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...

Experts warn of risks around Trump’s meme coin frenzy

Donald Trump launched the $TRUMP meme coin this weekend, and its skyrocketed by over 300% in less than 24 hours. As of Sunday morning, $TRUMP hit a market cap of $5,81-billion, marking the former president’s bold foray into digital assets and merchandise sales ahead...

Global PC shipments show slight uptick

Worldwide PC shipments totaled 64,4-million units in the fourth quarter of 2024, a 1,4% increase from the fourth quarter of 2023, according to preliminary results by Gartner. This marks the fifth consecutive quarter of sustained shipment growth. For the year, PC...

Cloud adoption, modern development impact IT teams

The roles and activities performed by IT professionals have evolved dramatically over the past 10 years due to the convergence of modern development technologies, cloud platforms, and as-a-service offerings that can significantly improve overall productivity. Today,...

Companies tempt Gen Z workers with early Fridays

Skills are a hot commodity in virtually every industry across all sectors globally. The emerging workforce, and so-called Gen Z workers in particular, are in demand and more employers are offering early finish Fridays or summer Fridays as a perk to attract...

Threats to healthcare incident response a matter of life or death

Ransomware attacks are the most disruptive and destructive type of cyber incidents threatening healthcare, with clear impacts on the systemic functioning of hospitals in service delivery and surgeries. However, ransomware is not the only threat facing healthcare...

Apple looks to break free from iPhone dependence

Apple has unveiled a new Vision Pro mixed reality headset at WWDC 2023, as it moves beyond the iPhone ecosystem and enters the extended reality realm. Anisha Bhatia, senior technology analyst at GlobalData, comments: "Apple's much-awaited Vision Pro headset is a beta...

Watch: Intel pays tribute to Gordon Moore

Intel and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation hosted a tribute to celebrate the life of Gordon Moore, Intel’s co-founder. In addition to leading Intel, Moore was a giant of the technology industry, author of Moore’s Law and one of America’s leading philanthropists....

Tsunamis could be detected by their rumble in the atmosphere

Triggered by earthquakes, undersea volcanoes, and other Earth-shaking forces, tsunamis can devastate coastal communities. And when it comes to providing advance warning, every second counts. Scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory are testing a novel approach...

New GM for WASPA

The Wireless Application Service Provider's Association (WASPA) has announced the appointment of Noelan Rungasamy as the body's new GM, effective 1 June 2023. Rungasamy takes the baton from long-serving GM, Ilonka Badenhorst, who is leaving WASPA to pursue alternative...

Data centre virtualisation to reach $23,14bn by 2030

The global data centre virtualisation market size is anticipated to reach $23,14-billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 16,5% from 2023 to 2030, according to a new report by Grand View Research. The requirement for unified and centralised management of data centres and...

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Paratus introduces a new level of cloud services

Paratus Telecom, a privately-owned pan-African telecoms operator, is offering additional resilience solutions to its cloud customers. At a closed event in Windhoek, Paratus Namibia MD John D'Aton pointed to the term 'cloud' as all-encompassing and comprising various...

Ladies, it’s time to take control

Taking control ... working women often think about it, but being brave enough to do it is a different story. Women's Day has to be a good time to change all that. Mosima Selekisho, director of Signium Africa (previously Talent Africa), looks at how this can be...

Credit card versus cash in Africa …

According to a recent study conducted by Mastercard, over 50% of the South African population still transact using cash on a daily basis. This is despite the number of banked adults rising to 77% in 2015, writes Simeon Tassev, MD and QSA at Galix. Conversely,...

Cash here to stay

Cash, and the ATM, are here to stay, despite the growth in use of digital payment channels. This is according to Allen Mahadeo, head of self-service channels and branchless banking at Absa, who believes that the writing is not yet on the wall for cash or for the...

Red Hat bridges hybrid, multi-cloud deployments

Red Hat has announced the general availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4, offering new automation capabilities designed to limit IT complexity while enhancing workload security and performance for traditional and cloud-native applications. This provides a...

Syrex delivers seamless solutions with Redstor

Syrex, provider of virtualised and hybrid network infrastructures and solutions, has implemented numerous Redstor offerings in the South African market, providing clients with enterprise-level cloud backup and security implementations. For Syrex, the Redstor portfolio...

Is less more when it comes to perimeter design?

Perimeter security is essential to prevent crime and create alerts before an intruder enters a company's premises or a residential complex/gated community in order to protect people and assets. However, legacy systems and technologies are rapidly becoming obsolete and...

ECM/BPA lets HR focus more on humans, less on paperwork

Many human resources (HR) departments in South Africa continue to rely heavily on paper-driven processes for functions from on-boarding new employees, performance reviews to compiling employment equity reports. But with shrinking budgets, growing employee expectations...

Connecting an unconnected Africa with wireless technology

Africa's diversity encompasses more than its landscape, it includes the political, economic, social, technological and environmental outlook, with each country and region having its own set of unique challenges and advantages. By Kamal Mokrani, global vice-president...

Towards perpetual equipment by avoiding batteries

Stone Age implements were passed between generations. Then the abacus and the Singer sewing machine were passed between generations so cost per operation approached zero. Today you can still see some 50 year old transistor radios in use. By Dr Peter Harrop, chairman...

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