Digital payments to become a $10trn industry

Over the past five years, more than 1,6-billion people worldwide have embraced digital payments, pushing the total user count in this market to a whopping 4,44-billion – or more than half the world`s population. This massive user base has helped the total...

AI, HPC and quantum technologies synergise to advance innovation

The integration of high-performance computing (HPC) systems with artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping industries, ushering in a new era of innovation, says GlobalData, adding that this fusion is not merely about speed, but about smarter, data-driven...

Banking malware, a stealer and a new ransomware strain uncovered

Three malicious threats capable of stealing data and funds have been identified and analysed in-depth in Kaspersky’s latest crimeware report: the GoPIX stealer that targets the PIX payment system, the Lumar multipurpose stealer, and the Rhysida ransomware. As...

Steady growth for trackers in cargo carrying units

Berg Insight, the world’s leading IoT market research provider, today released a new market report covering the trailer and cargo container tracking market. The number of active tracking devices deployed for cargo carrying units (ie. trailers, intermodal...
Multi-cloud, AI the burning IT issues of the day

Multi-cloud, AI the burning IT issues of the day

Kathy Gibson reports from VMware Explore – The burning issues for CEOs today are their cloud journey and artificial intelligence (AI). This is the word from Raghu Raghuran, CEO of VMware, who points out that VMware realised a couple of years ago that the cloud...

Extending modernisation, manageability to the edge

Kathy Gibson reports from VMware Explore – An often-overlooked but incredibly important area of IT endeavour, the edge, is gaining importance as the place where a lot of compute action is taking place. VMware’s concept of the software-defined edge is a...