Rian Van Greunen, iOCO Managing Director for Automation Cluster. iOCO and AWS have teamed up to help OpenText customers modernise information management environments, strengthen data governance and become AI-ready without compromising data residency requirements. Speaking ahead of the OpenText Summit Africa to be held in Johannesburg soon, Rian Van Greunen, iOCO Managing Director for Automation…
The businesses pulling ahead today have redesigned processes so information moves automatically. (Image source: iStock) For years, business growth followed a familiar formula. More customers meant hiring more people. More work meant expanding the team. More administration meant adding another pair of hands to keep things moving. That approach worked when growth was driven by…
Paul Stuttard, director, Duxbury Networking. As organisations accelerate their adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), cloud services and increasingly distributed digital business platforms, networks are being required to do far more than simply interconnect users and applications. They are obligated to maintain strict security protocols, cope with ever-changing traffic needs and support increasingly complex digital environments….
A US court legitimises shredding books for AI training, raising questions about copyright, culture and consequences for South African authors.
Netstar has spent this year embedding itself in South African sport. Look closely and what emerges is less a sponsorship strategy than a business genuinely enthusiastic about using an existing capability to solve new and interesting problems. At the Amashova Durban Classic this month, 4 000 cyclists rode a route between Pietermaritzburg and Durban while, somewhere…
ITWeb Cloud Summit 2026 is an opportunity for tech leaders, cloud architects and business decision-makers to unpack how AI-driven infrastructure is reshaping IT. ITWeb Cloud Summit 2026, on 29 September in Bryanston, will highlight the opportunity for organisations to leverage the combination of artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud, which results in powerful managed AI models…
Sudesh Pillay and Tamia Nontsikelelo For small and medium enterprises, technology must do one thing above all else: get out of the way. Unlike large corporations with dedicated IT departments, SMEs run lean – and every hour spent wrestling with systems is an hour not spent on the business itself. In this episode of TechCentral’s…
MTN Ghana said the proceedings do not affect its operations, services or Mobile Money business. MTN Group and fintech firm Clydestone Ghana are locked in a legal dispute over the alleged unauthorised use of intellectual property linked to the West African country’s mobile money sector. Clydestone this week filed a writ of summons and statement…
Ossama Eldeeb Cisco has appointed Ossama Eldeeb as MD for Africa, effective immediately, handing the networking and security company’s continental operations to a 26-year industry veteran who has spent recent years building out its partner channel. Eldeeb will run Cisco’s commercial operations and investment strategy across Africa, working with the company’s local partners, Cisco said…
Dan Hauenstein, VP of Product Marketing at SolarWinds. IT environments have become overwhelmingly complex, with many organisations across Africa managing hybrid estates of legacy infrastructure, on-premises systems, cloud platforms and distributed networks. AI and automation are changing the game, turning IT teams from operators and reactive ‘firefighters’ into orchestrators. This is according to Dan Hauenstein,…
