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1 week ago | 
it-online.co.za | Kathy Gibson
What’s believed to be the single biggest data breach ever – a massive 16-billion records – has been exposed. Investigators at Cybernews, which uncovered the breach, believe the records are scattered across 30 different databases, and some records are or might be overlapping. Importantly, this is not old or recycled data, but mostly recent and probably collected from various infostealers. Cybernews reports that discovery of the password trove is the result of months of investigations.
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1 week ago | 
it-online.co.za | Kathy Gibson
Global progress towards secure, equitable and sustainable energy is accelerating after years of sluggish gains, according to a new World Economic Forum report. However, rising geopolitical tensions, investment gaps, and a growing disconnect between clean energy innovation and deployment where it is needed most threaten to undermine momentum.
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1 week ago | 
it-online.co.za | Kathy Gibson
The European Space Agency’s Proba-3 mission has unveiled its first images of the Sun’s outer atmosphere – the solar corona. The mission’s two satellites, able to fly as a single spacecraft thanks to a suite of onboard positioning technologies, have succeeded in creating their first “artificial total solar eclipse” in orbit.
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1 week ago | 
it-online.co.za | Kathy Gibson
In maritime logistics, ports and container yards are massive, mission-critical environments that have often been underserved by robust connectivity and digital transformation. That’s now changing, as it should – the world demands more from its logistics networks than ever before and as entry points to economies around the world, ports need to be equipped to cope with modern demands. From Dubai to Dublin, port operators face growing complexity.
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1 week ago | 
channelwise.co.za | Kathy Gibson
In maritime logistics, ports and container yards are massive, mission-critical environments that have often been underserved by robust connectivity and digital transformation. That’s now changing, as it should – the world demands more from its logistics networks than ever before and as entry points to economies around the world, ports need to be equipped to cope with modern demands. From Dubai to Dublin, port operators face growing complexity.
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2 weeks ago | 
channelwise.co.za | Kathy Gibson
By understanding the implications of artificial intelligence (AI) on Higher Education, South Africa will be in a stronger position to take advantage of the potential benefits of the technology while minimising its risks and negative consequences. This was the opinion of both Dr Azar Jammine, director and chief economist of Econometrix, and Professor Andrew Crouch, vice-chancellor and principal at Sol Plaatje University (SPU), speakers at the recent Datacentrix Education Indaba.
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2 weeks ago | 
channelwise.co.za | Kathy Gibson
Despite ongoing challenges such as inconsistent power supply and economic instability, an impressive 83% of small businesses have grown their revenue in the past year, and 90% are optimistic about their future growth. These findings from Xero’s 2025 State of Small Business Report may be surprising to most but they prompt the question: What is driving this optimism? The answer lies in SMEs’ bold embrace of technology.
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2 weeks ago | 
channelwise.co.za | Kathy Gibson
By Louise Taute – If we wind back a few years, IT distributors operated behind the scenes facilitating transactions, managing stock levels, and ensuring products moved efficiently from vendors to partners, essentially acting as the middleman. That approach may have worked in a hardware-driven world.
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2 weeks ago | 
channelwise.co.za | Kathy Gibson
By Robert Hallock – Over the past two years, Intel launched its first “AI PCs,” heralding the arrival of a new age of personal computing. These new PCs feature AI-enhanced performance and efficiency alongside new tools for users to leverage. Powered by Intel’s performance hybrid x86 architecture, these reimagined devices have kick-started a brand-new market and will quickly become the standard for new PCs in the years ahead.
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2 weeks ago | 
channelwise.co.za | Kathy Gibson
By Altesh Baijoo – It’s a common conundrum for start-ups and SMEs in South Africa: They are generating revenue but lack capital or tangible collateral to access growth capital. Despite having a great product, passion, and a vision, they’ve outgrown bootstrapping and hit a wall where further progress demands investment. Founders might have respectable personal credit scores, but their limited business credit history prevents them from turning to traditional lenders.
