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...

AI improves supply chains, but people are still needed

Artificial intelligence (AI) is being used successfully in a range of practical applications in the supply chain. These include demand forecasting, risk, inventory and quality management, and transport and distribution optimisation. It is making roads safer. In...

Never a dull moment when it comes to cyberattacks

While the disruptive impact of the Russo-Ukrainian conflict on the cyber landscape has relatively reduced in recent months, the threat landscape has returned to a state of "normality". This new normal is characterised by an increase in cyberattacks, as Check Point...

Tablet shipments continue to decline

The worldwide tablet market declined 0,6% year over year during the fourth quarter of 2019 (4Q19) as global shipments fell to 43,5-million units, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker. For the...

GlobalData reports Google can’t access customer data

Artificial intelligence (AI) is now central to Google's operations, transforming the company from an online search provider into a major player in the world of AI. At Google's AI in Action event in Zurich, GlobalData heard how the company is tackling the issue of...

Apple leads, followed by Samsung, in Q4 smartphone sales

Worldwide smartphone shipments decreased 1,1% year over year in the fourth quarter of 2019 (4Q19), according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. While the past several years have delivered flat...

As lone workers increase, so do protection solutions

The market for lone worker protection solutions and services in Europe and North America is forecasted to grow from €154-million in 2019, to reach €284-million in 2023. According to a new research report from analyst firm Berg Insight, the number of users of dedicated...

Coronavirus fears drive spread of malware

The presence of the novel coronavirus has been confirmed in the UK for the first time as the UK's chief medical officer, Chris Whitty, confirms that two people from the same family had tested positive for coronavirus. While concerns of the spread of coronavirus grow,...

SA set to spend $26bn in IT

Overall IT spending in South Africa is set to reach $26,4-billion this year, up 2,5% on 2019. That's according to the latest predictions revealed by International Data Corporation (IDC) at its IDC Directions 2020 event. IDC's associate vice-president for South Africa,...

Workforce disruption presents opportunities for African businesses

The Fourth Industrial Revolution brings about great change, driven by the interdependent forces of artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things (IoT), network-based logic, machine learning, augmented and virtual reality and quantum computing. This has led to many...

Ginni Rometty steps down as IBM CEO

Ginni Rometty is stepping down as CEO of IBM, with Arvind Krishna yesterday named to assume the role from 6 April. Rometty, who has worked for IBM for 40 years, will continue as executive chairman of the company and will serve until her retirement at the end of the...

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