Cancer screening app for Africa

Cancer screening app for Africa

SAP’s Design and Co-Innovation Center together with Heidelberg University Hospital has optimised a cervical cancer screening test that combines applied medical research with SAP cloud technology to improve quality of life among women in Africa. Cervical cancer...

Tech leaders pen open letter to Trump

Less than a week after US president Donald Trump signed an executive order that temporarily bans citizens of seven muslim countries from entering the US, the technology industry has come together to condemn the move. Several of the US’s leading technology...

Study offers guidance for drone regulation

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), together with Securing Smart Cities, has released the Establishing a Safe and Secure Municipal Drone Program report. The new 28-page report, co-authored by the CSA Internet of Things (IoT) Working Group, provides guidance for the...

Evolve IT business models or miss out …

IT operations staff are spending over 30% of their time on new service requests and supporting issue resolution, while only 15% of their time is allocated to innovation. This represents a 25% year on year decline – just as the demand to capitalise on improving...

Global tablet sales continue to decline

Consumer spending during the holiday quarter of 2016 was clearly not aimed at consuming tablets as the market continued its spiraling decline. The fourth quarter of 2016 (4Q16) marked the ninth consecutive quarter that tablet shipments have declined. According to...

China expands its role in supply chains

Commodity prices, supplier viability, and geopolitical concerns top the list of risks sourcing professionals face in 2017, according to survey from IHS Markit. Findings from the Trends in Global Sourcing Survey, the fifth annual survey of global procurement and...