GDP figures point to a need for economic growth
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Cravings Report reveals Saffers’ food preferences
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Solid growth for virtual firewall revenue
The worldwide revenue for virtual firewalls rocketed 51% in 2Q 2023 while hardware firewalls barely registered 2% revenue growth, according to a new report from Dell'Oro Group. The market was deeply affected by a steep revenue drop-off in high-end firewalls preferred...
In a weak economy, geo-economic factors undermine SDG progress
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SAP, Microsoft partner to deliver RISE with SAP
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Lenovo partners with Ashoka to grow SA changemakers
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More IT companies commit to responsible AI
Adobe, IBM and Nvidia are among eight companies that have added their pledge to help drive safe, secure, and trustworthy development of AI technology. Along with Salesforce, Cohere, Palantir, Scale AI and Stability, they have made a voluntary commitment that...
How to build a responsible AI strategy
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These technologies will transform the digital future of enterprises
Digital humans, satellite communications, tiny ambient IoT, secure computation and autonomic robots are among the technologies that will transform the digital future of organisations, according to Gartner. Nick Jones, distinguished vice-president analyst at Gartner,...
Astronomers reveal cosmic ribbon around rare galaxy
A team of international astronomers, including those from the University of Cape Town (UCT) and Queen's University in Canada, have revealed a galaxy wrapped in a cosmic "ribbon" using a telescope owned and operated by CSIRO, Australia's national science agency....
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Westcon-Comstor becomes Microsoft Learning Partner
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IFS eases customer service management
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Quanergy appoints first SA distributor
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Vox launches cloud backup solution
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African businesses increase cloud budgets
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