by Kathy Gibson | Jan 20, 2023 | Thought Leadership
The South African ICT market is multi-billion-rand industry that continues to show year-on-year growth. According to a report by ICASA, The State Of ICT Sector the country’s ICT sector continued to demonstrate signs of growth, albeit 0.3%, recording R243.6 billion in...
by Kathy Gibson | Jan 20, 2023 | Trends and Analysis
I’m sorry Dave. I am afraid I can’t do that. Die-hard science fiction fans might get the reference from the cult classic, 2001: A Space Odyssey. The line, delivered by the spaceship’s intelligent onboard computer HAL 9000, represents the very moment when the downside...
by Kathy Gibson | Jan 20, 2023 | Thought Leadership
During COP27, that took place in Egypt, world leaders have grappled over what must be done to curb global warming. Seven years ago, world leaders signed an international treaty to limit global warming to well below 2°C. Nonetheless, efforts remain insufficient to...
by Kathy Gibson | Jan 20, 2023 | Trends and Analysis
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming a reality in business and society, but we should be doing more to ensure whole sections of the planet’s population are not left behind or marginalised as it becomes mainstream. Maya Bridgman, a 17-year-old student...
by Kathy Gibson | Jan 20, 2023 | Trends and Analysis
Innovation is key to survival in the fast-paced and disruptive world we live in, so companies have to develop a culture on innovation. “Anyone can innovate by accident,” says Paul Misener, vice-president: global innovation policy and communications at Amazon. “But to...
by Kathy Gibson | Jan 20, 2023 | Trends and Analysis
Research and development investments play a critical role in future-proofing a nation’s economy – and nations need to work together to solve the big global problems. That’s the word from Dr Ray Johnson, CEO of Technology Innovation Institute and Aspire, keynoting the...
by Kathy Gibson | Jan 20, 2023 | Events/Report-backs
VMware is the company that brought us server virtualisation, and later storage and network virtualisation in the software-defined data centre. As cloud computing adoption grew, the organisation led the way in managing a hybrid cloud and multi-cloud environment. Kathy...
by Kathy Gibson | Jan 20, 2023 | Events/Report-backs
Companies around the world lived through a difficult two years with the pandemic – and for many of them things are getting worse. “Over the last few months the macro environments that customers work in have deteriorated,” says Raghu Raghuram, CEO of VMware, keynoting...
by Kathy Gibson | Jan 20, 2023 | Events/Report-backs
As VMware promotes the importance of a sovereign cloud, South African providers have been at the forefront of giving their customers just this. Joe Baguley, vice-president and chief technology officer: EMEA VMware, explains that VMware’s Verified Cloud Provider...
by Kathy Gibson | Jan 20, 2023 | Events/Report-backs
The tech world is enjoying a flurry of game-changing new innovations following the dry period it experienced during the Covid era. “There are so many new technologies that have been launched over the last couple of years that customers have not had a chance to adopt...
