LogicMonitor®, the AI-first platform for Autonomous IT, today announced new platform packages that make Edwin AI and LogicMonitor Digital Experience, including Synthetics and Internet Sonar, standard in every tier. By bringing full digital experience and internet health visibility together with AI-driven operations in every package, LogicMonitor helps teams connect what users experience to the signals…
The national Department of Land Reform and Rural Development seeks a new enterprise engineered infrastructure for SA’s deeds registration environment. (Image source: iStock) Municipal ICT tenders take a sharp downturn this week, as attention turns to the Local Government Elections taking place on Wednesday. Despite the lower activity on National Treasury’s eTenders Portal, the industry…
Angola Cables CTO Adriano Caldevilla Angola Cables will upgrade the two subsea cables that link Africa with Brazil and the US, using equipment from US networking group Ciena, the companies said on Tuesday. The work on the Monet and Sacs systems is aimed at carrying more traffic for cloud and AI companies. Neither company disclosed…
The inmate telephone system will be rolled out to 243 correctional centres (Image source: iStock) It is a good week for the IT industry, with National Treasury’s eTenders Portaloffering a mix of requests for targeted, specialised or wide-reaching solutions. However, it is the telecommunications sector that gets a rare boost this week, with both the…
Siri has always been good at timers, alarms, phone calls and switching on the lights. But ask it anything that requires holding two facts together and iPhone users have spent the past three years opting instead for ChatGPT, Gemini or Claude. That’s all about to change. Apple has been promising a smarter Siri since 2024….
One of GridCars’ now-outdated charging stations in Jansenville in the Eastern Cape GridCars is replacing ageing chargers across its national network with new 120kW units, in a refresh that will bring some of South Africa’s earliest public charging sites up to a standard capable of serving modern electric vehicles. The company said some of the…
The Mpumalanga Department of Education requires installation and maintenance of high-speed network and internet provision. ICT-targeted activity on National Treasury’s eTenders Portal is seeing a recovery, with tender numbers and depth of requirements showing improvements. This week, we focus on a re-advertised tender from the Mpumalanga Department of Education for the installation and maintenance of…
NSFAS ICT failures flagged among reasons for latest administrative cycle. (Image source: 123RF) The National Student Financial Aid Scheme’s (NSFAS’s) continuous ICT system failures have reared their ugly head, resulting in the agency being placed under administration once again. This week, higher education and training minister Buti Manamela placed NSFAS under administration, citing governance instability…
South Africa on Friday secured its first credit rating upgrade in nearly 20 years after S&P Global raised the country’s foreign-currency long-term sovereign rating to “BB” from “BB-“, citing stronger growth prospects, an improving fiscal outlook and reduced contingent liabilities following better performance at state power utility Eskom. National treasury has worked to arrest rising…
This is being called the year of the “Windows 11 refresh”, and the opportunity to stay ahead of the pack is quickly narrowing. The shift to Windows 11 is happening now: the new generation of Windows 11 PCs is often referred to as the most secure, the fastest and the most intelligent PCs yet –…
