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Microsoft outage exposes risks of concentrated digital workflows

A widespread Microsoft outage that began on 12 November 2026 disrupted Outlook, Teams, and Microsoft 365 across 74 countries, generating over 130 000 Downdetector reports. While Microsoft confirmed it was investigating Exchange Online mailbox access issues across...

Despite perceived value, companies lag in digital workplace redesign

Eight in 10 IT decision-makers say the digital workplace is critical to successful AI-led transformation – but only 10% report fundamentally redesigning it for AI. This is among the findings from Lenovo’s sixth Work Reborn report, The AI-ready workplace, which exposes...

AI risk is growing faster than AI value

CIOs and IT leaders report that AI risk is growing faster than AI value in their organisations and, as a result, the new challenge for CIOs is to compound value faster than risk, says Gartner. Gartner analysts say that value and risk are interconnected, and CIOs must...

Don’t bank on Dezemba to turn your business around

Festive trading is often regarded as a make-or-break period for South African small businesses, but its impact is far from uniform. A 2025 SME Confidence Index survey by Business Partners Limited reveals that, while 45,35% of respondents reported a positive impact on...

Senior Software Engineer

Role: Senior Software Engineer / Senior .NET Developer (Contract) Location: Cape Town, hybrid; preference for candidates based in Cape Town Contract: Initial 12 months Experience: 8-10 years software development; at least 5 years hands-on with Microsoft .NET...

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Senior Solutions Architect

Job PurposeTo envision, architect, and lead the development of fit-for-purpose, integrated end-to-end technology solutions across multiple platforms and cloud environments. Provide technical leadership in designing scalable, resilient, secure, and cost-effective...

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Chip stocks to stay wild

Wild swings in global chip stocks are likely to continue until markets know where US interest rates are heading and who controls Congress after the midterms. This is the warning from Nigel Green, CEO of deVere Group as the turmoil spread from Wall Street to Asia on...

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Smartphone shipments tank, with worse to come

The global smartphone market shrank 22.0% year-on-year to 255,3-million units in the third quarter of 2026 (3Q26), according to the preliminary data from IDC Research (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, Shipments tanked 22% year-on-year (YoY) in 3Q26,...

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Google funds UCT to accelerate AI platform

The University of Cape Town (UCT) has secured $1,6-million (approximately R26,4-million) from Google.org to develop an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered platform that could help doctors make safer, more effective treatment decisions for African patients by mapping...

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Climate risks are SA’s next economic challenge

For much of the past two years, economists, policymakers, and businesses have focused on familiar risks: inflation, interest rates, geopolitical tensions, and slowing global growth, writes Aroni Chaudhuri, chief Africa economist at Coface. Yet one of the more...

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