Drones set a record at the Olympics

When 1 218 Intel Shooting Star drones performed at light show at the weekend’s Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 Opening Ceremony they set a Guinness World Records title for the “most unmanned aerial vehicles airborne simultaneously”. Kicking off...

What telcos can expect in 2018

It’s going to be a busy year for telecommunications operators, and they should take all the market trends into account when making investment decisions. This is according to Analysys Mason, which has released its top 10 2018 headline predictions for telcos: *...

Mixed results for Jasco

Jasco Electronics has reported that its revenue rose 7% to R557,2-million for the six months ended 31 December 2017. Operating profit was down 1% to R29,9-million, and earnings per share (EPS) dropped 68% to 2 cents per share. The drop in profit before interest and...

NRF, FirstRand aim to reshape research

The National Research Foundation (NRF) has embarked on a strategic partnership with the FirstRand Foundation (FRF) in introducing a new programme directed at supporting black academics and persons with disabilities at South African public universities. The goal of the...
Uncertainty over security reigns

Uncertainty over security reigns

Companies are going to have to change the way they implement system security in 2018. New research from Forrester, examining how organisations will budget for security in 2018, concluded that data breaches, talent acquisition, and decentralised tech spending are still...

Xeon D-2100 is made for the cloud

Intel has introduced its new Intel Xeon D-2100 processor, a system-on-chip (SoC) processor architected to address the needs of edge applications and other data centre or network applications constrained by space and power. “To seize 5G and new cloud and network...