AI is changing enterprises, and already driving value

By Kathy Gibson - Artificial intelligence (AI) is starting to pay off for early enterprise adopters. More than half of companies that have implemented AI are now seeing a return on investment, with the most value reported by future-built organisations. This is the...

Tech giants raise the AI safety bar

The risks associated with artificial intelligence (AI) are back in the spotlight with the news that rogue agents have been responsible for multiple attacks on government sites in Australia and the US. Even the FBI has not been immune to attacks from autonomous agents....

AI makes critical thinking a workforce priority

A new global study from the IBM for Business Value points to a disconnect between the skills chief human resource officers (CHROs) say AI requires and those employees prioritise. While 71% of CHROs identify the ability to supervise, validate and override AI outputs as...

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...

Supply chain players need to unlearn to fight climate change

Experts stress that to fight climate change, it is critical to transform supply chains as they produce around 60% of all carbon emissions globally. But while greener supply chains are a growing imperative, the supply chain community is "unengaged" on the topic,...

Customers vote no to AI in customer service

A significant 64% of customers would prefer that companies didn’t use artificial intelligence (AI) in their customer service, according to a survey by Gartner. Furthermore, 53% of customers would consider switching to a competitor if they found out a company was going...

Improved user experiences drive smart home demand

The Middle East, Turkey and Africa (META) smart home devices market saw its value increase 21,6% year on year in value last year, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). The global technology research and consulting firm's newly-updated Worldwide Quarterly...

How sales leaders should respond to Russia-Ukraine war

Chief sales officers (CSOs) play an important role in an organisation's response efforts to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and there are three immediate actions CSOs should prioritise, according to Gartner. CSOs play an important role in ensuring commercial efforts are...

Consumer credit card rewards set to boom

A new study from Juniper Research has found that the value of global consumer credit card rewards will exceed $108-billion by 2026, rising from $92-billion in 2022. This 15% growth will be driven by an increase in the adoption of co-branded credit cards by retailers...

2021 was a good year for industrial printer shipments

New data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Industrial Printer Tracker shows that industrial printer shipments grew 3,2% in the fourth quarter of 2021 (4Q21) compared to the previous quarter. For the full year 2021, worldwide shipments...

More IPs needed for European telcos to accelerate 5G adoption

European telecommunication service providers are being pushed to pick up the pace regarding 5G adoption. However, the next-gen technology requires immense data capacity and transmission speeds, thus setting up the new infrastructure is no easy task for telcos. Ignas...

TransUnion confirms customer data is at risk

Credit bureau TransUnion has confirmed that customer data is at risk following a recent security breach.. The company says a criminal third party obtained access to a TransUnio"We have received an extortion demand and it will not be paid," TransUnion says in a...

The growing influence of the CCO

Eighty-three percent of chief communication officers (CCOs) have reported that their C-Suite influence is growing, according to Gartner. The research group's survey of 182 communications leaders in the US, Canada, France, Germany and the UK from November to December...

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Despite a challenging global economic environment, import and export trade volumes for DHL Express sub-Saharan Africa remain strong and are forecast to grow. This is according to Charles Brewer, MD for DHL Express sub-Saharan Africa, who adds, “The first half of 2014,...

Stand out with optimised WFM

In a market in which business success hinges on acquiring the right service from the right provider at the right time, competitive advantage means everything. Service providers focused on technology to streamline business management processes believe the area of...

RS, Allied Electronics expand offering

RS Components (RS) and Allied Electronics (Allied) have signed an agreement with ROHM Semiconductor that positions RS and Allied as an authorised global distribution partner of the electronic component vendor. RS and Allied hold a sizeable inventory of several hundred...

NetTraveler gets 10th anniversary makeover

In 2014 the actors behind global cyber-espionage campaign Operation NetTraveler celebrate 10 years of activity. Although the earliest samples appeared to have been compiled in 2005, certain indicators point to 2004 as the year when the malicious activity started. For...

Schneider showcases PV Box ST

Schneider Electric will showcase the organisation’s new PV Box ST at the Xperience Efficiency event in Johannesburg on 26 and 27 August 2014. The New PV Box ST is a containerised plug and play conversion system designed for centralised photovoltaic (PV) power plants...

T-Systems honoured by Frost & Sullivan

T-Systems in South Africa has been named Frost & Sullivan’s Company of the Year in the IT Services Industry for 2014. Each year, this award is presented to the company that has demonstrated the highest level of excellence in terms of growth strategy and...

Use analytics to make informed decisions

In today’s business world, a continuous flow of information is filtered every minute from operational and transactional systems, scanning and facilities management systems, inbound and outbound customer contact points, and from mobile media and the Web, says Volker...

Schneider’s StruxureWare boosts BMS space

When it comes to building automation, it used to be that companies thought about the very small, or the very large buildings – either residential or skyscraper – but not about what rests in the middle. Today, however, many new entrants look at the mid-market space and...

Aspect launches Unified IP 7.3

Aspect Software has announced the launch of Aspect Unified IP 7.3, a feature-rich customer contact solution that simplifies and flexibly manages omni-channel interactions. Codenamed Mako Shark, Unified IP (UIP) 7.3 improves upon its predecessor by offering greater...

LG on display at OR Tambo

Recent visitors to Oliver Tambo International Airport have seen LG’s curved OLED and Ultra HDTVs installed at both the domestic and international retail spaces of the airport. They provide an interactive demonstration of cutting-edge display technology. UHDTV and OLED...

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