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...
Anthropic IPO puts mission-first capitalism to the test
As Anthropic prepares a record $100-billion initial public offering (IPO), Murthy Grandhi, company profiles analyst at GlobalData, offers this analysis. Anthropic’s planned IPO could be one of the most unusual public listings yet. As a public benefit corporation...
Spacecraft will slingshot past Earth on the way to Mars
In a few days, NASA’s ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) will perform a manoeuvre that no agency spacecraft has flown before — and do it twice. Each of the two ESCAPADE spacecraft will execute a “powered” flyby of Earth, combining Earth’s...
AI ROI falls short for customer service
Just 4% of customer service organizations have achieved the ROI they expected from AI initiatives, according to a survey by Gartner. A Gartner survey of 275 service and support leaders conducted in July through August 2026 revealed that many customer service and...
Record revenue for North American IT distribution
Technology distributors in the United States and Canada generated a record $28,9-illion in revenue in the third quarter of 2026 (3Q26), up 29,2% from $22,3-billion a year earlier, according to the IDC North America Monthly Distribution Tracker, powered by the Global...
Governance determines whether digital transformation succeeds
Ask organisations why digital transformation projects fail, and the answers are usually familiar. By Russell Thipha, chief solutions architect at Intellehub Budgets run out. Technology proves more complicated than expected. Users resist change. Legacy systems refuse...
Modern retail networks are secure, simple, and ready for what’s next
When a store’s point-of-sale (POS) system stalls during a holiday rush, the impact means longer lines, frustrated shoppers, and missed sales. Peak shopping periods test more than staffing and inventory, writes Miriam Kung, product marketing leader for Cisco Networking...
SoftwareOne earns AWS Data Services Competency
SoftwareOne has achieved the AWS Data Competency in both the Analytics and Database categories. The Data Service Competency involves rigorous technical validation across the full data lifecycle. It recognises AWS Partner Network (APN) members with proven customer...