May 29, 2017
It’s still not clear exactly what caused British Airways’ massive IT system failure that grounded all of the airline’s flights over the weekend. But some fingers are pointing to recent decisions to outsource some key IT functions. As of yesterday...
May 29, 2017
Increasingly empowered customers and business users, external services, new methodologies, automation, and cognitive technologies will result in a significantly smaller, faster and more specialised tech organisation says Forrester. New research by Forrester says the...
May 29, 2017
An updated Disaster Resilience Scorecard to help cities and local government agencies improve their preparedness and reduce risks from disasters was launched today at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction. Developed for the UN Office for Disaster Risk...
May 29, 2017
Intel and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have developed a new architecture, the Broad-Intel Genomics Stack (BIGstack), which delivers a five-times improvement to Broad’s genomics analytics pipeline using Intel’s CPUs, Omni-Path Fabric and SSDs. The...
May 29, 2017
The Internet Service Providers’ Association of SA (ISPA) has some practical advice for children, parents, teachers and new Internet users available as downloadable and printed posters. The ISPA believes that protecting children in cyberspace is all about...
May 26, 2017
News that a decision has been made to proceed with implementing the National Integrated ICT Policy White Paper holds both positive and negative consequences for the sector. This is the view of George Kalebaila, research director for telecommunications, media &...
