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Google Cloud opens first African region in Joburg

Mar 28, 2025

Kathy Gibson reports – In a first for Africa, Google Cloud has launched a Johannesburg region, joining its global network of 40 regions and 121 zones. Solly Malatsi, Minister of Communications and Digital Technology, says the opening of the cloud region is an...

Microsoft commits to skills, data centre investments

Mar 28, 2025

Kathy Gibson reports – Microsoft has committed to an additional R5,4-billion rand investment in its South African cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) data centre infrastructure. At the same time, the company has significantly expanded its skills development...

Tarsus Distribution takes on Canon’s consumer print portfolio

Mar 28, 2025

Canon has appointed Tarsus Distribution as an authorised distributor of its business-to-consumer (B2C) product range across SADC. Tarsus Distribution will now distribute Canon’s Pixma, Maxify, and i-Sensys printers, along with associated consumables. These products...

Telkom Business, Advannotech deliver accessible digital solutions

Mar 28, 2025

Telkom Business has partnered with Advannotech to expand access to cost-effective, enterprise-grade Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) cloud technologies. Advannotech’s VantageX is an advanced data fusion platform that integrates with existing...

NTT Data expands SAP managed services

Mar 28, 2025

NTT Data has joined the SAP PartnerEdge program with a “Run” focus as a managed service provider (MSP) and will offer value-add services based on cloud solutions from SAP such as the RISE with SAP and GROW with SAP solutions and SAP Business AI as a full service...

Kaspersky, Smart Africa forge strategic partnership

Mar 28, 2025

In a move to enhance digital security on the African continent, Kaspersky has signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Smart Africa. This landmark agreement is set to drive collaborative efforts aimed at expanding cybersecurity capabilities...

Infobip, Bayobab transform SMS services in Africa

Mar 28, 2025

Infobip has entered into a strategic five-year partnership with African digital connectivity provider Bayobab. Bayobab will use Infobip’s communication platform as a service (CPaaS) customer modules and routing management to handle campaign management, APIs, and...

Ariston, Sensor Networks in strategic partnership

Mar 28, 2025

Water heating company Ariston and Sensor Networks, a South African manufacturer of smart geyser devices and home energy management solutions, have announced a strategic partnership that builds on several months of product development, refinement and certification. The...

Syntech, ASUS expand distribution partnership

Mar 12, 2025

Syntech has expanded its distribution portfolio to include the full ASUS product range, reinforcing its role as a leader in the South African computing market, including components, gaming machines and enthusiast hardware. With this agreement, ASUS and Syntech are...

Microsoft develops new material for quantum computing chip

Feb 28, 2025

Microsoft may have changed the quantum computing game, with the development of a new material that enables scalability on a new scale. Majorana 1, introduced yesterday, is the world’s first quantum chip powered by a new Topological Core architecture that Microsoft...

Xeon 6 with P-cores enables next-gen computing

Feb 28, 2025

Intel has launched Xeon 6 processors with Performance-cores (P-cores), enabling modernised infrastructures that meet the demands of next-gen workloads like AI, high-performing and efficient compute – from data centres to networks and edge to PC. “We are intensely...

Cisco offers integrated security in local PoP

Feb 28, 2025

Cisco is making its newly-expanded suite of cloud-based security services available to South African users through a local point of presence (PoP) hosted at AWS. “At a time when cybersecurity is one of the top concerns of every business and public sector leader, our...

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