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...

IBM cements machine learning dominance

IBM has created more than 6 000 machine learning (ML) patent applications in the last five years, propelling it to the forefront of this transformative technology. According to a BanklessTimes.com report, Microsoft has had around 2 500 patent applications, while...

Convergence Partners Investments rebrands, appoints new CEO

Convergence Partners Investments, the deep tech investor started by Andile Ngcaba in 2003, has rebranded to Solcon Capital. Under the new brand, Solcon will focus on international deep tech investments in generative artificial intelligence (AI) and large language...

Routed is Africa’s first VMware Cloud Verified partner

VMworld 2019, Barcelona - Cloud infrastructure provider, Routed, has become the first company on the African continent to attain VMware Cloud Verified status. The Cloud Verified badge signals to customers that Routed offers a service running on top of the complete...

New Chrome vulnerability uncovered

Kaspersky's automated technologies have detected a new exploited vulnerability in the Google Chrome web browser. Kaspersky has allocated the vulnerability as CVE-2019-13720 and reported it to Google. A patch has been released. Upon review of the PoC provided, Google...

Agile needs to move along the value chain

The need for organisations to become agile is more compelling than ever. More than just a buzzword, business agility means optimised value delivery to the customer, which inherently has a strong link to culture and mindset; an ecosystem of people, process, and...

Hackathon tackles gender-based violence through tech

Every three hours a woman is murdered in South Africa, and the country has the fourth highest female interpersonal violence death rate in the world. South Africa's rape statistics are amongst the highest globally, with an average of 114 rapes being reported to the...

Terrorism a top risk for multinationals

Recent years have seen an increase in major terrorism events across the world, as attacks in Brussels, London, Madrid, Nigeria, Paris, Tunisia and Turkey have highlighted the growing need for terrorism and political violence cover. So it's not surprising that...

Pharma looks to big data, blockchain, cloud, security

Big data, blockchain, cloud computing and cybersecurity are the main technologies where pharma companies see the need to invest. This is according to GlobalData's latest report, "Emerging Technology Trends Survey - Pharma 2019", which reveals that over 70% of pharma...

Fujitsu, Ericsson accelerate wireless connectivity

Fujitsu and Ericsson are joining forces to help realize the full value of Industry 4.0, with a major new initiative to create and accelerate wireless cellular connectivity solutions for the manufacturing sector. The two companies have signed a global memorandum of...

President moves to strengthen SA’s investment stance

Ahead of the South Africa Investment Conference in Sandton from 5-7 November 2019, President Cyril Ramaphosa has taken steps to strengthen South Africa's investment promotion drive by appointing additional special envoys on investment and establishing a dedicated...

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