AMD expands AI solutions with Silo AI acquisition
AMD has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Silo AI, the largest private AI lab in Europe, in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $665-million. The agreement is part of the company's strategy to deliver end-to-end AI solutions based on open standards...
Tech layoffs exceed 100 000 since the start of the year
With most tech companies considering layoffs necessary to realign their organisational structure and priorities in preparation for future advancements, more than 100 000 employees in the sector have been culled since the beginning of the year, says research group...
Reports of Facebook behaving strangely
Facebook users are today reporting numerous issues with the social media platform, with some receiving comments to celebrity accounts. DownDetector is reporting a higher level of reported outages on Facebook, including a spike in issues from South African users. A...
Leaders could turn geopolitical risks into new opportunities
Technology governance issues emanating from cross-country politics have led to digital geopolitics rapidly becoming an issue that multinational CIOs must step up to lead, according to Gartner. Forty-one percent of boards of directors view geopolitical power shifts and...
SME confidence levels at a 10-year high
The confidence that South African small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) owners have that the South African economy will be conducive to business growth in the next 12 months is at its highest level in a decade. This is according to the Q1 2022 SME Index conducted by...
Consumers feel the pinch as inflation hits 13-year high
Annual consumer inflation reached another 13-year high, increasing to 7,8% in July from 7,4% in June. Transport; food and non-alcoholic beverages (NAB); and housing and utilities continue to place upward pressure on the annual rate. Bread & cereals, oils &...
Boomers and Gen X are getting into crypto
Nearly half of all baby boomers and Generation X already own cryptocurrency or are intending to buy it before the end of 2022. The findings of a poll by deVere Group come in as the prices of bitcoin and others, including Ethereum, dipped this week due to inflation...
10% of SA adults own cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrency adoption in South Africa has held steady over the past several months, according to the latest data from Finder.com, with 10% of South African internet users aged 18 and above now owning. This number is down from 11% late last year. Men are much more...
INXes demonstrate massive growth with no downtime
From just 832 kilobytes per second (kbps) in 1996, South Africa's Internet Exchanges (INXes) handled an April 2022 peak of 325,44 gigabytes per second (Gbps) with the average local Internet traffic load being 202,47Gbps. "What's more astonishing than the...
SA posts better employment stats
The official unemployment rate was 33,9% in the second quarter of 2022, according to the latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for Q2: 2022 released today by Stats SA. These results indicate that 648 000 jobs were gained between the first quarter of 2022 and the...
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Manufacturing smart machines set to double
The use of smart machines in manufacturing is growing rapidly; by 2018, 50% of the fastest growing companies in the world will have fewer employees than smart machines, according to Gartner. At IFS, we see that there is currently limited application of smart machines,...
Capacity books for SanDisk’s mobile flash
SanDisk has expanded its mobile storage portfolio by upgrading two of its most popular mobile flash drives. The SanDisk Connect Wireless Stick is now available in 200Gb capacity, while the SanDisk Ultra Dual USB Drive 3.0 is now available in 128Gb capacity with faster...
Linksys expands DD-WRT support
Linksys and DD-WRT, a Linux based alternative OpenSource firmware suitable for a variety of WLAN routers and embedded systems, have announced the expansion of DD-WRT support to include the WRT1900AC, WRT1200AC, and recently released WRT1900ACS Dual-band Gigabit WiFi...
Dot matrix printing: there’s life in the old dog yetW
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Gemalto streamlines Gabon’s border security
Gemalto has been selected as end-to-end solution provider by Gabon's Department of Homeland Security DGDI to supply and implement a fully integrated border and visa management system. The new scheme will strengthen national security, improve operational efficiency and...
Teleforge bucks the trend despite weak rand
Specialised call centre solutions provider Teleforge Communications has grown its revenue 90% during the last three months, due to the weakening of the rand - which has been flirting with an exchange rate of R18 to the dollar. According to Andrew van Niekerk, MD of...
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...
Are you prepared for digital transformation?
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...
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