Manufacturers take to IIoT

Manufacturers take to IIoT

Driven by globalisation, intensifying competition and rising customer demand for more options and higher quality products, a connected plant floor has become a necessity, and the number of organisations achieving a fully connected factory is expected to rise...

Africa’s biggest data centre set to open

Having broken ground in February this year, Teraco will go live with its new data centre – the biggest commercial facility in Africa – in November. Teraco’s Riverfields Hyperscale Centre east of Johannesburg boasts more than 24MW of power and 6000m²...

Cognitive computing improves IT security

Kathy Gibson at the IBM Watson Summit 2017 in Kyalami – Cybercrime is out of control, it is a systemic problem and it is getting worse. In fact, it is estimated that about 4-billion records were breached last year because of cyber-attacks. But why is it...

RFID will be worth $11,2bn this year

The total RFID market will be worth $11,2-billion this year, up from $10,52-billion in 2016 and $9,95-billion in 2015. This includes tags, readers and software/services for RFID labels, cards, fobs and other form factors, for passive and active RFID, according to a...

This is what it costs for a .Africa domain …

South Africans don’t need to wait to register .Africa domain names in their own currency after domains.co.za unveiled its rand-based pricing this week. The .Africa gTLD (generic Top Level Domain) was released during the General Availability Phase on a...

Personal data security key for mobile app users

Mobile app users are concerned about the security of their information when they register for a new app, a new survey reveals. Nearly 90% of respondents say that security of personal information shared during the app onboarding process is somewhat to very important,...