Artificial Intelligence’s Poker face – time to fold or call its bluff?
Dr. Roze Phillips, Managing Director for Accenture Consulting By Dr. Roze Phillips MOST of us get how a machine can beat a human at Jeopardy and Go. But what does it say about the learning capability of machines – which, by the way, is not fully understood – when a machine bluffs its way to victory in a game of Poker. Is it time to play the More...
The Thing about Millennials and Technology
Steve TzikakisSAP President EMEA South by Steve Tzikakis SAP President EMEA South 25 years ago, I went to work for the first time with a hand-held device in my hand: a Casio calculator. I thought I was the More...
What’s making the enterprise Wi-Fi market tick?
Riaan Graham Sales Director for Ruckus Wireless sub-Saharan Africa By Riaan Graham LIKE the businesses it supports, the enterprise wireless market is seeing a huge amount of transformation. Many factors and increasing More...
The evolution of wireless technologies
Dmitry Okorokov, CEO of InfiNet Wireless IMAGE SUPPLIED By Dmitry Okorokov FOR more than 20 years there have been rumblings in the industry that wireless technology will be replaced with 2G, 3G, 4G, 4G LTE and 5G. More...
The sun shines on Africa
Dinesh Buldoo, Director, Transmission and Distribution, WSP, Africa Research gestures that by tapping into renewable resources, there would be a 27% reduction in carbon emissions, from 695Mt per year of CO2 to 507Mt More...
From helpdesk to service desk:The evolution of the contact centre
Jed Hewson By Jed Hewson A company’s helpdesk has a very important role to play in the business. It is the first – and often only – point of contact for answering users’ questions. Today, an increasing More...
Encouraging youth economic participation through Shared Growth
Sazini Mojapelo Head of Citizenship at Barclays Africa By Sazini Mojapelo AFRICA’S greatest resource and potentially its sharpest competitive advantage in the global economy is its young and growing workforce. More...
Guarding against cyberattacks on the power grid
By Riaan Badenhorst, Managing Director, Kaspersky Lab Africa When it comes to cybersecurity, the media spotlight falls predominantly on end-user breaches. But, imagine the consequences if hackers take down the More...
Business directed to Adapt or die
Brian Timperley, Managing Director, MICROmega Group company Turrito Networks The evolution of technology has meant that small to medium enterprises (SMEs) no longer need to be responsible for IT in the traditional More...
Practical skills training an imperative for SA IT leaders
Gareth Hawkey CEO of redPanda Software By Gareth Hawkey CEO of redPanda Software IN a business environment that is now largely driven by innovative IT and software, there is massive demand for skilled and highly More...