SA gets its own RPA community

With major South African enterprises fast embracing robotic process automation (RPA) and mid-size and even small businesses set to follow suit, Blue Prism has launched a South African RPA community. Speaking at the first Blue Prism roadshow in South Africa this week,...
Emotion recognition could enhance e-learning experience

Emotion recognition could enhance e-learning experience

There are a number of challenges in computer science education and more needs to be done to cater for the current and upcoming demand for computer science within higher education. Teaching and learning methods exist that directly attempt to address these issues found...

Intel, SAP extend tech partnership

Intel and SAP have announced a multiyear technology partnership focused on optimising Intel’s platforms, including Intel Xeon Scalable processors and Intel Optane DC persistent memory, for SAP’s end-to-end enterprise software applications, including SAP...

Fintechs plug SA’s SME financing gap

For the more than 2,5-million small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in South Africa, access to funding remains their largest challenge faced. In fact, there is a funding gap of between R86-billion and R346-billion, according to a study sponsored by the SA SME...

US-China trade war drives semiconductor revenue decline

Worldwide semiconductor revenue is forecast to total $429-billion in 2019, a decline of 9,6% from $475-billion in 2018, according to Gartner. This is down from the previous quarter’s forecast of -3,4%. “The semiconductor market is being impacted by a...

Is China’s declining auto streak a sign of the times?

China’s light vehicle (LV) sales fell nearly 10% in June 2019 from prior year – the 12th consecutive month sales declined – casting new doubts on what has been the world’s biggest growth engine for auto sales, a recent analysis by business...