Bill Gates pledges to ‘give away virtually all my wealth’
On the 25th anniversary of the Gates Foundation, one of the world’s richest men, Bill Gates, has pledged to give away the bulk of his wealth through the foundation over the next 20 years – an estimated $200-billion over the timeframe – after which, the Gates...
The evolution of a tech company
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Resilience to global shocks sees risk rating upgrade for SA
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Urgent action needed to realise renewables promise
President Cyril Ramaphosa's remarks in his State of the Nation address (SONA) present an opportunity for the country to build its green energy capability further, and provide urgent load shedding relief to the economy, according to a spokesman for the wind sector....
Rise of DeepTech aligns technology with SDGs
In a newly-published research, the IDC Emerging Technologies team investigates the potential of DeepTech in Europe. IDC defines DeepTech as "a class of emerging technologies, built upon scientific and engineering innovation, whose primary focus is to address social...
Surgical AR/VR poised for widespread adoption
Apple recently made its foray into the extended reality (XR) market with the introduction of its spatial computing product, Vision Pro. Early adopters have responded positively to the launch, and the product's impact on the widespread adoption of XR hardware and...
South Africans are living hand-to-mouth
with drastic changes in the economy over the past two years, South African consumers' financial realities and concerns have also changed. For many, getting by has become a priority, while investments and building wealth have taken a back seat. In late 2023, 1Life...
Nvidia joins new AI Safety Institute Consortium
Nvidia has joined the National Institute of Standards and Technology's new US Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute Consortium (AISIC) as part of the company's effort to advance safe, secure and trustworthy AI. AISIC will work to create tools, methodologies and...
Political, economic certainty would boost residential property sales
Estate agents surveyed by Lightstone at the end of 2023 say political and economic certainty will lead to better residential property sales after a disappointing 2023, where less than 40% said they achieved volume or value sales targets. Although South Africa faces...
GenAI leads the trends impacting tech providers
Gartner has highlighted the top trends that will impact technology providers in 2024. "Generative AI (GenAI) is dominating the technical and product agenda of nearly every tech provider," says Eric Hunter, managing vice-president at Gartner. "The technology reshapes a...
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The forecast for Africa: cloudy …
As South Africa welcomes local data centres from global players like Microsoft and Amazon, it’s clear that the cloud conversation is about to become more vocal. The latest moves are driving more enterprises to consider public cloud services, says Kevin Krige, data...
SA set to embrace the public cloud
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As the hyper-scale cloud providers make massive investments in South Africa, opening their in-country data centres, they are prompting organisations to look for seriously at public cloud services to enhance their digital strategies. It’s important that the hyperscale...
First Distribution brings Microsoft Azure platform to market
Microsoft South Africa has officially opened its local data centres in Johannesburg and Cape Town, aimed at driving public cloud, artificial intelligence (AI) and edge implementations across the African continent. The two data centres have become part of a 54-region...
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What will 5G really mean for you?
Over the past few months, we have seen a storm of hype about 5G, the next evolution in mobile network technology. By Ernst Wittmann, global account director: MEA and country manager: southern Africa at TCL Handset manufacturers are starting to come to market with...
Mind the gap between finance and engineering in mining and industrial projects
Mining and industrial organisations need to adopt integrated business solutions that enable them to bridge the gap between their engineering and finance departments if they are to maximise the profitability of their projects and gain visibility into – and control over...
Debunking cloud-based enterprise software myths
Enterprise software will increasingly reside in the cloud. In some rare situations, on-premise instances of enterprise software will be desirable - for instance in mining or offshore drilling where business operations are in remote areas and not served by reliable...
DCC signs up StorMagic distribution
Drive Control Corporation (DCC) has been appointed an official distributor for StorMagic, a provider of virtual SANs designed for companies running small data centres that require cost-effective, flexible and reliable two-server solutions. Available immediately to...
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