Today’s data centre build-out dwarfs previous infrastructure investments

Kathy Gibson reports from Vertiv Week in Zagreb – Artificial intelligence (AI) is driving the biggest infrastructure build-out in human history – bigger than the railroads or the Industrial Revolution. “People assume AI is a bubble, but it is showing no signs of...

Negative sentiment drives call for data centre transparency

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Growing energy demand will limit ambitious climate goals

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AI spend soars to unprecedented levels

Worldwide spending on AI is forecast to total $2,7-trillion in 2026, a 49,5% increase year-over-year, according to Gartner. “Demand for AI infrastructure (including AI-optimised IaaS, AI-optimised servers, AI network fabric, AI processing semiconductors and devices)...

PC sales through distribution return to growth

Distributor revenue remained flat year over year at $19,5-billion in the second quarter of 2024 (2Q24), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) North America Distribution Tracker (NADT). As expected, Network Infrastructure sales saw a double-digit...

Duxbury reaches 40-year milestone

Duxbury Networking celebrates its 40th birthday tomorrow (26 July 2024). The distributor, founded by CEO Graham Duxbury, a motor racing Hall of Fame inductee, has seen a number of changes and challenges over four decades in the IT industry. "This milestone wouldn't be...

African banks shift gear to drive digitalisation

The last year has seen a growing trend towards the digitalisation of banking services, driven by the cost-saving and efficiency effect induced by digital platforms. A new report from African Banker magazine and engagement banking platform Backbase shows that the...

CFOs turn to process mining for better RPA returns

A big majority (80%) of finance leaders agree finance must significantly accelerate its implementation of digital technology, such as robotic process automation (RPA) and artificial intelligence to effectively support the business by 2025, according to a survey by...

Soft global demand drives smartphone shipments down

Worldwide smartphone shipments declined 8,9% year over year in the first quarter of 2022 (1Q22), according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. This marks the third consecutive quarter of decline...

What SA users searched for in April

South Africans turned to Google to find out more about religious holidays, the KwaZulu Natal floods and social grants, based on Google search activity in April. In a rare coincidence, the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Jewish Passover and Christian Easter overlapped in...

What are the most common knowledge gaps in cybersecurity?

Statistics from students of a corporate security awareness platform show that people most frequently make mistakes answering questions related to email and password usage. Tasks around these topics are in the top five most commonly failed by users. The compliance of...

Customers look for service information from third-parties

By 2025, 60% of customers will seek service in third-party sources of information not owned by the company, according to Gartner. Currently, younger customers already use third-party information sources more frequently than older consumers, suggesting that this trend...

China dominates e-commerce industry

China is the current leader in the e-commerce industry, and will remain in the lead until at least 2025. According to numbers presented by SafeBettingSites.com, the Chinese e-commerce industry will produce $1626-billion in yearly revenue by 2025. In 2021, the annual...

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Innovation key in shifting telecoms market

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EOH’s Bohbot wins entrepreneur award

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Cloud is not just about hosting

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