These were the largest service outages in 2024
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Campus switch market drops again
According to a recently published report from Dell’Oro Group 3Q 2024 worldwide Ethernet Campus Switch revenues dropped by 24% year-over-year (Y/Y), marking the fourth consecutive quarter of Y/Y contractions. The Americas region dragged down market results, after...
Absa PMI increases to 49.8 in April
The seasonally adjusted Absa Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) rose to 49.8 index points in April 2023 from 48.1 in March. Despite the improvement, the index failed to edge back above the neutral 50-point mark as business activity and new sales orders worsened relative...
Digital transformation revolutionises patient care
The healthcare industry has transformed beyond conventional tools, embracing innovative technologies to enhance patient safety and care. With the seamless integration of technologies like AI, genomics, and robotics, patients can receive precise diagnoses and...
Advanced techniques, broader horizons, new targets drive APTs
Kaspersky's latest Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) trends report reveals bustling APT activity in the first quarter of 2023, with a mix of new and established actors spotted engaging in a range of campaigns. The report shows that, during this time, APT actors have...
Report details greenhouse gas emissions
The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Barbara Creecy has published South Africa's 8th National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report (NIR). The report contains a detailed inventory of South Africa's annual greenhouse gas emissions from 2000 to 2020. The...
African private capital activity resilient
African private capital markets experienced a record-high volume of deals in 2022, with deal volumes in the region recording a 46% year-over-year (YoY) growth. In 2022, 626 deals took place, a favourable increase amidst broader global trends, where deal volumes and...
Investors swing back to mining
Professional investors including pension funds, private equity and venture capital firms, family offices and sovereign wealth funds are set to boost allocations to gold and gold miners over the next 18 months as the metal's price rises. This is according to new...
New social media platform aims to build SA
BuildRSA chat platform is new South African technology initiative that aims to give South Africans a chance to air their views on developmental issues facing the country, and provide tangible solutions to resolving them before they cause degenerative damage. Over the...
Quantum computing, generative AI employed for mRNA science
Moderna, a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines, and IBM have announced an agreement under which Moderna will explore next generation technologies including quantum computing and artificial intelligence to advance and...
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NetApp releases next-generation object storage software
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Motorola invites smartphone innovation
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Lock/unlock and start your car using your smartphone
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Eseye, eWater bring clean water to 13 000 people
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How to survive a global cyber attack
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