AMD launches 5th Gen AMD EPYC CPUs
AMD has announced the availability of the 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors, formerly codenamed “Turin”, designed for enterprise, AI and cloud. Using the “Zen 5” core architecture, compatible with the broadly deployed SP5 platform2 and offering a broad range of core counts...
Energy-efficiency, AI drive accelerated innovation
Nvidia’s accelerated computing isn’t just efficient. It’s critical to the next wave of industrial, scientific and healthcare transformations. This is the word from Bob Pette, Nvidia’s vice-president and GM of enterprise platforms, presenting the keynote address at the...
AI helps to fight wildfires
A dramatic rise in the frequency and severity of wildfires is undermining efforts to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in combating climate change. According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 30% of the world's population is exposed to deadly...
With Earth at a tipping point, action is needed
The Greenland icesheet is warming four times faster than the planet as a whole, triggering a domino effect of interconnected disasters that threaten the viability of Earth's life-support systems on which human civilization depends, participants were told at a session...
Urgent action needed as world faces ‘category 5 storm’
In a wide-ranging address that touched on the most critical issues of our time, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged leaders gathered at the World Economic Forum meeting to take urgent action. Taking note of a range of critical threats facing the world,...
Satya Nadella says AI golden age has arrived
The artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT is capturing the world's imagination, having amassed 1-million users in just five days after its recent launch. It is one of a dozen AI-driven so-called "killer apps" that will transform human productivity and the...
Interoperability key to realise metaverse value
The Defining and Building the Metaverse initiative, launched by the World Economic Forum in May 2022, has released initial findings in two briefing papers - the first research of its kind on the metaverse. The initiative combines the expertise of more than 150...
Plan to unlock Africa Free Trade Area potential
African heads of state and global CEOs at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting backed the launch of the first of its kind report on how public-private partnerships can support the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). AfCFTA: A New Era...
Global IT spend forecast to grow 2,4% in 2023
Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $4,5-trillion in 2023, an increase of 2,4% from 2022, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. This is down from the previous quarter's forecast of 5,1% growth. While inflation continues to erode consumer purchasing...
IT leaders feel increasingly unprotected
Companies are challenged with more complex hybrid IT environments and are raising budgets to fend off cyberattacks as well as keep up as production environments continue to diversify across various clouds. The result is that IT leaders feel they aren't sufficiently...
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The hidden costs of buying cheap
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‘Tis the season to be careful
It's the time of year again when shops - and online portals - are already stocking up on festive season items, but be careful before you hand out credit card details to just anyone, writes Sarel Lamprecht, MD of leading cyber insurance company Phishield. Inevitably,...
AfricaOnline Ghana launches iManage services
AfricaOnline, an ISP in Ghana's and a Gondwana International Networks (GIN) subsidiary, has laucnhed iManage, a suite of IT managed services. Aimed at solving IT issues, users of the iManage suite of service will enjoy a safer and more secure corporate network....
IT security shouldn’t be a knee-jerk reaction
In business, IT security needs to be a top-of-mind priority. It is critical for organisations to come to the realisation that the security industry has become increasingly dynamic in response to the ever-present threat of a cyber-attack and as a result security...
FirstBank increases mobile app security
FirstBank has launched its updated iOS mobile banking application with fingerprint biometrics capability and authentication from Entersekt. FirstBank is Colorado's second largest bank and the third largest privately held bank in the nation. FirstBank has integrated...
Gamification the future of service delivery
The term gamification is the industry's latest buzzword. Used extensively as a marketing term, it has become part of the IT lexicon. These days, gamification is being used to persuade customers to buy more, improve service levels in call centres, and even improve...
Things that threaten the Internet of Things
Understanding the behaviour of hackers and keeping businesses at the forefront of technology is crucial to mitigate cybercrime, says Martin Walshaw, senior engineer at F5 Networks. Things in life are getting more complex. With the growth of smart devices and the...
Data a crucial consideration in cloud migration
The astonishing explosion in data volumes is quickly becoming one of the highest-priority issues for both technology pros and corporate directors alike. Driven by the increasing digitisation of businesses, the rise of the Internet of Things, and the immediacy of...
Best of Black Friday on PriceCheck
Black Friday, the annual retail-shopping bonanza, falls on Friday, 25 November this year, and South Africa's online retailers are looking to harness the growing local interest in what has become global retail's biggest day out. According to Kevin Tucker, founder of...
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