Smart tech supports wildlife and ecosystems
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WhatsApp groups can become serious cyber-risk zones
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Botnet prices start as low as $99
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Healthcare information system market set to hit $1,09trn
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Tech firms dominate US patents in AI
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Chinese brands suck up smart vacuum shipments
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How Prasa plans to modernise the railways
Kathy Gibson reports - The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) has a bold plan for modernising the country's railways, and will invest over R100-billion in the process. This is the word from Hishaam Emeran, CEO of Prasa, who says the agency has a clear...
People-first strategies key for flexible working
New research from Ricoh Europe reveals that the majority of organisations lack the technology to support flexible working - with only 30% of European employees saying they have all the technology to collaborate seamlessly when working with colleagues. "Organisations...
AI could help attain health SGD
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Professionalism key to ensuring GNU is not a false dawn
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Finding resources using big data
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Argility expands with investment in Neo Retail Solutions
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NEC XON appoints COO
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SAPICS postpones industry event
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Braintree develops crisis comms app
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How Africa’s fragile economies can recover
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Infobip, Blue Turtle enable chat banking platform at SA bank
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Intelsat, Mindset extend resource access in Africa
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Solutions Architect (Infrastructure, Devices, OS, and Applications) – Remote Remote
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