Meteoric growth for smart speakers

The global installed base for smart speakers will hit 100-million early next year, before surpassing the 200-million mark at some point in 2020. This is according to GlobalData’s latest report, “Smart Speakers – Thematic Research”, whch states...

Road closure planned in Greymont

Subsequent to a routine bridge inspection the Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) concluded that there is a need to rehabilitate a major culvert infrastructure at West Road within West Road, Greymont, between 8th street and 5th street in Greymont. The inspection revealed...
Failure to innovate puts companies at risk

Failure to innovate puts companies at risk

Organisations around the world recognise the need to digitally transform their operations, but the rate at which they are doing so is still slow. In fact, only 40% of companies are using digital transformation, says Ian Jansen van Rensburg, evangelist and chief...

DevSecOps drives better action against security flaws

Cyber security is a massive challenge for organisations in every industry, which are dealing with a massive volume of open flaws that need to be addressed. But DevSecOps is helping to drive improvements in taking action. According to a new report, 69% of flaws...
CEOs urged to exploit AI’s long-term potential

CEOs urged to exploit AI’s long-term potential

Most CEOs recognise that AI will be critical to their business, but few enterprises have actually undertaken AI initiatives. A recent Gartner CIO survey found only 4% of respondents had deployed AI in their organisations. In 2018, cars are commonplace, but it took 250...

Agritech key to transforming African savannah

The African Development Bank is championing a new regional and global effort to use agritech to transform the African savannah from a “sleeping giant” to the cradle of the continent’s green revolution. “This sleeping giant needs to wake...