Stop selling me cloud. Start solving my problems
Technology spend needs to move from consumption to accountability, writes Brandon Moodley, chief financial officer at Cloud On Demand. I do not need a utilisation report. Tell me what changed in the...
View ArticleWorking for an SME could unlock your career potential
South Africa’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs) play a central role in the economy, accounting for around 91% of formal businesses, 60% of employment and 34% of GDP. Yet many jobseekers overlook the...
View ArticleStop renting intelligence. Start building it
South African CEOs are under pressure. Competitors are announcing AI wins, boards are demanding productivity gains, and the fear of missing out is driving hasty investments in tools and tokens. By Ravi...
View ArticleHyprop’s SHIFT Gaming Experience crowns national champions
South Africa’s competitive gaming community stepped into the spotlight at Canal Walk, where the national finals of Hyprop’s SHIFT Gaming Experience brought the tournament series to a thrilling close...
View ArticleVodacom ploughs R500m into digital inclusion in the Western Cape
Vodacom Western Cape is making bold strides towards digital inclusion through an investment of more than R500 million in network infrastructure during the current financial year. The investment will...
View ArticleThe real cost hiding in businesses isn’t on the balance sheet
South African businesses have gotten good at spotting cost pressures. Inflation, fuel, hiring freezes – none of it goes unnoticed. What gets missed, according to Nic Laschinger, technology director at...
View ArticleiTOO and Certra warn of surging business email compromise
South African businesses are facing an unprecedented rise in business email compromise (BEC) leading to fund transfer fraud (FTF), a form of digital fraud occurring far more often than ransomware...
View ArticleKaspersky accelerates Threat Intelligence workflows with new AI features
The latest Kaspersky Threat Intelligence Portal update accelerates and simplifies daily operations for SOC teams and threat analysts. AI summarisation and MCP connectivity for third-party AI tools...
View ArticleBlack November: is your ecommerce business resilient enough to survive success?
Black Friday has evolved. What was once a single day of discount-driven frenzy has stretched into weeks of promotional activity, now widely described as Black November, quietly changing the question...
View ArticleNEC XON expands cyber resilience with Cohesity accreditation
NEC XON has been appointed an accredited Cohesity Technical Support Partner Program (TSPP) Partner, strengthening its ability to deliver enterprise data protection, cyber resilience and recovery...
View ArticleBuilding the leadership pipeline for Africa’s digital future
Africa has the youth population and emerging digital sector to become a serious global force in the digital economy. However, realising that potential will require the continent to continue expanding...
View ArticleCybersecurity: An evolving battleground in the finance sector
Banks, fintechs, and other service providers are investing heavily in cybersecurity. But is the complex network of third-party providers, technology partners, and outsourced services they depend on as...
View ArticleAI agents without enforced scope the next insider threat
Instead of just defending the perimeter, or keeping an eye on staff members accessing files they shouldn’t, security leaders now have to govern software that already sits inside their walls. Except...
View ArticleSwan goes live on SSP Pure
Mauritius-based insurer Swan has gone live on SSP’s Pure platform, just over seven months after project commencement, delivering Phase One of the programme on time and within budget. Following a...
View ArticleAweh Mobile launches in SA
South Africa’s telecommunications landscape has welcomed a new player with the official launch of Aweh Mobile. Aweh Mobile places the household at the centre of its value proposition, as mobile...
View ArticleCan flexibility and ingenuity rewrite the economics of township fibre?
South Africa still has several million homes that remain unserved by fibre or other high-speed fixed access connectivity services. Sandile Mkhwanazi, head of community relations at Frogfoot Rise, on...
View ArticleAfrica’s AI future depends on what we choose to own
Africa does not need to build the world’s largest AI model to shape its place in the AI economy. Our more urgent task is to decide where control must sit as AI moves from pilots into live services. By...
View ArticleBusinesses should prepare for the AI security gap employees may unwittingly...
There’s no denying that employees are increasingly relying on AI tools to support their workloads and tasks. AI saves time and, in many cases, improves clarity and speed when used correctly. By...
View ArticleCloud has grown up. Now businesses need to grow smarter
A short time ago, the main issue in cloud computing was this: How fast could we migrate? By Avinash Gupta, head of centre of excellence at In2IT Technologies In every sector of the business world,...
View ArticleBuilding Africa’s next broadband economy beyond just connectivity
Broadband connectivity has become a foundation of Africa’s digital economy. But as the continent enters its next phase of digital development, the question is no longer simply how to connect more...
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