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...

Growing energy demand will limit ambitious climate goals

The global economy is on the cusp of a major shift where most of future global energy demand growth will come from emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs). The new realities of meeting this demand alongside the need for energy security, resilience and...

AI spend soars to unprecedented levels

Worldwide spending on AI is forecast to total $2,7-trillion in 2026, a 49,5% increase year-over-year, according to Gartner. “Demand for AI infrastructure (including AI-optimised IaaS, AI-optimised servers, AI network fabric, AI processing semiconductors and devices)...

Nvidia ushers in a new era of computing with Blackwell

Aimed at powering a new era of computing, Nvidia has launched its Blackwell platform which it says will enable organisations everywhere to build and run realtime generative AI (GenAI) on trillion-parameter large language models (LLMs) at up to 25-times less cost and...

Canal+ makes a firm offer for Multichoice

Multichoice and French media company Canal+ have reached an agreement by which Canal+ would acquire the Multichoice group, offering shareholders R125.00 per share - a 66,6% premium over the R75.00 closing price on 1 February 2024. The announcement constitutes a firm...

Bird’s-eye observations reveal surprises in Earth’s space interface

New research using data from NASA’s Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (Gold) mission, has revealed unexpected behaviour in the swaths of charged particles that band Earth’s equator. This is made possible by Gold’s long-term global view, the first of its...

Applications open for 2022 ISPA bursary

South Africa's Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) invites applications for its "ISPA Inspires" bursary programme, 2022. Applications open on Wednesday 1 September, and close on Friday 1 October 2021. ISPA Inspires bursaries will be awarded to one or more...

Wits PhD student cracks high-dimensional quantum code

Isaac Nape, an emerging South African talent in the study of quantum optics, is part of a team of Wits physicists who led an international study that revealed the hidden structures of quantum entangled states. The study was published in Nature Communications, on...

Economic freedom allows better income mobility

Economic freedom enhances income mobility while the poor in unfree nations have fewer opportunities to escape poverty and build prosperity. This is among the findings of a study released today by the Free Market Foundation (FMF) in conjunction with Canada's Fraser...

African mobile phone market recovery still on track

Smartphone shipments into Africa grew 13,2% year on year in Q2 2021 to total 22,8-million devices, according to the latest insights from International Data Corporation (IDC). The Worldwide Quarterly Global Mobile Phone Tracker shows that feature phone shipments...

Emerging markets lead global phone recovery

While the supply chain situation hasn't drastically improved, the global smartphone market has shown positive results in recent quarters. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, shipments of smartphones are...

AI investments set to accelerate

Businesses and organisations across all industries are increasing their investment in artificial intelligence (AI) to create competitive advantage through improved customer insight, greater employee efficiency, and accelerated innovation. The new Worldwide Artificial...

Electric vehicle sales see triple-digit growth

During the first half (H1) of 2021, 2,6-million electric vehicles (EVs) were sold on a global basis, up 160% on H1 2020, according to Canalys's latest report. EVs include fully electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. The growth of EV sales far exceeded...

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Jasco Converged Solutions cements offerings

Jasco has consolidated its Converged Solutions business following the acquisition and integration of ARC Telecoms last year, a converged voice and IP data telecommunications service provider for the small to medium (SME) sector of South Africa. According to Paven...

How solid is the cloud?

Despite mixed feelings in the market about migrating IT to the cloud and uncertainty about the security of that which resides off-site (even that which is governed by a hybrid cloud model), the level of security in the cloud is really a matter of who you decide to...

Africa legislation portal a first for SA

Human Resource and payroll administration experts have corroborated to launch an information portal dedicated to help businesses across the continent with payroll and tax management. Africa Employment Legislation Library is an international initiative that is focused...

Open source software is gaining ground

Software is eating the business world and open source software is eating the software world, said Johann Evans, chief technical officer at Cherry Olive, the unified data management specialists. “We can see open source software maturing and coming of age – and its...

NEC releases new flagship display

NEC Display Solutions Europe has a new flagship for its popular V Series range of large format displays in the MultiSync V801, a fully-featured 80-inch display that offers both outstanding performance and good value for money. Despite its size, the V801 is designed to...

Orange offers new mobile payment services

Orange has announced a new set of mobile payment services in conjunction with Visa for Orange Money subscribers. Botswana will be the first country to benefit from the new programme and will allow easy access to funds 24 hours a day, bringing new point-of-sale, online...

Cherry Olive, Ontology ink partnership

Cherry Olive, the unified data management specialists, has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Ontology Systems, the semantic search company for structured enterprise application data. Johann Evans, chief technical officer (CTO) of Cherry Olive, said his...

Sybaweb implements Kaseya solution

Sybaweb, a South African IT service and solution provider, has successfully undertaken a country-wide and continental expansion plan, having identified a growing demand for outsourced managed services. In order to ensure Sybaweb’s growth, the company turned to Kaseya,...

A new kind of customer engagement

The rise of smart devices and a focus on customer loyalty has created the proverbial "perfect storm" for enterprises that want to reinvent the customer experience around smartphones and tablets, says Deon Scheepers, strategic consultant EMEA Interactive Intelligence....

Boost service delivery while reducing costs

Using automated image recognition it is possible for large organisations to streamline financial departments while reducing overheads believes Intervate’s Gia Thom. As a business entity grows in complexity and size, so delivering a consistent level of service and...

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Senior Data Engineer – Western Cape Woodstock

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