Counting the global cost of digital exclusion
A staggering 627-million individuals globally – more than the populations of the US and Brazil combined - are excluded from essential digital services, including financial services, education, healthcare, and employment platforms. The is according to global full-cycle...
Humanoid robots are ready to start work
The advent of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in 2022 revolutionised humanoid robotics, allowing for task execution without explicit programming. As developed nations grapple with labor shortages from aging populations and declining birth rates, the demand for automation grows....
Pace of energy transition helping metals markets
Commodities prices for key metals will be battered by the storms buffeting the global economy through much of 2023, but are well-positioned to rise through the clouds in the longer term as the energy transition continues apace, according to a new S&P Global Market...
Cybercriminals tuning in to streaming services
Kaspersky researchers have discovered cybercriminals are spreading Trojans, gathering victim's personal data, more than twice as often as unwanted software, adware, under the guise of popular streaming services. While downloading malicious programs instead of a...
DPUs drive data centre efficiency
The numbers are in, and they paint a picture of data centres going a deeper shade of green thanks to energy-efficient networks accelerated with data processing units (DPUs). A suite of tests run with help from Ericsson, RedHat and VMware show power reductions up to...
Bitcoin’s trading volume 80 times higher than Apple’s
While bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have had a tough 2022, a new study reveals that Bitcoin's (BTC) current trading volume is over 80 times higher than that of tech giant Apple, despite the fact that Bitcoins market cap is a full six times lower than Apple's. The...
Men more likely to get dating matches if they drink
A study by The Bottle Club has revealed that men are in with a better chance on dating apps if their profiles feature alcohol. Men received 150% more matches with women on Tinder when their profile displayed drinks in their photos, and were deemed more attractive when...
Crypto and NFT users to reach 344m next year
The 2022 crypto price crash has been brutal for most cryptocurrencies wiping billions of dollars off their value, but the number of people using cryptos and NFTs continues to rise. According to data presented by AugustaFreePress.com, the number of crypto and NFT users...
ISO 20022 adoption modernises SA payment ecosystem
South Africa’s financial sector has taken a big step towards modernising the country’s payment ecosystem with the adoption of a new global messaging standard by its domestic real-time gross settlement (RTGS) system, participant banks and other financial market...
Gaming, metaverse drive AR/VR growth
Gaming technology will serve as the biggest driving force for the metaverse's evolution in the near term as augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) hardware enables users to engage in virtual worlds in and outside of work. This is according to a new S&P...
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The case for virtualised cloud-based SBCs
Enterprises that build a private cloud to house applications, including unified communications (UC) infrastructure, and service providers that deploy software-based session border controllers (SBCs) in data centres are looking more intensely at going the...
Malware as a service hits 400 000
Kaspersky Lab's Global Research and Analysis Team has published extensive research on the Adwind Remote Access Tool (RAT), a cross-platform, multifunctional malware program also known as AlienSpy, Frutas, Unrecom, Sockrat, JSocket and jRat, and which is distributed...
Deloitte targets insurance with ConVista buy
Deloitte (Africa) has acquired the business assets and now directly employees the 30-person team of ConVista Consulting, the South African subsidiary of the German consulting firm ConVista AG, as it continues to expand its financial services capabilities, with a...
Get mindsets ready for changing business solutions landscape
According to IDC Futurescape's Worldwide Cloud 2015 predictions, by 2016, there will be an 11% shift of IT budget aware from traditional in-house IT delivery, toward various versions of cloud computing as a new delivery model. At the same time, 81% of medium...
Why data-driven businesses will weather the economic storm
South Africa is a difficult place to do business right now. Following the Rand's crash to record lows, predictions of a recession and the potential downgrade to junk status, economists are warning business owners to brace themselves for a tough economic climate in...
VMware enables affordable application and desktop
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Arbor tops IHS Infonetics report on DDoS prevention appliances
Arbor Networks has been identified again as the top supplier of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) mitigation appliances overall, as well as in the Carrier, Enterprise and Mobile market segments, according to a new report from Infonetics Research. According to...
Keeping children productive and safe on the Net
In the cloud-first, mobile-first era, students, parents, and teachers are empowered to accomplish more by tapping into the power of the Internet, social networks, data analytics and mobile devices, writes Anthony Doherty, Windows business group lead. However, online...
Bidvest Business Technologies targets improved content management
Konica Minolta South Africa, a division of Bidvest Office, has announced the establishment of Bidvest Business Technologies, its new managed print services (MPS), managed content services (MCS) and rental asset management focused arm. Bidvest Business Technologies'...
MPT delivers modular data centre in Brazzaville
Master Power Technologies (MPT) is delivering a turnkey modular data centre solution to a telecoms company in Brazzaville, in the Republic of Congo. The solution is to be delivered as a set of modular, pre-tested containers that comprise a self-contained data centre....
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