Responsible development key in intelligence era

Responsible development key in intelligence era

Kathy Gibson is at DevConf in Midrand – The new era of intelligent systems has the ability to fundamentally change the world – but this might not be for the better unless these systems are carefully and thoughtfully designed. That’s the word from...
Standard Bank moves to cloud with AWS

Standard Bank moves to cloud with AWS

Standard Bank Group has selected Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its preferred cloud provider with the intention of migrating its production workloads, including its customer facing platforms and strategic core banking applications to the cloud. Standard Bank Group will...

African CEOs drive inter-continental trade talks

At a time when intra-continental trade remains too weak, Africa’s most influential business leaders have decided to come together and make their voices heard. The Africa CEO Forum aims to make the implementation of the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) a driver...
Say hello to fully-automated DNA storage

Say hello to fully-automated DNA storage

Researchers from Microsoft and the University of Washington have demonstrated the first fully-automated system to store and retrieve data in manufactured DNA – a key step in moving the technology out of the research lab and into commercial data centres. In a...
E-commerce drives a need for smarter field operations

E-commerce drives a need for smarter field operations

Mobile technology investment is a top priority for 36% of organisations and a growing priority for an additional 58% to keep up with rapidly evolving and increasing customer demand. These are among the findings from a Zebra Technologies study on the future of field...
Big surprises from small asteroid

Big surprises from small asteroid

A NASA spacecraft that will return a sample of a near-Earth asteroid named Bennu to Earth in 2023 made the first-ever close-up observations of particle plumes erupting from an asteroid’s surface. Bennu also revealed itself to be more rugged than expected,...