by Kathy Gibson | Jun 2, 2023 | Trends and Analysis
Winter is coming, and with it the threat of ever-increasing levels of loadshedding for South African businesses and consumers. This puts huge challenges in the way of those that rely on networks, fibre and LTE, warns Theo van Zyl, head of wireless at Vox. “Most of the...
by Kathy Gibson | Jun 2, 2023 | Features
The global data centre storage market was valued at $50,24-billion in 2022, and is estimated to reach $74,02-billion by 2031, growing at a CAGR of 4,4% during the forecast period (2023–2031). This is according to a March 2023 study by Straits Research, which points...
by Kathy Gibson | Jun 2, 2023 | Events/Report-backs
Kathy Gibson reports – This year, spending on digital technology will grow eight-times faster than economic growth. This means CIOs, in their leadership roles, have a massive task ahead to drive their organisations forward. Jyoti Lalchandani, group vice-president and...
by Kathy Gibson | Jun 2, 2023 | Events/Report-backs
During the keynote session on the second day of Enlit Africa, held in May 2023, energy experts from across the continent agreed that technology is key to the continent’s just energy transition. Africa’s just energy transition ambitions are being tested in the face of...
by Kathy Gibson | Jun 2, 2023 | Events/Report-backs
A white paper released by Huawei and IDC has underlined how significant communication technologies will be in building the sustainable, carbon neutral energy grids of the future. The white paper, titled “On Electric Power Communication All-Optical Network,...
by Kathy Gibson | Jun 2, 2023 | Events/Report-backs
Kathy Gibson reports – What is your carbon footprint? In a world where climate change and decarbonisation is a big issue, this is an important question for everyone to ask themselves, says Adam Simon, global MD and chief financial officer of Context. “Most people...
by Kathy Gibson | Jun 2, 2023 | Features
Global provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions, Vertiv is making a name for itself across the African continent for connecting and protecting networks with core-to-edge solutions – and it’s a player that’s got a rich history in this...
by Kathy Gibson | Jun 2, 2023 | Features
The Gizzu brand has come to represent products and components that resellers can rely on to make their customers’ systems work. “There’s a good reason for this”, says Ryan Martyn, founder and sales & marketing director of Syntech: “the brand is carefully curated...
by Kathy Gibson | Jun 2, 2023 | Features
More than 15 years after loadshedding first found its way into our national vocabulary, South Africans have resigned themselves to the realisation that power supply issues are going to be with us for some years still. Despite constant reassurances that relief is in...
by Kathy Gibson | Jun 2, 2023 | Features
There are a few things in life that are certain – but one of them is the fact that the creation and consumption of data will continue to grow exponentially. “Data is the lifeblood of all businesses,” comments Chihhsi Hu, Regional Sales Manager at Synology. “The data...
