Chris Tredger
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Agentic AI and the SA cloud paradox (opens the original)
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Organisations should sequence AI spend as incremental to cloud modernisation, not as a parallel track – particularly because security, compute and financial control are all moving faster than the traditional allocation models can absorb. This is according to Mark Walker, director and co-founder of Transformation for Innovation (T4i), who delivered a keynote at the ITWeb Cloud Summit 2026 in Riversands, Johannesburg, this week. Walker pointed out that AI deployment accounts for a 20% share of the
SITA’s retrospection has paid off, claims Gijima (opens the original)
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The State IT Agency (SITA) has emerged from a period of retrospection and identified major gaps that must be addressed as it considers the role it should play in building SA’s digital ecosystem. This is according to Christo Abrahams, CTO of Gijima, who spoke to ITWeb on the sidelines of the 20th annual GovTech 2026 event, held recently in Durban. Under the theme “South Africa as architect of its digital destiny for citizens”, the 2026 programme shifted the focus from defining this vision to exec
SA organisations under pressure to protect against ransomware onslaught (opens the original)
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South African organisations continue to fall victim to ransomware, with compromised credentials the most common technical root cause of attacks, a lack of protection the leading operational cause and user devices the most common entry point. This is according to the latest State of Ransomware in South Africa 2026 report from cyber security firm Sophos, whose South African business was officially established in June 2026. The report is based on responses from 135 IT and cyber security leaders at
Salesforce deploys new AI agents amid rising AI adoption (opens the original)
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Salesforce has deployed new job-ready AI agents on its Agentforce platform as businesses increasingly adopt and use the technology. The agents, unveiled at the company’s Dreamforce 2026 event in San Francisco this week, are designed to work across sales, service, commerce, employee experience and the back office. The new agent portfolio includes Casey (help agent), Paige (IT and HR employee agent), Carter (shopper agent), Marshall (supply chain agent), Piper (inbound pipeline generation agent),
Pilot launches AI layer as competition in hospitality intensifies (opens the original)
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Point of sale (POS) platform Pilot, part of Johannesburg-based payments and fintech firm Paycorp Group, has launched an AI-driven intelligence layer called Navigator as competition within the hospitality industry grows. According to Pilot, Navigator can identify sales trends, compare supplier pricing, flag purchasing anomalies and show which menu items are becoming less profitable as costs change. Glenn Miller, MD at Pilot, says: “Competition is developing quickly. Yoco recently acquired Dyner,
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