NASA experiments with drones for planetary landings

NASA successfully demonstrated technology designed to help spacecraft autonomously navigate to safe landing sites on the Moon and on other planets. An Alta-X drone equipped with the agency’s Safe and Precise Landing – Integrated Capabilities Evolution (SPLICE)...

Turn vision into reality with the right AI strategy

Kathy Gibson reports from Dell Technologies Forum in Johannesburg - Today's leaders aren't asking whether to adopt AI, they're asking how to turn it into outcomes the business can see. And South African companies can no longer afford to take a wait-and-see attitude to...

Gloomy outlook for global economies as geopolitical tensions worsen

Coface’s latest risk review, Rates Against the Machine, has confirmed what the world dreaded just a few months ago has come to pass – rather than improve, the geopolitical situation has deteriorated once again. This, Coface says, puts upward pressure on commodity...

Banks are still missing the links between fraud and money laundering

Financial institutions are increasingly integrating their fraud and anti-money laundering (AML) systems, but intelligence and governance gaps remain. New fraud and AML convergence research from Datos Insights, commissioned by data and AI leader SAS, finds 86% report...

Materials informatics to expand 3D printing

An expanded and adaptable portfolio of materials will drive the 3D printing market over the next few years. Materials informatics is an new field involving data-centric approaches to materials R&D which is impacting numerous sectors, including that of 3D printing....

Public carsharing fleet will reach 971k vehicles by 2025

According to a new research report by IoT analyst firm Berg Insight, the number of users of carsharing services worldwide is forecasted to grow from 71,9-million people in 2020 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 21,5% to reach 190,3-million people in 2025....

Business tech dominates budgets in 2015

European firms will spend 28% of their total 2015 technology purchases, or €190-billion, on the adoption of business technology (BT) - technologies that will help them to win, serve and retain customers. This compares with 36% in the US and 25% in Asia Pacific,...

Procurement corruption ‘killing’ SMBs

Corruption within the public sector has had a devastating effect on small businesses. This is the word from Lindiwe Zulu, minister of small business development, who told the Procurement Indaba in Durban that this was one of the factors that has kept small businesses...

BI, analytics saw strong growth in MEA

Business intelligence (BI) and analytics software revenue in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) totalled $245-million in 2014, a 12% increase from 2013 revenue of $219-million, according to Gartner. The BI and analytics market consists of BI platforms, corporate...

ETF cross-listing boost exchange liquidity

Moves are afoot to improve liquidity on Africa's exchanges by increasing cross-listings of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) on the larger exchanges on the continent. There is a concerted effort from ETF issuers in various markets to cross list new and existing ETFs on to...

Carriers set to spend $5,7bn on SDN by 2019

As service providers seek service agility and operational efficiency in their networks to stay competitive, the global market for carrier software-defined networking (SDN) software, hardware and services is expected to grow from $103-million in 2014 to $5,7-billion in...

Sweden drops some charges against Assange

Some of the Swedish sexual assault charges against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange have been dropped, having reached their five-year statute of limitations. A rape charge remains in the books, although Swedish prosecutors yesterday dropped charges for sexual assault...

Amazon opens Joburg office, adds skills

Amazon is expanding its services in South Africa, opening a new office in Johannesburg and planning to hire 250 new skilled staff over the next 12 months. The new Amazon Web Services Office in Johannesburg complements the existing development centre in Cape Town, which has been operational since 2004. The company already supports a number of South African customers of all sizes, from start-ups to enterprises and public sector operations.

Hope glimmers for SA economy

South Africa may be suffering currently, but glimmers of hope are starting to emerge that undermine the more negative perceptions plaguing the local economy. This is according to Johann Els, senior economist for Old Mutual Investment Group, explaining in the company’s quarterly investment briefing that, while local growth is struggling under the burden of issues, such as electricity shortages, commodities under pressure and a weak rand, positive signs, such as an improving trade deficit and inflation figures, could be slightly buoying the economic outlook.

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