SAP debuts generative AI assistant Joule

SAP has announced Joule, a natural-language, generative AI copilot that has the potential to transform the way business runs. Joule will be embedded throughout SAP’s cloud enterprise portfolio, delivering proactive and contextualized insights from across the...

Steady growth for UC&C market

Worldwide revenues in the Unified Communications & Collaboration (UC&C) market grew 6,9% YoY and 2,4% sequentially to $15,9- billion in the second quarter of 2023 (2Q23), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Unified...
Widespread autonomous vehicle adoption still a decade away

Widespread autonomous vehicle adoption still a decade away

A world of self-driving vehicles and mobility-on-demand is likely to exist eventually, but for the next decade, widespread implementation of autonomous technology will not be realised, according to a new forecast from S&P Global Mobility. The report reflects...
Covid-19 antiviral drug linked to SARS-CoV-2 mutations

Covid-19 antiviral drug linked to SARS-CoV-2 mutations

Researchers at the University of Cape Town (UCT) were part of a collaboration that has uncovered a link between an antiviral drug for COVID-19 infections called molnupiravir and a pattern of mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Other researchers who formed part of the...

Cloud adoption could boost economy by R3,9trn

By accelerating the adoption of cloud, the South African market could potentially unlock R3,9-trillion of additional economic value over the next decade (2023-2033), representing 4,05% of South Africa’s cumulative gross domestic product (GDP). This is according...

SMEs are optimistic about 2023

From surviving to thriving in the post-Covid world, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in South Africa are projecting similar or increased revenues in 2023. These are the findings of the second edition of the Mastercard Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (EEMEA)...