by Dianne Bayley | Dec 9, 2019 | Sustainability
The connectivity space has changed drastically in the last decade mainly due to the decreasing cost of connectivity year on year, writes Vishal Barapatre, Chief Technology Officer at In2IT Technologies. While the cost of bandwidth continues to come down, the stability...
by Dianne Bayley | Dec 9, 2019 | Featured Articles, Features
As the world moves quickly into the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), South Africa finds itself at a tipping point. Most local businesses are currently operating on a micro level in this regard – stuck in the middle of what they need on a practical level and what is...
by Dianne Bayley | Dec 9, 2019 | Fintech, Uncategorized
The banking industry on a global scale is currently leveraging off the concept of automation to drive growth and cost efficiencies. While it has been met with a mixture of scepticism and hope, ultimately the concept of automation, when done right, has a transformative...
by Dianne Bayley | Dec 8, 2019 | Innovation
Jaguar Land Rover has developed a unique 3D-printed dog paw to help engineers assess the durability of future cars – with a little help from Yogi the Labrador and the new Land Rover Defender. The ‘RoboYogi’ paw was used to test the rear bumper’s ability to withstand...
by Dianne Bayley | Dec 8, 2019 | Innovation
Blockchains. They’re all the rage. They’re touted as the magic bullet for everything from money to medicine to political regime change, writes Cayle Sharrock, Head of Engineering at Tari Labs. And the fervour of blockchain believers has been matched only by the...
by admin | Dec 4, 2019 | Past Editions
Digital issues that impact our humanity, special feature on data centres, all the action from Africom, AI and the shift in work, plus reportbacks from Fujitsu Forum, VMWorld and Nutanix .Next on Tour. Read this month’s issue here.
by Dianne Bayley | Dec 4, 2019 | Sustainability
International Labour Organization Director-General Guy Ryder has called on African countries to seize the opportunities that exist on the continent to advance towards a human-centred future of work. He was speaking at the opening of the ILO’s 14th African...
by Dianne Bayley | Dec 4, 2019 | Security and Legal
African countries are increasingly recognising competition regulation as an important policy tool to realise inclusive growth and sustainable development. As a result, the number of both domestic and supranational competition regimes on the continent has grown rapidly...
by Dianne Bayley | Dec 4, 2019 | Security and Legal
As awareness of the potential dangers of stolen or misappropriated internet user data increases, so does the popularity of VPN (virtual private network) services. Reportedly, over 25% of internet users are now using a VPN service in order to enhance internet privacy...
by Dianne Bayley | Dec 3, 2019 | Internet of Things
With 77% of South African businesses currently using cloud services in their IT department, the local market is strongly positioned to usher in a new era of services to meet the demands of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), writes Wilhelm Greeff, Business...
