Cloud at the centre of genomic research

As a result of an ongoing collaboration with Intel and Google Cloud to accelerate genomic research, the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard has optimised its workflows for fast, cost-effective Google N1 and N2 instances. Compared to the initial deployment of workloads...

Made-in-SA world first combats fake news

South Africans are no strangers to the concept of fake news or disinformation circulating on social media. But they often feel helpless about their inability to correctly identify or combat it. The last couple of years have been a particularly rich field for...

IT administrators and the work from home challenges

Covid-19 and the work from home (WFH) move have been particularly challenging for IT administrators. Colin Erasmus, Modern Workplace and Security Business Group Lead at Microsoft SA, points out that managing an IT infrastructure under the conditions of the last two...

Resellers gear up for major cloud investment

Nearly half (49%) of European resellers are preparing for a significant cloud push in the coming year, to meet rising customer demands for digital transformation, according to new data from Context. A preview of Context’s upcoming ChannelWatch survey found that 73% of...