Communications minister Solly Malatsi. South Africans from far and wide have engaged with the draft policy direction that seeks to review the role of equity equivalent investment programmes (EEIPs) in the ICT sector, with the official public consultation process garnering more than 19 000 submissions. This was revealed by the minister on Friday, delivering his…
Q-KON, a leading provider of satellite communication solutions, recently shared the significant success and proven efficacy of its Twoobii-LEO satellite services, powered by Eutelsat OneWeb, in revolutionising connectivity for the financial services industry in South Africa. This innovative low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite technology is transforming how South African banks ensure secure, high-speed and reliable communication…
Justin Ashworth, solutions executive at iOCO. Every day, businesses are flooded with information. Invoices, contracts, onboarding forms and compliance records build up quickly. Most of this data is unstructured, making it difficult to sort, search, share and use effectively. Yet many still rely on manual document handling or outdated optical character recognition (OCR) tools that…
Cyber crime is now the number one global business risk. Cyber attacks are a constant threat for organisations, with most facing the question of when, not if, they will be targeted. Just as businesses adopt new technology and processes to harden their defences or enhance operations, threat actors are continually evolving their tactics, techniques and…
Artificial intelligence has the potential to revolutionise project and programme management (PPM), offering unprecedented opportunities to enhance efficiency, accuracy and strategic decision making. As organisations increasingly adopt AI-driven tools and individuals become more adept at using those tools, the traditional functions associated with project delivery have begun to evolve from administrative to more strategic. Popular…
Anthony Laing, General Manager of Networking at NEC XON. (Image: NEC XON) NEC XON, Africa’s largest and most experienced Juniper Networks partner, has welcomed the completion of Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s (HPE) acquisition of Juniper Networks. This strategic $14 billion deal brings together the best of enterprise networking – HPE’s Aruba and Juniper’s Mist – to…
Solly Malatsi. Image c/o DCDT The department of communications & digital technologies on Friday gazetted the draft white paper on audio and audio-visual media services (AAVMS) and online safety for public comment by 10 August. This is the third version of the document (read it here), with the first and second editions published in 2020…
Musa Masungwini, senior system engineer for data protection solutions at Dell Technologies South Africa. Research shows a growing trend of attacks on PCs, and according to a CrowdStrike report, file-less malware that frequently targets memory on the PC comprises 75% of attacks. So claims Musa Masungwini, senior system engineer for data protection solutions at Dell…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang will hold a media briefing in Beijing on 16 July, an official from the company said on Sunday, marking his second visit to the country after a trip in April where he stressed the importance of the Chinese market. Since 2022, the US government has…
Microsoft has announced Naim Yazbeck as President for the MEA region. Microsoft has announced the promotion of Naim Yazbeck to president of Microsoft Middle East and Africa (MEA), effective 1 July. The company said since joining Microsoft in 2009, Yazbeck has held several leadership roles, most recently serving as GM, UAE. Microsoft commented: “A respected…
