ITWebLocal insurers go solo amid AI policy vacuum
South African insurance providers are “quickly” catching up with banks in implementing AI tools for their operations, despite the lack of a National AI Policy.
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ITWebITWebiOCO targets AI, cyber security, cloud acquisitions
The company establishes a centralised acquisitions function to identify tech businesses that can strengthen its capabilities.
ITWebBridging the gap between data confidence and proven resilience
Findings from a recent Veeam-ITWeb survey on data confidence and AI readiness highlight a significant gap between confidence and operational readiness.
ITWebDatacentrix Agri Indaba highlights collaboration and technology as catalysts for agricultural growth
The 2026 Agri Indaba explored the role of data, AI, connectivity, automation and cyber security in helping agricultural businesses respond to changing operating conditions.
ITWebCyber Insight urges businesses to test what happens when AI-enabled security gets a decision wrong
The company calls for enterprises to judge AI-enabled security by how well it controls actions and limits the consequences of an imperfect decision.
ITWebSouth Africa's AI home loan race has started. The prize is the client
In a matter of weeks, AI home loan capture has moved from promise to live product. Luna Switch founder Janice Naidoo explains why the bigger question is who owns the client, and issues a challenge to bond originators.
ITWebUCT gets R26m Google grant for AI drug research
UCT is among 17 organisations worldwide selected for Google.org’s “AI for Science” challenge, sharing a $36 million funding pool.
ITWebFrom AI to Autonomous Networks: Mobileum Spark Highlights the Next Frontier of Telecom Intelligence
Mobileum Inc. ("Mobileum"), a leading global provider of telecom analytics and network solutions, brought together telecom operators and industry leaders during its Mobileum Spark events series in Lisbon (Portugal) and Frankfurt (Germany), to explore how Artificial Intelligence (AI), Agentic AI and…
ITWebeM Client 11 Launches Across Africa: Affordable, AI-Powered Outlook Alternative for Businesses and Professionals
eM Client, the European developer of an email and productivity application used by millions worldwide, today announced eM Client 11, its most significant release to date.
ITWebResponsible AI for Children: IEEE Delivers a Trusted Safety Formula to Help Protect Kids Online
The IEEE Standards Association, the global, consensus-building standards development organization of IEEE – the world’s largest technical professional organization and public charity dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity – today advanced its Responsible AI for Children…
ITWebWho answers for the AI agent your team built last week?
A simple AI agent can now be built in an afternoon, which means agents are arriving faster than most organisations are deciding how to govern them, says Braintree's Doug Morrison.
ITWebSA's skills gap solution, and its hidden price
The country is not short of people who can prompt an AI model. It is short of engineers who can tell when the model is wrong.
ITWebYears of Proven Results Drive Continued Partnership Between Pyung Hwa Holdings and Rimini Street
Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), the Software Support and Agentic AI ERP Company™ and the leading third-party support provider for Oracle, SAP and VMware software, today announced continued success in its long-standing relationship with Pyung Hwa Holdings, a leading Korean automotive parts…
ITWebAI’s growing influence goes beyond standalone investment deals
AI cannot be treated as a separate investor category because it is widespread and influential, research suggests.
ITWebICASA strives for balance in rapidly-changing digital economy
The Independent Communications Authority of SA expands its regulatory approach, as satellite connectivity, cloud computing and AI reshape the digital infrastructure landscape.
ITWebThe trillion-dollar AI bet needs a security strategy
Recent AI containment failures show that innovation alone isn’t enough. Every AI investment needs a security strategy behind it, says Arctic Wolf.
ITWebStop choosing AI models on price alone
Token prices tell only part of the story. Context, architecture and model selection often have a greater impact on the final AI bill, says Saurabh Agrawal, CTO: software engineering at DVT.
ITWebITWeb GRC 2026: Scaling trust amid rising AI adoption tops agenda
Tech experts and business leaders will discuss how the rapid convergence of AI, evolving regulation, cyber risk, digital sovereignty and sustainability is fundamentally redefining enterprise governance.
ITWebThe lock that will always be broken
For decades, we have treated encryption as a mathematical fortress, but we are entering a new era – Post-AI Cryptography.
ITWebTecnotree Named a Visionary in the Inaugural 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for CSP AI-Enabled Marketing and Sales Solutions
Tecnotree, a global digital platform and services leader for AI, 5G, and cloud-native technologies, today announced that Gartner has positioned it as a Visionary in the first-ever Magic Quadrant for AI-Enabled CSP Marketing and Sales Solutions.
ITWebITWeb TV: AI-driven fraud rises as criminals target human trust
Orca Fraud CEO Thalia Pillay warns financial institutions to move beyond perimeter security in the age of AI.
ITWebSAP says enterprise context is key to predictive AI operations
SAP's customer success chief says governance and enterprise context will shape how organisations adopt agentic AI.
ITWebThe rise of autonomous AI demands a new security strategy
As organisations adopt autonomous AI agents, cyber security strategies must evolve beyond protecting users and systems to governing AI itself.
ITWebTownship businesses urged to use tech like AI to grow
The Township Entrepreneur Agency hosted its Kasi Tech Summit in Alexandra, urging local entrepreneurs to embrace digital tools and AI to grow their businesses.
ITWebSelf-sovereign AI agents: The gap is procurement, not research
Roughly 1 200 agents coordinated an intrusion in July. They were not self-sovereign, and the difference is the part that should concern boards.
ITWebHightouch Names Matthew Lubeck General Manager, EMEA
Hightouch, the leader in data and AI for marketing, has named Matthew Lubeck General Manager, EMEA. Based in London, Lubeck will lead all of Hightouch's go-to-market functions across EMEA as the company helps brands in the region move to agentic marketing.
ITWebNTT DATA Opens AI Factory Munich Where Clients Can Validate their AI in a Live Environment
NTT DATA, a global leader in AI, digital business and technology services, today opened the NTT DATA AI Factory Munich, a real-world environment where clients can test how their AI applications will perform at scale before they invest in broad deployments.
ITWeb‘AI for good’ starts with affordances, not features
The affordance lens exposes the harms that capability-talk hides, as the most consequential governance risk in enterprise AI today is not a rogue chatbot.
ITWebNew Global Survey Finds Majority of VMware Users Are Choosing Alternative Paths for Cost Control, Roadmap Flexibility and Better Support
Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), the Software Support and Agentic AI ERP Company™ and the leading third-party support provider for Oracle, SAP and VMware software, today announced findings from the 2026 IT Virtualization Survey – What’s Next for VMware Users, a new global survey of nearly 300…
ITWebBarracuda launches integrated e-mail protection for AI-era protection
Barracuda IQ uses multi-model AI to analyse intent and identity behaviour and multi-modal content across over 100 global threat feeds.