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The hidden cost of cloud complexity (and what to do about it) buff.ly/ukWvQXg By Othelo Vieira, technical product manager lead, Cloud On Demand

Can smart water create smart cities? buff.ly/loGrbIP "Digitising water systems reduces non‑revenue water and operating costs, which is a prerequisite for any municipality attempting to modernise toward smart‑city standards," says Chetan Mistry, Xylem WSS (AMETI).

"Omnichannel isn’t just an enterprise strategy," says Natalie van der Merwe, Head of Division: Telephony at @VoxTelecom buff.ly/4wkAz82

How AI and young tech talent are rewriting the small business playbook buff.ly/63qbDwa By Nyari Samushonga, Executive Chairperson, WeThinkCode_

"AI licensing could become music’s next royalty stream, but only if we get the rules right" says By Nick Matzukis, co-founder and CEO of Academy of Sound Engineering buff.ly/ps6XZS2

The AI hardware squeeze is increasingly pushing businesses to rent storage instead of owning it buff.ly/4TAbOg0 By Hemant Harie, Group CTO at Data Management Professionals South Africa

It’s not just about carbon: The case for treating cybersecurity as a corporate sustainability metric buff.ly/YNQ6dmf By Richard Ford, Group CTO, #Integrity360

Kaspersky identified a new #SilverFox campaign targeting companies in South Africa buff.ly/IO6nkTS

Better screens and the rise of quality in digital care buff.ly/aK2gny6 By Yugen Naidoo, General Manager at #Lenovo Southern Africa

Why the surge in mobile money is a test for SA’s financial resilience buff.ly/s0Nx2Kk "If South Africa wants to unlock the full promise of financial inclusion, the next step is ensuring that the digital infrastructure behind mobile finance is secure, resilient and trusted

Secure multicloud environments enable compliance, resilience and competitiveness buff.ly/u3pHaf3 “In multicloud environments, security should be about preserving an organisation’s ability to operate and innovate”, says Allan Juma, Lead Cyber Security Engineer at #ESET.

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Changing energy dependence to energy resilience in the South African context buff.ly/k1T7UA6 By Bronwyn Timm, Business Development Manager, SOLA Group

Draft national AI policy: What it means and what to do now buff.ly/Ol8yR8W By Peter Grealy, Leanne Mostert, Wendy Tembedza, Karl Blom & Aalia Manie, Partners at @webberwentzel

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The HONOR 600 Lite is set to retail for just below R9k in South Africa.

It's the new Honor 600 Lite being launched in SA. AI, great camera plus larger battery than before. #honor600lite

Honor SA also bringing in the Honor Robot Phone to South Africa. Tasty.

The Honor Magic V6 foldable coming to SA, says #Honor SA CEO Fred Zhou

Sponsored | 2026 TCL lineup for SA brings revolutionary SQD-Mini LED TVs for consumers. buff.ly/dQabdR0 SQD-Mini LED transforms the local dimming zone of conventional Mini LEDs into Precise Dimming Series, enabling precise light control across the entire screen.