Melinda Gates resigns from Melinda and Bill Gates Foundation
Melinda French Gates has resigned from her role as co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, with her last day being 7 June 2024. Mark Suzman, CEO of the foundation, shares that Melinda Gates plans to play a role in improving the lives of women and families....
The solar flare that triggered this weekend’s Aurora displays
The Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis displays that played out across the globe this weekend were the result of a strong solar flare emitted from the Sun on Friday (10 May). NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the Sun constantly, captured this image of...
Top SA scholars honoured
Forty-three of the country's leading scholars and scientists have been inaugurated as Members of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf). New members are elected each year by the full existing membership in recognition of scholarly achievement and are drawn...
Gates Foundation commits up to $120m to Covid drug access
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced a commitment of up to $120-million to accelerate access to the investigational antiviral drug molnupiravir for lower-income countries as part of its Covid-19 response effort. The funding will be allocated based on...
Business composability essential for enterprises
Enterprises must embrace business composability to thrive through disruption in 2022 and beyond, according to Gartner's annual global survey of CIOs and technology executives. Business composability is the mindset, technologies, and set of operating capabilities that...
Apple debuts new MacBooks, chips, AirPods, HomePods
Apple has launched its new MacBook Pro powered by its new chips, the M1 Pro and M1 Max. The new MacBook Pro includes a Liquid Retina XDR display, a wide range of ports for advanced connectivity, a 1080p FaceTime HD camera, and an improved audio system. The new devices...
Are South Africa’s IP laws keeping up with technology innovation?
Constituting a world first in a field that has traditionally been hostile to "artificially intelligent" inventors, South Africa's patent office granted a patent in July 2021 to an invention created by an AI system. The invention that received the go-ahead is for a...
Covid-19 led to an increase in depressive and anxiety disorders in women
A study by a team of international researchers has found that the Covid-19 pandemic has led to an increase in depressive and anxiety disorders in women more than men. According to the co-author of the study, Charles Shey Wiysonge, honorary professor of epidemiology...
Massive growth ahead for gaming PC market
Global shipments of gaming PCs and monitors continue to grow faster than their parent markets driving the entire industry's value to record highs and, according to data from MajoresApuestas.com, the global gaming PC market is expected to hit $60-billion value by 2025...
5G fuels spend in private cellular networks
A new report by Juniper Research has found that the enhanced capabilities of 5G are driving enthusiasm and awareness of private cellular networks, bringing annual spend on network hardware and services to almost $12-billion globally by 2023 - growing 116% from the...
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Self-service may do businesses a disservice
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DUT upgrades management systems
As a respected academic institution, the Durban University of Technology (DUT) takes pride in applying the latest developments in its ERP system to boost its organisational performance. That’s why it has upgraded its ITS Integrator solution to the latest version,...
Citrix certifications grow opportunities
Citrix announced the roll out of the first of several new technical certifications. By taking a solution-based approach, these certifications provide partners with the breadth of skills required to design, deploy and support holistic Citrix solutions. From a strategic...
SAP, UCS Solutions grow Dis-Chem
Dis-Chem’s IT & Projects executive, Kim Sim, highlighted the contribution of SAP and UCS Solutions to the company’s successful and continued growth at the SAP Australian User Group annual summit. The conference was held in Sydney in September. “Our company was...
Software AG shows strong growth
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Fujitsu expands MDM solutions
Fujitsu has helped enterprises achieve greater employee productivity by enabling mobile access to secure data, applications and communications, with the launch of Fujitsu Managed Infrastructure Service Managed Mobile. Originally launched in 2009, this solution has...
Gilat Satcom boosts broadband in Ghana
Gilat Satcom has announced that it has established a new Point of Presence (PoP) in Ghana and is providing reliable, high-speed, cost-effective broadband connectivity over fibre to ISPs, enterprises and other private network operators across the country. Gilat Satcom...
Data management means big data success
Forrester Research first coined the phrase "big data process" in August 2011 to describe the shift from a fragmented, silo approach to business process management (BPM) to a more holistic approach that stitches all the pieces of a process together, across an...
Software development to grow economy
The role of software development in the development and sustainability of the African economy cannot be overlooked says Malcolm Rabson, MD at Dariel Solutions. “As companies drive through the recession leaner and wiser, they seek ways to contain risk while...
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