AI, HPC boost shared cloud infrastructure market
Spending on compute and storage infrastructure products for cloud deployments - including dedicated and shared IT environments - increased 115,3% year-over-year in the third quarter of 2024 (3Q24) to $57,3-billion. According to the latest IDC Worldwide Quarterly...
Gates Foundation budget reaches $8,74bn
At the start of the Gates Foundation’s 25th anniversary year, its governing board approved the largest budget in its history. The foundation will operate with a budget of $8,74-billion in 2025. The budget is in line with the foundation’s commitment to reach overall...
Young SA scientists off to the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
The Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings has selected and announced nine young scientists from South Africa to participate at the 72nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting dedicated to Physiology/Medicine from 25 to 30 June 2023 in Lindau, Germany. In Lindau's...
Crypto gains less than stocks, but revenue still set to double
The 2022 crypto winter has cooled the US investors' appetite for cryptocurrencies, with most of them finding cryptos riskier and less profitable than the traditional stock market. Nevertheless, the US crypto revenue continues growing and is set to hit new record...
What you can do to improve data quality
Gartner has identified 12 actions to help chief data and analytics officers (CDAOs) and other D&A leaders improve data quality (DQ) to avoid high costs and deliver sustainable value to their organisation. "Data quality issues cost a lot," says Jason Medd, director...
New study aims to help Africans ‘age well’
The life expectancy of people living in sub-Saharan Africa is rising, but it still remains significantly lower than other global regions. However, innovations that could be developed through a new research programme may well raise it more in line with global norms....
SA still well positioned to tap potential
Despite the geographic distance, capacity constraints and logistical difficulties, South African trade to the heavyweights in the Northern Hemisphere has increased over the years and remains a key driver in preserving a positive trade balance. "Regardless of the...
Why SA inflation should come down
Schroders believes that South Africa's inflation should come down, and monetary policy should start easing soon. By David Rees, senior emerging markets economist at Schroders Inflation in South Africa has continued to surprise to the upside in the past couple of...
IBM, universities in $100m pact to develop a quantum supercomputer
At the G7 Summit in Japan, IBM announced a 10-year, $100 million initiative with the University of Tokyo and the University of Chicago to develop a quantum-centric supercomputer powered by 100 000 qubits. Quantum-centric supercomputing is an entirely new, and as of...
Quantum computing breakthrough for computational fluid dynamics in jet engines
Nvidia, Rolls-Royce and Classiq, a quantum software company, have announced a quantum computing breakthrough aimed at bringing ever-increasing efficiency to jet engines. Using Nvidia's quantum computing platform, the companies have designed and simulated the world's...
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Netgear expands Business Essentials Series switches
In a bid to assist users of growing businesses and home offices to plan for future needs, Netgear has expanded its GS300 Business Essentials Series of Gigabit Ethernet unmanaged switches with the addition of a new 48-port switch and a new Power-over-Ethernet (PoE)...
Infrastructure sharing delivers Internet for all
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Financial firms need security that keeps pace with disruption
Financial institutions are typically large, complex entities. They have one key requirement when it comes to security - the solutions they select have to last the distance. This means they need to be able to evolve rapidly, integrate easily with other systems, and be...
Canon expands monochrome print portfolio
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IBM wins VMware innovation award
IBM has won the VMware 2016 Global System's Outsourcer Partner Innovation Award. "VMware is pleased to recognise this year's Global Partner Innovation Award winners, which are given to a select group of partners for their exceptional efforts in 2016," says Ross Brown,...
TomTom debuts new Touch Cardio fitness tracker
TomTom has announced a new addition to its industry-leading range of wearables: the TomTom Touch Cardio. “The TomTom Touch is the ideal entry-level fitness tracker for those looking to ramp up their fitness routine,” says Chantal Grobler, country manager of TomTom....
AI: the good, the bad and the unknown
I hit a bird with my car the other day. I felt terrible. I don't know why I felt that way. Some people might not be at all affected by the death of a bird. Why is that? What makes us respond the way we do in certain situations? What makes us think and act the way we...
Connected cars: from here to autonomy
F5 looks at the most critical enabler of the self-driving vision: securing the vehicle and the connected car platform South African consumers' great love affair with the automobile is set to grow ever more passionate, as an array of new technologies start rapidly...
Successful cyber-resilience relies on executive sponsorship
Business is now almost entirely dependent on digital platforms, and cannot function if their ICT systems are impacted or attacked. So, in order to build a resilient business, cyber resilience needs special attention especially from executives. "If the lead does not...
SA youth can blaze a trail to entrepreneurial success
South Africa's latest unemployment figures make for sombre reading. While official unemployment is now 27.7 percent, the most affected group are young people under the age of 35 with a staggering 38.6 percent of youth unable to find work. Interestingly, according to...
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Senior Solutions Architect – Gauteng Johannesburg
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IT Support Specialist (Tier 2) at Parvana Recruitment – Western Cape Cape Town
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Data Administrator (Wits PHRU) – Gauteng Moletsane
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Software Developer – Senior (Angular) at Parvana Recruitment
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