AI: bringing people and technology together

Kathy Gibson is at the NEC XON Summit in Sun City – The fourth industrial revolution is set to cost society thousands of jobs. But this is nothing new, says Carel Coetzee, CEO of NEC XON. “Innovations have always taken jobs away, but they also create a...

Africa and the fourth industrial revolution

Kathy Gibson is at the NEC Xon Summit in Sun City – There is strong correlation between social stability and economic growth. This is the word from Hironobu Kurosaki, president and CEO of NEC Europe, who points out that studies show that GDP grows when...

SMEs should look to IT, Green for future success

South African SMEs are estimated to represent 90% of formal businesses, provide employment to about 60% of the labour force, and contribute approximately 34% of the country’s GDP. In an effort to further grow this sector and boost a struggling economy, J.P....
IoT goes mainstream, delivers payback

IoT goes mainstream, delivers payback

Internet of Things (IoT) technology has reached early mainstream, with business and IT leaders expecting tangible results in three years or less – signaling that the days of simply experimenting with IoT projects are now consigned to the past. Fujitsu...

Muddy Water extends attacks

Kaspersky Lab researchers monitoring the activity of Muddy Water, an advanced threat actor first seen targeting Iraq and Saudi Arabia in 2017, have uncovered a massive operation focused on government entities and more in Jordan, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Pakistan and...

Flat growth for PCs in Q3

Worldwide PC shipments totalled 67,2-million units in the third quarter of 2018, a 0,1% increase from the third quarter of 2017, according to preliminary results by Gartner. The latest figures mean the global market has shown modest stability for two consecutive...