Google and AU partner to celebrate Africa
The Office Of The African Union Chairperson's Youth Envoy and Google have launched the #DiscoverMyAfrica Shorts Challenge - a month-long initiative to celebrate the rich diversity, heritage, and vibrant spirit of the African continent. Throughout May, YouTube creators...
Wind energy keeps the lights on in 3,6m households
South Africa's energy outlook continues to improve, with Eskom's State of the System and Winter Outlook indicating that collaborative efforts are contributing to improved energy availability factors. While more is needed to end the energy crisis, wind energy remains a...
Gauteng iDays helps Internet community reconnect
Places are filling up fast for the final Gauteng instalment of the series of iDays planned for 2022. This is the first year that the Internet Service Providers' Association of South Africa (ISPA) hosts iDays in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape. The latter...
More girls inspired to pursue STEM careers
The Vodacom #CodeLikeAGirl programme is growing by leaps and bounds and inspiring more young girls to enter the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. Vodacom plans to train 1 500 young girls in coding in this financial year, bringing the...
Time to reconceive the digital experience
Nearly three out of four B2B buyers (72%) reported completing a recent significant purchase by ordering and paying online, according to Gartner. A Gartner survey of 725 B2B buyers from November through December 2021 found that buyers use digital commerce to address...
Double crater spotted after mystery rocket crash on the Moon
Astronomers discovered a rocket body heading toward a lunar collision late last year. Impact occurred on 4 March, with NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter later spotting the resulting crater. Surprisingly the crater is actually two craters, an eastern crater (18-meter...
Big changes needed for SA to achieve better maths results
South Africa is still not addressing the root causes behind the decline in the number of learners taking mathematics or the decline in the pass rate of those who do choose the subject. Less than 30% of all matric students take maths and only half of them pass their...
Tips for driving finance AI success
Getting artificial intelligence (AI) right isn't just about investing the most time or money. Gartner has outlined four implementation behaviours that are the most important in quickly delivering finance AI initiatives that meet or exceed the expected impact and...
Light distortion is a matter of perspective
A team led by researchers at the University of the Witwatersrand, with collaborators from the University of Pretoria, as well as Mexico and Scotland, have made a new discovery on how light behaves in complex media, media that tends to distort light significantly. They...
Safer lithium battery transport needs government support
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called on governments to further support the safe carriage of lithium batteries y developing and implementing global standards for screening, fire-testing, and incident information sharing. As with many products...
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Big data for smart businesses
It has been a couple of years now that big data has been part of every single conversation of business leaders, IT decision makers and public stakeholders, writes Gary de Menezes, country manager southern Africa at NetApp. But big data is much more than a buzzword or...
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As IT technologies continue to evolve to support the inevitable Digital Transformation, 2015 has been a year of significant change in the market, driven mainly by customers, writes Frank Basinski, director: partner programs & enablement at Red Hat EMEA. Over the...
DDoS protection needs a multi-faceted approach
With distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks becoming more complex and sophisticated, so must any defensive strategy that attempts to fully protect a financial institution. This is according to Arbor Networks, the security division of Netscout. While traditional...
Decision Inc. adds planning solution for manufacturing
Decision Inc. has crafted a preconfigured business planning and consolidation (BPC) software and service package designed to meet the unique requirements of the manufacturing sector. The SAP Certified BPC Manufacturing Accelerator simplifies approaches that are often...
Flexenclosure has a new focus on Nigeria
Flexenclosure, a specialist developer of intelligent power management systems and pre-fabricated data centres for the ICT industry, has set up a new company in one of its key markets - Nigeria. The new company - Flexenclosure Technology Solutions - is a wholly owned...
Lorge wins Sage Awards for 21st consecutive year
Lorge, a supplier and implementer of Sage Business Management Solutions, Sage 300, Sage X3 and Sage Customer Relationship Management (CRM), is celebrating its 30th year in business by being awarded with the Sage Best Performance Gauteng Award and once again with the...
Consistent visibility is key to better e-commerce experience
As South African retailers move to capitalise on a rapidly expanding online shopper base, they need to ensure that their systems support a consistent shopping experience, or they risk losing customers, says Riverbed Technology. By Wimpie van Rensburg, country manager:...
‘Maintain focus and expect a shaky 2016’
In 2016 companies will have to operate leaner and be even more strategic with technology within an increasingly competitive market. Chris Willemse, CEO of Dac Systems, believes the cloud will dominate technology solution development, procurement and integration this...
Fighting the scourge of blog spam
Back in the late 90s, a new type of journalism emerged, alongside the advent of free publishing platforms. At the time, no one knew blogging would become one of the most important platforms of expression, and the sharing of news and ideas, forever altering the face of...
Digital initiatives that manufacturers must follow in 2016
Software AG has shared its predictions for the manufacturing and supply chain industry in 2016, derived from its expertise, market observations and interactions with its customers. Sean Riley, global manufacturing and supply chain solutions director at Software AG,...
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