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Government promises investments in infrastructure, digital skills
President Cyril Ramaphosa has committed the Seventh Administration to pursuing massive infrastructure investments, and furthering the country's digital skills. Speaking last night at the Opening of Parliament, the president said significant infrastructure projects are...
Successful CDOs link data, analytics to business outcomes
Chief data officers (CDOs) who met revenue-generation objectives and data monetization goals were more successful in their role than those who primarily focused on enablement projects, such as data governance, according to Gartner's seventh annual Chief Data Officer...
Epyc processors enable hybrid cloud with Oracle
AMD has announced the expansion of the AMD Epyc processor footprint within the cloud ecosystem, powering the new Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) E4 Dense instances. These new instances are part of the Oracle Cloud VMware Solution offerings, enable customers to build...
Record number of national standards published in 2021
The South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) published 414 national standards in the financial year that ended 31 March 2021. This includes new standards, adopted, amended and/or revised standards, with 127 being new standards. In 2020, 359 national standards were...
Commercial services brands begin slow Covid recovery
The world's largest commercial services brands are beginning to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic - but four of the top five most valuable commercial services brands have not yet recovered to pre-pandemic value. These are among the findings of a new report from Brand...
Joburg Business School launches PHD in digital transformation
The Johannesburg Business School (JBS), a faculty of the University of Johannesburg, has launched its Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) in Digital Transformation aimed at helping business executives and organisational leaders adapt to an ever-changing digital environment....
Global public cloud end user spend to hit $500bn this year
Worldwide end user spending on public cloud services is forecast to grow 20,4% in 2022 to total $494,7-billion, up from $410,9-billion in 2021, according to the latest forecast from Gartner. In 2023, end-user spending is expected to reach nearly $600-billion. "Cloud...
Study shows geoengineeering could increase infectious disease burden in the Global South
Geoengineering the climate could have massive repercussions for the health of billions of people living in tropical countries with malaria. Solar geoengineering (emergency proposals to inject aerosols into the stratosphere to increase the reflection of sunlight back...
Education notebooks see strong decline in Q1 22 against high 2021 figures
The volume of notebook sales in the education sector across Europe has declined sharply in the first 11 weeks of the year, although it remains higher than pre-pandemic levels, according to Context. The latest four-week rolling average figures for unit sales versus a...
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Opti-Baby rolls out Microsoft Dynamics CRM
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Epicor Partner Award winners announced
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Eaton offers variable frequency drive
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Schneider Electric announces InRow RC
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Check Point announces Capsule
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The Internet has changed users
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Ruckus brings WiFi to SMBs with Xclaim
Ruckus Wireless has unveiled Xclaim, a new kind of WiFi system exclusively developed for the small business market that redefines the model for offering enterprise-grade WiFi services to organisations that have little to no IT expertise. A new brand of disruptively...
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