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Finance moves to intelligent interconnection

Jun 4, 2021

Kathy Gibson reports – A digital world, with everything connected, will usher in new financial service scenarios and business needs. Jason Cao, president: global financial services business unit at Huawei Enterprise Business Group, points out that we have already...

Connectivity enables Africa’s digital future

Jun 4, 2021

Kathy Gibson reports – Connectivity is vital for the future of Africa, enabling solutions that can drive digital inclusion. Liquid Intelligent Technologies is today celebrating a massive milestone, with its Africa-wide network now reaching 100 000kms. The network now...

Second-life batteries key to SA’s 4IR ambitions

Jun 4, 2021

Kathy Gibson reports – As South Africa aims to join the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), power is crucial – and the battery has a key role to play. Gaylor Montmasson-Clair, senior economist at Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS), points out that batteries...

Covid and the long-term impact on Africa

Jun 4, 2021

Kathy Gibson reports – Businesses in Africa face an unprecedented crisis as a result of Covid – as well as social and economic impacts that will be felt long after the world returns to some form of normal. Isaah Mhlanga, chief economist at Alexander Forbes, points out...

Digital transformation, resilience key to business survival

May 21, 2021

Kathy Gibson reports from the IDC CIO Summit – With the  massive changes that Covid-19 has brought about over the past year, a massive 62% of South African CIOs have accelerated their digital transformation initiatives. “This is a positive indicator that digital...

SUSE packages Linux, Kubernetes for digital transformation

May 21, 2021

Kathy Gibson reports – SUSE is positioning Linux and Kubernetes at the centre of digital transformation, and has launched a raft of solutions that address the data centre, the cloud and the edge. Sheng, president: engineering and innovation at SUSE, explains that...

Covid pushes online shopping to tipping point

May 12, 2021

Kathy Gibson reports – Online shopping has reached the tipping point, having doubled in volume and value in just one year. This isn’t the end of the traditional bricks-and-mortar store, says Arthur Goldstuck, MD of World Wide Worx, although it will start losing...

AI set to change the world as it takes off

May 7, 2021

Kathy Gibson reports – 5G, cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) could hold the key to South Africa’s future, giving us the opportunity to leapfrog into the fourth industrial revolution (4IR). Arthur Goldstuck, MD of research company World Wide Worx, points out that...

Tech trends that business leaders should embrace in 2021

May 7, 2021

Kathy Gibson reports – Technology has accelerated the blurring of lines between the physical and virtual worlds, and the trend looks set to continue. Sihlalo Jordan, deputy-CEO of Deloitte, points out that the world has seen a technology revolution of...

Huawei commits to cloud business in SA

May 7, 2021

Kathy Gibson reports – 2020 was a tough year for Huawei as US sanctions took their toll, but the company still managed to grow its business. This is the words from Stone He, president of Huawei Cloud (Southern Africa), who adds: “We have already built our Plan B – we...

Responsible practices key to AI success

Mar 30, 2021

Kathy Gibson reports – Artificial intelligence (AI) cannot function effectively without the trust of all an organisation’s stakeholders – customers, vendors, employees and staff. And, while there are any number of high-level principles expounded around AI, there...

Hybrid cloud key for accelerating the digital journey

Mar 26, 2021

Kathy Gibson reports – Despite cloud being mainstream for at least the last eight years, only 20% of workloads have moved to the public cloud. One of the reasons for this is that moving to the public cloud is not always the cheapest option, says Mostafa Zafer,...

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