital divides persist
An estimated 6,3-billion people, or 76% of the world's population, are using the Internet in 2026, according to Facts and Figures 2026 by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The figure is up from a revised estimate of 6,1-billion people, or 74%, in 2025....
AI-first business processes will dominate by 2029
IDC Research predicts that, by 2029, 60% of Global 2000 (G2000) enterprises will run most of their business processes AI-first. The prediction— part of IDC FutureScape 2027, the company’s annual forecast for enterprise technology leaders—is predicated upon operations...
Gartner warns of new AI-related risks
Organisations risk turning AI from a strategic opportunity into a source of enterprise exposure, according to Gartner. Appearing for the first time in Gartner’s Quarterly Emerging Risk Report, AI strategy miscalculation was cited as the third most concerning issue by...