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...

New vehicle sales slower but strong

Stock shortages continued to thwart South Africa's new vehicle market during October. However, the market continued to show a robust performance, despite the volumes being lower than September. According to naamsa the Automotive Business Council, 41 035 new vehicles...

These transformations are critical to compete in a digital-first world

International Data Corporation (IDC) has announced its worldwide information technology (IT) industry predictions for 2022 and beyond. While the disruptive forces unleashed by the Covid-19 pandemic continue to shape the global business ecosystem, one important trend...

Over-55s are not cyber-wiser

Over-55s can behave insecurely online and often become victims of fraud. This is among the findings of research from Kaspersky Lab and B2B International, "Older and wiser? A look at the threats faced by over-55s online". The findings are worrying, because the...

Ekurhuleni in smartphone payment first

More than 900 000 ratepayers in the City of Ekurhuleni can now pay their municipal bills online with their smartphones. The South African municipality being the first to accept bill payments via Masterpass, the global digital payment service from Mastercard. To pay...

Banks caught in power struggle

Facing tough challenges both from small fintech startups and from global digital giants, incumbent transaction-banking leaders must improve customer journeys, maximise security, minimise complexity, and add value beyond pure payments if they hope to survive and...

How relevant are digital trends in Africa?

Kathy Gibson reports from Gartner Symposium in Cape Town – The world has picked up the concept of digital business and is running with it. But how relevant are these new technologies for the African and South African market? Jeff Mann, vice-president: research at...

CIOs must move from suppliers to trusted allies

Kathy Gibson reports from Gartner Symposium in Cape Town – As digital transformation gains momentum, CIOs need to take on a role in the C-suite that is equal to their contemporaries in other disciplines. Gartner analyst Lee Weldon points out that most CIOs have...

Cell C gets aggressive with new contracts

Cell C has gone on the offensive against its rivals with the launch of a number of new, aggressively-priced contracts in its Pinnacle suite. The company says it is introducing a new range of Pinnacle contract plans to cater for the broader market at various levels of...

SAP bets €2bn on IoT

SAP is betting big on Internet of Things (IoT), and is planning to invest €2-billion over the next five years to accelerate innovation in its IoT solution portfolio, increase sales and marketing, scale service, support and co-innovation, and grow its ecosystem of...

New-generation AI avoids mistakes of the past

Kathy Gibson reports from Gartner Symposium in Cape Town - The new generation of artificial intelligence (AI) will be capable of learning as they go along, and should avoid some of the disasters of the past where automated scripts caused things like stock market...

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