Combining machine learning with IoT

Combining machine learning with IoT

Forrester is advising CIOs to leverage machine learning to turn the wealth of data obtained in Internet of Things (IoT) deployments into actionable insights. Successful companies in the industrial sector that are doing this are not only predicting problems and...
Cloud: Innovation, not just excellence

Cloud: Innovation, not just excellence

By Kathryn Tindale, Director: sales, Tarsus On Demand For many business managers and owners, the cloud is no longer a new concept. A growing portion of them already depend on the cloud for services as diverse as customer relationship management, email, office...
What does the future African city look like?

What does the future African city look like?

What does the future African city look like? How do we identify the impact and trends resulting from urbanisation? What new regulation and governance models are needed? What about engagement models that embrace social inclusion and civic participation? These are all...
Digital skills development lags in Africa

Digital skills development lags in Africa

South African youth are facing a difficult future. According to the latest Statistics SA figures, 56% of South Africa’s unemployed are aged between 15 and 34, while Department of Basic Education statistics showed that as much as 44.6% of learners drop out before...
Digitisation of nature: Opportunities, risks

Digitisation of nature: Opportunities, risks

By Simon Carpenter, Chief Technology Advisor at SAP Africa The field of bio-engineering is not new, despite its recent prominence: humans have been domesticating and selectively breeding animals since as far back as 12 000 BC. More recently, advances in technology...
Institutions, students wrestle with technology

Institutions, students wrestle with technology

Being client-centric takes on a new meaning when the client is a tech-savvy millennial student who expects technology and devices to enable the delivery of realistic, immediate and digital material on flexible platforms that offer students the choice to learn in their...