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More space junk clutters Earth’s orbit
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Big growth for end user spend via carrier billing
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Airport digitalisation could boost African economic recovery
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AI-generated endangered species mingle with the nightlife in Times Square
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Metaverse could add $3trn to global GDP
The metaverse has the potential to add an estimated $3-trillion to the global economy in a decade if adoption and growth are similar to mobile technology. Estimates are that the metaverse could add $40-billion in sub-Saharan Africa alone - a 1,8% contribution to...
Ransomware victims say they would pay up if hit again
The new global Kaspersky report, "How business executives perceive ransomware threat", discovered that in 88% of organisations previously attacked by ransomware, business leaders would choose to pay a ransom if faced with another attack. Across organisations that have...
Food price inflation could hit Africa the hardest
Higher international food prices will have a more aggressive impact on African CPI readings than those in advanced economies. According to Oxford Economics Africa, this is due to heavier weightings of foodstuffs in CPI baskets. But the impact will extend far beyond...
IBM in strategic collaboration with AWS
IBM has signed a Strategic Collaboration Agreement (SCA) with Amazon Web Services (AWS), with plans to offer a broad array of its software catalogue as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) on AWS. Building on IBM Software being available as-a-Service (aaS) on IBM Cloud, this...
Total private investment in AI more than doubled in 2021
A moneytransfers.com analysis of the sector places private investment in AI in 2021 at $93,5-billion - more than double what it was in 2020. The total amount of funding raised by venture capitalists (VCs) for AI startups has increased significantly since 2017....
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WestconGroup wins Motorola Solutions awards
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The mobility gap in corporate security
Mobility and BYOD are some of the fastest growing trends, both locally and across the globe, says Fred Mitchell, software division manager, Drive Control Corporation. From laptops and notebooks to ultrabooks, smartphones and tablets, the sheer number of mobile devices available today is driving the requirement for networks to open their borders, potentially creating significant holes in the fabric of corporate security.
Veeam’s predictions for 2015
Veeam predicts that 2015 will see fundamental changes across the IT industry, driven by end-users demanding 24/7 access to data and applications, with recovery times of minutes, not hours and days. The pressure being placed on today’s IT infrastructure has never been greater. But what does 2015 have in store? Warren Olivier, regional manager of southern Africa at Veeam Software, outlines the top technology trends for 2015.
The business case for satellites
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Gain a competitive edge with VoIP
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DCC offers HP 250 and 3500 devices
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Jasco Rooftop Solutions boosts telecoms
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Aruba expands EMEA channel programme
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Why small contact centres need cloud
Cloud technology holds just as much, if not more, power for small businesses and their call centres as it does for large ones, says Jed Hewson, director at cloud contact centre technology provider, 1Stream. “A lot of people think that cloud technology is best suited...
MainOne unveils MDX-i
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