Multimodal OS to bridge the gap

Multimodal OS to bridge the gap

Kathy Gibson at SUSEcon, Prague — SUSE is readying a multimodal operating system that will help CIOs bridge the growing gap between Mode 1 and Mode 2 IT operations. Business realities are driving cloud, software-defined everything and digital transformation....
Telcos transform for digital age

Telcos transform for digital age

Market consolidation is becoming more prevalent in the South African telecommunications market as operators look to build the capabilities required to position themselves as end-to-end ICT and digital service providers. Typical examples of this, says Frost &...
UCT researcher looks to offset water scarcity

UCT researcher looks to offset water scarcity

Cape Town uses about 300-million cubic metres of water annually, most of which comes from the six major reservoirs, but every year four times as much as that falls on the city as rain. Now civil engineer and PhD researcher John Okedi is studying ways in which this...
Blockchain for crypto-metal trading

Blockchain for crypto-metal trading

Blockchain is the enabling technology for what’s believed to be the world’s first crypto-metal exchange. MetalZoom.Energy is inviting South African miners to join it in disrupting the industry status quo. “Our crypto-metal exchange will provide a...
Africa: world’s dump for eWaste

Africa: world’s dump for eWaste

Africa is fast becoming the dumping ground for eWaste with a growing amount of computer equipment from western nations being found on toxic eWaste dumps throughout the continent, often being pulled apart by children as young as five. A computer monitor from a...
Top trends coming in 2018

Top trends coming in 2018

Kathy Gibson at Gartner Symposium, Cape Town — Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming more pervasive — and it is starting to enable intelligent apps and things. This is among the trends that we can look forward to in 2018, according to Gartner’s...