Race to extract uranium from seawater

Race to extract uranium from seawater

Extracting uranium from seawater could help nuclear power play a larger role in a carbon-free energy future. As the world shifts from fossil fuels, additional sources of energy-on-demand will be needed to make up for lulls in wind or solar. A new way of extracting...
SA students share global honours

SA students share global honours

A team of South African students has shared the top honours in a global competition to develop and recognise ICT talent around the world. The team, from the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) shared the first prize in the Huawei 2016-2017 ICT Skill Competition...
Axiz pumps up VMware value

Axiz pumps up VMware value

Axiz Advanced Technologies is investing in its VMware business unit, adding staff and resources to ensure it continues to add value to the software giant’s expanded portfolio. business unit manager Willie Jansen van Rensburg explains that VMware is leading a...
Ethereum alliance boosts blockchain

Ethereum alliance boosts blockchain

Intel, Microsoft and Accenture have banded together with a group of banks to create the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA), based on the Ethereum blockchain platform and driven by the ConsenSys Ethereum studio. Ethereum is a decentralised platform for applications...
FMF challenges Cwele on policies

FMF challenges Cwele on policies

The Free Market Foundation has called out the Minister of Telecommunication and Postal Services for his statements implying industry support for a Wholesale Open Access Network (WOAN). On 17 February, Minister Siyabonga Cwele, following his second engagement with the...
Transformation set for boom

Transformation set for boom

Worldwide spending on digital transformation (DX) technologies will be more than $1,2-trillion in 2017, an increase of 17,8% over 2016. In its Worldwide Digital Transformation Spending Guide, IDC expects DX spending to maintain this pace with a compound annual growth...