Will artificial intelligence replace our jobs?

Young South Africans are concerned about the impact emerging technology will have on job stability. F5 Networks senior systems engineer Martin Walshaw explores the challenges and opportunities ahead. Rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning...

IoT brings convenience to the home

Today’s smart homes contain many connected products that have the potential to make our lives easier, more convenient, and infinitely more comfortable. Ross Hickey, CEO of Trinity Telecomms, says applications that offer fast, secure, and reliable GPRS...

Rubrik’s remote cloud backup launched in SA

Networks Unlimited has announced the availability of Rubrik Edge. Edge is an evolution of Rubrik’s award-winning cloud-based data management platform – so remote offices can easily backup data locally, replicating it to central servers and archiving it...

Microsoft’s data centres to boost SA cloud adoption

Microsoft’s announcement that it plans to build hyperscale data centres in Cape Town and Johannesburg to deliver a range of cloud services, is set to give a massive boost to enterprise adoption of infrastructure-as-a-service, software-as-a-service and other...

Availability to accelerate for rest of 2017

Nes that Microsoft will bring two Azure servers online in South Africa next year has caused a buzz of excitement in the local market. Veeam Software believes that this will significantly impact availability strategies across the continent. “Amidst organisations...

Reduce your risk of identity theft

More than 15-million people are victims of identity theft annually, many of whom fall into the less tech savvy 50 and over age group. Moreover, identity theft is very hard to prevent because so much of our personal data resides outside of our control. Robert Brown,...