Vodacom adds SD-WAN services

Vodacom has become one of the first South African telecommunication companies to introduce software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) services. SD-WAN, an application of software-defined networking (SDN) technology applied to WAN connections that are used to connect...

Fidelity ADT partners with SqwidNet

Fidelity ADT is partnering with Sigfox operator SqwidNet to improve customer experience, efficiencies and explore new markets and services. “Based on the SLA of 99% and the coverage beyond 85% of the population SqwidNet offers, Fidelity ADT will be able to...

SA crime rates climb

Victims of Crime Survey results released by Statistics South Africa today indicate that aggregate crime levels in the period 2017/18 increased as compared to 2016/17. It is estimated that over 1,5-million incidences of household crime occurred in South Africa in...

Apple buys into Dialog Semiconductor

Apple will licence Dialog Semiconductor’s power management technology and acquire some of the company’s assets along with about 300 staff members. Apple will pay $300-million now, plus an additional $300-million for product delivery over the next few...
Plastic waste brews a tidal wave of consumer activism

Plastic waste brews a tidal wave of consumer activism

The growing global plastics sustainability movement is one of the biggest potential disruptors for the plastics industry and is putting future plastics resin demand and billions of dollars of industry investments at risk. Sustainability efforts around plastics will,...

AI successful in digital commerce projects

Use of artificial intelligence (AI) in digital commerce is generally considered a success, according to a survey by Gartner. About 70% of digital commerce organizations surveyed report that their AI projects are very or extremely successful. Gartner conducted a survey...