IBM unveils on-chip accelerated AI processor

IBM unveils on-chip accelerated AI processor

IBM has unveiled details of the upcoming new IBM Telum Processor, designed to bring deep learning inference to enterprise workloads to help address fraud in realtime. Announced at the annual Hot Chips conference, Telum is IBM’s first processor that contains...
Intel unveils new architecture advancements

Intel unveils new architecture advancements

At Intel Architecture Day, the company unveiled what it is calling its biggest shifts in Intel architectures in a generation. Raja Koduri, senior vice-president and GM: accelerated computing systems and graphics group, discusses highlights of the announcements....
SA companies fork out record amounts for data breaches

SA companies fork out record amounts for data breaches

Data breaches now cost South African companies R46-million on average, according to a study by IBM Security – the highest cost in the six-year history of the report. Based on in-depth analysis of real-world data breaches experienced by organisations in South...
Need for better customer service drives smart tech investments

Need for better customer service drives smart tech investments

Investments in technologies focused on the customer – such as chatbots, artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics – are rapidly becoming a top priority for customer service and support (CSS) leaders, according to Gartner. In a survey of service leaders in...
Aurora Australis lights up the southern sky

Aurora Australis lights up the southern sky

An image, taken from aboard the International Space Station, shows the aurora australis as it streams across the Earth’s atmosphere as the station orbited 271 miles above the southern Indian Ocean between Asia and Antarctica. Named for the Roman goddess of dawn,...