IT services on the rebound as AI expertise becomes a top priority
In 2025, the value of the top 25 IT services brands has reached $163-billion - with 15 of them increasing their brand values - according to a new report from leading brand valuation consultancy Brand Finance. This growth is driven by more favourable market conditions,...
Crypto exploits account for 40% of blockchain heists
Despite regulatory efforts and significant improvements in blockchain tracking technology, crypto-related crime remains a billion-dollar industry. Although the number of reported crypto cries dropped, crypto criminals have stolen over $1,71-billion in 2024 alone,...
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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Overcoming the barriers to cloud success
The notion of 'digital business transformation' remains a white-hot theme among boardrooms around South Africa, and the broader continent. Andre Muzerie, Oracle business practice head at Wipro Africa, discusses the issue. An organisation may be looking to reimagine...
IBM Watson, Sesame Workshop do learning in the cloud
IBM and Sesame Workshop today announced that Georgia's Gwinnett County Public Schools, one of the nation's top urban school districts, has completed an initial pilot of the industry's first cognitive vocabulary learning app, built on the IBM and Sesame intelligent...
Ninzi-Connect appoints new MD
Ninzi-Connect has announced the recent appointment of Martin Haines as MD. Haines is married with two children and resides in Sandton Johannesburg. In addition to being a travel addict, he is a qualified safari field guide and spent much of his spare time leading...
iLearn pioneers blended IT learnership in SA
Learning solutions company, iLearn will be offering the first MICT SETA-approved blended learning learnership this year. nnovatively merging all the advantages of online learning with the tried and tested benefits of classroom learning, the new IT learnership will...
Rockwell Automation introduces STEM initiative to SA
The Rockwell Automation Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) initiative for senior schoolchildren made its South African debut in May this year. This STEM initiative aims for school-goers to "make the connection" and discover how knowledge from STEM...
HP Inc ships secure A3 printers
HP Inc has announced its new A3 multifunction printers (MFPs) are now available in South Africa. The next generation portfolio includes 34 SKUs and is designed to provide qualified channel partners the ability to offer higher levels of customisation that meet a wider...
Creating a ‘digital twin’ assists with asset management
The twin concept has fascinated human beings for centuries, especially identical twins. There is something intriguing around the awareness that, somewhere out there in the physical world, there is another version - to the naked eye - of yourself. In this vein, it's...
Netgear’ Nighthawk X10 router scoops European award
Netgear's Nighthawk X10 'smart router' featuring 802.11ac and 802.11ad WiFi technology has bagged one of the top awards presented by the European Hardware Association (EHA). At the Association's third annual awards ceremony, held last month at the Taipei International...
Cycling enters the digital era
It is well recorded in business citations that the adoption of digital technology provides a much-needed boost to stay ahead of the innovation curve and give the desired competitive edge. Breaking records, however, by racing alongside big business into this digital...
Driving customer choice with open access networks
Abraham van der Merwe, co-founder and MD of Frogfoot Networks, writes about how creating competition in the buoyant Internet service provider (ISP) space plays a crucial role in driving customer choice. Consumers can go anywhere to get their home or business...
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