Cloud service providers are changing business models

A new IDC survey reveals that cloud service demand due to digital transformation is changing the delivery of business-oriented solutions, with service providers ramping up their investments in new offerings to cater for their client’s requirements not just for...

SAA, SAX merger: two losses don’t make a profit

Is the proposed merger between loss making South African Airways (SAA) and SA Express (SAX) a marriage made in hell brokered by South African banks? The Free Market Foundation (FMF) examines the proposal in this opinion piece: According to Banking Council chair Cas...

Tomorrow’s tools for today’s security problems

Organisations that do not have a clear longer-term security roadmap in place are putting themselves at risk of being compromised. It is the companies that are already investing in tomorrow’s tools to solve today’s problems that will survive the ongoing...

FIFA World Cup 2018 was the most connected ever

The FIFA World Cup 2018 in Russia, involving 32 national teams playing 64 games at 12 venues in 11 cities, was watched by almost half of the world’s population. It was also the most connected World Cup ever, with broadcasters, organisers and visitors racking up...

New advances in question answering software

A University of Birmingham researcher has developed a novel method for high accuracy question answering (QA) which is believed to be the most accurate in the world. QA software automatically answers questions posed by users, much like Siri, Alexa and Google Now do....

NFVI revenues to reach $5,6bn

Communications service providers (CSPs) are being challenged to transform their carrier network infrastructure (CNI) to create new business network services, generate new revenue streams, and improve their operational efficiency. Against this backdrop, CSPs are...