Cloud and AI investments do not automatically create business value. That was the verdict from a recent executive roundtable hosted by TechCentral in partnership with Cloud On Demand and Microsoft on 3 September 2026, where C-suite executives and senior technology leaders examined what they called “The Margin Illusion”: the assumption that adopting cloud and AI…
NetApp® (NASDAQ: NTAP), the Intelligent Data Infrastructure company, today announced at NetApp INSIGHT 2026 the winners of its North America Partner Awards for Fiscal Year 2026 (FY’26). NetApp’s strategic partnerships aid in providing NetApp products and solutions to solve the business challenges of their joint customers. The North America Partner Award winners have been instrumental…
Huawei Technologies unveiled its Mate 90 smartphone series on Thursday, betting on its in-house operating system and a redesigned chip architecture to boost performance in the face of US curbs on shipments of advanced semiconductors. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday ahead of the launch, Huawei consumer business chief Richard Yu said the company still faces…
BulkSMS has unveiled its refreshed brand identity, marking a new chapter for a business that has been helping organisations deliver business-critical SMS messages reliably for 26 years. Today, its gateway seamlessly integrates into business processes and software applications, reaches across borders and connects to over 800 mobile network operators worldwide. Richard Simpson, Managing Director of the…
Google has announced Argon, a new top-tier AI model to anchor its Gemini 4 generation, in a fresh bid to catch up with rivals Anthropic and OpenAI. Argon is larger than Google’s previous line of advanced “Pro” models, a company spokesman said. “It’s our most performant model yet built for complex workloads, and we see…
The recent Hugging Face incident has triggered a change in narrative around agentic AI but has not dampened spirits around the emerging technology, say experts. The rogue AI attack on open source platform Hugging Face is a stark reminder that even well-resourced, security-literate organisations can fall victim to AI-driven cyber attacks. It also highlights how…
Blu Label co-CEOs, brothers Brett and Mark Levy Blu Label Unlimited Group’s highest earner took home R36.5-million in the year to May, about 470 times the R77 400 earned by its lowest-paid permanent employee, according to pay-gap disclosures now required under the amended Companies Act. The median employee earned R495 000, so the top earner was paid…
GovTech 2026. GovTech 2026 marked 20 years of bringing government and the technology sector together. Hosted by the State Information Technology Agency (SITA), the event has tracked the evolution of government technology since 2006, from connectivity and infrastructure to cloud, data, cyber security and shared digital services. For Huawei, the milestone was a chance to…
Absa is scaling back over-the-counter cash services in its South African branches. Teller cash will remain available only at “selected branches”, as the bank pushes routine transactions to ATMs, self-service devices and, in future, local businesses acting as banking agents. The bank announced the changes on Thursday, presenting them as a modernisation of its branch,…
REDMI Note 17 Series. For years, the REDMI Note Series has continued to push the boundaries of what consumers can expect from a smartphone, bringing premium technologies, powerful performance and high-quality experiences to more users around the world. Now, REDMI Note is preparing to take another major step forward. On 8 October 2026, Xiaomi will…
