Multi-cloud, AI the burning IT issues of the day

Multi-cloud, AI the burning IT issues of the day

Kathy Gibson reports from VMware Explore – The burning issues for CEOs today are their cloud journey and artificial intelligence (AI). This is the word from Raghu Raghuran, CEO of VMware, who points out that VMware realised a couple of years ago that the cloud...

Extending modernisation, manageability to the edge

Kathy Gibson reports from VMware Explore – An often-overlooked but incredibly important area of IT endeavour, the edge, is gaining importance as the place where a lot of compute action is taking place. VMware’s concept of the software-defined edge is a...

Building modern services demands a solid foundation

Kathy Gibson reports from VMware Explore – The technology hype today is all around artificial intelligence, data mining and advanced analytics. But what makes all these advances possible is a rock-solid platform foundation. The continued development of VMware...

Ethical approaches needed for AI in Africa

As artificial intelligence (AI) uptake surges, it is important to consider ethics in AI development and deployment, to avoid risks such as bias, discrimination and exclusion. This is according to speakers in a webinar hosted by the Institute of Information Technology...

Logistics operators stand up to safety challenges

Webfleet has released its second annual Road Safety Report for 2023, conducted between June and August, and gathering responses from 54 individuals representing 7 948 trucks operating in South Africa. “With the survey now presenting at least two years of data,...

Gamers increasingly targeted by cybercriminals

The global gaming community – which currently accounts for nearly half the world’s population – has found itself increasingly under fire by cybercriminals, according to a comprehensive investigation by Kaspersky. In the period spanning July 2022 to...