Call for Africa to collaborate on digital development
Kathy Gibson reports - African countries need to collaborate to ensure that the continent’s young population is connected and able to participate in the digital economy. This is the word from John Omo, secretary-general of the African Telecommunications Union (ATU),...
Clean, reliable power key to Africa’s digital economy
Kathy Gibson reports – South Africa and Africa must drive forward to create a digitally-inclusive environment that creates opportunities for entrepreneurs and lifts people out of poverty. This is the word from Solly Malatsi, minister of communications and digital...
New pledge to eradicate polio in Africa
In a bid to foster a healthy population, African leaders have come together to reiterate the need to actively direct resources and efforts to curb the spread of polio on the continent after their previous success was hampered by the Covid-19 outbreak. The African...
Africa comes under cyber attack
Kathy Gibson reports - Africa is experiencing three-times more than the global average when it comes to cyberattacks. "It is when rather than if organisations will be attacked," says Pankaj Bhula, regional director: Africa at Check Point. Over the last month, Angola,...
A future aircraft design, supercomputed
The picture featured here is not hypermodern art. Generated by NASA's high-performance computers, it shows a Transonic Truss Braced Wing (TTBW) aircraft concept being tested in a virtual wind tunnel, showing how its wings interact with the air around them. In this...
Learnership scams add to youth unemployment woes
Learnerships are South Africa's most powerful skills development mechanism, but they could be playing an even greater role in eradicating youth unemployment if it were not for some dishonest learners defrauding the system by enrolling for multiple learnerships at the...
South Africans have spent more than 24bn hours on Spotify
Yesterday (13 March) marked the fifth anniversary of Spotify going live in South Africa, providing the soundtrack to many people's lives, recording some major milestones, and helping thousands of artists and creators find an audience for their craft. To celebrate the...
Technology the key differentiator for field services
There is immense pressure on field service organisations to meet service level agreements (SLAs), amid a lack of skilled workers and a growing need to reach tech superiority. These are among the findings from a global research study by IFS highlighting the challenges...
Enterprise WLAN market continues to gain momentum
The enterprise segment of the worldwide wireless local area network (WLAN) market reached its highest quarterly revenue ever in the fourth quarter of 2022, rising 47,9% YoY to $3,35-billion, according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Wireless LAN Tracker. The market grew...
SA research on mitigating plastic pollution to be showcased at international science festival
South African research that seeks to mitigate plastic pollution - reducing the threat it poses to plants, animals, and the environment - will be showcased at the 2023 International Festival of Engineering Science and Technology in Tunisia (I-FEST2) later this month....
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Embracing a smart city through connectivity
The growth of connected devices is resulting in an increased awareness of the benefits of a smart city. And while many see Africa as lagging in this regard, Kenya is leading the charge to embrace this new technology-rich eco-system. Riaan Graham, sales director for...
RSA Litho boosts digital investment with Xerox
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Mobile app drives Tanzanian birth registrations
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Data breaches are a part of doing business
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Incredible Connection opens new brand stores
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Vertiv identifies 2017 data centre infrastructure trends
Vertiv, formerly Emerson Network Power, today released six data centre infrastructure trends to watch in 2017. "In 2016, global macro trends significantly impacted the industry, with new cloud innovations and social responsibility taking the spotlight," says Giordano...
The cloud is broadening its horizons
Cloud technology is no longer the new kid on the block, writes Jed Hewson, co-founder and joint CEO of 1Stream. It has slowly and steadily infiltrated almost all aspects of our lives, from personal device storage to large-scale enterprise management systems, bringing...
Data ransoms are crippling businesses
Cyber criminals are always on the prowl, analysing online behaviour of users and looking for new opportunities to infect computers. Ransomware is the latest malicious threat that infects computers and blocks access to data until a ransom is paid. One Channel CEO...
How we’re going to win the war on cyber crime
The time has come for the global cyber security community to combine forces and take the fight to cyber criminals. It's no secret that hackers have been sharing information for a long time, says Doros Hadjizenonos, country manager f Check Point South Africa. Greater...
Kaspersky reinforces VMware NSX protection
Kaspersky Lab has released a new version of its virtualisation security solution, Kaspersky Security for Virtualization Agentless. Designed to provide protection within software-defined data centers built on VMware vSphere and VMware NSX, the solution now delivers...
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