IT simplified for franchises

Unlike other start-up businesses that can survive on a shoestring budget, franchises require huge upfront investment. In exchange, the franchisor normally offers comprehensive support, business processes and systems to increase the chances of success. However, like...

Nokia, China Mobile in EUR 1bn frame agreement

Nokia and China Mobile have signed a one-year frame agreement – valued at up to EUR 1-billion – to support the Chinese mobile operator’s transition to a future-oriented network infrastructure, while providing seamless connectivity to more efficiently...

Space: not the final frontier

Space. It may once have been the final frontier, but now it’s the one thing that anyone with technology runs out of. The sheer volume of data generated every day is staggering with the average for 2017 working out to around 2,5-quintillion bytes daily. Research...

Cloud and partnerships key to survival for finservs

While financial services institutions have been able to collect huge volumes of data on customers and their behaviours, they need to turn to new technologies and strategic partnerships to improve internal processes and customer experiences, in order to successfully...

Samsung scoops AI accolades

Samsung Research, the R&D hub of Samsung Electronics’ SET (end-products) business, has ranked first in the global artificial intelligence (AI) machine reading comprehension competitions twice in a row. Samsung Research placed first in the MAchine Reading...

SA distributors get Commvault’s HyperScale

Last year, Commvault, global leader in enterprise backup, recovery, archive and the cloud, launched its HyperScale Appliance and HyperScale Software across international markets. These powerful, cloud-ready data infrastructure offerings are now available in South...