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Intel demonstrates next-generation transistor scaling
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AMD showcases AI solutions from data centre to PCs
At its Advancing AI event this week, AMD was joined by Microsoft, Meta, Oracle, Dell Technologies, HPE, Lenovo, Supermicro, Arista, Broadcom and Cisco to showcase how they are working with AMD to deliver advanced AI solutions spanning from cloud to enterprise and PCs....
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Key actions for I&O leaders to navigate economic headwinds
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Security violations by staff do as much harm as hacking
Employee violations of an organisation's information security policies are as dangerous as external hacker attacks according to a recent study from Kaspersky. In the last two years, 19% of cyber incidents in businesses in South Africa occurred due to employees...
An analysis of Black Friday trends
During the Black Friday period of 2023, with campaigns spanning multiple sectors, including health and beauty, retail, food and beverage, home improvement, and fashion and clothing, we saw a varied set of trends, writes Graeme Stiles, MD of Algorithm Agency....
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Digital transformation spending to hit $2trn by 2022
Worldwide spending on the technologies and services that enable the digital transformation (DX) of business practices, products, and organisations is forecast to reach $1,97-trillion in 2022, according to a new update to the International Data Corporation...
Predictions around digital transformation
International Data Corporation (IDC) has unveiled IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Digital Transformation 2019 Predictions, identifying two DX groups based on specific trends and attributes. Leaders in transformation (the digitally determined) are those organisations that...
Enterprises are entering the third era of IT
Digital business is maturing, from tentative experiment to application at massive scale – and CIOs must evolve their thinking to be in tune with this new era of rapid increases in the scale of digital business. Gartner’s annual global survey of CIOs showed that the...
Regional DX spend to reach $40bn
The Middle East, Turkey, and Africa (META) region will see annual spending on digital transformation (DX) initiatives cross the $20-billion mark by the end of this year, according to the latest insights from International Data Corporation (IDC). The global technology...
The case for vendor neutral data centres
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Modernising the data centre
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Data analytics key to innovation, transformation
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A new data centre star is born
Digital transformation was last year’s buzzword; this year saw business transformation as the major theme – in the future intelligent transformation will be what defines forward-looking and successful companies. The Lenovo Data Centre Group (DCG) is positioning itself...
Lenovo’s data centre value proposition
Lenovo took on the x86 data centre products from IBM just over four years ago. The company may only have been in this market space for four years, but it draws on an impressive 25-year history. And it has every intention of continuing the legacy, growing and adapting...
Lenovo commits to partnering
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