by Kathy Gibson | Oct 5, 2019 | Features
Ours is a disruptive world. Disruptors include artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, computerisation, globalisation and the imminent fourth industrial revolution. Already, a growing number of commercial and industrial processes are being dehumanised. By Annelize van...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 5, 2019 | Features
Telecommunications operations (telcos) are most successful when customers feel as though their operator truly understands them. By Santeri Jussila, head of analytics product line management at Nokia, and Henrique Vale, head of Nokia Software for MEA at Nokia Data is...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 5, 2019 | Features
Robotic process automation (RPA) is set to change many industries, with the financial services sector likely to be first in the firing line. Anton Keet, head of risk services at 1Life, examines what RPA is, and how it’s impacting the insurance world in general, and...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 5, 2019 | Trends and Analysis
Twenty years ago, with the release of 802.11b, WiFi began its conquest of the world networking scene in earnest. WiFi can easily be called out as one of the most popular technologies of the last two decades. Just as mobile telephony and mobile internet, it has become...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 5, 2019 | Trends and Analysis
Intel has announced that an 8-million-neuron neuromorphic system comprising 64 Loihi research chips — codenamed Pohoiki Beach — is now available to the broader research community. With Pohoiki Beach, researchers can experiment with Intel’s brain-inspired research...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 5, 2019 | Trends and Analysis
It’s estimated that SMEs make up 91% of formalised businesses in South Africa, provide employment to about 60% of the labour force, and their total economic output accounts for roughly 34% of the country’s GDP. But the reality is that the overwhelming majority of...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 5, 2019 | Trends and Analysis
AB InBev Africa and BanQu are using blockchain to uplift smallholder farmers in AB InBev’s supply chain. The partnership aims to expand financial inclusion and empower more people across the continent. It also gives AB InBev better line of sight when it comes to its...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 5, 2019 | Trends and Analysis
With the recent significant investments made by hyper-scale cloud providers in South Africa, it is becoming increasingly apparent that cloud adoption is maturing in the local market, as enterprises realise that different aspects of their business require different...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 5, 2019 | Thought Leadership
Streamlining IT operations, gaining better control of IT systems and end-to-end network management are key to an organisation’s ability to use IT for what it is intended – business innovation. But, according to Collins Emadau, Comstor Architecture Lead, Enterprise...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 5, 2019 | Thought Leadership
Financial crimes harm South Africans in many ways but fundamentally, they contribute to the depletion of funds and resources that should be put towards the country’s development. By Rudi Kruger, GM of LexisNexis Data Services Activities classified as financial crimes...