Virtual wheeling could decentralise power generation
Kathy Gibson reports - Virtual wheeling could go a long way to solving one of the biggest bottlenecks in the power ecosystem - getting electricity from new, green generation projects to the consumer. According to Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, minister or electricity, new...
AI helps to tip the balance in fighting wildfires
California has a new weapon against the wildfires that have annually devastated the state - artificial intelligence (AI) - with a new system powered by Nvidia GPUs to provide timely alerts to first responders across the Golden State every time a blaze ignites. The...
SA sees slight improvement on Global Connectivity Index
South Africa is ranked 56th out of 79 countries in the latest Huawei Global Connectivity Index 2020 report. Despite an all-round challenging year, the country improved in the development of the AI and IOT technology enablers. Broadband and Cloud, however, showed no...
Bitcoin not favoured as a corporate asset
Despite moves by a handful of high-profile companies in recent days, a new Gartner survey suggests that most finance executives are not planning to hold bitcoin as a corporate asset. While bitcoin continues to grow in popularity, a poll of 77 finance executives...
NASA’s next Mars rover is ready for the most precise landing yet
With about 3,9-million kilometres left to travel in space, NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance mission is days away from attempting to land the agency's fifth rover on the Red Planet. Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where the mission is managed, have...
Rise in cryptomining pushes DDoS attacks down
The number of DDoS attacks detected by Kaspersky DDoS Prevention in Q4 2020 increased slightly in comparison to the same period of 2019. However, it is 31% less compared to Q3 2020. This drop can be connected to the growing interest in cryptocurrency mining. As people...
What to expect from the budget
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni will table the 2021 Budget next week (24 February 2021). Against a background of numerous challenges - from the Covid-19 crisis to unemployment and ratings downgrades - PwC economists and tax experts have released their predictions for...
Paratus, Telecom Namibia to land Equiano cable
Paratus and Telecom Namibia have signed an agreement to land the subsea cable, Equiano, in Namibia. The cable will provide Namibian networks and their customers with greater capacity, enabling more product options that can stimulate economic growth and support a...
Energy storage market set to more than double in 2021
The energy storage market is on track for a record year in 2021 with annual installations set to exceed 10GW for the first time, up from 4,5GW in 2020. This is according to a new report from IHS Markit. "The energy storage industry will begin significant multiyear...
Critical Skills Survey extended
In his State of the Nation Address, President Ramaphosa announced the imminent release of the anticipated updated Critical Skills list for public comment by the Department of Home Affairs (DHA). The list forms part of a drive to attract critically deemed skills to...
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Blended learning set to grow in 2013
Blended learning, or a model of education characterised by a combination of self-paced learning with shorter face-to-face instruction, is set to grow significantly in 2013 and influence the development of the country’s education sector. Experts in the field of online/...
Mimecast leads cloud services
Mimecast, the leading supplier of cloud-based e-mail archiving, continuity and security for Microsoft Exchange, Hosted Exchange and Office 365, has announced that it has achieved significant market growth within the domestic software as a service (SaaS) environment. ...
Siemon strengthens support for Africa
Global IT infrastructure specialist Siemon has announced two expert appointments to its African team; Iyer Sivakumar and René Proost. Together they will lead the sales support for the region, with Proost taking responsibility for South Africa and Namibia and Sivakumar...
Torque IT wins Red Hat awards
Leaders in IT education, and a wholly owned subsidiary of the JSE-listed Kelly Group, Torque IT has won two awards at the Red Hat Training Partner Conference, hosted in Istanbul in November, 2012. Red Hat business unit manager for Torque IT, Mpho Makgoka, was present...
Service offerings must be mobile
Wireless connectivity has become essential to the way users conduct business - and live - today. There are about six billion cellular phones for the estimated global population of seven billion, showing how deep the allure - and need - for mobile communications has...
Lithium-ion battery lessons from Boeing
In November 2006, it took hours for fifty fire fighters to quench the blaze at it raged through the Securaplane Technologies building in Tucson, Arizona. The reason? A laboratory test on a lithium-ion battery had got out of control, writes Dr Peter Harrop, Chairman,...
Choosing the right ERP system
Choosing an ERP system is one of the most strategic decisions for mid-market companies and their CEOs face a significant dilemma. Should they choose a system for today, or for how the company may look in five to 10 years? Should users go for a full system or start...
Collaboration in the IT channel
In this lingering tough economic climate, it is increasingly important for businesses to maintain a competitive edge and to have a leg up on the competition. To many companies, this means jealously guarding their ideas. Yet in the IT channel, quite the contrary...
Fujitsu achieves record benchmark
Fujitsu has announced that the ETERNUS DX8700 S2 disk storage system has scored the highest ever Storage Performance Council (SPC) Benchmark 2 results for both processing throughput and price-performance ratio for high-end systems, as of 3 December, 2012. For...
Quintica expands into Cape Town
In a bid to meet the growing demand for its consulting and training services in Cape Town, Quintica has opened an office in the Mother City, servicing client’s training, consulting and technology needs. According to the company, Cape Town is a growing market for its...
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Senior Network Administrator
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