by Dianne Bayley | Jun 4, 2019 | Innovation
We have been acclimatised to the concept of artificial intelligence (AI) and heard the hype about the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR). Now prepare for the next stage, says Hamilton Ratshefola, Country General Manager, IBM Southern Africa, when advanced AI meets 4IR...
by Dianne Bayley | May 27, 2019 | Internet of Things
Amazon recently announced record profits of $3.03-billion, breaking its own record for the third consecutive time, writes Antony Bourne, IFS Global Industry Director for Manufacturing. However, Amazon appears to be at a crossroads as to where it heads next. Beyond...
by Dianne Bayley | May 8, 2019 | Sustainability
Blockchain remains a popular topic, but supply chain leaders are failing to find suitable use cases. By 2023, 90% of blockchain-based supply chain initiatives will suffer ‘blockchain fatigue’ due to a lack of strong use cases, according to Gartner. A Gartner supply...
by Dianne Bayley | May 1, 2019 | Internet of Things
Fraud is rife in the insurance sector as a whole, from short- and long-term insurance to medical and health insurance. Fraudulent activities are perpetrated not only by clients, but internally as well, and the cost of such fraud runs into millions. By Kumar Utpal,...
by Kathy Gibson | Mar 26, 2019 | Security and Legal
By Seshree Govender, a Senior Associate at Webber Wentzel Smart contracts mark the evolution of the binding contract from a set of terms and conditions, governed by the common law, into a set of conditional statements governed by a programming language and the tenets...
