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%...

Semiconductor revenue passed $500bn for the first time

Worldwide semiconductor revenue increased 25,1% in 2021 to total $583,5-billion, crossing the $500-billion threshold for the first time, according to preliminary results by Gartner. "As the global economy bounced back in 2021, shortages appeared throughout the...

South Africans demonstrate climate change perception gap

More than half (58,9%) of South Africans are optimistic that the country will avert a climate crisis in their lifetime. This reveals a potentially damaging gap between perceptions of climate change and people's understanding of its catastrophic effects. Epson's global...

How to win in a disrupted world

Kathy Gibson reports from Dell EMC Forum in Sandton - Disruption is a reality, all companies are going to experience it - but there are some principles that, if companies apply them, can turn disruption into significant opportunities. Nigel Moulton, chief technology...

Van Graan bids industry farewell

Kathy Gibson reports from Dell EMC Forum in Sandton - Industry stalwart Stewart van Graan, vice-president of Dell EMC, has officially announced his retirement from the IT world. "Afte 14 years at Dell, this is probably my last official engagement," he told delegates...

The many faces of digital transformation

Kathy Gibson reports from Dell EMC Forum in Sandton - Transformation is the word on everyone's lips - but there are as many definitions for transformation as there are companies. Stewart van Graan, vice-president at Dell EMC, offers the dictionary definition of "a...

Earthlife wins SA’s first climate change case

The North Gauteng High Court has ruled in favour of environmental justice organisation Earthlife Africa Johannesburg (ELA), and referred the appeal against the environmental authorisation for a new coal-fired power station back to the Minister of Environmental Affairs...

Phones, smart TVs at risk, says WikiLeaks

WikiLeaks has revealed a batch of documents, codenamed "Vault 7", that appears to implicate the CIA's Centre for Cyber Intelligence (CCI) in hacking iPhones, Android phones and Smart TVs. According to WikiLeaks, the documents indicate that CIA malware and hacking...

How to win the fight for female talent

To mark International Women's Day (IWD) on Wednesday 8th March 2017, PwC has released a new report - Winning the fight for female talent: How to gain the diversity edge through inclusive recruitment - which looks at what employers can do to attract and retain female...

Technology key in closing gender pay gap

Women graduating from university in developed markets in 2020 could be the first generation to close the gender pay gap in their professional lifetimes, according to new research from Accenture that covers South Africa and other countries. The report, "Getting to...

AI still in its infancy, says Forrester

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to capture the imagination of the tech and mainstream media, Forrester's new AI TechRadar report for customer intelligence professionals (CI) takes a pragmatic view of what AI can do for business in the near future....

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