Johnathan Bass, managing director of NetTrace. South African businesses are working hard to maximise the return on their technology investments. However, while the initial procurement and deployment of new IT assets may receive significant attention, the ongoing management and optimisation of these assets is frequently misunderstood and often neglected. For governance, risk and compliance leaders,…
Report: The state of business e-mail 2025: Infrastructure, risk, IT’s next opportunity. In 2025, e-mail continues to anchor business communication across industries and regions. While instant messaging and collaboration platforms are on the rise, e-mail remains unmatched in its role as the system of record. When the message matters – when accountability, auditability and professionalism…
Telkom Group CEO Serame Taukobong Telkom Group CEO Serame Taukobong nearly tripled his earnings in the 2025 financial year compared to 2024, with the company’s improved performance helping bolster his remuneration. According to Telkom’s remuneration report (PDF) for the year to 31 March, released on Thursday, Taukobong raked in a total of R33.3-million, up 168%…
Machine learning models: A power-up from reactive IT operations. (Image: ITR Technology) For too long, IT teams have been trapped in a reactive cycle, perpetually chasing incidents, patching vulnerabilities and scrambling to recover from disruptions. But, this rear-view approach carries a heavy cost. In today’s high-stakes digital world, downtime isn’t just a minor inconvenience; it’s…
For Cape Town-based filmmaker Kate D’hotman, connecting with movie audiences comes naturally. Far more daunting is speaking with others. “I’ve never understood how people decipher social cues,” the 40-year-old director of horror films says. D’hotman has autism and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), which can make relating to others exhausting and a challenge. However, since 2022,…
The University of Melbourne Selects Rimini Street to Reduce Risk and Accelerate Innovation Around its Oracle Systems Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), a global provider of end-to-end enterprise software support, management and innovation solutions, and the leading third-party support provider for Oracle, SAP and VMware software, today announced that the top-ranking higher learning institute in…
We’re at an inflection point. Around the world, we’re seeing artificial intelligence and the internet of things come together – what many are calling AIoT – to reshape completely how industries operate. And while mainstream news often focuses on shiny ideas like flying drones or autonomous cities, I’m more interested in how these technologies are…
Multiply Group Completes Acquisition of Tendam, Doubling Operational EBITDA and Expanding Global Footprint (Photo: AETOSWire) Multiply Group (ADX: MULTIPLY), the Abu Dhabi-based investment holding company that invests in and operates businesses globally, today completed its first major investment in Europe with the acquisition of a majority stake in Tendam, Spain’s second-largest apparel group by market…
In cybersecurity, prevention is always better than cure. However, organisations have to prepare for the worst-case scenario, one where their systems are breached by cybercriminals. This is the second in a series of three podcasts on how to manage cyber crises effectively when they happen. The first episode – watch it here – centred on…
Laserfiche — the leading SaaS provider of intelligent content management and business process automation — is a Leader in the Nucleus Research Technology Value Matrix for Content Services and Collaboration for the 10 year in a row. Among the vendors evaluated, Laserfiche ranks highest overall in usability. Download a copy of the report here. This…
