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Uptime Institute 16th Annual 2026 Global Data Center Survey: Deployment of High Density Racks Rising Fast, Operators Face Continued Recruiting and Retention Pressures

eriinfo.com6 days ago05 mins

Uptime Institute today released the findings of its 16th Annual Global Data Center Survey, the most comprehensive study of the digital infrastructure sector. The 2026 results reveal an industry navigating workforce constraints, escalating outage expenses, even as rising costs remain the top concern for management teams. Financial Pressure and Resource Constraints Intensify: While high costs…

The tech master plan for the Cape Winelands Airport

eriinfo.com6 days ago020 mins

Cape Winelands Airport, the former military airfield outside Durbanville being redeveloped with an initial investment of up to R10-billion, is being positioned as far more than a new passenger gateway for Cape Town. In responses to questions from TechCentral, the airport’s developers and partner Stellenbosch University have set out plans for an “Aerospace Village” of…

Insurers deploy AI to tackle fraud

eriinfo.com6 days ago09 mins

AI-driven automation is helping insurers reduce turnaround times, while strengthening fraud detection and operational efficiency. Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming a core part of South African insurers’ operating models, with firms using the technology to automate quoting, accelerate claims processing, strengthen fraud detection and improve customer service. While approaches differ, insurers increasingly view AI…

iONLINE launches eSim for IoT to keep device fleets connected anywhere

eriinfo.com6 days ago07 mins

Keeping an IoT deployment connected across markets and continents has traditionally meant shipping physical Sim cards across borders, sending engineers to swap them and troubleshooting hardware that is difficult to reach. As deployments expand across countries and use cases, those manual steps become a scaling bottleneck, and every extra touchpoint adds cost, delay and risk….

LanDynamix highlights growing scourge of payment fraud in SA

eriinfo.com6 days ago06 mins

LanDynamix Founder and CEO, Peter Clarke. Payment fraud is a critical and growing crisis in South Africa. It is costing billions of rands annually and showing massive spikes in digital banking and mobile app fraud. Criminals are increasingly utilising advanced social engineering, AI deepfakes and bank impersonation scams to manipulate victims into authorising transactions. This…

Beijing warns of retaliation over US threats to Chinese AI firms

eriinfo.com6 days ago05 mins

China’s commerce ministry has accused the US of “AI hegemonism” and threatened countermeasures after senior US officials said Chinese AI companies could face investigations, sanctions and trade restrictions over the alleged theft of US technology. The ministry said on Monday that Washington was threatening Chinese companies with punishment based on allegations they used “distillation” to…

Standard Bank’s BCB unit CIO unpacks key priorities

eriinfo.com6 days ago010 mins

Fezile Dali, CIO for business and commercial banking at Standard Bank Group. (Image: supplied) Data and artificial intelligence (AI) are key priorities for Standard Bank’s business and commercial banking (BCB) unit, as it looks to unlock the promise of AI and generative AI. So said Fezile Dali, CIO for BCB at Standard Bank Group, in…

Prime spectrum lies idle as the Woan’s ghost lingers

eriinfo.com6 days ago07 mins

Spectrum that communications regulator Icasa set aside for a wholesale open-access network remains unassigned more than four years after cabinet moved to scrap the scheme – and the regulator has now said it will not discuss the Woan in its long-term spectrum planning at all. Icasa’s position is set out in the International Mobile Telecommunications…

Top ICT tenders: Eskom looks to energy trading system

eriinfo.com6 days ago017 mins

Eskom’s distribution business is preparing to participate in SA’s emerging competitive multi-market environment. (Image source: iStock) National Treasury’s eTenders Portal rebounds this week, with representations from national and provincial government departments dominating the edition. However, it is a request for information from state electricity utility Eskom that takes top spot. In its documentation, the business…

South Africa’s banks have become the exit ramp for its fintechs

eriinfo.com6 days ago08 mins

Endeavor South Africa MD Alison Collier For most of the past decade, a South African tech founder looking to sell had to hope a foreign buyer came knocking. That has changed – and it is the country’s banks doing the knocking. Newly released research by the SA SME Fund, Endeavor South Africa and industry body…