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...

Is quantum computing going through a teenage phase?

Long-time followers of the quantum computing market will know that interest in technology has continued to accelerate. Industry events are attended by an ever more diverse crowd of scientists, engineers, investors, supply chain partners, and prospective end users,...

How to save money on international money transfers

With Donald Trump’s election and, more recently, strong employment numbers coming out of the US, many South Africans will have been keeping a nervous eye on the rand’s performance against major currencies. That nervousness isn’t unfounded either. The gains the...