AI is changing enterprises, and already driving value

By Kathy Gibson - Artificial intelligence (AI) is starting to pay off for early enterprise adopters. More than half of companies that have implemented AI are now seeing a return on investment, with the most value reported by future-built organisations. This is the...

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...

Private 5G network market to reach $36,08bn by 2030

The global private 5G network market size is estimated to reach $36,08-billion by 2030, registering a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 54,1% from 2024 to 2030, according to a new study by Grand View Research. Significantly growing demand for ultra-reliable...

New board for WASPA

The Wireless Application Service Providers' Association (WASPA), an independent self-regulatory body for mobile application and service providers in South Africa, has announced the appointment of its new board for the upcoming year. The announcement also coincides...

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...

AMD completes acquisition of Xilinx

AMD has concluded its acquisition of Xilinx in an all-stock transaction. The acquisition, originally announced on October 27, 2020, creates the industry's high-performance and adaptive computing leader with significantly expanded scale and the strongest portfolio of...

Supply chain continues to stifle HCP market

Supply chain issues that impacted growth of the hard copy peripherals (HCP) market in 3Q21 continued into 4Q21 and are in all likelihood set to continue throughout 2022. The issues started with microchip and other component shortages during the Covid-19 pandemic as...

AMD EPYC processors to power new Google Cloud offering

AMD EPYC processors have been selected to power the new C2D virtual machine offering from Google Cloud, bringing customers strong performance and compute power for high-performance (HPC) memory-bound workloads in areas like electronic design automation (EDA) and...

Regional end-user spend on security, risk management set for growth

End-user spending on security and risk management in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is forecast to total $2,6-billion in 2022, an increase of 11,2% from 2021, according to Gartner. “Cyber-attacks have become more sophisticated over the last two years,...

Radio is still Africa’s lifeline in a digital world

Radio has always been an integral part of the African mass media, writes Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard, founder and chairman of APO Group. While digital media continues to find new consumers all over the world, in many parts of the African continent, radio still dominates....

SONA and the focus for local government 

President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered his sixth State of the Nation Address (SONA) on February 10. This annual address is being unpacked in Parliament this week where further policy detail will be debated and signals about what will land in the upcoming Budget 2022 will...

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The ethical dilemma of social media

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LG, DSTV offer World Cup special

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Your accounting system is the backbone of your small, growing business. It helps you keep tabs on expenses and cash flow, automates processes such as invoicing to save your precious time, and ensures that you keep accurate financial records. Choosing the right package...

Bettering the bell curve with engagement

The work place and the paradigm of work have changed over the last few decades. Besides the faster pace and new technology, there is a growing consciousness among employers that the previously accepted business model for employee satisfaction, and even customer...

UCS Solutions achieves new certifications

UCS Solutions has become the first South African company to be awarded ISO20000 certification for IT service management, and the first African company (and fourth globally) to gain ISO22301, the new international standard for business continuity management. Making it...

Westcon appoints marketing director

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Westcon Group celebrates sales kick off

In June, local value-added distributor, the Westcon Group celebrated its annual sales kick off at the Theatre on The Track in Kyalami, Johannesburg, South Africa.  The theme for the event was The Wizard of Oz, and the team used the concept of the Yellow Brick Road as...

Research firms rank Ricoh tops for MPS

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