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AMD, Sony partner on LiDAR automotive reference design
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Manufacturing to lead public cloud spending jump
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3D printer shipments recover
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Global IT spending set for 9% growth in 2021
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Security concerns drive government IT modernisation
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SA students hold their own in global Olympiad
South Africa’s team for the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI2021) have emerged with a bronze medal and one award after the global event. IOI2021 is a prestigious international Informatics challenge held annually. While this year’s event was hosted by...
SA users hit with social media fraud
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Investing in talent, optimising costs a recipe for success
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Telkom and the impact of mass action
Telkom has issued an update on the impact of last week’s riots on its operations, and what the company is doing to mitigate the effects. Although the financial impact of the destruction to property and disruption of Telkom operations, suppliers and business partners...
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FlightSite uses hosted contract centre model
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