SAP celebrates African successes

Kathy Gibson at Saphila 2017 in Sun City – Since announcing its investment in developing the African market, SAP has enjoyed massive growth in the continent as organisations use technology to innovate. Brett Parker, MD of SAP Africa, says that 776 new African...
BCX, mobile boost Telkom results

BCX, mobile boost Telkom results

Telkom today announced a strong financial performance, boosted by the full consolidation of BCX and a solid performance from the mobile business. Operating revenue grew approximately 10% to R41-billion and net revenue growth of 8% to R32-billion was positively...

Major breakthrough in 5nm chips

IBM, its Research Alliance partners Globalfoundries and Samsung, and equipment suppliers have developed an industry-first process to build silicon nanosheet transistors that will enable 5 nanometer (nm) chips. The details of the process will be presented at the 2017...

Digital assistants to reach 4bn this year

The expansion of artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled services from companies including Google, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft and Samsung Electronics is expected to drive growth of the AI-powered digital assistants market, which is on track to exceed 4-billion consumer...

Fireball infects 250m computers

Check Point Threat Intelligence and research teams recently discovered a high volume Chinese threat operation which has infected over 250-million computers worldwide. The installed malware, named Fireball, takes over target browsers, turning them into zombies....

SA regrets US decision on Paris Agreement

South Africa has expressed its “profound regret” over the decision by US president Donald Trump to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement. In a statement, a government spokesperson says the international community regards climate change as the single...