Megatrends drive African growth

Megatrends drive African growth

Global megatrends, such as rapid urbanisation and demographic changes, will drive growth opportunities in the real estate industry across the African continent over the next five years. “The pace of change in the world is accelerating, with a series of transitions,...
Moon meteor strike found

Moon meteor strike found

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) acquired images of the lunar surface before and after the largest recorded explosion occurred on the surface. On 17 March, 2013, an object the size of a small boulder hit the surface in Mare Imbrium and exploded in a flash of light nearly 10 times as bright as anything ever recorded before. This bright flash was recorded by researchers at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Centre in Huntsville.

Huawei partners on Industry 4.0

Huawei partners on Industry 4.0

Hardware and infrastructure giant Huawei has signed a series of strategic partnerships with German technology leaders, paving the way for the Chinese organisation to take a lead role in the development of global technology, particularly Industry 4.0. Huawei signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with research institute Fraunhofer ESK to jointly develop ICT technology for Industry 4.0. Kathy Gibson reports from CeBIT.

Web sites fall to ISIS attacks

Web sites fall to ISIS attacks

Police and FBI are investigating defacement attacks on numerous US Web sites, in which attackers placed an ISIS flag banner on Web site home pages and played an Arabic song in the background. All the affected sites appear to have one thing in common: they are all built on the WordPress content management platform. WordPress is by far the most popular CMS. As of February 2015, more than 23% of the Web sites in the world were built on the WordPress Open Source platform.

Reputation rides on the CEO

Reputation rides on the CEO

CEO engagement and visibility is recognised as particularly critical to company reputation, according to 81% of senior executives worldwide. This new model of building CEO reputation is driven by the high demand for content and by the numerous platforms on which leaders can engage with stakeholders in today’s digital era.

New network to boost IoT

New network to boost IoT

IBM Research and Semtech have announced a new technology based on low-power, wide-area networks (LPWANs) that offers significant advantages over cellular networks and WiFi for providing machine to machine (M2M) communications.  For years, the enormous potential of the...