IBM Think and PartnerWorld: into the future with cloud, AI
Cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) are driving technology trends into the future. Mark Davison attended the IBM Think and PartnerWorld events in Las Vegas to find out how the IT giant is tackling them IBM breakthroughs that will change the world...
Change of mindset needed for security
Looking back on 2017 gives some clues to the security realities we must face in 2018 and beyond. At the same time, though, companies must start confronting disturbing new trends, say Jeremy Capell, executive: cyber resilience at Internet Solutions and ContinuitySA and...
Gaming is serious business
Breakthroughs that will change the world, printing and document management in the digital age, VOX reinvents and goes big on IoT, and the Dell EMC Forum: the pillars of digital transformation.
IDC CIO Summit: all about digitalisation
The IDC CIO Summit tackled the issues around digitalisation, touching on the technologies driving transformation, including blockchain, cloud, artificial intelligence and autonomous systems. Kathy Gibson reports How IT can drive digital transformation As business...
There’s one thing machines can’t do better than us
The World Economic Forum predicts that 5-million jobs will be lost by 2020 as the Fourth Industrial Revolution continues to transform labour markets. By Matthew Kibby, vice-president: enterprise, Africa and Middle East at Sage Most of the casualties will be repetitive...
Open all channels to learning
Censorship, a scourge that most South Africans had hoped to see the back of along with apartheid, has reared its ugly head again, with the recent X18 classification of the award-winning film Inxeba (The Wound). Currently, the movie can now only be screened in South...
The importance of traceability in the food supply chain
The recent outbreak of listeriosis in South Africa, according to the World Health Organisation the largest ever recorded globally, not only highlights the importance of quality control in the food manufacturing process - but also why traceability throughout the food...
Mauritius Union Group goes web-scale with Nutanix
The Mauritius Union Group (MUA), a leading financial services company based in Mauritius, recently replaced its core IT infrastructure with the Nutanix Enterprise Cloud OS software, enabling the company to incorporate storage, networking and compute in a single...
Unlock online security with biometrics
With smartphones increasingly using biometric authentication as a theft deterrent, the potential for such techniques – which rely on the natural, inherent features of a person like their fingerprint, voice or face to confirm their identity – to become the standard in...
Individual integrity and its role in governance
Integrity has no expiry date. You’ve either got it or you haven’t. By Auguste Coetzer and J Michael Judin An honest, diligent company director does not become a crook on the make the moment some arbitrary term limit has been exceeded. This states the obvious. However,...
Cyber-security essential to realise e-government
We often talk about cyber-security from the perspective of the private sector, however, governments and public sector organisations hold vast troves of data on citizens. If this gets into the wrong hands, it can wreak havoc, and diminish the trust among the voting...
What does ‘rise of the machines’ mean for Africa?
What does digital connectivity mean for Africa’s industrial and economic development? Rockwell Automation Sub-Saharan Africa MD Barry Elliott considers the possible impact of the Internet of Things in Africa Will automation, artificial intelligence and robotics – or...
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