Top 10 data analytics trends

Top 10 data analytics trends

Traditionally, banks targeted older customers for wealth management services, assuming that this age group would be the most interested. Using augmented analytics, though, banks found that younger clients (aged 20 to 35) are actually more likely to transition into...
Scientists discover new strain of HIV

Scientists discover new strain of HIV

Global healthcare leader, Abbott, says that a team of its scientists identified a new subtype of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), called HIV-1 Group M, subtype L. The findings, published this week in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS),...
Sizwe does SA proud in Fujitsu Select Awards

Sizwe does SA proud in Fujitsu Select Awards

Kathy Gibson is at Fujitsu Forum in Munich – South Africa’s Sizwe Africa IT Group has won a global Fujitsu channel award. The company was named Best Partner Focus Portfolio Countries 2019 in a closely contested competition that saw Elbex Technologies scoop the...
The future of quantum may not be what we thought

The future of quantum may not be what we thought

Kathy Gibson is at Fujitsu Forum in Munich – The debate around quantum supremacy is fundamentally flawed. This is the word from Dr Joseph Reger, chief technology officer of Fujitsu Europe, who argues that debate recently kicked off by Google is not precise and,...
Wits researchers take structured light on a quantum leap

Wits researchers take structured light on a quantum leap

Quantum mechanics is embracing patterns of light to create an alphabet that can be leveraged to build a light-based quantum network. Structured light is a fancy way to describe patterns or pictures of light, but deservedly so as it promises future communications that...
DX to grow to $7,4trn by 2023

DX to grow to $7,4trn by 2023

By 2023, digital transformation (DX) spending will grow to more than 50% of all ICT investment from 36% today to approach $7,4-trillion, says IDC, which has also revealed its 2020 worldwide DX predictions. In unveiling its IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Digital...