NTT Data adds expertise, solutions for regional retailers

NTT Data adds expertise, solutions for regional retailers

Kathy Gibson reports – NTT Data Middle East and Africa is enhancing and relaunching its retail practice, and introducing the Syntphony application portfolio. The global retail market is constrained by a reliance on legacy systems that impact business agility and...
GenAI drives massive growth in AI spend

GenAI drives massive growth in AI spend

Worldwide spending on artificial intelligence (AI), including AI-enabled applications*, infrastructure, and related IT and business services, will more than double by 2028 when it is expected to reach $632-billion, according to a new forecast from the International...
Citizen scientists spot object moving a million miles per hour

Citizen scientists spot object moving a million miles per hour

Most familiar stars peacefully orbit the center of the Milky Way. But citizen scientists working on NASA’s Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 project have helped discover an object moving so fast that it will escape the Milky Way’s gravity and shoot into...
Businesses excited about AI – but there are concerns

Businesses excited about AI – but there are concerns

Nearly half of customer service teams, over two-fifths of salespeople, and a third of marketers say they’ve fully implemented artificial intelligence (AI) to augment their work – yet 77% of business leaders cite nagging issues around trusted data and...
NASA demos ultra-cool quantum sensor in space

NASA demos ultra-cool quantum sensor in space

NASA’s Cold Atom Lab, a first-of-its-kind facility aboard the International Space Station, has taken another step toward revolutionising how quantum science can be used in space. Members of the science team measured subtle vibrations of the space station with one of...
Cost of living weighs on SA retail spending

Cost of living weighs on SA retail spending

South African consumers spent R303-billion on fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) through traditional and modern trade channels during the first half of the year. This is according to NIQ South Africa’s State of the Retail Nation analysis for the first six months...