African Development Bank looks to catalyse continental development
The African Development Bank has signed a $20-million equity investment in the African Infrastructure Investment Fund 4 (AIIF4), reinforcing the Bank's commitment to fostering private sector development and boosting infrastructure across the continent. Africa's...
Telecoms are cyber attackers’ prime targets
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These are the imperatives for data and analytics success
Data and analytics (D&A) leaders should embrace three imperatives when leveraging the top D&A trends for 2022 in their enterprise, according to Gartner. The three key areas are: Activate Dynamism and Diversity, Augment People and Decisions, and...
Microsoft launches Zulu translations
Microsoft has added Zulu to its Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services Translator, enabling text and documents to be translated to and from one of South Africa's official languages across the entire Microsoft ecosystem of products and services. Zulu joins Swahili as the...
Is the data on your phone backed up?
One in four South Africans don't backup their phone but, with thousands of phones lost, damaged or stolen in South Africa each week, it should be non-negotiable. Today (31 March) is World Backup Day and Dialdirect Insurance has released a new report which shows that...
Businesses urged to backup and plan for recovery
As businesses globally are reminded about the importance of data backup during World Backup Day, Arcserve points out that recovery can often be the missing part of the successful business continuity equation. Global research commissioned by the company reveals that...
Conversation hijacking doubles in 2021
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High-performance computing innovator wins Turing Award
Jack Dongarra, an innovator in computational software development who holds joint appointments at the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, will receive the 2021 A M Turing Award from the Association for Computing Machinery. The award recognises...
Intel unveils the fastest desktop processor yet
Intel has announced full details and availability for the new 12th Gen Intel Core i9-12900KS, the world's fastest desktop processor. The new chip It delivers up to 5,5 GHz max turbo frequency, in spec with Intel Thermal Velocity Boost and features Intel Adaptive Boost...
Obituary: Denis Smit
Denis Smit, a director of BMI-T and well-known doyen of the IT industry, died yesterday (29 March 2022). Smit was one of the original members of research company BMITechKnowledge, known today as BMIT. BMI was founded in the late 1970s, with BMITechKnowledge Group...
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BankservAfrica offers outsourcing solutions
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iROKOtv.com unveils new content package
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Software Developer – Gauteng Pretoria
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