Today’s data centre build-out dwarfs previous infrastructure investments

Kathy Gibson reports from Vertiv Week in Zagreb – Artificial intelligence (AI) is driving the biggest infrastructure build-out in human history – bigger than the railroads or the Industrial Revolution. “People assume AI is a bubble, but it is showing no signs of...

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)...

Investment shifts to alternative energy

By 2026, 50% of upstream capital projects will be mixed projects where investment in alternative energy exceeds that in hydrocarbon production, according to Gartner. IT leaders and CIOs will need to build fit-for-future competencies in the IT team by investing in the...

Governments set their sights on AI

Governments around the world are increasingly prioritising artificial intelligence (AI), as a new report by Oxford Insights shows. The 2021 Government AI Readiness Index ranks 160 countries by how prepared their governments are to use AI in public services. Nearly 40%...

Gen Z pushes retailers to engage more

Retailers looking to capture share of wallet and brand loyalty from the next generation of consumers - Gen Z - will need to step up their focus on new ways of engagement. This group is looking for enhanced digital tools such to ability to purchase directly via visual...

Increased usage causes data depletion

South African cellular users are spending a declining percentage of their cellphone budgets on voice calls and a growing proportion of their cellular spend on data. "This surge in data usage is behind the data depletion that has generated recent media coverage,"...

Datatec’s Logicalis opens SA operation

Datatec's Logicalis division has started up a business operation in Cape Town. Frikkie Grobler has been appointed CEO of Logicalis South Africa. He has over 30 years' experience in the industry, having spent the last 10 years as CEO of industry peer Computacenter SA....

New service aims to counter SIM-swops

Mobile technology company Myriad Connect has launched a service to counter the growing threat of SIM-swop fraud. When a customer lets the operator know their SIM card is damaged, lost or stolen, the current SIM is deactivated and a new one is issued. But criminal...

Africa set for opportunity, innovation

Africa is set to continue its rapid growth trajectory, and the co-development of technology has the potential to transform lives, drive collaboration, spur entrepreneurship and share ideas. This is according to Hilton Romanski, Cisco's chief strategy officer, speaking...

Social grant payments still up in the air

There is still no clarity on how social grants will be paid out from April, 2017, although it seems likely that that current contract with Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) will be extended. Minister of Social Development Bathabile Dlamini told media yesterday that grants...

You could be less secure than you think …

Misaligned incentives and executive overconfidence are making it easier for attackers to infiltrate organisations. Intel Security, in partnership with the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), today released "Tilting the Playing Field: How Misaligned...

Corruption stalks SA’s licencing departments

Allegations and investigations of corruption are increasingly appearing in South African headlines as the epidemic of dishonest conduct becomes the norm within the country's public sector. Most recently, it has come to light that some of those working in our licensing...

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