Climate change could drive more insects to extinction

Climate change could drive more insects to extinction

New NASA research models are shedding light on how insect populations may respond to severe changes in temperature that are likely climate change. In a study recently published in Nature Climate Change, scientists found that 65% of the insect populations they examined...
In pursuit of the zero-carbon data centre

In pursuit of the zero-carbon data centre

Kathy Gibson is at VMware Explore in Barcelona – Data centres today use massive amounts of electricity – and this is set to increase by as much as 200% as new technologies come online. “So there is an urgent problem today – and more that we...
Why cloud sovereignty is important

Why cloud sovereignty is important

Kathy Gibson is at VMware Explore in Barcelona – As VMware promotes the importance of a sovereign cloud, South African providers have been at the forefront of giving their customers just this. Joe Baguley, vice-president and chief technology officer: EMEA...
Lateral protection the new security frontier

Lateral protection the new security frontier

Kathy Gibson is at VMware Explore in Barcelona – Arguably the biggest challenge for CIOs and CEOs today is the mounting security threat. “And now there is a new battleground in security,” says Raghu Raghuran, CEO of VMware. “We call it lateral...

Africa: Perfect for tourists … and cybercriminals

The African continent has become a popular target for cybercriminals and has been the target of multiple cyberattacks over the past few years. In 2022, for example, South African retail chain Dis-Chem saw 3,6-million records exposed in a data breach, while TransUnion...