How scaling laws drive smarter, more powerful AI

Scaling laws describe how the performance of AI systems improves as the size of the training data, model parameters or computational resources increases. Just as there are widely understood empirical laws of nature — for example, what goes up must come down, or every...

Top physical security trends for 2025

In 2025, Africa’s physical security industry will focus on ways to maximise existing investments to enhance security, increase efficiency, and boost collaboration between teams. Genetec Incshares its top predictions that are poised to shape Africa’s physical security...

SA could be an important EV manufacturer

A year ago, South Africa was mired in loadshedding, with the importance and relevance of electric vehicles (EVs) far from the public imagination. How can a country that struggles to keep the lights on dedicate time and resources to building out an EV future? By Yael...

How AI can boost your data backups

In the event of a data emergency – say, a cyberattack or a natural disaster shutting down a data centre – no organisation wants to worry about whether they have secure, up-to-date backups, and whether they can be easily recovered. By Graham Brown, country manager for...

Horses for courses with wealth of storage options

Data is the new oil driving business value – which makes storage more important than ever. Organisations are spoilt for choice when it comes to data storage: but which technology is the most effective for which applications? Cassim Amod, BP lead: NetApp at...