New technologies ranging from smart robotics to actionable AI have the potential to transform the supply chain function, but they will fail to lift historically low levels of labor productivity unless utilised as part of a broader strategy, according to Gartner....

The roles and activities performed by IT professionals have evolved dramatically over the past 10 years due to the convergence of modern development technologies, cloud platforms, and as-a-service offerings that can significantly improve overall productivity. Today,...

Kathy Gibson is at SingularityU Summit in Kyalami - A defining feature of humanity is that we are swimming in data. But information consumes the resource of our attention, says Rachel Sibley, from the augmented reality/virtual reality (AR/VR) faculty at Singularity...

Kathy Gibson is at SingularityU Summit in Kyalami - Before the singularity (the point where machine intelligence surpasses human intelligence) can happen, we need to all connect. Ramez Naam, Singularity U chair for energy and environment, calls this the "syncularity"....

Kathy Gibson is at SingularityU Summit in Kyalami - An exponential mindset is the key to real and meaningful change and innovation. Laila Pawlak, head of Singularity University Nordic, explains that, in a world of accelerating change, we need to create extraordinary...

Kaspersky honeypots - networks of virtual copies of various internet connected devices and applications - have detected 105-million attacks on IoT devices coming from 276 000 unique IP addresses in the first six months of the year. This figure is around nine times...

Seacom has partnered with Vodacom Business Africa to initiate the next chapter of both companies' African network connectivity ventures. Since the launch of its business division, Seacom has substantially grown its customer and partnership base. The latest partnership...

In response to the release of the CCMA's report for the year by director Cameron Morajane, trade union body Solidarity says that the large-scale job losses in South Africa cannot be mainly attributed to the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). Morajane says there were...

Old Mutual has selected AWS as its preferred cloud provider and will migrate its digital customer platforms, core insurance applications and product administration systems to the cloud. The company will migrate over 1 000 applications to AWS, shutting down its data...

Imagine a world in which doctors will be able to predict illness, and really offer healthcare as opposed to the "sick care" that they provide today; or a future in which your self-driving car could be despatched to collect groceries or pick up children from school...