Countries urged to plan for sovereign AI
Kathy Gibson reports from Tognana, Italy – Nations that want to succeed in the age of artificial intelligence (AI) must ensure they have the infrastructure in-country to support AI sovereignty. Carlo Ruiz, vice-president: AI solutions and operations EMEA at Nvidia,...
SA ahead in the data centre stakes
Kathy Gibson reports from Tognana, Italy - South Africa is holding its own in the globally-competitive data centre market. Not only are most of the big data centre players operating at scale in South Africa, they are largely doing so using clean and reliable...
Practical implications of VAT reversal
The decision by finance minister Enoch Godongwana’s to reverse the planned 0,5% VAT rate increase, initially set to take effect on 1 May 2025, has significant practical implications for VAT vendors and consumers. As the administrator of all national government tax...
Huawei celebrates women leaders
Huawei hosted a celebration for young women and future leaders in ICT at the Huawei Campus in Johannesburg. The event was held in support of the International Telecommunications Union’s (ITU) global campaign for International Girls in ICT Day 2025 and the UN Women's...
Project Kuiper launches first LEO satellites
United Launch Alliance (UlA) has successfully launched 27 Kuiper satellites into low Earth orbit as it begins a full-scale deployment of Amazon's Project Kuiper satellite Internet network. The mission, named “KA-01” for Kuiper Atlas 1, launched on a ULA Atlas V rocket...
Digital payments continue steep growth trajectory
The global digital payment market size is anticipated to reach $361,3-billion by 2030, expanding at a CAGR of 21,4% from 2025 to 2030, according to a new report published by Grand View Research. The market’s growth can be attributed to the increasing number of...
NASA engineering sparks battery innovation
Battery technology that has powered the International Space Station, the Hubble Space Telescope, and numerous satellites is now storing energy on Earth, enabling intermittent renewable energy sources to provide steady power. These extremely durable batteries were made...
Oracle Cloud rolls out Nvidia Blackwell GPUs
Oracle has optimised its first wave of liquid-cooled Nvidia GB200 NVL72 racks in its data centres. Thousands of Nvidia Blackwell GPUs are now being deployed and ready for customer use on Nvidia DGX Cloud and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) to develop and run...
Intel receives motion picture award
Later today (29 April 2025), Intel’s Open Image Denoise will be awarded a Technical Achievement Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Intel Open Image Denoise is an open source library that provides a high-performance, high-quality AI-based...
Secure enterprise browsers to the fore
By 2028, 25% of organisations will augment existing secure remote access and endpoint security tools by deploying at least one secure enterprise browser (SEB) technology to address specific gaps, according to Gartner. Threat actors frequently target employees with...
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Teraco acquires iconic building
Teraco has acquired the iconic Great Westerford building in Cape Town from Ingenuity Property Investments. Great Westerford, a landmark building with over 30 000sqm of premium grade office space, is situated in the prime location of Rondebosch, Cape Town. The...
Data scientists only add about 30 days of value before changing jobs
A recent post by Alastair Adam on LinkedIn discusses the disastrously high churn rate of data scientists. By Gary Allemann, MD of Master Data Management The post asserts that most data scientists change jobs every 19 months, on average. Around 12 months is spent...
Automation the new discipline for SA consumers
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The role of incentives and rewards in attracting, retaining top talent
As South African companies prepare for a new year and the return of employees to the office following the festive season break, the matter of attracting and retaining top talent is gaining increasing prominence. Faced with a challenging local and global economy and a...
Understanding the impact of the amended EPC regulations
On 25 November last year, the Department of Mineral Resources (DMRE) gazetted the amendment regulations for the mandatory and compulsory display and submission of energy performance certificates (EPCs) for buildings. By Frikkie Malan, head of sustainability at Remote...
Analytics predictions for 2023
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Low-cost peering infrastructure from Teraco, TIP, NEC XON
Teraco has announced the successful deployment of TIP Phoenix in its South African production network, with support from NEC XON. Provided by Facebook/Meta-found Telecom Infra Project (TIP) Phoenix's open architecture gives network operators the flexibility to choose...
Fujitsu launches new platform to support Web3 developers
Fujitsu has announced the launch of its "Fujitsu Web3 Acceleration Platform," offering a developmental environment as well as various service APIs based on blockchain and high-performance computing technologies. Fujitsu envisions the platform as a future community for...
Trellix launches new partner program
Trellix has announced the launch of its Trellix Xtend Global Channel Partner Program, developed to increase profitability, engagement, and growth for partners through widespread adoption of the Trellix XDR platform. Partners in the Trellix ecosystem have a unique...
What’s in store for telecoms in 2023?
Despite the dual headwinds of load shedding and consumer inflation, 2023 has the potential to be a watershed year for telecommunications in South Africa. Nic Laschinger, chief technology officer of Euphoria Telecom With digital migration (seemingly) imminent and...
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