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Bright future ahead for AI-powered electric grid
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Climate change, AI will influence work in 2050
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Inflation, currency volatility to impact global IT spending growth
Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $4,5-trillion in 2022, an increase of 3% from 2021, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. While IT spending is expected to grow in 2022, it will be at a much slower pace than 2021 due to spending cutbacks on PCs,...
European investments in public cloud services will hit $113bn this year
According to the International Data Corporation (IDC)’s Worldwide Public Cloud Services Spending Guide, Public Cloud Services (PCS) spending in Europe will reach $113 billion in 2022 and will double to $$239 billion by 2026, growing at a 22% 5-year 2021-2026 CAGR....
Most tech purchases end in regret
As technology continues to become more critical to the business, technology customers have access to more options and information than ever before leading to more instances of buyer remorse. A massive 56% of organisations said they had a high degree of purchase regret...
Virtual, augmented-mixed reality set for 11-fold growth
The virtual reality (VR) and augmented-mixed reality (AR-MR) market is at the heart of futuristic digital transformation, offering immersive and assisted experiences through a 3D virtual environment inlaid within or on top of observable reality. Frost & Sullivan’s...
SA was leading in online learning pre-Covid
Prior to Covid-19, South Africa had the highest percentage of learners receiving online or blended learning as their main mode of course delivery compared with the UK, Middle East and Europe. According to research covering higher education (HE) instructors’ priorities...
NFT marketplace to tokenise R18m ZAR coin collection
The South African Gold Coin Exchange & The Scoin Shop has partnered with Momint, a South African Web 3.0 tech firm, to tokenise an exclusive Complete Denomination Coin Proof set of the old Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR) coinage for the digital era. Collectively...
Amazon-related phishing sites approach 900 on Amazon Prime Day
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Veeam reduces hardware cost, improves management
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Cost of retiring old computer equipment
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Vodacom helps to scale up M-Health in SA
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Network & Server Administrator
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