Albert Steenkamp, information security specialist at Discovery. In a cyber security world, where much focus is on the different ways AI can be used to infiltrate systems or automate attacks, attention still needs to be paid to the basics of cyber security, says Albert Steenkamp, information security specialist at Discovery. “Everybody likes to put AI out there,…
You might already own a Copilot+ PC, but chances are you haven’t discovered everything it can do. With Microsoft Copilot built directly into Windows and powered by neural processing units (NPUs), Copilot+ PCs move beyond traditional computing and become intelligent assistants designed to make everyday tasks faster, easier and more intuitive. Imagine a PC that…
Vodacom Group has moved to cement its dominance in East Africa with a massive R36-billion ($2.1 billion) transaction that will give it a controlling interest in Safaricom, one of the continent’s most valuable telecommunications and fintech players. Read: Epson CO-W01 Projector Review: Project Success The Johannesburg-headquartered group announced on Thursday that it has reached an…
Artificial intelligence speeds up code generation for tech teams. South Africa’s tech teams have reached near-universal artificial intelligence (AI) adoption, with 97% of tech team leaders reporting that their teams are already using AI tools in their workflows. While adoption is high, the actual impact of AI remains uneven — shaped by leadership alignment, process…
Adapt IT Telecom’s Phillip du Plessis Imagine sitting on a gold mine and not even knowing it. That’s what many telecommunications companies are doing today. Across the industry, providers collect vast amounts of data – from location pings and app usage to payment histories and device types. Yet, despite this flood of information, most only…
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…
