Microsoft is set to implement a global price increase for its Microsoft 365 productivity suites, effective July 2026, targeting commercial and government customers. The company stated on Thursday that the price adjustments reflect the addition of more than 1,100 new features to the suite—including AI-driven productivity tools and enhanced integrated security—since the last major price…
Erik Du Toit, sales specialist and consultant, OpenText. Sensitive data used to be easy to define. It was the information you knew you had – customer records, identity numbers, bank details, contracts, board material and so on. You protected it by protecting the systems it lived in. And while that mental model still shapes many…
Newly minted small businesses often struggle to establish themselves as reliable service providers among their more established competitors. To help cloud-focused business thrive, Amazon Web Services has created the AWS distribution model to support small businesses and help them grow. In this episode of TCS+, Cloud On Demand’s Xenia Rhode and Developmenthub’s Odwa Ndyaluvane explain…
EskomSePush (ESP), the ubiquitous load-shedding app, has successfully transformed its core mission in 2025, a year characterized by the near disappearance of power cuts. With only eight days of load-shedding this year (down from 284 days in 2023), ESP’s founders, Herman Maritz and Dan Southwood-Wells, have solidified the app’s pivot towards becoming a vital interactive…
Tunca Rodoplu, B2B Sales and Marketing Director, Canon. The print industry is facing a growing talent crisis. As experienced specialists approach retirement, print service providers (PSPs) are not recruiting fast enough to replace the skills and knowledge that will soon exit the sector. For the industry to remain competitive and continue evolving technologically, PSPs must…
Esa Alexander/Reuters South Africa’s largest e-commerce platform, Takealot.com, has partnered with sister company Mr D Food to offer customers the delivery of products in the same time it might take them to order and receive fast food. Users of the Takealot app will be able to identify participating products via a “get it now” option…
MTN Zakhele Futhi’s only asset is MTN shares. As MTN’s empowerment vehicle – MTN Zakhele Futhi – draws nearer to delisting, shareholders are still disgruntled due to a lack of returns since it made its debut a decade ago. The empowerment vehicle – which trades under share code MTNZF – this week said it had…
BYD has officially launched the Sealion 5 in South Africa, introducing the country’s most affordable plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) to date. Priced at R499 900, the Sealion 5 signals BYD’s intention to aggressively pursue market share and go head-to-head with South Africa’s top-selling hybrid, the Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid. Speaking at the launch in Johannesburg,…
Sanveer Ramdutt with his company’s new AccurioPress C4080. More than eight decades ago, Gainchund Ramdutt stepped into the printing trade in Durban. By 1969, armed with skill and ambition, he founded Art Printers – a family business that would eventually become part of South Africa’s history. During the anti-apartheid struggle, Art Printers wasn’t just a…
With the hot summer season approaching in South Africa, Samsung’s WindFree air conditioners will make a great addition to your home. They are engineered to deliver a comfortable climate, energy efficient and quiet, draft-free cooling, whether you’re trying to fall asleep or be productive in your home office. With intelligent airflow, adaptive cooling and a…
