How systemic failures drive corporate crime

A new doctoral study at the University of Cape Town (UCT) offers a rigorous cross-jurisdictional analysis of how corporate crime emerges within listed companies, challenging conventional governance thinking, introducing new theories and proposing reforms to strengthen...

Channel resilience challenged in 2026

We know it’s said annually when we survey some of the leading players in the IT channel for their outlook on the coming 12 months for the first issue of the year: ‘It’s going to be a tough year, but …’ The resilience, character, optimism, and sheer tenacity of the...

What to expect from Budget 2026

Kathy Gibson reports – Big changes to the world order are driving global uncertainty – and South Africa must decide now how to position itself in this changing environment. This is the stark advice from Lullu Krugel, chief economist and sustainability leader at PwC,...

Cybersecurity still the top business risk – but AI is gaining

Cyber incidents created many headlines in 2025 and are still the biggest worry for companies globally in 2026, according to the Allianz Risk Barometer. The past year has also been a significant one for accelerated adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), which is...

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Solid growth for ESS market

The external OEM enterprise storage systems (ESS) market showed a solid performance in the fourth quarter of 2025 reaching $9,7-billion in vendor revenue led by positive growth from top vendors and across most of the regions, according to IDC’s latest Worldwide Quarterly ESS Tracker.

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Cohesity and Axiz partner to enhance data resilience and security

Data resilience and security can no longer be treated as separate disciplines – they need to work together to ensure organisations are not only protected from cyberattacks, but able to get back up and running quickly when the inevitable happens.

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Acer celebrates 50 years, set for the next 50

Kathy Gibson reports from Milan, Italy – Acer is celebrating its 50th birthday, kicking off its second half-century by embracing the latest artificial intelligence (AI) technology, debuting a new channel programme, and launching a range of new commercial devices.

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