The evolution of a tech company
Kathy Gibson reports from Nutanix .Next in Washington DC - Nutanix was set up 16 years ago as a hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) company focused on managing storage, compute, and virtualisation across data centres. It has come a long way since then, today providing...
UCT prof achieves highest honour in election to US National Academy of Sciences
Professor Kelly Chibale of the University of Cape Town (UCT), one of Africa’s foremost scientists in drug discovery, has been elected an international member of the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS) – one of the highest honours awarded to scientists globally. The...
Millions of people would be impacted by mine closures
Research published in the international journal Mining by University of Cape Town (UCT) academic Dr Megan Cole shows that 48 of South Africa’s 230 operating mines could close in the next 10 years. The research quantified the risks associated with closing down mines...
Are the Magnificent Seven stocks a bubble?
The dominance of Meta, Microsoft, and Nvidia, along with Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, and Tesla, the so-called Magnificent Seven, is beginning to rattle nerves among some investors and analysts who fear that a speculative bubble is forming. But Nigel Green, the CEO of one...
Africa becoming top target for cybercriminals
Mark Davison reports from Kaspersky's Cyber Security Weekend in Kuala Lumpur - The META (Middle East, Turkey and Africa) region is under sustained threat from cybercriminals and Africa, in particular, has become their number one target. This is the word from Dr Amin...
Africa dominates list of the fastest-growing economies
Africa will account for 11 of the world's 20 fastest-growing economies in 2024, the African Development Bank Group said in its latest Macroeconomic Performance and Outlook (MEO) of the continent released on Friday. Overall, real gross domestic product (GDP) growth for...
Telco industry embraces GenAI
It's been five years since the telecommunications industry first deployed 5G networks to drive new performance levels for customers and unlock new value for telcos. But that industry milestone has been overshadowed by the emergence of generative AI (GenAI) and the...
AMD powers AI track inspection for Japanese bullet train
Japanese bullet train operator JR Kyushu Railway Company is using the AMD Kria K26 System-on-Module (SOM) to automate track inspection. The AI-based solution replaces traditional methods of inspecting miles of track on foot, creating significant efficiencies by...
GenAI tokens pass $12bn market cap
The market capitalisation of generative AI tokens has surpassed the $12-billion mark, according to a Stocklytics.com data presentation. Stocklytics' financial expert Edith Reads believes that attaining that mark is no mean feat for a sector still in its infancy. She...
Cisco, Nvidia help enterprises deploy, manage secure AI
Cisco and Nvidia have announced plans to deliver AI infrastructure solutions for the data centre that are easy to deploy and manage, enabling the massive computing power that enterprises need to succeed in the AI era. "AI is fundamentally changing how we work and...
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Help in combatting African climate change
The governments of Japan and Austria have approved a $1-million fund to strengthen the participation of the private sector in combating climate change. The funding will be channeled to the Africa Private Sector Assistance (FAPA) grant, which aims to expand the role of...
MSI unveils lineup of upgraded workstations
MSI has unveiled a lineup of upgraded workstations, including the MSI WS65, world's first laptop powered by the NVidia Quadro RTX 5000 GPUs. MSI's entire lineup of workstations, including the industry-leading WS and WE Series, and the brand new WP Series will now come...
Password awareness critical in the fight against cybercrime
If you knew just how valuable your identity was, would you pay more attention to securing it? A recent Kaspersky Lab study revealed that digital identity data and information holds significant value to cybercriminals - who craft ways of gaining this data without...
Open banking: putting consumers in the driver’s seat
Could open banking usher in a new era of convenience, access and service differentiation? It's a tantalising possibility, but not one without potential security pitfalls which must be closely managed and mitigated. Done properly, concept of pen banking can benefit all...
Customer experience drives digital disruption
Digitisation has revolutionised the way businesses operate, with new entrants into all markets disrupting traditional enterprises through entirely innovative models. By Vishal Barapatre, chief technology officer at In2IT Technologies Mobile applications have become...
Is SpaceX StarLink launched for Africa?
On 23 May 23 2019 SpaceX successfully launched the 1st 60 satellites of the planned 12,000 low orbit satellite constellation as the start of Elon Musk's audacious 10-year $10-billion broadband space programme. SpaceX just took a giant leap toward making global...
NEC XON deploys ADVA fibre for SANReN
NEC XON has been awarded a contract to deploy a national DWDM network based on ADVA technology for the South African National Research Network (SANReN), which is an initiative of the South African Department of Science and Technology hosted by the Council for Science...
Uniconta bring Bew solutions to SA partners
Bew & Co has partnered with Uniconta, a new cloud ERP solution that was specifically developed to help companies work more efficiently, faster and achieve their business goals easier. Uniconta recently opened its first offices in Cape Town and is in the process of...
DevOps: culture eats strategy for breakfast every time
What's the definition of a successful DevOps practice? Is it purely the velocity and volume of the software packages delivered? The efficiency and cost-effectiveness? The bottom-line numbers about the business value derived from the software the team produces? The...
New data centres offer flexibility, standardisation
Schneider Electric has created 'flexible standardisation' for data centre operators that allows the company to support the different sized deployments that its customers require quickly, efficiently and cost-effectively, while eliminating inconsistencies across data...
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