Velocity offers Azure at cost

Hybrid cloud enablement partner the Velocity Group has launched an initiative to reduce the cost of Azure cloud services and increase the success rate of hybrid cloud projects. The initiative sees Velocity Group provide Azure Reserved Instances (RIs) at cost,...

Jaguar adds eyes to judge human behaviour

Jaguar Land Rover has fitted virtual eyes to intelligent pods to understand how humans will trust self-driving vehicles, as research studies suggest that as many as 63% of pedestrians worry about how safe it will be to cross the road in the future. The friendly-faced...

Europe grows renewable energy

The Association of Issuing Bodies (AIB) has released statistics showing that renewable energy is becoming increasingly important for households and industries across Europe. This is according to Tom Lindberg, MD of ECOHZ, who says: “Both available supply and...

2017 a record for tourism

International tourist arrivals grew 7% in 2017, the highest increase since 2010, according to the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO)’s latest collection of Tourism Highlights. Growth in arrivals was echoed by a strong increase in exports generated by tourism, which...

Aurecon aims for SA’s drone operator first

Aurecon is aiming to be the first consulting engineering company to become a registered drone operator in South Africa. The infrastructure advisory and engineering consultancy company intends to use their squadron of drones as a value-adding tool on client projects,...

The path to digital transformation

Kathy Gibson is at Fujitsu Day in Johannesburg – There is still a lot of fear and uncertainty associated with digital transformation. But organisations need to bold, and chart a way forwards, says Abdul Moosa, chief technology officer of Fujitsu South Africa....