Events/Report Backs - Channelwise

All the news from Africa Tech Festival

Nov 15, 2024

The Africa Tech Festival, taking place this week (11-14 November) in Cape Town, saw telecommunications vendors and operators get together with governments and key policy-makers to pilot the continent on it’s transition to a digital economy. Kathy Gibson reports ...

AI empowers the journey from idea to innovation

Nov 8, 2024

Kathy Gibson reports – Artificial intelligence (AI) is the term on everyone’s lips – but what does it really mean for businesses? “We believe it is to enhance business,” says Mohammed Amin, senior vice-president: sales for CEEMETA at Dell Technologies, addressing Dell...

How to ensure AI offers ROI

Nov 8, 2024

Kathy Gibson reports – Companies around the world are starting to measure artificial intelligence (AI) projects against real return on investment (ROI). Todd Lieb, vice-president: cloud partnerships at Dell Technologies, explains that AI is accelerating the pace of...

Digitisation, cloud is improving business outcomes

Oct 25, 2024

Kathy Gibson reports – South African organisations are increasingly using cloud services to unlock opportunities and improve business outcomes. Pandelani Munyai, group CIO of Transnet, explains that key considerations when adopting cloud included improved security and...

Cloud key to SA’s digitalisation goals

Oct 25, 2024

Kathy Gibson reports – Government has a firm policy t drive digital innovation, with the aim of improving service delivery while helping to uplift citizens. Nonkqubela Thathakahle Jordan-Dyani, director-general of the Department of Communications and Digital...

Huawei details ‘cloud everywhere’ strategy

Oct 25, 2024

Kathy Gibson reports – Everything as a service: that’s the goal that Huawei Cloud is aiming for in a world where technology innovation is moving at an unprecedented pace. Huawei built the first local cloud region in Johannesburg in 2019. Since then, it has...

AWS Summit Johannesburg

Aug 30, 2024

Celebrating 20 years of operation in South Africa, AWS held its annual Summit in Johannesburg. Kathy Gibson reports AWS renews commitment to cloud, AI in Africa AWS has already invested R15,6-billion in building infrastructure in Africa – and has committed to a...

2024 Voluntary National Review on the SDGs

Aug 30, 2024

The UN Global Compact Network of South Africa has released the 2024 Voluntary National Review on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Kathy Gibson reports SA lags on SDGs, but private sector makes progress The private sector is making progress on attaining...

Digital platform report

Aug 30, 2024

Naspers and the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) have released a report on the digital platform economy. Kathy Gibson reports Digital platforms could add R91,4bn to SA economy The digital platform economy could be a game-changer for South...

New branding, strategy for Cell C

Aug 16, 2024

Kathy Gibson reports – Orange and black is the new … Cell C corporate livery. The mobile operator today unveiled a new branding and strategic direction, under the theme “We are unstoppable”. Jorge Mendes, CEO of Cell C, told a packed auditorium that the past year has...

Veeam Unplugged: the role of AI

Aug 16, 2024

The Veeam Unplugged event, part of the company’s world tour, took place in Riversands near Johannesburg. Kathy Gibson reports Data resilience at the heart of business survival There are four key structural trends in the industry today, shaping the...

All the news from Pinnacle TechScape

Aug 6, 2024

Pinnacle’s bi-annual TechScape event brought together enterprise vendors and partners to discuss the growing opportunity for artificial intelligence, with practical advice on how to drive new AI deployments. Kathy Gibson reports Pinnacle expands AI offering...

« Older Entries