New research shows now ancient chimaeras fed
A rare three-dimensional fossil of an ancient chimaera has revealed new clues about the diversity of these creatures in the Carboniferous period, some 300-million years ago. Research led by the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN) and the University of...
Earth continues warming trend in 2022
Earth's average surface temperature in 2022 tied with 2015 as the fifth warmest on record, according to an analysis by NASA. Continuing the planet's long-term warming trend, global temperatures in 2022 were 0,89 degrees Celsius above the average for NASA's baseline...
Security spend continues to grow during pandemic
Worldwide cybersecurity spending could grow as much as 5,6% in 2020. This is the best-case scenario, where investment continues to outpace the economy, according to Canalys. The overall shipment value, covering endpoint security, network security, web and email...
Healthy growth for MEA PC shipments
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) personal computer (PC) market, which is made up of desktops, notebooks and workstations, saw shipments grow 7% year on year during the second quarter of 2020. Preliminary results from the International Data Corporation (IDC Quarterly...
Smokers cut down as illicit cigarette prices soar
Research shows that the average price of cigarettes has increased by nearly 250% compared to pre-lockdown levels. Based on a second online survey, conducted between 4 June and 19 June 2020, researchers from the University of Cape Town (UCT) found that the average...
Telkom starts migration from copper
Telkom is transitioning its customers from copper-based Internet to new-generation fibre technology in all fibre-ready regions across South Africa. The is currently upgrading its customers from copper ADSL internet to fibre-based Internet. This migration applies to...
Facebook investments set to grow Africa’s economy by $57bn
Facebook's investments in infrastructure and connectivity across sub-Saharan Africa will deliver over $57-billion in economic benefits over the next five years (2020-2024). This is among the findings from The Impact of Facebook's Connectivity Initiatives in...
July the strongest month this year for Euro channel
The European IT channel ended the quarter with 7.3% year-on-year value growth and the highest revenue-earning week since the start of the pandemic, according to new data from IT market intelligence company Context. Context has been tracking weekly performance for...
Just 17% of supply chain leaders are women
While supply chain organisations deal with the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, they still pursue gender equality goals. According to Gartner, Inc.'s 2020 Women in Supply Chain Survey among 177 supply chain professionals, 17% of chief supply chain officers (CSCOs)...
Technology key in shaping an uncertain future
Kathy Gibson is at Deloitte Tech Trends Africa - There has never been a time when the role of the technology leader has been so pivotal in shaping the future of organisations. That's the word from Kevin Govender, CIO programme leader at Deloitte Consulting Africa,...
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The future of the DBA in cloud computing
One of the many areas where services are beginning to move towards the cloud is in the database, as cloud providers, either public or private, can remove many of the time consuming tasks around installing, configuring and provisioning the database. These roles are...
Experience mobile music with music streaming
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Stratasys launches the Objet30 OrthoDesk
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Safaricom uses Gemalto’s backup solution
Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, has announced that Safaricom, a leading mobile operator in Africa, with over 18-million customers, is using its LinqUs Cloud Backup solution to offer mobile subscribers in Kenya a comprehensive backup service for...
The seven ‘M’s of management
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SMBs finally locking their virtual doors
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Call optimisation can increase productivity
Since their introduction in the 1990s, call optimisation techniques (previously referred to as “best time to call”) have evolved into integrated solutions that analyse a wide spectrum of input factors, then build and execute automated, repeatable strategies based on...
Veeam announces Explorer for SharePoint
Veeam Software, an innovative provider of backup, replication and virtualisation management solutions for VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V, has announced Veeam Explorer for Microsoft SharePoint, a new capability that anyone may try out in an upcoming free public...
McAfee leads in advanced threat protection
McAfee has announced that it has received high marks from NSS Labs in two recently published corporate endpoint protection reports. McAfee's core endpoint anti-malware products (McAfee VirusScan Enterprise, McAfee Host Intrusion Prevention and McAfee Site Advisor...
BI-Blue receives SAP Silver Partner status
BI-Blue Consulting, a member of the PBT Group, has been awarded Silver Partner status through SAP. This status compliments its recognition as a value-added reseller (VAR) for SAP to ensure BI-Blue Consulting is able to deliver further value-added services on SAP to...
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