Negative sentiment drives call for data centre transparency

Kathy Gibson reports from Vertiv Week in Zagreb – With data centres experiencing massive growth around the globe, the industry needs to do a better job of telling people the benefits they offer humanity at large. Worldwide, uncertainty about possible risks posed by...

Growing energy demand will limit ambitious climate goals

The global economy is on the cusp of a major shift where most of future global energy demand growth will come from emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs). The new realities of meeting this demand alongside the need for energy security, resilience and...

AI spend soars to unprecedented levels

Worldwide spending on AI is forecast to total $2,7-trillion in 2026, a 49,5% increase year-over-year, according to Gartner. “Demand for AI infrastructure (including AI-optimised IaaS, AI-optimised servers, AI network fabric, AI processing semiconductors and devices)...

Defences improve, but ransomware still threatens SA businesses

Almost two-thirds (63%) of ransomware incidents in South Africa resulted in data being encrypted over the past year, according to the new State of Ransomware in South Africa 2026 report from Sophos. This is above the global average of 56% and an increase from the 60%...

Acronis launches SA cloud data centre

Acronis has announced the availability of a new Acronis Cyber Cloud Data Centre in Johannesburg. One of the 111 new data centres being deployed wordwide by Acronis, the new facility gives service provider partners access to a full range of cyber protection solutions...

Dramatic changes at Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai

When a volcano in the South Pacific Kingdom of Tonga began erupting in late-December 2021 and then violently exploded in mid-January 2022, NASA scientist Jim Garvin and colleagues were unusually well positioned to study the events. Ever since new land rose above the...

Blockchain and the Internet of the future

Kathy Gibson reports from CeBit in Hannover - Blockchain technology is relatively new, but it is already taking the IT world by storm. However, the current use cases are just the tip of the iceberg compared to what could be possible in the future. Fabian Vogelsteller,...

Could cyber-hackers break your heart?

Kathy Gibson reports from CeBit in Hannover –If you wear a pacemaker every beat of your heart is generated by this device. But could an implanted medical device be putting you at risk from hackers? A pacemaker works by registering every heartbeat and sending an...

IoT frameworks key to drive value

Kathy Gibson reports from CeBit in Hannover - Software AG has entered the Internet of Things (IoT) fray with an IoT platform that aims to integrate and consolidate offerings from vendors, ISVs and solution providers to aid enterprises in realising IoT value....

Smart buildings make environmental sense

Kathy Gibson reports from CeBit in Hannover – A staggering 40% of the world’s electricity is consumed by the 1-billion buildings on the earth's surface, and they are responsible for 33% of the globe’s greenhouse gas emissions. So there is good reason to manage them...

Huawei adds STaaS, all-flash arrays

Huawei has announced a new storage as a service (STaaS) solution. The STaaS offers a consistent on- and off-premise cloud experience in storage services and intelligent data and O&M management to help enterprises move seamlessly to the cloud, while protecting...

Joburg to get new Huawei OpenLab

Kathy Gibson reports from CeBit in Hannover - Huawei plans to set up an OpenLab in Johannesburg this year, as the company commits to investing $200-million in seven new facilities in 2017. OpenLabs have proved to be an effective way for Huawei to work with partners...

CERN puts particle physics into the cloud

Kathy Gibson reports from CeBit in Hannover - Doubts that public cloud services are able to handle just about any workloads can be laid to rest with the news that CERN breaks out into the cloud when it needs more power to boost its own IT systems. Tim Bell, compute...

Extending 4.5G to unlicensed spectrum

Kathy Gibson reports from CeBit in Hannover - A shortage of licensed spectrum has been responsible for the slow roll-out of enterprise wireless communications in many instances. "Wireless networking is a limited resource, and it's not always available," says Qui Heng,...

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