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Monitor market continues to recover
The global PC monitor market ended the second quarter of 2024 with 5,9% growth in unit shipments compared to the same quarter a year ago, marking the third consecutive quarter where YoY growth was positive and indicating a recovery of the market, according to IDC’s...
Private AI balances business needs, IT and compliance
Kathy Gibson reports from VMware Explore – As the company that coined the concept of the software-defined data centre (SDDC), and cut through the cloud hype with the multi-cloud and the hybrid cloud, VMware is now making its mark in the artificial intelligence market...
Private AI partnership brings Google Cloud database on-premise
Kathy Gibson reports from VMware Explore - When it comes to artificial intelligence (AI), the platform and technology are important – but the data is paramount. “There are a lot of challenges involved in bringing AI models on-premise,” says Chris Wolf, vice-president:...
Broadcom CEO commits to continued VMware investment
Kathy Gibson reports from VMware Explore - Broadcom president and CEO Hock Tan joined VMware Explore in Barcelona this morning to settle uncertainties around Broadcom's long-delayed acquisition of VMware. "It has been a long journey but well worth it," he says. "Since...
Healthcare sector losing ground against cyberattackers
Sophos' new The State of Ransomware in Healthcare 2023 report says cybercriminals successfully encrypted data in nearly 75% of ransomware attacks - the highest rate of encryption in the past three years and a significant increase from the 61% of healthcare...
Inflation fuels surge in telecom services
Worldwide spending on telecommunication and pay TV services will reach $1,55-trillion in 2023, an increase of 3% over 2022, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Semiannual Telecom Services Tracker. The latest forecast is one percentage point...
New malicious WhatsApp mod on the rise
Kaspersky researchers recently uncovered a new malicious WhatsApp spy mod, which is now proliferating within another popular messenger, Telegram. While the modification serves its intended purpose by extending user experience, it also clandestinely harvests personal...
Finalists for Africa Tech Festival Awards 2023
The winners of the Africa Tech Festival Awards will be unveiled at a gala event in Cape Town next week following the announcement of this year's finalists looking to bridge the digital divide across Africa. "It is an exciting time to be in technology and...
Details from Webb cameras reveal crabby composition
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured new details of the Crab Nebula, 6 500 light-years away, in this image released on 30 October 2023. While these remains of an exploded star have been well-studied by multiple observatories, including the Hubble Space...
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Datacentrix reaches top Nutanix certification level
Datacentrix has attained Master-tier status with enterprise cloud computing solution provider, Nutanix, reaching the highest rank within the Nutanix Channel Charter programme. The achievement, based on maintaining multiple technical and sales certifications and...
HMD Global appoints Stephen Taylor to lead marketing
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Obsidian, Rancher to drive Kubernetes in Africa
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Energy needs new models in a post-lockdown SA
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Big data and the SA financial services sector
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South Africa sees boost in CCaaS uptake
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EOH launches corporate crisis-management app
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R300m finance available for SA law firms
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