Jul 21, 2017
Niral Patel has been appointed as the new MD and technology business leader of Oracle SA. He joined the software company on Monday (17 July). Patel, fresh from a brief four-month stint as MD and GM of Hitachi Data Systems, takes over from Kholiwe Makhohliso. He went...
Jul 20, 2017
By 2030 every organisation will be a technology organisation – so businesses need to start thinking today about how to future-proof their infrastructure and workforce. A report published by Dell Technologies, led by the Institute for the Future (IFTF), looks at...
Jul 19, 2017
The South African Internet user population passed the 20-million mark for the first time last year, reaching 21-million – and it is expected to grow to at least 22,5-million in 2017. This is among the findings from the Internet Access in South Africa 2017 study,...
Jul 18, 2017
Market hype and a growing interest in artificial intelligence (AI) are pushing established software vendors to introduce AI into their product strategy, creating considerable confusion in the process. Gartner analysts predict that, by 2020, AI technologies will be...
Jul 17, 2017
The new IBM Z is capable not only of running more than 12-billion encrypted transactions per day, it also features an encryption engine that, for the first time, makes it possible to pervasively encrypt data associated with any application, cloud service or database...
Jul 13, 2017
An investigation by SAP into allegations that kickbacks in the form of sales commissions might have been paid to a Gupta-aligned company will delve into the workings of the entire South African operation – and might ask questions on a global level too. Adaire...
