Multicloud is the new reality in enterprise technology, says a study from 451 Research which was commissioned by Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. The study collected information from 1 500 respondents at enterprises - organisations with more than 1 000 full-time employees...

The Centre for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota has released the Coronavirus Vaccines Research and Development Roadmap (CVR) - a major global strategy to develop broadly protective vaccines against continually emerging...

The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is changing the world as we know it, and South Africa is pinning its growth ambitions on a 4IR-enabled economy. But 4IR adoption without putting cyber safety first could undermine growth efforts and expand the risks to...

It is believed that Apple is close to inking a $1-billion deal to buy up Intel's smartphone-modem chip business. The Wall Street Journal reveals that talks could be finalised as soon as this week. If an agreement is reached, it is likely to see Apple acquiring Intel's...

This year's Eskom Expo for Young Scientists in the Gauteng South's regional fair featured a surge in research projects in the energy category, with pupils aiming to find alternative solutions to power South Africa. Pupils looked into cow dung as a source of...

The deal-making landscape in the artificial intelligence (AI) tech space during 2014-2018 was dominated by global tech giants, according to GlobalData. Of the top five acquirers, four were based out of the US, with Ireland-based Accenture being the only exception in...

SqwidNet, the licensed Sigfox IoT network operator in South Africa, recently hosted its second IoT Entrepreneurship Program (IoT)E pitch day. Seven finalist groups, selected from a group of 60 prospective entrepreneurs and ICT business owners over the course of a...

CEO turnover hit a record high of 17% in 2018 but there is a group of executives holding steady. According to the 2018 CEO Success Study issued by PwC's Strategy&, while the median tenure of a CEO has been five years, 19% of all CEOs remain in position for 10 or...

Wireless technology plays a key role in today's communications, and new forms of it will become central to emerging technologies including robots, drones, self-driving vehicles and new medical devices over the next five years. Gartner has identified the top 10...

The use of malware designed to harvest consumers' digital data - known as password stealers - has seen a significant rise in 2019. According to Kaspersky's data, the number of users, targeted by the stealers, peaked from less than 600 000 in the first half of 2018 to...