RIP, systems integrators
The days of integrators winning chunky, multi-year, multimillion-rand contracts with corporates like banks and telcos are long gone.
The city’s hidden health network
Gauteng’s sewers are more than plumbing; they’re a living dataset of what is happening in the bodies of the population.
Towards smarter operations
IT implementations can be fraught with challenges. While digital transformation remains as relevant as ever, business leaders won’t throw good money after bad on projects that aren’t delivering measurable results.
How to build a bank from scratch
Old Mutual has built a bank for the future.
Are collaboration tools a new frontline for fraud?
Collaboration tools have become targets for cybercriminals, who exploit their convenience to impersonate colleagues and trick users.
Tried and tested: It’s intelligence, Jim, but not as we know it
Built on the foundations of one of the market’s best generative AI platforms, Microsoft Copilot is all about the ecosystem. But is it any good?
Varsity spin-offs start paying dividends
Last year, UCT created six spin-off companies, the highest number in any single year to date.
Old, but gold
What is pushing the popularity of refurbished devices, and what will keep the growth coming?
How AI is supercharging medical research
Five AI-powered breakthroughs that are changing the face of healthcare and pharmaceuticals.
Intel should stop trying to be a foundry
The right management team could turn Intel around – but only if they are willing to make some tough trade-offs.
Do you even need a phone?
The smartphone isn’t disappearing, but its monopoly on our digital lives is over.
What if your business was powered by purpose?
How people can create companies that reflect their personalities.
Making newspapers great again
Martina Madali is CIO at Arena Holdings, one of Africa’s largest English-language online and print news publishers.
The builder
The Zutari engineering consultancy works in transport, water, energy, and the built environment. So, big stuff that you can see and touch.
When you use the water, remember the spring
You can always build more power stations to run datacentres. But what about water?