AI infrastructure boom shifts from chip race to supply-chain race

AI infrastructure spending has entered a new phase, says GlobalData, with demand outpacing semiconductors, memory, and power capacity despite record earnings across the technology ecosystem. This earnings season reveals that capital investment, geopolitics, and...

As AI adoption grows, more security alerts are ignored

Security operations centres are facing mounting pressure from growing alert volumes, increasingly sophisticated AI-powered attacks, and persistent staffing constraints. According to Prophet Security's Second Annual State of AI in Security Operations Report, presented...

Roman telescope aims to travel 1m miles into space

This month could see the launch a new space telescope that aims to travel 1-million miles and record billions of galaxies. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope could launch from the Kennedy Space Station as early as 30 August aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy. The Roman...

Climate change is redrawing the malaria map in Africa

Malaria is the deadliest climate-sensitive infectious disease. Yet, researchers and public health officials have debated how climate change has shaped its spread. A new Nature study by an international team, including the University of Cape Town (UCT), resolved this...

On Mars, a dust devil is seen eating another

A Martian dust devil can be seen consuming a smaller one in a short video made of images taken by a navigation camera aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover. These swirling, sometimes towering columns of air and dust are common on Mars. The smaller dust devil’s demise...

Trade tensions put poor and vulnerable at risk

As major economies are set to impose sweeping new tariffs, UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) alerts that the global trade system is entering a critical phase - threatening growth, investment, and development progress, particularly for the most vulnerable economies....

Teraco completes Durban data centre expansion

Teraco has announced the completion of the expansion project at its DB1 facility - the largest data centre in KwaZulu-Natal. As South Africa's third-largest city, with a population of over 3-million people, home to thriving digitally connected enterprises and a key...

Young scientists fly the SA flag at Turkey science fair

Two South African young scientists will present their scientific research at this year's Buca International Music, Science, Engineering Energy Fair (IMSEF) in Turkey. The Buca IMSEF is an international conference held in Izmir, Turkey annually from 20 to 25 November...

Nedbank Hackathon aims for an inclusive future for SMEs

Financial inclusion is the cornerstone of meaningful and sustainable small business growth in South Africa. For the country's SMEs to successfully expand, create employment opportunities, and further South Africa's economic development, tailored, digitally-advanced...

Leadership changes at Seacom

Seacom has announced a number of significant changes within its executive leadership team. Lucas Malamule Ndala has been appointed as the new group chief financial officer, succeeding Richard Schumacher, who takes on the role of chief wholesale and strategic alliances...

Quantum AI the next big thing in the AI evolution

Quantum artificial intelligence (AI) is emerging as the next big advancement in AI development, using quantum mechanics to propel capabilities beyond current limits. With a notable 14% three-year CAGR increase in patent filings from 2020 to 2022, quantum AI has vast...

Tough conditions won’t stop Saffers this Black Friday

Despite the cost of living crisis impacting South Africans this year, Black Friday sales are expected to remain buoyant as consumers take advantage of the deals on offer. "Last year, BankservAfrica logged a total of 1.2 million transactions worth over R1 billion on...

African fintech growth could unlock greater economic prosperity

Africa is one of the fastest growing fintech markets with revenue forecasted to grow 13-fold to $65-billion by 2030. In addition to the revenue opportunity, fintechs play an important role in developing the region's economy and improving the lives of African people by...

Last chance to vote for 2023’s top vendors and distributors

At midnight tomorrow (16 November), voting will close for the 2023 survey for this year's Channelwise Awards - the most sought-after and prestigious independent awards in the South African IT distribution channel. We're giving channel players an extra 24 hours to cast...

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Treasury seeks to empower low-income employees

National Treasury's proposal in the draft 2018 Taxation Laws Amendment Bill (2018 draft TLAB) to remove the taxable benefit concerning low or interest free loans granted to low-income employees for low-cost housing (the Proposed Amendment) was discussed on day two of...

Veeam, Lenovo partner on data management

Veeam Software has announced a new global partnership with Lenovo, which will enable customers to purchase Veeam Intelligent Data Management solutions with Lenovo Software Defined Infrastructure (SDI) and Storage Area Network (SAN) offerings directly from Lenovo and...

How to battle information complexity in life sciences

Almost all organisations, no matter the industry, are facing the need to manage and store information securely. By Lenore Kerrigan, country sales director of OpenText Life sciences companies are no exception - the drug development process is information and data...

Constantia Life and Health chooses SilverBridge

Constantia Life and Health (CLAH) has contracted SilverBridge Holdings to provide them with a solution to assist with the distribution and administration of its new group life product. The Web-based solution accommodates a variety of channels from Online to Broker...

Huawei WTTx wins 2018 ITU Global Corporate Award

At the ITU Telecom World 2018 on September 10, Huawei's wireless to the x (WTTx) solution won the Global Corporate Award: Sustainable Development for the outstanding contributions in accelerating the global penetration of broadband connections and improving household...

Westcon-Comstor expands portfolio with Mitel

Westcon-Comstor Sub-Saharan Africa has been appointed as a distributor for Mitel. This partnership follows the appointment in July of Westcon-Comstor as sole pan-international distributor for Mitel. Westcon-Comstor resellers now have access to Mitel's full range of...

Find new answers to old technology questions

The potential of technology and innovation to dramatically improve our personal and business lives has been well documented. Each new innovation seems to lead to the next one, creating a world in which we can connect billions of sensors that can inform us of...

AI is reinventing insurance

The growing maturity of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) is changing the consumer's experience of car insurance for the better by enabling agile new players to come to market with simpler, faster, more transparent and more affordable insurance...

Technology can change the face of learning

South Africa needs to undergo a learning revolution to keep up with the demands of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and improve the way young South Africans learn. This is according to Michael Wolf, CEO of Formula D - an interactive experience design firm that seeks...

IoT a prerequisite for sustainable development

IoT and digitisation enables us to efficiently, proactively and predictively address the sustainability challenges that are faced globally and on the African continent. By Reshaad Sha, CEO of Liquid Telecom With Africa's population set to increase from around...

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