The cost of doing nothing just went up
Rising IT hardware costs and supply constraints now carry real operational and financial risks, says Marcelle Steyn, strategic sales lead at InnoVent.
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Time to re-imagine retail as AI changes the game
AI now touches every function across the retail value chain, turning customer engagement, operations and supply chains from reactive to predictive, says eBlocks Software.
The era of intelligence consumption: How SSA enterprises can leapfrog the ‘AI prosperity trap’ via token MaaS
African businesses can skip heavy compute construction and move directly to token model as a service for on-demand intelligence consumption.
As OpenAI Celebrates Court Win Against Musk, Other Challenges Lie Ahead
A jury’s rejection of Elon Musk’s $150 billion lawsuit against OpenAI was a major hurdle crossed. But the maker of ChatGPT faces a list of other problems.
Obsidian Systems recognised as Red Hat Specialised Partner for Mission Critical Automation
The Mission Critical Automation specialisation recognises the company’s capability to support automation in environments where downtime, misconfiguration and inconsistency carry real business consequences.
Bipartisan Bill Would Impose New Annual Fee on Electric Vehicles
A House transportation bill introduced this week would require owners of electric cars to pay $130 to cover the cost of road repairs.
SA teens swap Google for AI skincare advice
South Africa has one dermatologist per 250 000 people and teens are filling the gap with ChatGPT, to the alarm of skin specialists.
AI won’t fix your culture – it will expose it
Most organisations aren’t under-tooled but under-led – and AI will only widen that leadership gap.
Antiswipe: 5 unexpected ways to find a partner without dating apps
Classic swipe apps are not as popular as they used to be. People are tired of the same profiles, unrecognisable processed photos, routine phrases, and texting that leads nowhere. However, the need for live communication remains. Therefore, it is not that online dating is dead; it has only transformed. Today, people are looking for each […]
How AI And Young Tech Talent Are Rewriting The Small Business Playbook
For years, digitisation was largely the domain of large organisations. Enterprise software was expensive, implementation-heavy, and often designed for operational complexity that small businesses simply did not have. Beyond the software itself, the talent required to configure and maintain these systems placed digitisation even further out of reach for many SMMEs. Then came the SaaS […]
Toyota plugs in at last: bZ4X is its first EV for South Africa
Toyota South Africa has finally put a price on its first battery-electric vehicle, the bZ4X.
Chief AI officer: Title inflation or strategic negligence?
A chief AI officer translates AI into enterprise strategy, competitive defence, responsible governance and measurable value creation.
Europe Tests Laser Links As Satellite Comms Outgrow Radio
Europe is testing laser-based satellite communications through a new mountaintop ground station in Greece, aiming to deliver faster, more secure links than traditional radio systems as bandwidth demand grows. The Register reports: Lithuanian space and defense biz Astrolight says that it has commissioned a new optical ground station in Greece that will support ESA-backed CubeSat missions testing...
Becoming a frontier firm starts with redesigning work, not buying AI
A frontier firm is an organisation that has begun redesigning how work gets done, says Bernard Vertenten, Microsoft Solutions business development at DAC Systems.
AI, global uncertainty to top talks at southern Africa’s leading cyber security event
The ITWeb Security Summit 2026 takes place at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg from 2-4 June.
Advanced security for modern education: Shielding learners from cyber threats
Matthew Stevens, CTO of Dolos, will host a webinar on 20 May at 11am exploring how WatchGuard Technologies can support secure school networks.
RSAWEB – 25 years of powering South African business
RSAWEB Business sees the future of connectivity revolving around ecosystems and not products.
Internal audit proves its value in a constrained economy
When internal audit is marginalised or under-resourced, warning signals are often identified but not escalated with sufficient authority, says Arlene-Lynn Volmink, CEO of the Institute of Internal Auditors South Africa.
Why the future distributor will look a lot like a super-reseller
The line between distributor and reseller is blurring, says Andrew Harris, chief sales and marketing officer at DCC Technologies.
Cape Town’s cyber security leaders set to gather for ITWeb Security Summit this month
ITWeb’s Security Summit brings together the Western Cape’s cyber security, risk and resilience decision-makers for a critical update on the evolving cyber risk landscape.
ATS Network Management, SolarWinds to present AI-driven journey to observability at events in Kenya
SW1 is an agentic AI teammate that brings unified, governed AI to help organisations progress from reactive problem-solving to autonomous operational resilience.