OADC buys seven data centres from NTT Data
Kathy Gibson reports - Open Access Data Centres (OADC), part of the WIOCC group of companies, has acquired seven South African data centres from NTT Data. The data centres, in Bryanston, Parklands, Cape Town, Umhlanga, Bloemfontein, Gqeberha and East London, were part...
Wearable tech will be worth $232bn
The wearable tech industry was worth $117,4-billion in 2024 and is forecast to reach $232,2-billion by 2030, with hearables and smartwatches as key growth drivers, supported by strong demand for health monitoring and artificial intelligence (AI) tools, according to...
Modular infrastructure enables rapid data centre scaling
Kathy Gibson reports from Tognana, Italy - The data centre that you knew in the past is outdated – the AI factory is what will drive innovation going forward. Karsten Winther, president: Europe, Middle East and Africa at Vertiv, explains that the data centre of the...
Countries urged to plan for sovereign AI
Kathy Gibson reports from Tognana, Italy – Nations that want to succeed in the age of artificial intelligence (AI) must ensure they have the infrastructure in-country to support AI sovereignty. Carlo Ruiz, vice-president: AI solutions and operations EMEA at Nvidia,...
SA ahead in the data centre stakes
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AI ethics key to its adoption in SA
New research from Zoho shows that 92,6% of South African businesses have started their AI journey - with 32,7% achieving widespread or advanced implementation. The study further highlights that, compared to other markets, more South African businesses (40%)...
Where AI is heading in 2026 …
The coming year will see AI push deeper into everyday life, but with some major caveats, according to leading Internet Exchange operator DE-CIX’s technology outlook for 2026. From emotionally intelligent banking assistants capable of detecting frustration in a...
Resellers: Make your voice heard
There's just one week left to vote for the South African IT distribution channel’s most prestigious awards – the Channelwise Awards 2025 – where resellers and partners get the chance to rate and reward their top distributors and vendors. “Over the years, the...
AWS and OpenAI in $38bn partnership
Amazon Web Services (AWS) and OpenAI have announced a multi-year, strategic partnership that provides AWS’s infrastructure to run and scale OpenAI’s core artificial intelligence (AI) workloads starting immediately. Under this new $38 billion agreement, which will have...
Total vehicle sales hit decade-high levels
The South African motor industry continues to defy expectations, posting another month of exceptional growth, according to the latest numbers from naamsa | The Automotive Business Council. Total vehicle sales in October reached 55 956 units – the highest monthly total...
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