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Food and beverage: ripe for disruption The value chain in the food and beverage sector encompasses manufacturers, distribution and merchandising. What kind of technology are these businesses using, and what kind of efficiencies are being realised? 01 July 2026 Mabel Akinlabi, Browns Foods Brainstorm: What can streamline the purchasing process for SMEs in the food and beverage, manufacturing and logistics industries?

The cloud confidence gap Experts and industry leaders discuss the challenges in their cloud adoption journeys. 01 July 2026 Matome Ponego Letswalo, DVT Software Organisations the world over have deployed workloads in the cloud, but many are not said to be achieving the efficiencies they hoped.

Without people, AI is incomplete When AI strategies seek to increase productivity and efficiency, we could end up leaving people behind. 01 July 2026 When we focus our AI efforts solely on increasing productivity and efficiency, we risk amplifying existing problems. Instead, we should be designing AI to support and complement humans. Brainstorm: Where are you on your AI journey and what hurdles are you encountering? ITWeb Premium Get 3 months of unlimited access No credit card. No obligation.

Finding the blind spots in your privileged access plan There’s a pressing need for robust identity management strategies and awareness around zero-trust and just in time access. 01 July 2026 The challenges of managing identities remains pervasive, as companies come to terms with identity maturity, strategy and the increasing number of service accounts, APIs, bots and AI agents.

In search of the green zone As compute density grows, datacentres have to adjust their cooling strategies. 01 July 2026 Goldilocks zone: Datacentres keep a close watch on the temperature inside their halls. Blue is too cold, green is just right, while red is cause for alarm. Datacentres in the United States are getting a bad rap this year. Data Center Watch counted 75 projects, worth at least $130bn, blocked or delayed by communities since it started keeping records.

Yes, but are we selling more chicken? From a chicken-obsessed LLM to test-driving a car on TikTok, Ogilvy South Africa is combining technology and creativity. 01 July 2026 (l-r) Nkanyezi Masango, Melissa Carney, Kabelo Moshapalo, and Tristan Vogt When news about KAIIA, a South African AI platform capable of understanding local culture and communicating in the 11 official languages, was first “leaked” to the public, some couldn’t wait to get their hands on the home-grown virtual assistant.

Coming clean A cyber attack is just the beginning. How confident are you that you can restore a clean copy of your data? 01 July 2026 It's a well-known tactic. Cybercriminals will first access a system, and then quietly begin to corrupt the backups. It's an approach that will bear fruit because a company will be more likely to pay the ransom if they can't restore their data cleanly.

The DLP survival guide AI turned the prompt box into the biggest data exit point in the enterprise, yet most security teams are still watching the door. 01 July 2026 Something you'll hear again and again in the security sector is that you cannot protect what you cannot see, and for years, that meant knowing where your data was stored and who had access to it. But the way data moves has changed, and data loss prevention (DLP) tools have not kept up.

The art of the deal still needs humans In the VC game, AI is no substitute for a committed founder. 01 July 2026 These days, almost no industry is immune to AI disruption, and it’s no surprise that venture capitalists have embraced it, as have the startups that pitch to them for funding. But will its increasing use in the sector usher in the end of VC as we know it?

These are the drones you’re looking for From donuts to cardboard, these are not your typical drones. 01 July 2026 Credit: Robinson Helicopter Company Forgot an ingredient for your meal? Living too far away from your pharmacy? Need to set something on fire? Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) already make over 15 000 deliveries daily, says PwC, one of many use cases pushing sales in the commercial drone market, said to be worth $100bn, according to Precedence Research.