2015 the hottest year on record

2015 the hottest year on record

Earth’s 2015 surface temperatures were the warmest since modern record keeping began in 1880, according to independent analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Globally-averaged temperatures in 2015 shattered the previous...

Tech needs to benefit, not divide

Rapid advances underway across a range of technologies are changing how people live, work and interact with each other, with both positive and negative impact. In a panel at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2016 on the transformations driven by this Fourth...

DevOps deployments far from maturity

Only 20% of organisations that have attempted to implement DevOps have fully deployed it – but these “advanced” DevOps adopters were more likely to report that their digital initiatives contributed to competitiveness, customer retention and top- and...

Hybrid cloud key to digital transformation

IT and business executives agree that digital transformation and the use of hybrid clouds are key to competitive success in the digital age. This is according to research from EMC, conducted by IDG Research Services, which reveals that organisations must “think...

Cloud captures lion’s share of IT spend

Total spending on IT infrastructure products for deployment in cloud environments will increase by 24,6% in 2015 to reach $32,8-billion. This amount includes spending on servers, storage (excluding double counting between storage and server), and Ethernet switch...

UJ academics improve learning outcomes

An innovative technology teaching method, designed and developed by two University of Johannesburg (UJ) academics, has allowed educators to meaningfully integrate technology into the teaching and learning processes of resource constrained environments. According to...