A familiar face takes the reins at Tarsus

By Mark Davison - After months of speculation, Alviva Holdings – parent company of Tarsus Distribution – has announced a new, permanent CEO for one of South Africa’s oldest and leading distributors. Thibault Dousson, currently director of Lenovo’s Solution and...

European orbiter detects hints of volcanic activity on Mars

New evidence from gas seeping above volcanic rifts suggests Mars is not geologically dead deep inside, but merely sleeping. Fresh fissures along the Alba Mons region hint at active spots under the surface, where gases from inside the planet may be making their way up...

NASA experiments with drones for planetary landings

NASA successfully demonstrated technology designed to help spacecraft autonomously navigate to safe landing sites on the Moon and on other planets. An Alta-X drone equipped with the agency’s Safe and Precise Landing – Integrated Capabilities Evolution (SPLICE)...

Turn vision into reality with the right AI strategy

Kathy Gibson reports from Dell Technologies Forum in Johannesburg - Today's leaders aren't asking whether to adopt AI, they're asking how to turn it into outcomes the business can see. And South African companies can no longer afford to take a wait-and-see attitude to...

5G satellite networks to generate $17bn more for telcos

New research from Juniper Research has found operators will generate $17-billion of additional revenue from 3GPP (third-generation partnership project)-compliant 5G satellite networks between 2024 and 2030. It urges operators to sign partnerships with SNOs (Satellite...

New tools could catalyse response to TB deaths

As the United Nations High-Level Meeting (UNHLM) on tuberculosis (TB) approaches, a new report from the Lancet Commission, co-authored by the University of Cape Town's (UCT) researcher, released recommendations which provide a path forward to turn the tide on this...

Economic transactions show depth of Covid-19 lockdown

The BankservAfrica Economic Transaction Index (BETI) for the three months ending May 2020 reflected the sharpest decline in its history, showing that the economy recorded 20% less in transaction value than a year ago. While the monthly BETI decline of -4,3% was not as...

Pandemic drives Africa’s biggest smartphone decline

The Covid-19 pandemic has led to one of the largest quarterly dips in Africa's smartphone market since 2015. IDC’s latest Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker shows that Africa's smartphone market saw shipments decline 17,8% quarter on quarter (QoQ) in Q1 2020 to total...

Has time in lockdown been wasted?

Since the lockdown began in South Africa on 27 March 2020, only 207 additional critical care beds and 350 ventilators have been added in the public health sector. By Chris Hattingh, project manager and a researcher at the Free Market Foundation According to a recent...

Global server revenue, shipments decline

According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, vendor revenue in the worldwide server market declined 6% year over year to $18,6-billion during the first quarter of 2020 (1Q20). Worldwide server shipments declined 0,2% year...

Companies that fail to protect information lose on brand loyalty

While most consumers are taking necessary security precautions to protect their online accounts, businesses may not be doing enough to protect their information – inadvertently driving sales to competitors that can. This is one of the findings from research by...

Enterprise external OEM storage declines 8,2%

According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Storage Systems Tracker, global market revenue for enterprise external OEM storage systems declined 8,2% year over year to $6,5-billion during the first quarter of 2020 (1Q20). Total...

Who’s causing the anti-vaccination infodemic?

Social media analysis conducted by media intelligence firm Commetric sheds light on the impact Covid-19 has had on the spread of anti-vaccination conspiracy theories online. Some of the main findings include: * Most users consumed vaccination content via videos rather...

Cyber incident at Life Healthcare

The Life Healthcare Group confirms that its southern African operation has been the victim of a targeted criminal attack on its IT systems. "We acted immediately on becoming aware of the incident and took our systems offline, in order to actively contain the attack,"...

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