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...

Negative sentiment drives call for data centre transparency

Kathy Gibson reports from Vertiv Week in Zagreb – With data centres experiencing massive growth around the globe, the industry needs to do a better job of telling people the benefits they offer humanity at large. Worldwide, uncertainty about possible risks posed by...

Chang’e brings back samples from the dark side of the Moon

A Chinese craft carrying samples of material from the dark side of the Moon has touched down on Earth. Chang'e 6 is a lunar lander and sample return mission that landed on the far side of the Moon within the South Pole Aitken Basin. It launched on 3 May 2024 on a Long...

AI could be key to achieving global connectivity

Artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to help bring online the 2,6-billion people still not connected to the Internet, according to The State of Broadband 2024 from the Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development. The first part of the Broadband Commission...

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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Agile experts at Wits Fak’ugesi Festival

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LG G3 to arrive in SA soon

LG Electronics will be introducing its eagerly anticipated G3 smartphone to the local market in August 2014, the successor to the company’s well-received LG G2. LG G3 aims to redefine the definition of a global smartphone for global customers.  Developed under the...

AccessData, ARM partner in Africa

AccessData and ARM launch ResolutionOne Platform with the world’s first Continuous Automated Incident Resolution (CAIR) integrated solution. AccessData, the leader in incident resolution solutions, has signed a distribution agreement with African Risk Mitigation...

Softline wins Microsoft award

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Ruckus creates municipal hotspots in the US

Ruckus Wireless has announced a major initiative with the City and County of San Francisco, the City of San José, CA and Global Reach Technology to create the first large-scale municipal Hotspot 2.0 service that allows millions of visitors and residents to...

SAP announces new UX solutions

SAP Africa has announced four new user experience (UX) rapid-deployment solutions that enable businesses to adopt the latest user UX innovations from SAP, including SAP Fiori and SAP Screen Personas software. These solutions are a simple and predictable way for users...

AWM360 offers Kaba biometric reader

AWM360 Data Systems, a local technology solutions provider and one of just a handful of global Kaba AG reseller partners, announces the availability of the Kaba B-Web 91 05 FP Biometric terminal for access control and time recording. This latest addition to the Kaba...

Jasco offers modular, flexible UPS solutions

Uninterrupted power supply (UPS) solutions have become integral part of any data centre today, given the business-critical nature of data and the on-going power problems in South Africa. In addition, due to unstable power situations UPS has become essential across...

WEB EAM Consultant T_2619 – Gauteng Centurion

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Senior PowerApps Developer – Gauteng Rosebank

Join an esteemed global leader in the mining sector, renowned for its pioneering technologies and unwavering commitment to sustainable practices. We are currently seeking a seasoned Senior Power Apps Developer to spearhead our data visualization initiatives at our...

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