Festo, Softcat, ANS Group and SCC Demonstrate the Business Impact of AI-Powered Observability

Festo, Softcat, ANS Group and SCC Demonstrate the Business Impact of AI-Powered Observability

LogicMonitor®, the AI-first platform for Autonomous IT, announced the 2026 Elevate Award winners today at its Elevate Community Conference in London. The annual awards recognize LogicMonitor customers and partners that are achieving measurable business and operational outcomes through AI-powered observability. >From consolidating 90% of monitoring tools and reducing alert noise by 85% to cutting observability…

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Introducing Vumio.ai, a platform giving physical spaces a voice through AI-powered facilities management

Introducing Vumio.ai, a platform giving physical spaces a voice through AI-powered facilities management

Turning voice into action. Across office buildings, warehouses, campuses and operational sites, everyday problems affect the people who use those spaces. An air conditioning unit that stops working or a lift awaiting maintenance can disrupt their day and create more work for the teams responsible. For organisations managing multiple sites, keeping track of these issues…

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New partnership brings Mimecast’s cyber resilience platform to partners across Africa, helping organisations strengthen protection against evolving cyber threats across e-mail, data, AI-powered environments

New partnership brings Mimecast’s cyber resilience platform to partners across Africa, helping organisations strengthen protection against evolving cyber threats across e-mail, data, AI-powered environments

First Distribution and Mimecast expanding cyber resilience across Africa First Distribution, which positions itself as Africa’s leading value-added distributor of technology solutions, today announced a new partnership with Mimecast, which positions itself as a global leader in securing humans, data and AI, to make Mimecast’s integrated cyber resilience platform available to partners across Africa. Through…

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eM Client 11 Launches Across Africa: Affordable, AI-Powered Outlook Alternative for Businesses and Professionals

eM Client 11 Launches Across Africa: Affordable, AI-Powered Outlook Alternative for Businesses and Professionals

eM Client 11 main window eM Client, the European developer of an email and productivity application used by millions worldwide, today announced eM Client 11, its most significant release to date. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261014252060/en/ Combining advanced AI capabilities, intelligent automation, and highly competitive pricing, eM Client 11…

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Africa Must Prepare for AI-Powered Cyber Threats At Scale

Africa Must Prepare for AI-Powered Cyber Threats At Scale

Anthropic’s threat report reveals how AI is making cyberattacks and influence campaigns faster, more scalable and harder to detect. Anthropic’s recent threat intelligence report reveals how malicious actors are using its own artificial intelligence (AI) agents to conduct cyberattacks, surveillance operations and online influence campaigns. Africa’s leaders should be especially vigilant, given the continent’s relatively…

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FPB plans AI-powered oversight of streaming, social platforms

FPB plans AI-powered oversight of streaming, social platforms

The content regulator is combining human monitors, automated tools and international networks as it strengthens its online enforcement capabilities. (Image source: iStock) The Film and Publication Board (FPB) is planning to incorporate generative artificial intelligence (AI) into its regulatory processes, as it seeks to improve the monitoring, analysis and classification of the growing volume of…

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Core introduces new AI-powered Microsoft Surface devices in SA

Core introduces new AI-powered Microsoft Surface devices in SA

(Picture: Supplied) Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing how people create content, analyse information and make decisions. As AI capabilities become embedded across everyday business applications, the role of the PC is evolving from a productivity tool into an intelligent endpoint capable of running advanced AI workloads directly on the device. Core unveiled the new Microsoft…

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Festo, Softcat, ANS Group and SCC Demonstrate the Business Impact of AI-Powered Observability

Unifocus Launches AI-Powered Platform to Transform Workforce and Operations Management in Hospitality

The global hospitality technology provider, Unifocus, has announced the launch of its newest AI platform, Unifocus Claira. Unifocus Claira is an industry first end-to-end workforce management and operations platform, purpose-built to give hoteliers and above-property hospitality organizations complete visibility across the workforce lifecycle through one cohesive system. By replacing the patchwork of disconnected tools, multiple…

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Jem raises .4m to expand AI-powered platform

Jem raises $8.4m to expand AI-powered platform

Simon Ellis, co-founder and CEO of Jem, Quona Venture Partner Johan Bosini and Caroline van der Merwe, Jem co-founder and COO. (Photo: Supplied) South African HR technology company Jem has raised $8.4 million in a Series A funding round led by global fintech investor Quona Capital, as it expands its workforce management platform for frontline…

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