by Dianne Bayley | Aug 17, 2020 | Innovation
There is a danger when people start talking about smart cities that too much attention is focussed on the technology. While there is certainly plenty of debate around 5G providers, IoT infrastructures, AI and public cloud, the real motivation for smart cities is...
by Dianne Bayley | Aug 17, 2020 | Innovation
Most organisations around the globe have been affected by the lockdown that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic, forcing them to rapidly deploy mobile workforce solutions to support remote staff in order to ensure business continuity, writes Hayden Sadler, Country...
by Dianne Bayley | Aug 10, 2020 | Innovation
South African enterprises will need to make complex ethical choices about how they leverage artificial intelligence (AI) over the coming years as lawmakers and regulators struggle to keep pace with the speed at which the technology is maturing and with the rate of...
by Dianne Bayley | Jul 8, 2020 | Innovation
In his 2009 book The Nature of Technology, the noted economist W Brian Arthur defines technology as “a means to fulfil a human purpose”, writes Yolisa Skwintshi, Head of IT, Eskom Pension and Provident Fund. It’s a broad definition, certainly, and one of many for...
by Dianne Bayley | Jun 24, 2020 | Innovation
The United Engine Corporation (UEC) of Russia’s State Corporation for Assistance to Development Rostec and Zyfra, Finnish-Russian industrial digitalisation leader, have begun testing the Zyfra Industrial Internet of Things Platform (ZIIoT). The system, which includes...
