Intel doubles data centre SSD capacity

Intel has announced that the Intel Optane SSD DC P4800X Series, the world’s most responsive data centre solid state drive, is now available in a new 750Gb capacity in both half-height, half-length add-in card and a hot-swappable 2,5-inch U.2 form factor. Both...

Google moves to aid startups, developers

Google has announced two major new developments, which will provide a major boost to African entrepreneurs and app developers respectively. The first is the Google Developers Launchpad Africa, a hands-on mentorship program tailored to startups based in Africa, which...

UK faces bulk interception lawsuit

This November, the UK will mark the one-year anniversary since Investigatory Powers Act was passed. During this year, the bill has received widespread criticism for its intrusive techniques of extreme surveillance. Now, UK intelligence agencies will face claims in the...
Quantum computing for a safer world

Quantum computing for a safer world

Kathy Gibson at Fujitsu Forum, Munich — Common sense tells us that encryption is the best way to safeguard our data. And it is, because it’s based on the mathematical function of prime factorisation, which is incredibly difficult to solve. Dr Joseph Reger,...

The technology behind a digital strategy

Kathy Gibson at Fujitsu Forum, Munich — No-one doubts today that businesses must embrace digitalisation in order to survive, but this means business and IT need to work together to make technology the core of the organisational strategy. Digitalisation could be...

Hydro takes up digitalisation challenge

Kathy Gibson at Fujitsu Forum, Munich — The first step to digital transformation is consolidation and modernisation, a key part of which is streamlining infrastructure. The world’s largest integrated aluminium production company, Hydro, has signed a new...