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)...

Tourism grows, but still below pre-Covid levels

Global tourism experienced a 4% upturn in 2021, compared to 2020 (415-million versus 400-million). However, international tourist arrivals (overnight visitors) were still 72% below the pre-pandemic year of 2019, according to preliminary estimates by UNWTO. This...

Citizen scientists spot a Jupiter-like planet in NASA TESS data

Tom Jacobs of Bellevue, Washington, loves treasure hunts. Since 2010, the former US naval officer has participated in online volunteer projects that allow anyone who is interested -- "citizen scientists" -- to look through NASA telescope data for signs of exoplanets,...

Free software could cost more …

Free software and applications are easily available to anyone with access to the internet. Some make life convenient and empower productivity. But, according to Brenwin Traill, an IT security expert at Securicom, companies are beginning to see that they aren't so free...

Microsoft appoints new head for Middle East Africa

Microsoft has announced the appointment of Samer Abu Ltaif as the president of its Middle East and Africa (MEA) region. Abu Ltaif, who joined Microsoft in 2004, has held many senior roles within the organisation including regional director for enterprise and partner...

Ethereum alliance boosts blockchain

Intel, Microsoft and Accenture have banded together with a group of banks to create the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA), based on the Ethereum blockchain platform and driven by the ConsenSys Ethereum studio. Ethereum is a decentralised platform for applications...

FMF challenges Cwele on policies

The Free Market Foundation has called out the Minister of Telecommunication and Postal Services for his statements implying industry support for a Wholesale Open Access Network (WOAN). On 17 February, Minister Siyabonga Cwele, following his second engagement with the...

User behaviour opens the door to phishing

A new research report, reveals the extent to which employees remain susceptible to phishing attacks and freely provide user credentials such as their username and password combinations, despite user awareness and education schemes on the dangers of clicking on...

Customer experience key to retail success

Consumer buying decisions rely heavily on the retail environment, so it makes sense that retailers are searching for more innovative ways to engage customers at every touchpoint, both online and in-store. With studies pointing to most in-store purchases being made on...

Fintech funding sees a decline in 2016

After 2015's record-setting $46,70billion in total global funding to fintech companies, 2016 experienced a decline in the market with a 47,2% slide in fintech investment. According to KPMG International's The Pulse of Fintech, a quarterly report on global fintech...

Deliberation the theme for IoT projects

While interest in Internet of Things (IoT) is picking up, actual rollouts are being approached with the common enterprise IT theme of "steady deliberation". This is one of the finding from a January 2017 survey around enterprise IoT, conducted by TechValidate on...

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