Medical usage drives strong growth in 3D printing plastics
The global 3D printing plastics market is expected to reach $4,39-billion by 2030 – with a CAGR of 24,2% from 2024 to 2030 - according to a new report by Grand View Research. The market is projected to witness substantial growth due to rising demand from various...
Environmental protections account for 10% of fish on coral reefs
New research from the University of Sydney, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and partners shows that international conservation efforts account for approximately 10% of fish on coral reefs. The global study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of...
SA science boffin competes in international science fair
A research project by a young scientist that aims to address South Africa's need for more energy-efficient buildings and construction materials will be showcased at this year's Buca International Music, Science, Engineering Energy Fair (IMSEF) in Turkey. Pieter Adrian...
NTT opens new data centre in SA
Dimension Data parent company NTT Ltd has announced the opening of its latest data centre in Johannesburg. Johannesburg 1 Data Centre is part of NTT’s expansion into the African continent, with a capacity of 12MW covering 6 000m² of IT space once fully built out. The...
Closing the cybersecurity gender gap can improve cyber resilience
Women still only make up a quarter of the workforce in cybersecurity, a striking gap compared to a 39% participation rate in the general workforce. At the same time, the global cybersecurity workforce would need to grow by 80% to meet current demand, according to a...
SA women are ditching inflexible workplaces
First came the Great Resignation, and now we have the Great Breakup, where female professionals, executives and senior leaders unsatisfied with a complete 9-to-5, five-days-a-week return to the office are seeking greener pastures at more flexible companies, or opting...
Chad Baker is new MD of First Distribution
First Distribution has brought back Chad Baker as its MD, 22 years after he left the company. Baker started his ICT career with First Distribution in 1995, serving as the national sales manager for four years. He has been in the industry in a number of executive...
Ransomware still a top cyber risk, but new threats emerging
Ransomware remains a top cyber risk for organizations globally while business email compromise incidents are on the rise and will increase further in the 'deep fake' era. At the same time, the war in Ukraine and wider geopolitical tensions are a major concern as...
Fraudsters threaten to turn Festive Season cheer to frustration
With the festive season fast approaching, South Africa has been slowly aligning itself with the rest of the world in heralding the start of the festive season shopping spree with its Black Friday shopping event. While the origins of Black Friday in South Africa can be...
AdvancedIPSpyware targets organisations worldwide
In a recent crimeware report, Kaspersky experts described AdvancedIPSpyware, a backdoored version of legitimate Advanced IP Scanner tool used by network admins to control local area networks (LANs). The malicious tool affected a broad audience with victims in Latin...
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Innovation: SA’s next step to the cloud
South Africa's familiarity with cloud technology is on the rise, and despite sluggish early adoption there's a renewed focus on innovation. Quinton Pienaar, CEO of Agilitude a Salesforce.com and Zuora reseller, identifies two major current activities in cloud...
Cape Town team wins at Global Mashup Day
The Cape Town studio of Deloitte Digital won first prize at the recent Global Deloitte Digital Mashup Day. The tech mash-up event brought together eight teams from the UK, Japan and South Africa to build innovative, useful projects that work, using any technology that...
AMD powers up CAD workstations
AMD has unveiled the AMD FirePro W4300, for the best computer-aided design (CAD) performance that fits both small form factor (SFF) and tower workstations. The AMD FirePro W4300 card expertly integrates a powerful GPU and 4Gb of GDDR5 memory within a low-profile...
EMC debuts next-generation Data Lake
EMC has launched the next generation of its EMC Isilon Scale-out NAS Data Lake, which includes new products, features and capabilities that allow enterprises to scale easily to edge locations as well as to public clouds. The new products, -- IsilonSD Edge, the next...
Teleforge signs with TaskFlow in diversification drive
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IndigoCube becomes IBM Security business partner
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What’s ahead for the BI industry in 2016?
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Interactive game targets HIV/AIDS education
A free new mobile-friendly interactive game that will teach young adults in Sub-Saharan Africa about HIV and AIDS prevention will be launched early next year. In the SwaziYolo, game players will be able to take on a role or avatar of their choice and become characters...
Hardware-based videoconferencing still has a place
The rapid expansion of the market for software-based videoconferencing and tele-presence solutions has not yet - and will most probably never - replace the need for dedicated, room-based solutions among mid-sized and large South African organisations. That's according...
Advanced electronic signatures crucial for productivity
Enterprises have already saved millions by switching their legacy processes to digital, but when it comes to actual transactions many still rely on old paper-based processes, writes Avi Rose, regional sales manager: Africa at DocuSign. The challenges and costs...
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