Strong growth for public cloud services

The worldwide public cloud services market grew 28,6% year over year in the first half of 2017 (1H17) with revenues totalling $63,2-billion, according to IDC’s Worldwide Semiannual Public Cloud Services Tracker. The revenue total for the first half of the year...

Artificial intelligence comes of age

Kathy Gibson at Fujitsu Forum, Munich – Artificial intelligence (AI) will never produce results that are 100% correct, and for the foreseeable future will be suitable for a small proportion of use cases. Dr Adel Rouz, executive vice-president of Fujitsu...

Bridging the expectation gap in digitalisation

Kathy Gibson at Fujitsu Forum, Munich – There can be no doubt that digitalisation is having a huge impact on the world — but companies are finding the gap between strategy and implementation hard to bridge. This is the word from Duncan Tait, corporate...
Companies fail in workplace modernisation

Companies fail in workplace modernisation

Kathy Gibson at Fujitsu Forum, Munich – Many of today’s working practices, tools and even physical environments are becoming obsolete — but companies are largely failing to meet the demands of their current and future workforces. Artificial...

The changing role of vendors, distis, resellers

Kathy Gibson at Fujitsu Forum, Munich — In the digital world, the way distributors work with end users, vendors and resellers has to change if these organisations are going to remain relevant in the future. “There is a role for distribution in the...

Blockchain could combat African challenges

Bitcoin may make headlines when its value crashes or climbs, but the blockchain technology behind the controversial cryptocurrency could help Africa overcome some of its biggest developmental challenges. Leishen Pillay, partner and head of technology, media and...