Chinese startup unveils powerful open AI model
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Worried about water security? A UCT lecture not to be missed …
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Intel and Fortinet collaborate to advance cybersecurity
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Microsoft ramps up Azure with new AMD tech
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Google adds three new AI models
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France signs in social media ban for kids
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Acer celebrates 50th birthday with big discounts
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SAP outlines autonomous enterprise vision
Kathy Gibson reports from SAP Connect – Word on the street is that agentic artificial intelligence (AI) heralds the end of the ERP era. Not so, says Nazia Pillay, MD: southern Africa at SAP. "ERP is no longer just a system of record," she tells delegates to SAP...
Transnet on track with R129bn recovery
Transnet will spend more than R129-billion over the next five years to restore the organisation’s sustainability and credibility. This is the word from group chief executive Michelle Phillips, addressing delegates at the SAPICS Conference in Cape Town. Phillips told...
Standard Bank shares SAP migration success story
Kathy Gibson reports from SAP Connect in Kyalami – Standard Bank is working with SAP to build a resilient and adaptable business. Vanessa Padiachee, executive: group CIO for corporate functions at Standard Bank Group, explains that the finance organisation was at a...
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Deloitte unveils connected agentic intelligence
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Liquid C2 secures Gold in Google’s Verified Peering Provider Programme
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E Squared offers practical support to entrepreneurs
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CISOs are flying blind on AI agents – but POPIA won’t care why
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Speed is the new competitive advantage
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