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Five essential steps to close the cloud skills gap
The ability to find and retain cloud-savvy, IT staff continues to be considered as one of the key barriers to cloud adoption according to Oracle’s latest ‘You & IaaS’ survey. As Infrastructure-as-a-Service adoption grows and the technology matures, the availability…
Study: Hidden costs of data breaches increase expenses for businesses
IBM Security has announced the results of a global study examining the full financial impact of a data breach on a company’s bottom line. Overall, the study found that hidden costs in data breaches – such as lost business, negative…
How disruptive technologies are transforming education
How is your spelling? Or rather, how is your spelling when you are lying on your back remote-navigating a virtual paper aeroplane? This integration of the motor senses with learning is one example of technology challenging traditionally accepted teaching methods.…
Sangari, Veative to bring virtual reality solutions to South African schools
Continuing its promise to place innovative teaching and learning technologies into schools, Sangari Education has been appointed a distributor for Veative’s educational virtual reality (VR) solutions. “Veative is a VR-focused education company that creates innovative VR curriculums, at an affordable…
Unleashing new opportunities for enterprise employees
The Windows environment is at the core of almost every organisation’s desktop computing strategy. Over time, the operating system has been augmented with various communication, collaboration and productivity tools, drawing on the latest technologies and supporting organisations’ digitisation strategies. The…
GE partners Ethiopian Electric Power authority to improve access to power
Currently, Ethiopia is among the fastest growing countries in the world. Aligning with Ethiopia’s Growth and Transformation Plan, GE’s Grid Solutions business today announced it has completed a $40M Electricity Transmission System Improvement turnkey project with Ethiopian Electric Power. The…
Optimise enterprise data management in the cloud for maximum business value
Cloud computing is no longer considered a disruptive technology, but simply part and parcel of IT strategy today. In fact, it is almost expected that any IT approach, be it traditional or next-generation will contain some element of the cloud.…
Former Apple engineer charged with stealing autonomous car tech
An ex-Apple engineer on Monday, 09 July 2018 was charged with stealing secrets from a hush-hush self-driving car technology project days before he quit to go to a Chinese startup. Xiaolang Zhang was in custody for stealing trade secrets from the…
Far Cry 5: Lost on Mars launches July 17th
Ubisoft announced Far Cry 5: Lost on Mars, the second post-launch adventure, will release July 17th 2018 on available platforms. Lost on Mars continues the uncanny adventures in the Far Cry 5 Season Pass as players travel to Mars to…
IIoT set to drive African manufacturing to the next level of competitiveness
The manufacturing sector is set to evolve thanks to the rise of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). Specifically focused on industries with machinery and production processes, Jeremy Potgieter, Eseye, SADC regional head, says IIoT will significantly enhance manufacturing: “By…
Small businesses in South Africa critical to the 4th Industrial Revolution
Small businesses will be critical to South Africa in the 4th industrial revolution while access to information will revolutionize education. This was highlighted at a panel discussion in Midrand on Thursday (5 July). The topic debated was: “Is South Africa…
Barclays Africa Group relaunches as Absa Group with a new look
Barclays Africa Group Limited has officially been renamed Absa Group Limited and started trading under its new name and new share code (ABG) on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange on Wednesday, 11 July 2018. The name change marks the start of…
Three startups selected for DEMO Africa innovation tour Ghana
DEMO Africa partnered with MEST Africa in making the Ghana, Accra Innovation Tour a success. Three startups – Complete Farmer, Devless and RedBird were selected from a group of 9 startups that pitched for a chance to vie for the…
The three biggest AI challenges businesses face
Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming pervasive in everyday life but many businesses still apply AI for the sake of AI, rather than for the sake of real business value. This was one of the main messages to emerge from the…
The intelligent enterprise and the COO of the future
The rise of exponential technologies is pushing organisations into a self-running future where machine learning, AI, predictive analytics, IoT and robotic process automation increasingly substitute or augment human capabilities. In the evolution from a traditional manual enterprise to a self-running…
Welcome to a hyper-available South Africa
The imminent arrival of two Microsoft Azure data centres on local shores means organisations across industry sectors are re-evaluating their availability strategies. This is ushering in the age of hyper-availability that will fundamentally change the importance of data access in…
