Massive data growth demands new data centre thinking

Massive data growth demands new data centre thinking

Kathy Gibson reports from Zagreb, Croatia – As technology becomes more pervasive in people’s lives, the amount of data being created is growing apace. This means this data needs to be secured, made available and preserved, says Karsten Winther, president,...

AI drives massive data centre investments

Kathy Gibson reports from Zagreb, Croatia – The data centre today is becoming an artificial intelligence (AI) factory, and this means organisations have to find new ways to quickly build capacity. This is the word from Vladimir Galabov, research director: cloud...
How Red Hat aids NASA’s Artemis missions

How Red Hat aids NASA’s Artemis missions

Last week (16 November 2023) marked the one-year anniversary of the successful launch of NASA’s Artemis I mission to the moon – the first in a series of missions that will ultimately see the space agency return humans to the moon. Preparations for Artemis...
NASA sends optical comms millions of kilometers into space

NASA sends optical comms millions of kilometers into space

NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) experiment has beamed a near-infrared laser encoded with test data from nearly 16-million kilometers away – about 40 times farther than the Moon is from Earth – to the Hale Telescope at Caltech’s Palomar Observatory in...

Retailers diversify to get a slice of shopping season bonanza

South African retailers are expected to adopt diversification strategies such as adding new product lines and new service offerings to win a bigger share of an expected R60,4-billion in retail spending over November and December. This Black Friday and festive season...
Microsoft and partners double down on AI transformation

Microsoft and partners double down on AI transformation

Microsoft has introduced about 100 new services and updates as part of its AI-forward strategy, including key developments within its productivity and security offerings. The announcements were made at the company’s annual Microsoft Ignite 2023 conference. Just...