Meerkat, UCT unravel the secrets of a giant radio galaxy
The discovery of a rare giant radio galaxy, “Inkathazo”, will help astronomers further understand the largest structures in the universe. Published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, the discovery by University of Cape Town (UCT) researchers and...
ITU and global organisations look to close the AI skills gap
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft, the East Africa Community and Cognizant are among more than 25 organisations from around the globe that will serve as founding contributors to the AI Skills Coalition - an initiative of the International Telecommunication Union...
Bitcoin trading picks up in 2023
The renewed institutional interest in cryptocurrency sent Bitcoin surging to a new 12-month high, with its price jumping above $31 300 in June. Although BTC lost some of its gains in the last week of the month, it still finished the first half of 2023 with an...
Integration challenges as zero-trust becomes a priority
A significant number of companies report they are facing challenges related to a lack of integration between zero-trust solutions deployed on-premises and in the cloud. This is among the findings from Fortinet's global 2023 State of Zero Trust report. Other key...
Brace yourselves for a new wave of cybersecurity threats
Security professionals have their jobs cut out for them, with 74% saying their organisation's sensitive data was potentially compromised or breached in the last year, according to Forrester. New research from Forrester shows the percentage of external attacks remained...
DDoS attacks doubled in 2022
In 2022, the total number of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks worldwide increased by 115,1% over the amount observed in 2021, according to new research from Nexusguard released in its DDoS Statistical Report for 2022. The data also showed that cyber...
AI, digital twins drive next wave of climate research
AI and accelerated computing will help climate researchers achieve the miracles they need to achieve breakthroughs in climate research. This is the word from Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang, speaking during a keynote at the Berlin Summit for the Earth...
Upcoming Meta app set to rival Twitter
Meta, which owns Facebook and Instragram, will launch an new text-based conversation app on Thursday (6 July 2023). Threads, as the new app is called, is already available for pre-order on the Apple App Store, where the description reads: "Threads is where communities...
These legal issues are critical to AI regulation
With various lawmakers across the globe proposing regulations and guidance on large language model (LLM) tools, such as ChatGPT and Google Bard, Gartner, has identified four critical areas for general counsel (GC) and legal leaders to address. "Legal leaders can...
CEOs use AI to boost their businesses
Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to boost business growth and operational optimisation within the ever-changing South African market. Although some businesses in South Africa have prioritised other areas of their business, most CEOs are actively...
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Bitdefender appoints Rectron
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Get smarter with security
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Convert digital disruption to competitive advantage
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Commvault partners with Google Cloud
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Why ESCOs are the future for African telecom tower power
The single biggest challenge to being able to offer stable and reliable mobile phone services in Africa is power. Or, more precisely, the lack of reliable power at telecoms tower sites, writes Carita Tissari da Costa, sales director of Flexenclosure. Hundreds of...
Resellers must become more agile
ICT resellers, particularly those operating in the mid-market, must become more agile in how they sell solutions and package them if they are to survive as their clients adopt cloud and as-a-service models to address more of their technology needs. That's according to...
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