by Kathy Gibson | Oct 10, 2016 | news
Higher education leaders have shifted focus from reducing costs and driving efficiencies toward using technology to enhance competitive advantage and support emerging business models — and ultimately, the institution’s main missions of education and research,...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 10, 2016 | Trends and Analysis
Ransomware is one of the most prevalent and terrifying security threats today, and it is on the rise, with stories of new types and infections hitting the headlines on a daily basis. It is also fast becoming one of the most profitable areas of cybercrime for hackers....
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 10, 2016 | Trends and Analysis
I sat at the unfamiliar dark wooden table in my usual spot at The Local and gazed around me. It stood out among the other assembled faux white marble tables like the gap in a six-year-old’s front teeth. Was Carlos the Jackal setting me up for something? A distinct...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 10, 2016 | Trends and Analysis
The question of education and the role that can or should be played by the information technology (IT) industry in this field if human endeavour (this month’s cover story) is a multi-facetted and potentially hugely complex subject that can hardly be dealt with to any...
by admin | Sep 27, 2016 | Issues
Lenovo makes waves in SADC, megatrends to look out for, and the future of broadband in South Africa. Read this month’s issue now.
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 7, 2016 | Events/Report-backs
The South African Telecommunications, Networking and Applications Conference (SATNAC) was held in George, with the focus on building 5G and the Internet of Things (IoT). Kathy Gibson reports Transformation has a dark side The Internet of Things (IoT) is the...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 7, 2016 | Events/Report-backs
Huawei held its biggest conference ever in Shanghai, bringing together 20 000 customers and partners to discuss directions in cloud, data centres and networking. Kathy Gibson reports Intel, Huawei drive 5G adoption Intel and Huawei have signed a strategic...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 7, 2016 | Product Showcase
The world’s first smartphone with an integrated thermal camera, and the world’s most waterproof smartphone – the Cat S60 – is now available. The Cat S60 includes an embedded Lepton Thermal Microcamera Module, powered by FLIR, which visualises heat that is...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 7, 2016 | Product Showcase
Asus Republic of Gamers (ROG) has announced Strix RX 480, an all-new VR-ready gaming graphics card with ultra-fast gaming performance, advanced cooling and reliability, and personalised styling. Powered by the latest AMD Radeon RX 480 graphics processing unit (GPU),...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 7, 2016 | Thought Leadership
Over the past 10 years, cloud computing has moved from a technology that companies were experimenting with to part of the mainstream and something organisations of all sizes turn to for their technology workloads. With that in mind, cloud can now be considered the new...
