Fintech’s impact crosses industries, creates opportunities

Fintech’s impact crosses industries, creates opportunities

Financial services (FS) and technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) industries are using fintech to improve customer experience and heighten the appeal of their products and services as well as to sharpen operational efficiency and lower costs. They’re...
Web founder launches action plan against ‘digital dystopia’

Web founder launches action plan against ‘digital dystopia’

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, together with leaders from government, business, civic groups and citizens from across the world, has launched the a global action plan to halt the increasing misuse of the web and ensure it is protected as a force for good. The inventor of the...
Xerox on track to launch hostile takeover of HP

Xerox on track to launch hostile takeover of HP

HP Inc has rejected an offer from Xerox to buy the company for $335-billion, but the saga isn’t over yet – Xerox is now threatening a hostile takeover attempt. Xerox has given HP Inc until Monday (25 November) to consider the offer, or it will take it...
South Africans are optimistic about their futures

South Africans are optimistic about their futures

South Africans are optimistic about their individual futures, with 64% viewing themselves as optimists – a full 8% above the global average. Commissioned by Expo 2020 Dubai, and conducted by YouGov, the Global Optimism Outlook Survey tracked people’s...
NASA scientists confirm water vapour on Europa

NASA scientists confirm water vapour on Europa

Forty years ago, a Voyager spacecraft snapped the first closeup images of Europa, one of Jupiter’s 79 moons. These revealed brownish cracks slicing the moon’s icy surface, which give Europa the look of a veiny eyeball. Missions to the outer solar system in...
Hybrid cloud now a reality for enterprises

Hybrid cloud now a reality for enterprises

Kathy Gibson is at Nutanix .Next On Tour in Sandton – Enterprises plan to aggressively shift investment to hybrid cloud architectures, with companies reporting steady and substantial hybrid deployment plans over the next five years. This is one of the findings...