The arrival of the original iPhone back in 2007 heralded a revolution in how we use computing power, transforming it from something that sat on a desk in a PC that got used nine-to-five, to something that we carried in ...
he giants of cloud computing may have kicked off a new price war, this time over storage. Until recently, price cuts for cloud computing offerings have been mostly restricted to virtual machines, while other services provided constant or growing margins for ...
No matter what sector, IT pioneers are always looking for inventive ways to create a competitive advantage in the digital economy – without adding IT complexity. Within financial services, this is indeed more prevalent. And while this seems hugely ambitious, our ...
200 days. R5.8 billion. The cybercrime price tag is getting weightier. A recent report by McAfee revealed that cybercrime costs South African companies more than R5. billion every year. Take a moment to absorb that number. Even with recent political mayhem ...
While much hay has been made about the sizable number of jobs that will be lost to automation, the workplace’s robotic revolution will also come with a new wave of hiring. Close to 15 million new jobs will be created in ...
Computers are getting better at spotting objects, but they tend to work in isolation. What good would a security robot be if it couldn't share info about an intruder with other machines? Cornell scientists might have an answer. They're designing ...
Over the last five years, Cisco’s board has plowed $27 billion into buybacks. What are they thinking? Cisco’s executive chairman, John Chambers, warned three years ago that the shift to cloud computing was throwing the future of the IT industry into ...
Internet of Things (IoT) is changing the world around us. This may look like a bold statement to many, but that’s the truth. From elevators to planes, there will be 30 billion connected devices in the next three years. Clearly, ...
The concept of digital transformation has quickly become the center of gravity for discussions about the future of technology investments, markets in general, and enterprise strategies. Is it justified or is it just a mechanism of the marketing machines of ...
At the recent Dell EMC Forum, I had the opportunity to chat to Doug Woolley about his ups and downs, challenges and experiences as South African general manager for the Dell EMC brand. Hectic. [laughs] It’s a frantic pace because we ...
