Hydrogen energy technologies drive platinum group metals demand
The global market for platinum group metals (PGMs) - which include platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium, osmium and ruthenium - will record a 4,47% increase between now and 2029, according to market research firm Mordor Intelligence. In part, market growth will come...
Huawei tackles AI with homegrown data centres
Kathy Gibson reports - To extend artificial intelligence (AI) cloud adoption, Huawei is operating no fewer than three data centres in South Africa, the latest being a new facility in Johannesburg – built entirely on its own hardware, including CPUs and GPUs, and...
Calling all creative thinkers …
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Trends the channel should focus on in 2022
Kathy Gibson is at Techscape 2022 - The work from home and hybrid working trend is here to stay, but there are a wealth of other trends that the channel needs to capitalise on. This is the word from Doug Woolley, GM and vice-president of Dell Technologies South...
New products, channel offerings from Lenovo
Kathy Gibson is at Techscape 2022 - Lenovo has grown and prospered over the last years – and the company continues to introduce new products and channel offerings to the local market. Thibault Dousson, GM of Lenovo South Africa, explains that Lenovo doesn’t simply...
Opportunities ahead for the channel
Kathy Gibson is at Techscape 2022 - Artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, cloud and the hybrid workplace are among the many opportunities that IT resellers should be prepared to seize in the coming year. This is the word from Tim Humphreys-Davies, CEO of...
Perseverance celebrates first birthday on Mars by learning how to run
NASA’s Perseverance rover has notched up a slew of firsts since touching down on Mars one year ago, on Feb. 18, 2021, and the six-wheeled scientist has other important accomplishments in store as it speeds toward its new destination and a new science campaign....
Ransomware and password guessing top cybersecurity threats
ESET Research has released its T3 Threat Report for the fourth quarter of 2021, summarising the key statistics from ESET detection systems between September to December 2021. The research reveals a rising scourge of email threats towards the end of 2021 and a marked...
Demand for African developers at an all-time high
Google has released its "Africa Developer Ecosystem Report 2021" demonstrating that, despite the challenges associated with the pandemic, the continent's developer ecosystem is on the rise. This is according to the findings of a study conducted across 16 Sub-Saharan...
Vehicle hijacking levels continue to rise
Tracker's vehicle crime statistics for the period July to December 2021 reveal that the nature of vehicle crime has changed. For the past three years, hijacking has been on the rise and has overtaken theft as the predominant percentage of vehicle crime activities....
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Creating the elusive single customer view
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