AI improves enrolment in cancer trials

Artificial intelligence has helped the Mayo Clinic identify and recruit more patients for breast cancer trials. Using Watson for Clinical Trial Matching, an IBM cognitive computing system, the Mayo Clinic oncology practice has seen more patients enrolling for trials....

False flag stymies Olympic Destroyer analysis

Kaspersky Lab’s Global Research and Analysis Team has published the results of its own research into attacks by the Olympic Destroyer malware, providing technical evidence of a sophisticated false flag placed inside the malware worm in order to knock threat...

Cathy Smith to lead SAP Africa

Cathy Smith is the new MD of SAP Africa, effective today. Smith, previously MD of Cisco southern Africa, becomes the first female leader of SAP Africa. Steve Tzikakis, regional president for EMEA South at SAP, comments: “Africa is on the cusp of exponential...
Fibre connectivity a boon for SMEs

Fibre connectivity a boon for SMEs

The massive technology shift from dial-up to ADSL as the most common form of connectivity among small and medium enterprises is about to be repeated. Except that, this time, the shift will be from ADSL to fibre. This is one of the major early indications of SME Survey...

More women pursue career goals

Women are confident, ambitious and ready for what is next, but many do not trust what their employers are telling them about career development and promotion; or what helps or hurts their career. These are among the finding from a PwC surnvey of 3 600 professional...

Women entrepreneurs make slow progress

While South Africa has made progress in reducing the gender bias for women engaging in early stage entrepreneurial activities, the number of women business owners remains constrained by a lack of entrepreneurial intent, perceived business opportunities, and shortage...