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Harnessing data, digital tools helps us create better cities

Nov 25, 2022

Data, the lifeblood of every organisation, is key to the smooth functioning of a smart city. But, as Kaveh Vessali, partner: digital services at PwC, points out, we have gone from not enough data to make meaningful decisions just a few years ago to so much data we...

Dubai looks to the past to inform its future

Nov 25, 2022

The creation of Dubai literally from the sands of the desert sounds like a modern-day fairy tale, but it has its roots in a vision for the future, and owes its success to a willingness to embrace innovation and inclusivity. Omar Bin Sultan Al Olama, minister of state...

Old cooking oil could solve diesel generation problems

Nov 25, 2022

Climate change has been caused by business decisions – and one of the reasons governments haven’t been able to do anything about it is because, most often, it is not a government issue. And business decisions are quite hard to make, says Karl Feilder, founder of...

Businesses urged to step into the metaverse

Nov 25, 2022

Businesses can’t discount the impact that the metaverse is going to have on the world and need to start thinking about how they can be part of it. Angelika Gifford, vice-president: EMEA at Meta, explains that the metaverse is nothing more or less than the next...

Global co-operation vital to counter cybersecurity threats

Nov 25, 2022

Cybersecurity is arguably the biggest challenge facing all organisations around the world, and global co-operation will be needed to mitigate the threats. Eugene Kaspersky, founder and CEO of Kaspersky, points out that, while states have borders, cybercriminals don’t....

You don’t have to shut up shop when the power goes out

Nov 25, 2022

In 2022, South Africans have experienced their worst year for loadshedding since the practice began in 2008 – and it’s becoming apparent that this scourge is going to be with us for a while yet. With many companies and households without power for as much as eight...

Syntech 2.0 makes life easier for resellers

Nov 25, 2022

Syntech is giving its resellers access to even more information, services and options with its constantly updated web site. In fact Syntech 2.0, as the newly-launched site is popularly known, has already been updated. “We went live with Syntech 2.1 just recently,”...

Ransomware isn’t just about data

Nov 14, 2022

As the frequency of ransomware attacks increases, organisations must consider that it’s not just data that hackers are targeting. There is an increasing risk of business interruption (BI). This growing digital peril has presented new challenges to business continuity...

Mobile-first comms empower a hybrid workforce

Nov 14, 2022

Organisations have shifted to hybrid work models and adopted new mobile communications strategies due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis, Evaluating Mobile Communications Solutions for the Hybrid Workforce, finds that...

Southern Africa sees strong growth for desktops as notebooks decline

Nov 14, 2022

The southern Africa personal computing device (PCD) market, made up of desktops, notebooks, workstations, and tablets, experienced a year-on-year (YoY) decline of 3,7% in the first half of 2022, according to industry analysis conducted by International Data...

Mobile computing sales set for recovery

Nov 14, 2022

Unit sales of mobile computing devices through distributors could return to growth by the second half of the year if supply issues ease and cost-of-living challenges have a reduced impact, according to Context. The figures come from Context’s new forecasting...

Beam-steering could take mobile beyond 5G

Nov 14, 2022

Birmingham scientists have revealed a new beam-steering antenna that increases the efficiency of data transmission for ‘beyond 5G’ – and potentially opens up a range of frequencies for mobile communications that are inaccessible to currently used...

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