Cyril Ramaphosa. Image: GCIS Among the most salient features of South Africa’s empowerment laws are their practicality, feasibility and responsiveness to economic conditions without deviating from the objective of redressing the economic injustices of exclusion of the past. This stems from the need to meet two separate but interdependent objectives. The first is to achieve…
We’re still basking in the afterglow of an incredible week at Umbraco Codegarden 2025 in Odense, Denmark. It was inspiring, jam-packed with ideas, and filled with exciting conversations about the future of digital experience. Mark Hawkins and James Durrant were on the ground soaking it all in – connecting with fellow Umbraco partners, geeking out…
Trend Micro, in collaboration with Dell Technologies and NVIDIA, has released a suite of OEM appliances to support AI-powered infrastructure. Cyber security firm Trend Micro has partnered with Dell Technologies and NVIDIA to deliver a suite of co-developed, pre-approved original equipment manufacturer (OEM) appliances aimed at securing AI-driven infrastructure solutions. As part of the collaboration,…
If you have ever been woken up by a 3am database outage (or worse, a security breach tied to an overlooked SQL patch), you are not alone. SQL Server is the backbone of many business-critical applications. However, as deployments span on-premises, cloud and edge environments, maintaining everything securely, optimally and compliantly is a growing challenge….
Is AI making us smarter or dumber? The proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) in our daily lives has ignited a thought-provoking discussion about its impact on human intelligence. As AI becomes more sophisticated and integrated into various aspects of society, experts and laypeople alike are grappling with the question: Is AI making us smarter or…
If you work in ICT distribution, you’ve felt the shift. E-commerce has moved from a bolt-on to a business essential. What started as a convenience has become the way many customers expect to do business. Some see this as disruptive. I don’t. I see it as an enabler. That doesn’t mean it’s easy. It’s a…
Osaka Plant (clean booths) Rigaku Corporation, a global solution partner in X-ray analytical technologies and a Group company of Rigaku Holdings Corporation (headquarters: Akishima, Tokyo; CEO: Jun Kawakami; hereinafter “Rigaku”) has increased its capacity for production of semiconductor process control instruments at its own plant in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture and at the facilities of a…
Flutterwave named to TIME100 Most Influential Companies List for Second Time. Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payment technology company, has been named among the TIME100 Most Influential Companies List of 2025. This marks the second time the company has received this prestigious global honor. Flutterwave joins global leaders such as Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, Netflix, OpenAI, Universal Music…
Justin Berman, regional sales engineer at AlgoSec. (Image: Supplied) Security and compliance don’t always speak the same language. Governance teams want certainty, structured reporting and risk reduction. Engineers, on the other hand, want control, context and freedom to operate. And according to Justin Berman, regional sales engineer at AlgoSec, this fundamental misalignment often becomes a…
Johannesburg residents will soon be able to pick up digital radio broadcasts using a promising next-generation broadcast technology called DRM, or Digital Radio Mondiale. The test broadcasts, a licence for which is expected imminently from communications regulator Icasa, will see three radio stations – including Joburg’s popular music station Hot 102.7FM – take to the…
