In the AI era, control is not enough: you have to prove it

A new report from IBM, Proof, Not Promises: The Digital Sovereignty Index, reveals an “overconfidence gap”: leaders believe they can prove sovereign control of their technology, but the evidence often falls short of the Index’s highest standards. As AI adoption...

AI set to drive a net increase in jobs by 2030

AI is expected to drive a net increase of 1,7-million jobs by 2030, according to Gartner, which says AI will create more jobs than it eliminates - generating 10,6-million new jobs, while removing 8,9-million jobs worldwide by 2030. “Organisations most advanced in AI...

A familiar face takes the reins at Tarsus

By Mark Davison - After months of speculation, Alviva Holdings – parent company of Tarsus Distribution – has announced a new, permanent CEO for one of South Africa’s oldest and leading distributors. Thibault Dousson, currently director of Lenovo’s Solution and...

European orbiter detects hints of volcanic activity on Mars

New evidence from gas seeping above volcanic rifts suggests Mars is not geologically dead deep inside, but merely sleeping. Fresh fissures along the Alba Mons region hint at active spots under the surface, where gases from inside the planet may be making their way up...

IT security staff spend the most working time on hobbies

The vast majority (90%) of IT security staff in the META (Middle East, Turkey, Africa) region engage in leisure activities during working hours. Typically, these hobbies account for six hours a week, which is an hour more than staff across the company overall,...

Teamwork needed to keep SA from a fiscal crisis

Kathy Gibson reports - The 2021 Budget, tabled on Wednesday (24 February 2021) sent a clarion call for all South Africans - individuals, business and government - to pull together in ensuring the country can recover from the ravages of the past years. During 2020,...

Tarsus Cloud On Demand invests R2m to drive uptake

South Africans can now experience and take advantage of Azure-like services, with the announcement that Tarsus Cloud On Demand will be offering customers the ability to tap into on-premise, off-premise and hybrid cloud features of the full Windows Azure Pack offering....

More efficiency in intra-Africa payments

The establishment of regional cross-border payment systems in Africa will go a long way towards addressing concerns that have arisen about the general reduction in correspondent banking relationships globally. They will also bring about greater efficiencies in the...

Quantum computing a reality soon?

IBM scientists have unveiled two critical advances towards the realisation of a practical quantum computer. For the first time, they showed the ability to detect and measure both kinds of quantum errors simultaneously, as well as demonstrated a new, square quantum bit circuit design that is the only physical architecture that could successfully scale to larger dimensions. With Moore’s Law expected to run out of steam, quantum computing will be among the inventions that could usher in a new era of innovation across industries.

Seacom upgrades IP/MPLS network

Seacom has completed the upgrade of its global IP and MPLS network. The new network will offer substantial advantages to carriers and businesses looking to expand their communications infrastructure on carrier-class Ethernet, IP and MPLS platforms between Africa and the rest of the world. With Seacom’s new backbone, African and global service providers and operators will be able to gain access to one Gigabit, 10-Gigabit and 100-Gigabit Ethernet ports at affordable prices.

Africa outperforms in SWIFT traffic

Data from SWIFT shows that its payment business in Africa has outperformed the total growth of the business globally.In the year to date, African payment traffic volumes grew by 13,2% versus 8,8% growth for SWIFT worldwide, highlighting the sustainable growth in the...

Apple Watch has lowest cost to price ratio

The much-anticipated new Apple Watch has the lowest hardware costs compared to retail price of any Apple phone IHS Technology has researched, according to a preliminary estimate by IHS and its Teardown Mobile Handsets Intelligence Service.The teardown of the Apple...

PC prices set to rise 10%

Device vendors will have to raise the prices of PCs to offset the effects of currency devaluation, according to Gartner. The research organisation says prices of PCs in the Eurozone and Japan, in particular, will increase by up to 10% during 2015. "We are currently...

BYOD nosedives, especially in government

Bring your own device (BYOD) interest is decreasing, particularly in government, according to recent Forrester data.Forty percent of government technology decision-makers said BYOD is not on their tech agenda and another 30% responded that it's a low priority. One...

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