Smarter edge devices with Intel NCS 2

Intel has introduced the Intel Neural Compute Stick 2 (Intel NCS 2), designed to build smarter AI algorithms and for prototyping computer vision at the network edge. Based on the Intel Movidius Myriad X vision processing unit (VPU) and supported by the Intel...

Where finance automation is likely to fail

Robotic process automation (RPA) will be commonplace in finance departments by 2020 – but implementations are likely to encounter failures at three key stages, according to Gartner. “Unlike many new technologies, RPA has the potential to deliver...

Altron’s Netstar helps Putco improve safety

South Africa’s oldest and largest bus company, the Public Utility Transport Corporation (Putco), has recorded impressive performance metrics in passenger safety, fuel management and improved driver behaviour over the past 18 months, following the implementation...

SA travellers go digital for planning

Travellers in South Africa are becoming increasingly digitally dependent when it comes to planning, booking and experiencing travel. According to Travelport’s Global Digital Traveller Research 2018, nearly half (46%) of travellers in South Africa are now using...

SITA to launch government private cloud

The State Information Technology Agency (SITA) will launch its government private cloud on 23 November. Cloud computing is widely acknowledged as key to driving the journey through the fourth industrial revolution, marked by the profund integration of technology into...

SA students slug it out for R50 000

Cognity Advisory’s Universities Business Challenge (UBC), sponsored by General Electric (GE) and launched in July this year, has seen 500 students from 13 different universities across South Africa participate in a business simulation competition that’s...