AI platforms lean towards region-specific infrastructure

By 2027, 35% of countries will be locked into region-specific AI platforms using proprietary contextual data, according to Gartner, which also predicts that platform lock-in will rise from 5% to 35% by 2027. “Countries with digital sovereignty goals are increasing...

Another positive year expected for salaries in 2026

Supported by positive economic developments, record-high commodity prices, a stronger rand, and low inflation, real salary increases are expected this year, according to an analysis by PayInc. The PayInc Net Salary Index, which tracks net salaries of approximately...

Enterprise AI is at a critical tipping point

Kathy Gibson reports - We are at a critical moment in the race for enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) – winning is no longer about who adopts AI, but who scales safely, efficiently and with business impact. This is the headline finding from IDC’s CIO Playbook, a...

The AI model that found 370 exoplanets is expanding its reach

Scientists have discovered more than 6 000 planets that orbit stars other than our Sun, known as exoplanets. More than half of these planets were discovered thanks to data from NASA’s retired Kepler mission and NASA’s current TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey...

Shared cloud infrastructure spend drives overall growth

According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Infrastructure Tracker: Buyer and Cloud Deployment, spending on compute and storage infrastructure products for cloud deployments, including dedicated and shared IT environments,...

AI takes centre stage in financial industry

The financial services industry is undergoing a significant transformation with the adoption of AI technologies, according to Nvidia's fourth annual State of AI in Financial Services Report. The report reveals that an overwhelming 91% of financial services companies...

In-vehicle payment transaction volumes to exceed 4,7bn by 2026

A new study from Juniper Research has found the global transaction volume of in-vehicle payments will exceed 4,7-billion by 2026, up from just 87-million in 2021. In-vehicle payments are those where payments are made via vehicle systems, without requiring use of a...

With technology core to the business, CIO influence grows

CIOs' influence on business strategy and operations is growing as technology pervades enterprises, according to a new IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV) study. When asked which other C-Suite members will be most critical over the next few years, CEOs surveyed...

This is what the future of intelligence looks like

Results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Future of Intelligence survey reveal a significant positive correlation between enterprise intelligence and better business outcomes. By investing in enterprise intelligence, organizations can achieve first-order...

Cloud will be the centrepiece of new digital experiences

The ongoing pandemic and the surge in digital services are making cloud the centrepiece of new digital experiences. "There is no business strategy without a cloud strategy," says Milind Govekar, distinguished vice-president at Gartner. "The adoption and interest in...

CSPs setting the pace in 5G twice as likely to grow revenue

5G pacesetters - the frontrunning communications service providers (CSPs) currently driving the global demand for consumer 5G - are three times more likely to retain customers and almost twice as likely to grow average revenue per user (ARPU) and mobile services...

Godongwana’s plans for the R128bn revenue bonanza

In his first major budget address since being appointed in August 2021, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivered his Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) to Parliament yesterday (11 November). Lullu Krugel, chief economist at PwC Strategy& South Africa,...

Sky-high IPv4 prices pose security threats

The price of individual IPv4 addresses peaked at $32 in the first quarter of 2021 as the supply for IP resources failed to meet demand. Vincentas Grinius, CEO of IPXO, says that increased cybercriminal activity is a probable consequence of this price surge, as selling...

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POPI benefits SA companies

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Users can now leverage the best in performance and scalability with the new Dell Precision workstation range from distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC). Featuring one advanced tower workstation, two premium tower workstations and one rack workstation model, all...

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The path to true mobility

As mobile data costs continue to decline, the much-vaunted concepts of enterprise mobility and remote workforce are now very much top of mind for most organisations. Technological advances in mobile services and products have changed the way customers and the...

CDO key to leveraging company info

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3M leverages Orange Business Services

In Europe, 3M now relies on Orange Business Services' secure cloud platform – Flexible Computing Healthcare – to host both its medical applications and patient information. Orange Business Services support will be implemented with the launch of the 3M True Definition...

Ekurhuleni improves service with technology

The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (EMM) covers 15,6% of Gauteng’s land mass and accounts for 26% of the population of Gauteng, making it sub-Saharan Africa’s most economically powerful region. Considering the scope of the Ekurhuleni municipality, the processes...

Continuity and disaster recovery

Companies still using tape back-ups should prepare themselves for possible data loss. With a failure rate of up to 65% and the fact that these back-ups are generally archived off site in a warehouse requiring manual processes to search for data, tape back-ups are a...

Taneja report lauds Tintri solution

Tintri has announced the findings of a Taneja Group Field Report. The report, Massively Scalable, Intrinsically Simple: Tintri’s Low TCO for the Virtualised Data Centre, is based on in-depth interviews with Tintri customers across a broad range of industries. Customer...

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