AI, geopolitics reshaping the future of global energy markets

S&P Global Energy has released its Top Trends report identifying the pivotal developments shaping clean energy technology, sustainability, and growth in global energy markets in 2026. "In 2026, AI's surging power demand growth will be testing grid limits, revenue...

Global IT market on course for its best year since 1996

Worldwide spending on IT – including hardware, software and IT services - is on course to post an increase of 14% in 2025, representing the fastest year of growth since 1996 when the launch of Windows 95, expanding PC usage and Internet adoption were the primary...

Despite slowing momentum, global trade to hit record $35trn

Global trade is on course to exceed $35-trillion in 2025 for the first time, according to UNCTAD’s final Global Trade Update of the year. The new data confirm that trade continued expanding through the second half of 2025, even as geopolitical tensions, higher costs...

Top performers turn AI into revenue, profit growth

Companies that are able to strategically use artificial intelligence (AI) are far more likely to post more than 10% revenue growth, with more than 15% profit margins from their AI deployments. This is among the findings from NTT Data’s newly-released 2026 Global AI...

MediaTek to debut 3nm SoC in 2024

MediaTek has successfully developed its first chip using TSMC’s leading-edge 3nm technology, taping out MediaTek’s flagship Dimensity system-on-chip (SoC) with volume production expected next year. “We are committed to our vision of using the world’s most advanced...

Healthy growth for global security appliance sales

According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Security Appliance Tracker, total market revenue in the overall security appliance market grew 7,6% year over year in the second quarter of 2023 (2Q23) to more than $4,2-billion. This represents...

Slow recovery continues for new vehicle sales

April new vehicle sales told an inspiring story of the South African motor industry's resilience, while also providing a harsh reminder of the bleak outlook experienced a year ago. With April 2020 sales essentially at a standstill as motor retailers stood closed, the...

Vodacom helps connect jobseekers with work

With more than 7-million South Africans unemployed at the end of the first quarter of 2021, the need to connect people to jobs is now more important than ever. Vodacom has launched a support package for jobseekers that combines discounted voice and data offers,...

Bill and Melinda Gates to divorce

After 27 years of marriage, Bill and Melinda Gates are to divorce. The Microsoft founder took to Twitter to make the announcement, saying: “After a great deal of thought and a lot of work on our relationship, we have made the decision to end our marriage. “Over the...

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter has a new mission

Having proven that powered, controlled flight is possible on the Red Planet, the Ingenuity experiment will soon embark on a new operations demonstration phase, exploring how aerial scouting and other functions could benefit future exploration of Mars and other worlds....

Digital transformation, IT automation drive hyperautomation

The worldwide market for technology that enables hyperautomation will reach $596,6-billion in 2022, according to a new forecast from Gartner. This is up from $481,6-billion in 2020 and a projected $532,4-billion this year. "Hyperautomation has shifted from an option...

Standard Bank launches services status page

Standard Bank customers have had to deal with protracted disruptions over the last two weeks, including on two Fridays over month-end. Now, Standard Bank has launched a services status page to keep customers up to date about the status of banking services. The free...

APT actors are turning to exploits to launch attacks

Over the past three months, the major waves of advanced persistent threat activity have been driven by supply chain attacks and zero-day exploits. A compromise in SolarWind's Orion IT software for monitoring IT infrastructures led to a custom backdoor being installed...

Lessons from the pandemic from a Nobel laureate

With a pandemic underway, the daunting outlook of economic contraction on the horizon and rampant climate change, the world is facing hard times. What can economics teach us about recovery, asks Professor Abhijit Banerjee, Nobel laureate and co-founder of the Abdul...

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Citrix acquires Framehawk

Citrix has announced that it has acquired Framehawk. The Framehawk solution, which optimizes the delivery of virtual desktops and applications to mobile devices, will be combined with HDX technology in the Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop products to deliver an...

Companies to invest in technology

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Big data must be personalised, smart

Big data was one of the big things in 2013. This will probably be repeated this year, but the core focus will be on personalisation, according to experts in marketing, technology and research, said Johann Evans, Chief Technology Officer at unified data management...

Razer announces Nabu smart wristband

Razer, the world leader in devices and software for its globally connected community of gamers, announces the launch of the world’s smartest wristband, the Razer Nabu. The Razer Nabu is a revolutionary wearable technology that delivers notifications from a smartphone...

The business value of SOA and cloud

The promise of both cloud and service-oriented architecture (SOA) is about delivering services to the business, within and beyond the enterprise, with increased agility, speed and cost effectiveness, which can lead to greater innovation, improved collaboration,...

LG unveils curved OLED TV

LG Electronics (LG) has taken the cover off the world’s first Flexible OLED TV at the 2014 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. With this revolutionary TV unit, viewers can control the angle of curvature for the ultimate viewing experience that...

Aptronics achieves HP certification

Aptronics, one of South Africa’s foremost black empowered IT solutions providers, achieved HP CloudSystem Matrix Delivery status when Gavin Williams received confirmation of his qualification in November as a recognised Matrix Master in both the EMEA (Europe, the...

E-learning to grow in 2014

E-learning has been around since the 1960s and is said to have started at the University of Illinois, where students would access course resources while listening to recorded lectures. It wasn’t always as informative and helpful as it is today - it has evolved from...

Huawei announces FusionCube cloud platform

Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, has announced that Huawei Converged Infrastructure FusionCube, a highly converged cloud platform, has been certified to run the SAP HANA platform and is now available...

Kaspersky scores in AV-Comparatives test

Kaspersky Internet Security 2014, the security product for home users, was the top performer in the Malware Removal Test conducted by the independent AV-Comparatives lab in October and November 2013. The test assessed how well security products could help a computer...

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Join the iOCO Infrastructure Services Community: Where Work is an Adventure, Not Just a Job. We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Desktop Engineer to join our IT team. As a Senior Desktop Engineer, you will be responsible for overseeing and managing...

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Our client is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Intermediate Network Administrator to join their dynamic and innovative development team.Area: Menlyn Maine, Pretoria Job Description: Our client is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Intermediate Network...

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Requirements: IT Qualification (degree/diploma) Languages / Frameworks: Angular 8+, TypeScript 3+, JavaScript ES6+, HTML 5, CSS 3, JSON, Source Control (Git) Advantageous:o JavaScript Frameworks? RxJs, NgRx, Angular Material, Sass, Karma, Jasmine o Cloud knowledge?...

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