by Dianne Bayley | Nov 2, 2020 | Innovation
For companies around the world, COVID-19 lockdown has forced rapid change. Where there was reluctance to adopt remote working and hybrid workspaces pre-pandemic, lockdown made this a non-negotiable. And as the weeks turned to months, many companies have realised that...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 2, 2020 | Innovation
Perhaps it is because I grew up in the suburbs and have never lived outside of one of South Africa’s major cities, but it seems like agriculture often doesn’t get the credit it deserves, writes By Ross Jenvey, General Partner at Kingson. Like the oxygen we breathe, we...
by Dianne Bayley | Oct 30, 2020 | Innovation
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) scooped the Top Enterprise Business Unit (EBU) Partner accolade at the Salesforce Partner Awards event which was hosted virtually on 23 July 2020. Now in their 2nd year, the Salesforce Sub-Saharan Partner Awards aim to recognise Salesforce...
by Dianne Bayley | Oct 28, 2020 | Innovation
From a concept considered to be an excessive and unnecessary spend just a few short years ago, Machine Learning (ML) has grown to have a significant impact not only on people’s daily lives, but also on the ability of enterprise IT to innovate – provided...
by Dianne Bayley | Oct 27, 2020 | Innovation
Imagine a situation where, given a request, a lab automatically chooses what experiments to do, robotically carries this out, tracks the reaction with integrated sensors, acquires and analyzes the results, and then decides what experiment to do next. This seems like...
by Dianne Bayley | Oct 26, 2020 | Innovation
One of most the prominent challenges facing Africa is providing food security for its citizens, notes Amrote Abdella, Regional Director: Microsoft 4Afrika. While many farmers still rely on traditional techniques to coax a living from the land, there are opportunities...
