Press Releases

ABI Research ranks PTC’s ThingWorx as top smart manufacturing platform

PTC announced its ThingWorx Industrial Innovation Platform was ranked as the top smart manufacturing platform in ABI Research’s “Smart Manufacturing Platform Competitive Assessment.” (more…)

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August 31, 2018

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Research identifies Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) market opportunities

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is evolving beyond single-focus problem solving to become more of a utility function with Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) solutions. (more…)

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August 27, 2018

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Fog World Congress schedule announced for event focused on transformation through fog computing in AI, IoT and 5G

Event organisers announced the lineup of more than 60 presenters, session tracks, tutorials and panel sessions for Fog World Congress 2018, produced by the OpenFog Consortium in collaboration with (more…)

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Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Accenture forms strategic alliance, invests in Chinese AI start-up Malong Technologies

Accenture has formed a strategic alliance with and made a minority investment in Malong Technologies, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) start-up headquartered in Shenzhen, China. (more…)

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August 23, 2018

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Application of AI to computer networks and devices communicating in the human body to be shown at Sigcomm 2018

The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Data Communication (Sigcomm) announced highlights of Sigcomm 2018, its annual flagship conference, which will be held this year in Budapest, (more…)

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August 17, 2018

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

SK Telecom claims 5x greater performance over GPUs as it deploys Xilinx FPGAs for AI acceleration

SKT has deployed Xilinx FPGAs as their Artificial Intelligence (AI) accelerators in its data centre, according to a joint announcement from the companies. (more…)

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Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Ovum expands IoT analyst coverage in South Africa

Global market research, data and advisory firm Ovum has expanded its research team in South Africa to better serve the growing needs of the African market. (more…)

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August 14, 2018

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Three quarters of IT decision makers believe AI is the ‘silver bullet’ to cybersecurity challenges

New research from global cybersecurity firm Eset reveals that the recent hype surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) is deceiving three in four IT decision makers (75%) into believing the technologies are the silver bullet to solving their cybersecurity challenges. (more…)

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August 8, 2018

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Poor data collaboration ‘holding back’ 95% of enterprises deploying AI, says Databricks survey

A survey commissioned by a provider of unified analytics, Databricks, reveals that only one in three Artificial Intelligence (AI) projects are succeeding. (more…)

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August 7, 2018

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Xius unveils Machine Learning based data platform for MVNOs

Xius, a supplier of mobile technology, mobile payments and enterprise offerings has unveiled its ‘vData Core’, a patent-pending telco grade platform. This platform, the first of its kind, incorporates Machine Learning (ML) at the core and equips Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) to boost revenue and thrive. (more…)

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August 3, 2018

Posted by: Anasia D'mello