Ian Engelbrecht, EMEA field CTO at Veeam Software. (Photograph by Lesley Moyo) Traditional cyber resilience was built for human-speed threats. But in an era defined by AI agents, autonomous execution and emerging quantum risks, organisations must rethink what “recovery” truly means. This is according to Ian Engelbrecht, EMEA field CTO at Veeam Software, speaking to…
When Nelson Mandela stood before parliament in February 1996, he made a commitment that should have been one of the defining economic reforms of the democratic era. “For us, it is not a matter of whether, but of when, these controls will be phased out,” he said of exchange controls, echoing a similar pledge made…
Mark Govender, manager: Technical Sales, Africa, Veeam. (Image: Supplied) As scaling up AI deployments can increase data risk, organisations need the ability to classify, govern and continuously monitor all of their data and AI. This is according to Veeam data trust experts speaking during a webinar hosted by Veeam in partnership with ITWeb. They noted…
For years, African enterprises have faced a unique scissor gap: the urgent demand for digital transformation on one side, and the reality of unstable power grids, high cross-border bandwidth costs and a localised shortage of AI expertise on the other. In this context, pursuing outright ownership of underlying compute capacity risks trapping enterprises in a…
Alongside a comprehensive suite of AI milestones at Google I/O 2026, Google officially unveiled Wear OS 7, the next major iteration of its smartwatch operating system. The software overhaul translates the design language of the upcoming Android 17 release to the wrist, introduces advanced interface elements for real-time tracking, and establishes the architectural groundwork for…
MICT SETA and CHIETA recommit to cross-sector skills development. (Image source: 123RF) The Media, Information and Communication Technologies Sector Education and Training Authority (MICT SETA) and the Chemical Industries SETA (CHIETA) have renewed their memorandum of understanding (MOU) aimed at cross-sectoral skills development. Built on a partnership first established in November 2021, the renewed agreement…
Truecaller, the Nasdaq Stockholm-listed caller ID and spam protection platform, has launched a travel eSim service in South Africa, marking what its chief operating officer described as the company’s “first step” in cross-monetising its 500 million-strong user base into adjacent communication products. The South African launch on Friday is part of a 29-country roll-out and…
In a definitive transition for the world’s most valuable technology company, Apple announced that John Ternus will become its next Chief Executive Officer. Ternus, the company’s 50-year-old hardware engineering chief, is slated to take the reins on 1 September 2026. At that time, Tim Cook will transition to the role of Executive Chairman, concluding a…
Samantha Rule, CISO at Ninety One, outlines the considerations and concerns of implementing AI agents in enterprises. Offering efficiency gains and the potential for cost reduction, the adoption of AI agents in the enterprise is growing. However, despite the benefits offered, AI agents also open a wealth of cyber security risks, which need to be…
Plug-in hybrid electric cars (PHEVs) outsold pure battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) by more than two to one in South Africa last year, marking the local market out as a global outlier even as overall electric car adoption remained stuck below 1% of new vehicle sales. That’s according to the latest International Energy Agency (IEA) Global Electric…
