122 Amazon said some of its data centres in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain were damaged by drone strikes in the Middle East conflict, disrupting cloud services and making a recovery “prolonged”….
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Synthesis, Google Cloud smash data silos holding back African enterprises
114 Enterprises in South Africa and across Africa are fast overcoming data hurdles that stood in the way of AI adoption thanks to Google Cloud solutions and a new model for compliant,…
7 ICT nightmares keeping South African SMEs awake at 3am
114 Every SME owner knows the feeling. You wake up in a cold sweat, heart racing, reaching for your phone — not because of a bad dream but because something has gone…
TymeBank ditches Pick n Pay kiosks for mall-based customer hubs
127 GoTyme Bank, formerly TymeBank, is overhauling its retail footprint by rolling out dedicated customer hubs in malls across South Africa from March 2026, while pulling its kiosks out of Pick n…
AI complexity is crippling IT departments
108 IDC’s Thomas Meyer The promise that artificial intelligence will streamline IT operations through automation may be coming true in some instances, but in others AI is adding to the complexity of…
The AI jobs reckoning is here
98 Jack Dorsey is not the first CEO to say AI will transform work. He may be among the first to act as if it already has — and to say so…
Eskom to rationalise AI pilots as costs rise
150 Eskom CIO Len de Villers State-owned power producer Eskom is looking to cut the number of AI pilots across the organisation in a bid to avoid wasteful expenditure, according to its…
Pick n Pay adds clothing to asap! app in ‘super app’ push
99 Pick n Pay has launched its clothing range on its asap! app, making it available for nationwide delivery as the retailer pushes to transform the platform into a “super app” offering…
ASML sets its sights on the next era of AI silicon
111 ASML Holding has ambitious plans to expand its line of chip-making equipment into several new products to capture more of the rapidly growing market for artificial intelligence chips, a senior executive…
2026 a big year for retail convergence as consumer wallets tighten
87 Trade Link CEO Ahmed Laher Retailers are looking to digital transformation and convergence to meet the changing needs of consumers, and to offer more value as consumers feel the economic pinch….