Mankind’s first journey to another star set for 2029 launch

Plans are underway for mankind’s first journey to another star – a trip that is expected to take about 80 000 years. The Fermi Explorer Mission, a nonprofit organisation, hopes to set off for Alpha Centauri by 2029. The more than 40-trillion kilometre journey is...

IT spend will breach $7trn for the first time in 2027

Worldwide IT spending is expected to reach $7,35-trillion in 2027, up 15% from 2026, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. “Collectively, the market forces are reinforcing spend around AI infrastructure, AI-enabled cloud platforms, and advanced software...

As African CEOs embrace AI, ROI is still elusive

By Kathy Gibson - African companies are in the middle of learning and adopting artificial intelligence (AI), and adapting to the changes it brings. But they are also looking beyond adoption at how to measure value from their AI investments, says Ladi Asuni, partner...

Africa moves from AI ambition to action

AI has moved from potential to proven economic value and while ambition setting is near universal across economies, execution speed is the differentiator, according to Boston Consulting Group’s The AI Maturity Matrix 2026: AI Is Transforming How Economies Develop and...

GenAI leads the trends impacting tech providers

Gartner has highlighted the top trends that will impact technology providers in 2024. "Generative AI (GenAI) is dominating the technical and product agenda of nearly every tech provider," says Eric Hunter, managing vice-president at Gartner. "The technology reshapes a...

AMD unveils Embedded+ architecture for edge AI applications

AMD has launched AMD Embedded+, a new architectural solution that combines AMD Ryzen Embedded processors with Versal adaptive SoCs on to a single integrated board to deliver scalable and power-efficient solutions that accelerate time-to-market for original design...

Government extends Vodacom’s RT15 contract

Four years after the Mobile Communication Services contract was established and awarded to Vodacom Business in 2016, National Treasury has awarded the company a new mobile communication services contract. This after government technology expenditure had been...

Targeted email attacks on the rise

Malicious users seem to have understood that adapting some of the tricks used by advance persistent threat (APT) groups works well in achieving a wide variety of their goals, such as using ransomware for targeted hits on organisations. According to Kaspersky...

Critical ICT skills are in short supply

South African organisations are still battling to attract and retain critical skills locally, with many turning to overseas markets to fill positions. This is among the findings from Xpatweb's Critical Skills Survey 2020/21, which highlights the most in demand scarce...

Issues to consider on World Backup Day

It's World Backup Day today (31 March), and IT organisations now have to consider the issue of backup against the backdrop of remote working forced on us by Covid-19. Bizmod Consuling's Abri Vermeulen says, that with the lockdown last year, many companies and...

Global tablet sales set to plunge in 2021

Global demand for tablets surged in 2020, as Covid-19 lockdown measures forced people worldwide to switch to working and educating at home. Despite that, the entire market generated $39,9-billion in revenue last year, slightly above the 2019 levels. According to data...

Unified communications market soars in 2020

The worldwide Unified Communications & Collaboration (UC&C) market grew 29,2% year-over-year and 7,1% quarter-over-quarter to $13,1-billion in the fourth quarter of 2020 (4Q20), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Unified...

Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerabilities drive ransomware attacks

Following the recent disclosure of vulnerabilities affecting Microsoft Exchange Servers, Check Point Research (CPR) has observed a global surge in the number of ransomware attacks. In fact, since the beginning of 2021, there has been a 9% increase monthly in...

NTT data centre breaks ground in Samrand

The turnkey development of the first NTT data centre in Africa at Centralpoint Innovation District in Samrand has begun. The development of Johannesburg 1 Data Centre - dubbed JOH1 - is being developed by Growthpoint on behalf of NTT and Dimension Data, which...

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