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Connected healthcare needs a digital backbone

Aug 24, 2026

South African healthcare is being pushed to do more with the systems, people, and budgets already under strain. Public and private organisations may face different pressures, but both are working to improve access, efficiency, patient experience, and resilience as...

Security governance is not just a leadership problem. It is a personal one.

Aug 24, 2026

There is a comfortable version of security governance that many boards have already adopted. Name an executive to own the risk. Add cyber to the audit committee agenda. Report annually. Job done. By Hendrik Kruger, chief technology officer (CTO) and CISO, Cloud On...

No end in sight to AI spending surge

Aug 20, 2026

Worldwide spending on AI is forecast to total $2,59-trillion in 2026 – a 47% increase year-over-year – according to Gartner. “Through the next several years, the need for capacity will make AI infrastructure – including AI-optimised IaaS,...

Rethink cloud’s AI foundations

Aug 20, 2026

By Junaid Kleinschmidt and Ntsako Baloyi – Within the South African business community, cloud adoption has moved well beyond early migration conversations. Yet many organisations still treat cloud as a completed journey once systems are stable and uptime targets...

National sovereignty now hinges on digital sovereignty

Aug 20, 2026

As geopolitical tensions mount and AI re-shapes the digital landscape, governments worldwide face an urgent new reality: true national sovereignty now depends as much on controlling digital infrastructure as it does on physical borders, according toGlobalData. The...

Moving from crisis mitigation to long-term AI sovereignty

Aug 20, 2026

For today’s executives in South Africa, Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a delicate balancing act. On one side lies the immense pressure to harness AI for economic growth, rapid decision-making, and competitive advantage; on the other lies a complex web of...

Limited control, rising dependencies leave enterprises exposed

Aug 17, 2026

As enterprises embed AI deeper into core business operations, most organisations remain locked into AI systems they cannot easily change, reinforcing the growing importance of AI sovereignty to maintain business continuity and performance. Based on insights from 1 000...

Women are embracing AI in the workplace

Aug 7, 2026

South African women are narrowing the artificial intelligence (AI) skills gap with their male counterparts. This is according to the its Pnet Job Market Trends Report for August 2026, based on an analysis of 1,5-million jobseeker profiles. Men account for around two...

SA tops Africa’s AI charts

Aug 7, 2026

South African enterprises are deploying AI at a scale no other African country has matched. The 2026 Global Outsourcing AI Readiness Index, published by Ataraxis, ranks the world’s top 25 outsourcing destinations on AI adoption, workforce literacy, enterprise...

AI drives new skills development, training and certification needs

Aug 7, 2026

As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes pervasive in all aspects of business, across the range of verticals, companies are looking for the best ways to ensure their people have the necessary skills. Loraine Vorster, vice-president of independent certification...

Resellers must evolve to stay relevant in the AI era

Aug 7, 2026

AI adoption is not simply a technology upgrade: it is simultaneously an engineering challenge and a business transformation journey – and organisations that treat it as anything less are setting themselves up to fail. This is according to Sasha...

Are you ready for agentic AI attacks?

Aug 3, 2026

The window between vulnerability disclosure and exploitation is disappearing. What organisations once measured in weeks is increasingly measured in days and, in some cases, hours. Andre den Hond, a cyber security professional and Solutions Architect at Arctic Wolf,...

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