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...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 5, 2019 | Thought Leadership
According to a Nielsen report, consumers are all about convenience, connection and control. The new generation of shoppers is more informed, far more demanding and more focused on getting things done quickly and easily. By Lizette Akker, customer experience management...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 5, 2019 | Thought Leadership
I was recently part of a panel at FirstRand’s Beyond Painting Classrooms (BPC) event, where many South Africans who are passionate about corporate social investment (CSI) gathered to discuss ways to ensure that employee volunteering is sustainable and impactful,...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 5, 2019 | Thought Leadership
The hybrid cloud and multi-cloud is the latest news in the industry. We are confidently talking about cloud-to core-to edge systems that are based on a single platform and offer users seamless connectivity and access to data and workloads. By Kathy Gibson But, while...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 5, 2019 | news
Westcon-Comstor Sub-Saharan Africa has been awarded Distributor of the Year for the Innovation category in the 2019 Context ChannelWatch survey. The award is direct recognition of the distributor’s innovative approach to deploying platforms, new tools and services as...
