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...

Acer believed to have been hit by ransomware

Acer is believed to have been compromised by the REvil/Sodinokibi ransomware group. The notorious ransomware group is on a spree, with at least nine victims in two weeks, says Candid Wuest, Acronis vice-president of cyber protection research. The list of victims is...

Hybrid cloud key for accelerating the digital journey

Kathy Gibson reports – Despite cloud being mainstream for at least the last eight years, only 20% of workloads have moved to the public cloud. One of the reasons for this is that moving to the public cloud is not always the cheapest option, says Mostafa Zafer,...

Oracle results hit by strong US dollar

Oracle has reported that revenues for the last quarter of its 2015 financial year were down 5%, with revenues for the full year essentially unchanged. The company reports that results were significantly impacted by the strengthening of the US dollar compared to...

Telkom consolidates mobile, Internet bundles

Telkom is consolidating Telkom Mobile bundles and All Network bundles into one set of pre-paid options that will provide national coverage for subscribers. The packages, available from today (22 June 2015), will provide consumers the benefit of national network...

E-commerce set to boom in SA

Besides 2014 being a tough year for online businesses, there has been an increase in query volumes for South Africa of 37% - and increases of 49% in Nigeria and 33% in Kenya. This is according to Nicholas Groove, business development manager at ImproWeb, sister...

African governments commit to STEM education

A Regional Scholarship and Innovation Fund led by Senegal, Rwanda and Ethiopia will contribute to the World Bank Partnership for Skills in Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology (PASET) programme, which seeks to award 10 000 African PhD scholarships over 10...

New context needed for mobile privacy

At least 63% of US smartphone users are concerned about their privacy and security when they access the Internet via their mobile device. This compares with 56%, 64% and 58% of UK, French, and Chinese citizens, respectively, according to new Forrester surveys of more...

Massive decline for thin client sales

The Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) thin client market faced a severe contraction in Q1 2015. The shipments declined at -10,2% year-on-year, and resulted in 438 000 units shipped, according to the EMEA Quarterly Enterprise Client Device Tracker published by...

Modest growth for backup appliances

Worldwide purpose-built backup appliance (PBBA) factory revenues grew 6,9% year-over-year totalling $719,3-million in the first quarter of 2015 (1Q15), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Purpose-Built Appliance Tracker. Total...

Ericsson CEO joins UN Foundation board

Hans Vestberg, president and CEO of Ericsson, has been appointed to the United Nations Foundation board of directors.In making the announcement, the board recognised that Vestberg has demonstrated a deep personal commitment to fighting extreme poverty on a global...

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