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...

Businesses still highly concerned about cloud security

As organisations develop and deploy more cloud applications security has become a priority - but also more complicated as hybrid or multi-cloud models gain in popularity, expanding the attack surface and increasing complexity. Security teams often struggle to manage...

Hyperscalers hedge their bets amidst Nvidia dependency concerns

Hyperscalers such as Meta, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon are strategically shifting towards developing proprietary semiconductor technologies in response to the soaring demand for Nvidia's GPUs in the burgeoning generative AI (GenAI) market. This strategic move is...

Embedded car OEM telematics subscribers reached 133m in 2020

According to a new research report from the IoT analyst firm Berg Insight, the number of telematics service subscribers using embedded systems will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19% from 132,8-million subscribers at the end of 2020 to 376,8-million...

MEA IT market set for new growth wave

Kathy Gibson reports - The IT market in Middle East and Africa (MEA) is almost certainly poised for a strong recovery, with a rebound already apparent in many parts of the region. Alistair Edwards, chief analyst at Canalys, says the uptick is driven by a shift to...

IT industry expects return to acceleration, innovation and strategy

Companies in the business of technology and information technology (IT) professionals are optimistic that the new year will bring a return to growth and new strategic innovations. This is according to CompTIA's "IT Industry Outlook 2022", which finds an industry and...

Regional PC demand the highest in five years

The Middle East and Africa (MEA) personal computing devices (PCD) market, which is made up of desktops, notebooks, workstations, and tablets, experienced year-on-year growth of 7,3% in the third quarter of 2021 (Q3 2021), according to the latest industry analysis...

Solar PV set for 20% growth despite supply chain constraints

Global solar PV installations will see over 20% growth in 2022 and surpass the 200 GWdc barrier for the first time, at a total investment of at least $170-billion, despite continuing rising costs of production, according to a new report by the Clean Energy Technology...

IBM unveils 127-qubit quantum processor

IBM has announced its new 127-quantum bit (qubit) 'Eagle' processor, a breakthrough in tapping into the massive computing potential of devices based on quantum physics. The new processor heralds the point in hardware development where quantum circuits cannot be...

Streaming TV now most popular way to view

US viewers age 18-43 spend an average of 63% of their overall TV viewing time watching on streaming versus cable, broadcast or satellite, according to Gartner. In April of 2021, Gartner surveyed 2 006 US consumers to understand their viewing habits across more than 20...

Keeping customers safe key to building trust

New research has revealed that three-quarters of South African shoppers will stop buying from a brand if they fall victim to cybercrime while interacting with that brand online. According to Mimecast's Brand Trust survey, 83% of South Africans would lose trust in...

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Backup, archiving and records management

There is no doubt that data management and preservation are critically important to business. However, there may be misconceptions when it comes to the process around the differences between backup, archiving and records management, says Gareth Tudor, CEO of Altonet....

Itec offsets office-related carbon emissions

With carbon taxes and mandatory greenhouse gas reporting looming on the horizon, Itec in partnership with impactChoice has already offset thousands of tonnes of office automation-related carbon emissions for their customers and reduced the challenge of reporting these...

Extreme Networks launches Purview solution

A new software solution designed to capture network data and content and then analyse, correlate and report on it, has been released by Extreme Networks. Dubbed Purview, the system is designed to enable better decision-making and improved business performance. Martin...

Google celebrates Safer Internet Day

Google South Africa joined forces with its Online Child Safety Campaign partners to recognise the 11th anniversary of the Safer Internet Day (SID) movement on 11 February, which promotes the safe and responsible use of online technologies among young users. Hosted in...

EMS for the Pick n Pay Cycle Tour 2014

The logistics behind adequate emergency medical services (EMS) for a race that involves in excess of 35 000 people needs to be highly effective. For the third consecutive year, Tracker Business, leading tracking and monitoring solutions company, will be supporting the...

Intervate apps improve service delivery

Intervate, a T-Systems business unit in South Africa and the country’s foremost provider of enterprise information management (EIM) solutions, has reinforced its position in the market as a mobile app developer by obtaining Gold Microsoft Applications Development...

Exploring the power of data

The annual Teradata User Group conference hosted by Bytes Universal Systems (BUS) took place in Johannesburg last week. BUS is the sole local distributor of Teradata's products in sub-Saharan Africa. The fifth of its kind, this year’s conference brought a number of...

Lorge wins Sage awards for 19th time

Sage 300 ERP (formerly Accpac), Sage CRM and Sage ERP X3 technology and solutions provider Lorge, has celebrated its 28th year in business by once again being awarded Sage Premier Partner status, winning the Peresoft award for product sales in South Africa and the...

MACmobile solution controls van sales

Many smaller shops and consumer outlets, like spaza shops and shebeens, are dependent on quick responses from their suppliers to replenish stocks as an alternative to them visiting the wholesaler or Cash and Carry. For distributors to meet these needs, they must have...

When should users buy into the cloud?

Companies face important IT challenges today. Not only do they have to deploy and run their business applications with agility, their infrastructures need to scale to support growth while maintaining quality of service – all in a cost-efficient manner, says Richard...

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