Organisations set to increase their AI spending in 2022

Organisations set to increase their AI spending in 2022

Worldwide revenues for the artificial intelligence (AI) market, including software, hardware, and services, is forecast to grow 19,6% year over year in 2022 to $432,8-billion. This is according to the latest release of the International Data Corporation...
James Webb Space Telescope sees its first star

James Webb Space Telescope sees its first star

The James Webb Space Telescope is nearing completion of the first phase of the months-long process of aligning the observatory’s primary mirror using the Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) instrument. The team’s challenge was twofold: confirm that NIRCam was ready to...
Trends that will shape CIO decisions over the coming year

Trends that will shape CIO decisions over the coming year

As industries bounce back from the economic turbulence of the last two years, International Data Corporation (IDC) believes there are three broad themes that will shape the tech investment decisions of CIOs and the organisations they represent through 2022 and beyond....
Climate change, rising sea levels threaten African heritage sites

Climate change, rising sea levels threaten African heritage sites

Heritage of Outstanding and Universal Value located along the African coast is at risk from climate change. A global team of climate risk and heritage experts, where Dr Nicholas Simpson from the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) African Climate and Development...
Pinnacle, Syntech tops in Channelwise Distributor of the Year awards

Pinnacle, Syntech tops in Channelwise Distributor of the Year awards

Pinnacle has won the coveted Distributor of the Year 2021 Award at the Channelwise Awards, while Syntech Distribution once again scooped the Customer Care Distributor of the Year trophy. The Channelwise Awards poll resellers on their favourite vendors and distributors...
Space-based instruments herald a new way of forecasting weather

Space-based instruments herald a new way of forecasting weather

After being installed on the International Space Station, two small instruments designed and built at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California were powered up on 7 January, and began collecting data on Earth’s ocean winds and atmospheric water vapour –...