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Co-innovation: Biggest tech enabler for SA businesses in 2020

Data is the building block for innovation of any kind – IDC says 175 zettabytes of data will be generated annually by 2025.

Nokia to transform Finland’s smart grid to support renewable energy

Nokia is installing a mission-critical IP/MPLS network to enable Fingrid to digitalise and automate the management of its national power grid.

No quick fix to ensure real female representation on boards

Having women on boards goes way beyond ticking a box – having more female board members creates better balance and diversity, diversity of thought and experience

Bridging the tech skills gap in Africa

Those individuals that have a broad range of skills will stand out from their peers.

Opinion: We’ve had robot workers for years – time to focus on their humanity

Dec 11, 2019

Soon, any decision or action that is prescribed by rules will be done by digital workers…

How to solve multi-cloud’s value-killing complexity

Dec 11, 2019

If organisations can’t easily manage their cloud footprint, they put the value of their technology investments at risk.

Solid media platform from Azure Blob Storage

Dec 11, 2019

While customers initially deployed this software on-premises, many sought new deployment options as their news networks became global operations.

Britehouse drinks own champagne with pioneering cloud deployment

Dec 11, 2019

SAP partner becomes first African organisation to go live with SAP S/4 HANA Public Cloud deployment, paving way for greater adoption among African enterprises.

Five ways that small businesses struggle with load shedding

Dec 10, 2019

Eskom blackouts mean traffic lights go out when there’s no electricity – more traffic jams and the potential for more accidents.

Cryptocurrency industry must play by the rules – even if there aren’t any

Dec 10, 2019

Contrary to the anarchist belief that pseudonymity is an infringement on the right to privacy, Centbee says a pseudonymous system like Bitcoin will increase freedom in the world

Thriveni, Zyfra to implement first Intelligent Mine project in India

Dec 10, 2019

The customer has remote access from anywhere to the network, which will available in English, Hindi and other vernacular languages.

Connectivity is the key to tomorrow’s logistics

Dec 10, 2019

What are LPWAN, NB-IoT, and LTE-M actually about, and what benefits do these future technologies offer specifically for logistics?

Opinion: Keeping up with industry changes reduces connectivity expenditure

Dec 9, 2019

As more businesses take to the cloud and IoT, there’s a growing pressure to provide connectivity that can handle, intensive demands

Automation’s transformative power will change banking

Dec 9, 2019

McKinsey predicts a second wave of automation and AI emerging in the next few years. Here machines will do between 10% to 25% of work across bank functions.