Revenue to hit $1bn as quantum breakthroughs advance

Worldwide, quantum computing revenue is projected to total $1,1-billion in 2027, according to Gartner. “Nations and businesses have scaled spending in quantum literacy, patents, partnerships, and early use-case exploration,” says Gaurav Gupta, vice-president analyst...

Fuel price shock will hit supply chains hard, driving prices up

South Africa’s latest fuel price increase will put fresh pressure on already strained supply chains, says supply chain industry body SAPICS. The organisation warns that the cost impact is likely to extend far beyond the transport sector and into consumers’ pockets at...

SA must put jobs at the centre of its AI future

South Africans are embracing AI, but turning that appetite into economic opportunity will require trained educators, reliable Internet, affordable access, recognised skills pathways, scaling of existing financing models, and investment in the country’s own languages,...

SA’s data centre boom starts to raise questions

South Africa’s rapidly expanding data centre sector is highlighting a fundamental gap in how the country plans and regulates major digital infrastructure: there is no comprehensive public record of how many facilities are operating, where they are located, or how much...

Climate seen as a bigger threat to tourism than Covid

The head of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) has warned that the "climate emergency is a bigger threat than Covid". Zurab Pololikashvili, secretary-general of UNWTO, says the pandemic has hit tourism harder than any other sector. Tourism needs...

Cloud, open source come to the fore

Kathy Gibson reports from Red Hat Summit - A move to cloud computing and open source solutions is underway as CIOs rethink their IT systems in the wake of the pandemic. Jonathan Tullett, senior research manager: cloud/IT services at IDC South Africa & Sub-Saharan...

BlackBerry commits to branded devices

BlackBerry-branded handsets will remain a key part of BlackBerry's vision for the future of enterprise mobility, with third-party manufacturers set to produce and distribute smartphones based on the secure BlackBerry Android and BlackBerry 10 software, under licence...

Trenitalia uses IoT to improve operations

SAP has joined Trenitalia to showcase new levels of operational efficiency in equipment maintenance possible through smart equipment, devices and Internet of Things (IoT) technology. Trenitalia's deployment of dynamic maintenance management using SAP technology for...

Otel partners to speed fibre rollout

Otel high-speed fibre customers can expect faster commissioning of their broadband services as the independent telco launches new retail fibre products on the back of partnership agreements with Dark Fibre Africa, Telkom and Neotel. Otel's national agreements with the...

Solar cars set records tumbling

The V&A Waterfront in Cape Town was the scene of celebration this weekend as 11 teams from all over the world crossed the finish line after successfully driving just over 27 000km collectively on public roads, using solar power only. Dutch team Nuon won the...

Cape Town aims for safety first with EPIC

When facing the challenge of mass urbanisation, cities need to quickly and effectively respond to emergencies and incidents. At the same time, the need to do more with less resources. Metros and municipalities are constantly driving towards becoming "smarter";...

Blockchain takes off faster than expected

Commercial blockchain solutions are rapidly being adopted throughout banking and financial markets, dramatically faster than initially expected. According to two new IBM studies, 15% of banks and 14% of financial market institutions intend to implement full-scale,...

Solar car teams close to record

Teams from South Africa, The Netherlands, Japan and Hungary are within 500km of breaking the record for the longest distance covered in a solar car. The 4 630km record for the Sasol Solar Challenge was set in 2012 by Japanese team Tokai, and hasn't been broken in four...

CFOs under threat as cyber-threats take off

Given the connectedness of organisations today, cyber security has become a fundamental part of business, and chief financial officers (CFOs) need to take note. Nathan Desfontaines, KPMG's Cyber Security Manager in South Africa, believes that this environment is...

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