Supply chain organisations not ready for the future
Just 29% of supply chain organisations have developed at least three of the key five competitive characteristics needed for future readiness, according to a survey by Gartner. These characteristics will be needed for chief supply chain officers (CSCOs) to manage the...
SA employers, school leavers paint a gloomy picture
Only around one-fifth (21%) of employers in South Africa feel optimistic about the future of the African economy, ranking the lowest any country polled. This is among the findings of the ALU 2025 Africa Workforce Readiness Survey, published by the African Leadership...
Chinese smartphone market declines
According to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, 65,7-million smartphones shipped in China in 2Q23, a narrower decline of 2,1% compared to the same period last year. In the first half of the year, the Chinese market saw 130,9-million shipments, down 7,3%...
Webb snaps detailed image of actively forming stars
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured the "antics" of a pair of actively forming young stars, known as Herbig-Haro 46/47, in high-resolution near-infrared light. To find them, trace the bright pink and red diffraction spikes in the featured image until you...
Macroeconomic, geopolitical conditions pose severe risks
With the world facing growing economic instability and political tensions, volatility in geoeconomic and geopolitical relations between major economies are likely to result in global upheavals over the next six months, according to a new survey of the World Economic...
Intel adds AI reference kits
Intel now offers a set of 34 open source AI reference kits to the community, the result of a years-long collaboration with Accenture, enabling developers and data scientists to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) faster and more easily. Each kit includes model code,...
IaaS cloud networking starting to gain in importance
The importance of networking to and within cloud environments has grown significantly for enterprise customers as more and more applications, workloads, and data are moved to the cloud, with IDC estimating that worldwide revenue for public cloud-based infrastructure...
Curro about to set local robotics on fire
Curro Durbanville High School will help ignite National Science Week when it hosts the World Robot Olympiad (WRO) Western Cape Regional competition next weekend (Saturday 5 August). Teams of learners from different schools across the province are set to take part in...
Ransomware attacks on the increase in SA
While the beginning of 2023 saw a decline in the number of ransomware attacks in Q2, some regions saw an upward trend - with South Africa experiencing a 10% increase in attempts on individual and corporate users, according to Kaspersky Security Network data....
Vodacom hits back at battery thieves
Battery theft has become a top concern among mobile network operators given that their ability to deliver on their uptime customer promises depends on back-up power supply that batteries provide during power outages at mobile base stations. However, network providers...
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Nedbank issues BEE affidavits, certificates
Nedbank is offering business registrations together with black economic empowerment (BEE) affidavits or certificates, endorsed by the Department of Trade and Industry (dti), in one seamless process for new businesses with an annual turnover of less than R10-million....
Backups the missing element in BYOD strategies
Over the past few years, bring your own device (BYOD) has entrenched itself in many large companies' IT policies and become a part of their organisational culture, writes Kathryn Tindale, director: sales, Tarsus On Demand. CIOs acknowledge that BYOD has enabled the...
Opera Reborn modernises the browser
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IoT data and the conversion to insurtech
Gartner predicts that there will be about 500 smart, connected devices in the average home by 2022. This prediction opens opportunities for a host of digital businesses to capitalise on the Internet of Things (IoT) trend. However, few stand to benefit more than...
Wanted: more entrepreneurs to secure economic growth
It has been a difficult year for South Africa. In September the World Bank downgraded South Africa's 2017 growth forecast to 0,6%, down from 1,1% at the beginning of the year. To get ahead the South African economy is in urgent need of more entrepreneurs to boost...
PartServe to distribute Samsung printer parts
PartServe has been appointed as the authorised spare parts distributor for Samsung printers in South Africa. This is an extension of an existing agreement with Hewlett Packard prior to its acquisition of Samsung's printing business. Samsung printer spare parts will...
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Fujitsu, NetApp launch converged infrastructure
Fujitsu and NetApp have launched NFLEX Converged Infrastructure, a new joint solution that is designed to greatly simplify the implementation and operation of virtual environments. Delivered ready to run, NFLEX builds on 20 years of combined expertise to offer a...
Smile, MediaTek launch VoLTE smartphones in Africa
Smile Communications and MediaTek have teamed up to bring the latest VoLTE smartphones to customers in Nigeria, Uganda, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This follows validation of the MediaTek 4G VoLTE (Voice over 4G LTE) solution on the Smile...
Employers failing over gender gap
Despite off-centre media focus and issues like race topping the employment equity agenda in business, gender equality continues to gain traction in the market and demands attention. This is according to Nicol Myburgh, head of human resources at CRS Technologies, who...
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