Huge failure rate in logistics transformations
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Intel Foundry achieves major milestones
Intel has announced that its lead products on Intel 18A, Panther Lake (AI PC client processor) and Clearwater Forest (server processor), are out of the fab and have powered-on and booted operating systems. These milestones were achieved less than two quarters after...
Long road ahead for AR headsets
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2022 Arctic summer sea ice tied for 10th-lowest on record
According to satellite observations, Arctic sea ice reached its annual minimum extent on 18 September 2022. The ice cover shrank to an area of 4,67-million square kilometers this year, roughly 1,55-million square kilometers below the 1981-2010 average minimum of...
Cell C to be restructured, refinanced
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New Webb image captures clearest view of Neptune’s rings in decades
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has shown off its capabilities closer to home with its first image of Neptune. Not only has Webb captured the clearest view of this distant planet’s rings in more than 30 years, but its cameras reveal the ice giant in a whole new...
Supply chain leaders are investing in AI and automation
Chief supply chain officers (CSCOs) are navigating significant supply chain challenges brought on by a global Covid-19 pandemic, inflation, climate change and geopolitical events, and how they plan to future-proof their supply chains. An IBM Institute for Business...
Nvidia unveils next-gen RTX GPUs, AI workflows in the cloud
New cloud services to support AI workflows and the launch of a new generation of GeForce RTX GPUs featured yesterday in Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's GTC keynote. "Computing is advancing at incredible speeds, the engine propelling this rocket is accelerated computing, and...
AMD debuts Ryzen 7020 Series for high-end mobile performance
AMD has unveiled the new Ryzen 7020 Series and Athlon 7020 Series Processor lineup, built on the "Zen 2" core architecture and featuring AMD RDNA 2 graphics. The Ryzen and Athlon 7020 Series Processors for mobile deliver excellent everyday performance and up to 12...
Turbulence set to dent resilient PC monitor market
The global PC monitor market posted positive results in the second quarter of 2022 (2Q22), registering a 2,7% rise in shipments compared to the same quarter a year ago. Although the result was higher than expected, a deteriorating macroeconomic environment with rising...
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Arrow Electronics is a Fortune Most Admired Company
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Africa Internet Group secures €300m of funding
Africa Internet Group (AIG), the parent of African e-commerce platform Jumia, has secured more than Euro 300-million in funding from new and existing investors, including the previously announced funding commitment from AXA, a leader in insurance and asset management....
Key budget highlights you may have missed
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Reports of tape’s demise are greatly exaggerated
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Visa expands operations to Côte d’Ivoire
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Developers move out of the back room
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Kaspersky Lab launches security intelligence services
Kaspersky Lab has expanded its enterprise portfolio with the launch of Security Intelligence Services - a diverse set of services aimed at faster sharing of leading security expertise and transforming knowledge into protection for its clients. Aimed primarily at...
Reduce MRO spend with smart procurement
Many businesses have a cost source that they have not yet considered controlling effectively - and that is where smart procurement can really repay their efforts, said Brian Andrew, South African GM of RS Components. Speaking at the Smart Procurement World Conference...
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