Vodacom partners with Circular Energy to reduce e-waste
As technology proliferates today’s society, e-waste has become one of the fastest-growing waste streams in the world – and South Africa is no exception. Looking to combat this burgeoning challenge, Vodacom SA has partnered with non-profit producer responsibility...
Apple’s $1,5bn Globalstar deal set to change direct-to-device satellite game
Apple plans to invest $1,1-billion in satellite communications company Globalstar alongside a further $400-million for a 20% equity stake in the business. Emma Mohr-McClune, chief analyst: technology at GlobalData, offers her view: “According to GlobalData, this...
2022 marked first year of decline for wearable devices
Global shipments of wearable devices declined 18,9% YoY in the fourth quarter of 2022 to 138,7-million units, according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker. Shipments for the full year 2022 were down 7,7% compared to 2021, marking the first year of...
Disclosure inconsistencies linger in corporate ESG reporting, assurance
The largest global companies continue to show momentum on corporate reporting and related assurance involving environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, according to a new report from the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) and AICPA & CIMA,...
Aligning commercial functions top priority for sales leaders
Sales leaders say that aligning commercial functions such as sales and marketing strategies is their top priority for 2023, according to a new survey from Gartner. The research group surveyed more than 200 sales leaders last November and December to understand how...
Shipments of AR/VR headsets decline sharply
The pendulum for AR/VR headsets swung the other way through the course of 2022 as global shipments declined 20,9% YoY to 8,8-million units, according to new data from the IDCWorldwide Quarterly Augmented and Virtual Reality Headset Tracker. The decline was not...
Ignoring generative AI will be a costly mistake
A new report from Forrester - Generative AI prompts productivity, imagination, and innovation in the enterprise - finds that generative AI can augment and enhance existing business processes in ways that were previously impossible. Forrester defines "generative AI"...
AI set to enter boom period
A new forecast from IDC's Worldwide Artificial Intelligence Spending Guide shows that global spending on artificial intelligence (AI) - including software, hardware, and services for AI-centric systems - will reach $154-billion in 2023, an increase of 26,9% over the...
ChatGPT debuts in Azure OpenAI Service
Microsoft has announved that ChatGPT is available in preview in Azure OpenAI Service. Eric Boyd, corporate vice-president: AI platform at Microsoft, explains that more than 1 000 customers are now applying the most advanced AI models - including Dall-E 2, GPT-3.5,...
More African languages added to MS Translator
Microsoft has added 13 new African languages to its Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services Translator enabling text and documents to be translated to and from these languages across the entire Microsoft ecosystem of products and services. Sesotho (Southern Sotho), Sesotho...
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Vox brings business grade video conferencing to SMEs
Vox has launched Eyeris Lite, which is aimed at providing an affordable, easy-to-use, business-grade video conferencing solution for local, small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Companies with multiple branches are increasingly taking advantage of improved broadband...
AIMS to tackle African problems
Africa's first and biggest network of centers of excellence, the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), in partnership with the government of Rwanda, has launched AIMS in Rwanda, an ecosystem of pan-African transformation that will leverage scientific...
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Aspect Software becomes a member of the GSMA
Aspect Software has strengthened its commitment to its work in banking fraud prevention and mobile banking, by becoming a service provider member of the GSMA. Representing the interests of mobile network operators worldwide, the GSMA connects hundreds of stakeholders...
The hunt for the dawn of APTs
The Moonlight Maze cyber-espionage attacks sent shockwaves through the US in the late 1990s - two decades later, researchers uncover the original attack tools and find a link to a modern APT. Kaspersky Lab and Kings College London researchers, looking for a link...
The role of optimisation in 5G networks
5G will bring about a significant change in the ability to meet increasingly complex consumer demands, says Martin Walshaw, senior engineer at F5 Networks. As we all know, 4G and LTE are designed to improve capacity, user data-rates, spectrum usage and latency....
e4 launches virtual app for FICA processing
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Choosing the best-suited cloud strategy for your organization
There is general shift by most organisations from traditional IT to the big public cloud, allowing them to respond better and faster to both business and customer needs. According to Dennis Naidoo, senior systems engineer: Middle East, Africa and Turkey at Tintri, a...
Software testing helps Vula Mobile deliver medical care
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Safety management and reporting software for IAG
Ideagen, a supplier of information management software to organisations in highly regulated industries, has secured a contract to provide International Airlines Group (IAG) with a safety and risk management and reporting software solution. IAG, parent company of Aer...
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