Underfunding a leading cause of AI failures for SA firms

South African organisations whose AI ambitions outrun their budgets are seven times more likely to say AI has fallen short, according to preliminary results from DayOne’s State of AI Delivery in South Africa survey. Of the more than 170 employees, founders, managers...

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,...

NFT trading volume tops $15bn in October

Over the past few months, NFTs (non-fungible tokens) have taken over the blockchain space. From games to digital items like artwork, these virtual assets are drawing more and more attention from investors. According to data presented by MejoresApuestas.com, the total...

Active cargo tracking units to reach 29m by 2025

The number of active tracking devices deployed for cargo loading units including trailers, intermodal containers, rail freight wagons, air cargo containers, cargo boxes and pallets reached 9,3-million worldwide in 2020, according to a Berg Insight report on trailer...

SA ports go online with e-commerce platform

Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) is moving forward on its goal to digitalise South Africa's ports operations into "SMART People's Ports" through an integrated e-commerce platform that should go live in April 2017. The new Order to Cash initiative will replace...

Gartner Hype Cycle reveals megatrends

Today's business world is all about connectedness. The connection between people and things, the connection across geographies, and the connection across markets and industries. Gartner tracks emerging technologies in its annual Hype Cycle reports that enable...

Flash still lags in storage decisions

Enterprises need high-performance storage to support critical applications, but almost a quarter have no plans to adopt flash technologies. This is significant, as 85% out of the 3 000 IT decision-makers in a NetApp survey on flash adoption in EMEA are directly...

Could your career survive CV fraud?

With fraud and corruption an ongoing issue within South African organisations, figures released by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) indicate that qualification fraud has become even more rife in the country. School-leaving certificates are the most...

Cyber-crooks monetise healthcare attacks

Following a rash of targeted ransomware attacks upon hospitals in early 2016, Intel Security investigated the attacks, the ransomware networks behind them, and the payment structures enabling cybercriminals to monetise their malicious activity. The researchers...

Watson determines users’ positive influence

Have you ever stopped to consider the positivity you bring to your friends, family or greater community? With September's "International Day of Positive Thinking" in mind, Chevrolet enlisted the cognitive capabilities of IBM's Watson platform to develop the Chevrolet...

Cell C ventures into content realm

As the start of a strategic content play, Cell C has partnered with Bl!nk Pictures to launch what it believes is a global-first reality show rooted in unearthing the next online sensation. Called, #BreakTheNet (#BTN), the talent search show is challenging the typical...

Update network access policy to secure IoT

By 2020, 21-billion of Internet of Things (IoT) devices will be in use worldwide, with about 6% used for industrial IoT applications. However, IT organisations have issues identifying these devices and characterising them as part of current network access policy, says...

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Senior Systems Analyst – Western Cape Cape Town

The main purpose of the job is to perform signal-level modelling, design and testing of systems and algorithms that comprise the signal path in radio telescopes. This covers analysing how each subsystem / algorithm along the signal path, from antenna to data product,...

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