Nvidia MLPerf training results demonstrate performance, elasticity
The full-stack Nvidia accelerated computing platform has demonstrated high performance in the latest MLPerf Training v4.0 benchmarks. Nvidia more than tripled the performance on the large language model (LLM) benchmark, based on GPT-3 175B, compared to the...
Young South Africans are buying fewer houses
South Africans under the age of 35 years old are buying fewer houses than before - but they are paying more for them. Data from Lightstone shows that the decline in volumes is proportionately sharper than the overall fall in property purchases over the last six years....
Innovation Hub names 2021 GAP Innovation Competition finalists
From a smart electricity system that could help to avoid load shedding to a hygienic toilet lid that can prevent sanitary infections, the 2021 finalists of the Gauteng Accelerator Programme (GAP) Innovation Competition have developed a diverse range of novel ideas and...
Organisations set to increase their AI spending in 2022
Worldwide revenues for the artificial intelligence (AI) market, including software, hardware, and services, is forecast to grow 19,6% year over year in 2022 to $432,8-billion. This is according to the latest release of the International Data Corporation...
Tough decisions needed ahead of 2022 Budget
As we head towards the 2022 Budget Speech, set to take place on 23 February, Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana has a mammoth task ahead of him - one that will require the grit and wisdom to make difficult decisions. That's the opinion of Mike Teuchert, national...
B2B e-commerce tipped to reach R250bn by 2030
Business to Business (b2b) e-commerce is expected to grow by at least 25% this year and be worth R250-billion by the end of the decade. This is the word from Denny Mo, MD of Commerce24, who says that two years of pandemic-fueled consumer growth in online sales could...
Consumers may have the right to access open-source software in devices
A US body has launched a legal challenge to Vizio, a TV manufacturer, for failing to provide the source code for the software in its smart TV, which may have implications for other software developers. By Leanne Mostert, partner and Cindy Leibowitz, knowledge lawyer...
New earnings threshold comes into effect
As of 1 March 2022, South Africans will see the implementation of the increased annual earnings threshold determined by the Minister of Employment and Labour (Minister) in the amount of R224 080.48. This represents an increase of R12 484.18 from the previous amount of...
IBM acquires Microsoft Azure consultancy Neudesic
IBM has acquired Neudesic, a US cloud services consultancy specialising primarily in the Microsoft Azure platform, along with bringing skills in multicloud. The acquisition will significantly expand IBM's portfolio of hybrid multicloud services and further advance the...
Intel to acquire Tower Semiconductor for $5,4bn
Intel and Tower Semiconductor, a foundry for analog semiconductor solutions, have announced a definitive agreement under which Intel will acquire Tower for $53 per share in cash, representing a total enterprise value of approximately $5,4-billion. The acquisition...
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Managed service support key for iWayAfrica
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Dell Vostro 3900 Mini Tower Desktop from DCC
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GIT launches VideoFlow solution
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Business management must go mobile
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Mobility, cloud security solutions needed
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Huawei Ascend Y330 available from DCC
Smartphones don't have to cost a fortune. With the Huawei Ascend Y330 smartphone from distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC), you can have all of the benefits of a touchscreen, Android operating system (OS) and impressive specifications, without the hefty price...
Cybersmart launches 100Mbps Internet
Internet service provider Cybersmart has launched Lightspeed, a 100Mbps uncapped fibre service. CEO, Laurie Fialkov, says that for the first time South African companies will have access to world-class broadband speeds at an internationally comparable price....
IRESS brings market data to the masses
IRESS, a principal supplier of share market and wealth management systems in Australia, Asia, Canada, New Zealand the UK and South Africa has created a Twitter tool that allows anyone following the @iress_data account to request share price information from it using...
BDS hosts Xerox Corporate Golf Challenge
Bytes Document Solutions hosted the Xerox Corporate Golf Challenge for the second time on 16 July, at the Johannesburg Country Club’s Woodmead Golf Course. This year marks the 16th year of the Xerox Corporate Golf Challenge, which consists of 12 qualifying rounds that...
SA companies need to rethink mobile security
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