AI-enabled vision finds a home in warehouse operations
By 2027, 50% of companies with warehouse operations will leverage AI-enabled vision systems to replace traditional scanning-based cycle-counting processes, according to Gartner. AI-enabled vision systems are novel hyper-automation solutions that combine industrial 3D...
Buoyant data centre cooling market reaches for new heights
The data centre thermal management market has outpaced previous forecasts and surged to $7,67-billion, according to new research from Omdia. This unprecedented growth is poised to continue with a robust CAGR of 18,4% until 2028. This surge will largely be fueled by...
SA-born artist aims to make massive NFT sale
South African-born artist and engineer, Conor Mccreedy has embarked on an ambitious non-fungible token (NFT) project whereby a 2m x 2m oil painting of the moon produced will be divided into 900 squares, each with an Ethereum token, through collaboration with a private...
Legal and compliance issues will extend beyond Covid in 2022
Gartner has identified four emerging risk trends that legal and compliance should anticipate over the next two years. These trends will determine the significance of legal, compliance and privacy risks to organisational objectives and the demand for new legal and...
Labour shortages add to constrained semiconductor supply
With Covid-19 continuing to impact the global economy, the semiconductor market continues to experience uneven shortages and tight supply. The general theme for semiconductors in 2021 was shortages in mature process technology nodes. International Data Corporation...
Electric car shipments to hit 6m in 2022
In 2022, 6-million electric cars (battery electric and plug-in hybrid) will be shipped, up from 4-million in 2021, according to a new forecast by Gartner. “At COP26 in November 2021, the Zero Emission Vehicle Transition Council agreed that vehicle manufacturers...
Fewer illicit cyber transactions despite financial crime increase
Reported fraud across the financial services industry in Africa has spiked, particularly in South Africa. Despite this, there has been a decline in illicit crypto transactions according to Chainalysis. This is the word from Eva Crouwel, head of financial crime at...
NASA aims to tame the sonic boom
NASA hopes the ban on commercial supersonic flight over land can be lifted by replacing the loud sonic boom with a softer sonic “thump". A sonic boom happens when the shock waves from an object traveling through the air faster than the speed of sound merge together...
2021 smartphone shipments were healthy despite poor Q4
Worldwide smartphone shipments declined year over year in the fourth quarter of 2021 (4Q21) marking the second straight quarter of negative growth. But, despite a challenging second half of the year, full-year shipments still grew thanks to a strong first half....
Chinese smartphone market defies supply chain disruptions, soft demand
According to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, 329,3-million smartphones shipped in China in 2021, with a year-on-year (YoY) growth of 1,1%. In 4Q21, the market declined 3,5% YoY to 83,4-million shipments, which were mainly supported by the launch of...
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Samsung, Microsoft partner on security
Samsung Electronics South Africa has announced that Samsung Knox will now support Microsoft’s Workplace, Join to Active Directory and the Windows Intune cloud-based mobile device management solution. This is in addition to the Cloud Printing solution which uses both...
Tyco updates TrueVUE platform
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Ocular Technologies wins international award
In a prestigious victory Ocular Technologies was awarded the Aspect Software 2014 Partner of the Year award for Europe and Africa, for its excellent performance, outshining more than 40 other channel partners from 36 countries that make up the region, including...
TruTeq to distribute Safe Sports Tracker
TruTeq Devices, which focuses on providing wireless connectivity solutions to all market sectors, has signed a partnership contract with Safe Sport Tracking to market and sell the Safe Sports Tracker solution in South Africa. The Safe Sport Tracker is designed to...
Power management solution from Master Power
Most companies install power management solutions based on UPS (uninterruptible power supply) technology to ensure they can function at full capacity irrespective of the power supply. UPS systems rely on batteries to control the supply of power to electronic...
IT must learn to stand up to business
IT departments who want to make an impact on business need to find their voice, add value to the business and be clear on what their role is in their organisation. This was the overarching message delivered by global ITSM expert Delores Maxwell at a series of Quintica...
10 steps to mitigate a DDoS attack
The threat posed by DDoS attacks is ever-growing and is something that continues to be a topic which interests and concerns businesses in equal measure. As the lines between the professional and social use of technology fade, it is even more important for us to...
Bureaucracy hinders education sector change
From the enablement of remote learning to the increased optimisation of back office business critical functions, the education sector has never faced a greater time of change. Leaders agree. Many South African leaders, political and non-political, emphasise education...
CA Technologies releases Identity Suite
CA Southern Africa has announced the availability of CA Technologies CA Identity Suite, a new, one-stop identity management and governance solution that transforms data into business information and simplifies identity management and access governance across the...
Panda offers new Cloud Fusion
Panda Security has announced the availability of its new cloud offering, Panda Cloud Fusion, which combines comprehensive security, management and support in one solution. The new Panda Cloud Fusion offers significant benefits for organisations needing to manage and...
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