129 Server equipment belonging to US-headquartered cloud security company Zscaler was seized by sheriffs of the court from NTT Data and Teraco data centres in Johannesburg and Cape between September and November…
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Fyndae wants to turn lost-item recovery into Africa’s trust infrastructure
93 Across Africa, security failures often have less to do with a lack of personnel and more about a lack of trust. While information, witnesses and helpers are available, systems for verifying…
How NEC XON tackled identity risk for a major telco
116 Michael de Neuilly Rice, cyber architect at NEC XON For one leading South African telecommunications operator, identity protection has become a strategic priority as identity-centric attacks proliferate. The company faced mounting…
David Ellison just won’t quit
106 Paramount CEO David Ellison Paramount Skydance has enhanced its Warner Bros Discovery bid by offering shareholders extra cash for each quarter the deal fails to close after this year and agreeing…
Sentech is in dire straits
125 National treasury has stepped in to rescue state-owned broadcasting signal distributor Sentech, which is in dire financial straits and no longer a going concern due to the ongoing fees dispute with…
‘We drive an electric Uber’
128 The fourth episode of TechCentral’s electric motoring show, Watts & Wheels, covers a packed news agenda, two vehicle reviews and an in-depth look at the 2026 South African Car of the…
why single views require collaboration
153 In a world driven by data (and what companies can do with it), organisations are chasing the elusive single view of the customer, a comprehensive, unified understanding of each client across…
South Africa’s data centre market ripe for consolidation
139 Wiocc Group’s Joshua Smythwood The acquisition by Open Access Data Centres (OADC) of seven facilities belonging to NTT Data (previously Dimension Data) is a sign of a broader market trend, reflected…
How Avast and Gen Digital are raising the bar in cybersecurity
117 Digital threats are evolving faster than many organisations and consumers realise. Today’s attackers don’t always rely on obvious malware or brute-force attacks – they leverage deception, scale and trusted platforms to…
Online sales can’t save Pick n Pay from Black Friday hangover
124 Pick n Pay has unexpectedly warned investors that its headline loss per share for the current financial year will widen by more than 20% compared with the prior year, blaming a…