SA businesses plan dramatic increases in cybersecurity budgets
A survey of business representatives conducted by Kaspersky for the IT Security Economics report found that IT budgets for cybersecurity are set to increase over the next three years for both SMBs and enterprises to cover a range of issues. In the Middle East,...
ChatGPT opens new doors
Ever since OpenAI launched Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer (GPT), it has emerged as a trending discussion among companies across industries. ChatGPT, which can be useful for a variety of applications such as chatbots, virtual assistants, customer service, and...
Generative AI dominates Twitter influencer discussions
Generative artificial intelligence (Generative AI) has become the latest Internet sensation with the introduction of ChatGPT and has created a rush among tech giants to put generative AI to work across industries. Against this backdrop, Twitter influencer discussions...
The changing face of financial roles …
CFOs have ambitious plans to reach a state of autonomous finance within the next three to six years that will require a significant reshaping of finance team structures to achieve, according to Gartner. "Most finance leaders, including many CFOs, are ill-equipped to...
Cloudflare thwarts biggest DDoS attack to date
Web infrastructure service Cloudflare has thwarted a record-breaking distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that peaked at over 71-million requests per second. According to the company, the attack emanated from a botnet comprising more than 30 000 IP addresses...
Scammers are expanding their crypto-romance cons
Sophos, has released details of two expansive and still operational pig butchering, or sha zhu pan, rings - elaborate and lengthy financial fraud scams that can cost victims thousands of dollars - that scammers are operating from Asia. One of the rings, based in Hong...
Women are being shut out of Web3
Web3 companies - those developing radical new applications involving the metaverse, blockchain technologies, and cryptocurrencies that are set to transform many global industries - are on the cutting edge of shaping the future of the digital world. But in one aspect...
Tourists are travelling back to SA’s biggest cities
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has revealed positive signs of recovery for the South African travel and tourism sector, with travellers heading back to its major cities. The report, researched in partnership with Oxford Economics, analysed key...
EziPay partners with MFS Africa
Cross-border remittances and digital wallet company EziPay, has partnered with digital payments gateway MFS Africa to bring last mile connectivity for remittances and collections to and from mobile money wallets and bank accounts in Africa. The partnership comes at a...
Student accommodation player increases investment in local startup
Student.com has increased its stake in South African tech start-up DigsConnect.com. Student.com initially invested an undisclosed amount in mid-2022, with founder CEO Luke Nolan saying that Africa offers exciting growth avenues for Student.com. "Finding student...
Datacentrix scoops six HPE partner awards
Datacentrix has received four company awards at the recent Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Partner Awards 2022, including Overall Partner of the Year, as well as two individual accolades. Wimpie Jansen van Rensburg, Datacentrix business unit manager: enterprise...
Westcon-Comstor signs up SolarWinds distribution
Westcon-Comstor has announced a joint distribution agreement with SolarWinds. As part of the agreement, Westcon-Comstor will provide the entire suite of SolarWinds network management and monitoring products to resellers and customers across South Africa and the...