By 2025, half of cloud data centres will deploy advanced robots with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) capabilities, resulting in 30% higher operating efficiency, according to Gartner. "The gap between growing server and storage volumes at data...

More than 75% of managers who reported that their artificial intelligence implementations improved their team's decision-making and efficiency also saw improvements in collective learning (87%), team morale (79%), and collaboration (78%). This is according to the...

A massive 95% of South Africans use their smartphone more than any other device, with nearly half of them using their mobiles as their primary device to access digital services. This is according to the findings from the Mastercard Impact of Innovation study, released...

Shipments of smartphones in Africa fell 5,2% to 23,1-million units in the second quarter of 2016, according to the latest figures from International Data Corporation (IDC). These figures, presented in IDC's recently published 'Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker', indicate...

As governments meet at the UN General Assembly to discuss progress on the Sustainable Development Goals, Ericsson has announced a set of solutions to help bridge the digital divide and bring mobile broadband coverage to the remaining 3-billion people who are...

International wildlife charity, Born Free Foundation, has welcomed the decision by delegates at the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), to end a decade-long discussion about the...

The fourth day of the Sasol Solar Challenge saw the eleven teams competing in this gruelling endurance event cross the border from the Free State into the Eastern Cape. Strong winds throughout the day and a particularly challenging hill meant teams had to carefully...

Kathy Gibson reports from Gartner Symposium in Cape Town – Digital disruption is affecting everyone and, like it or not, it’s a journey that just about every company will have to take at some stage in the future. “When we talk about digital, we talk about the fusion...

Kathy Gibson reports from Gartner Symposium in Cape Town – The disappearing data centre is one of the main strategic imperatives that CIOs need to keep in mind as they move forward. “The physical data is still there, we’ve still got them, but the boundary of the data...

Pinnacle has moved swiftly to reassure the market following the mention of one of its subsidiaries, Pinnacle Micro, in a court case against SANDF General, Leon Eggers who is facing three charges of bribery and corruption dating back to 2008. In the commercial crimes...