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%...

UCT ranks among top 60 most international universities

The University of Cape Town (UCT) has been ranked 55th by Times Higher Education (THE) in their latest list of the most international universities in the world 2022. This position is tied with Carnegie Mellon and Princeton in the US. These institutions collaborate on...

Calls to lift travel restrictions grow

The World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) has welcomed the call of its sister UN agency World Health Organisation (WHO) for restrictions on travel to be lifted or eased. Citing new evidence on the rise and spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, WHO has noted that...

Cybercriminals are now targeting each other …

PetrWrap, a new malware family that exploits the original Petya ransomare module, is being distributed through a ransomware-as-a-service platform to perform targeted attacks against organisations - and may herald growing competitiveness in the underground ransomware...

Big data, analytics revenues to hit $150,8bn

A new update to the Worldwide Semiannual Big Data and Analytics Spending Guide from International Data Corporation (IDC) forecasts worldwide revenues for big data and business analytics (BDA) will reach $150,8-billion in 2017, an increase of 12,4% over 2016....

Blockchain secures carbon credit transaction

African carbon credit supplier Aera Group and the Russian Carbon Fund have executed the first worldwide carbon credit transaction using blockchain. The pilot transaction was executed yesterday (14 March) between the Russian Carbon Fund on the buying side and Aera...

Teraco raises R1,2bn for data centre expansion

Teraco, Africa's largest carrier & cloud neutral colocation data centre and home to NAPAfrica, Africa's largest Internet exchange point (IXP), has raised a R1,2-billion medium-term funding facility from Absa. Jan Hnizdo, chief financial officer of Teraco, says...

The darker side of social media

Social media gives users the freedom to communicate with their loved ones - however it could also damage real-life relationships. Research from Kaspersky Lab shows that a third of people have less face-to-face communication with loved ones, and 21% of parents admit...

Google trains 1m Africans in digital skills

Google has reached the 1-million milestone in its Digital Skills programme. On 16 April 2016, the company committed to training 1-million Africans on digital skills within a year. Today, it confirmed that it has reached its target early, and has set itself to train...

Transport hits out at Tasima over eNatis

Minister of Transport Dipuo Peters is taking legal counsel to compel Tasima to comply with the Constitutional Court decision handed down on 9 November 2016, which found that the extension to the contract to Tasima was granted in contravention of the Constitution, the...

Revenue up 21%, profit up 29% for EOH

EOH reports that revenue for the latest six months increased by 21% to R7,239-billion and profit after tax is up by 29% to R597-million. Earnings per share (EPS) and headline earnings per share (HEPS) have grown by 23% and 22% respectively. Cash has increased by 32%...

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