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NetApp Announces Intent to Acquire PEAK:AIO to Advance Scalable AI Infrastructure Architecture

NetApp Announces Intent to Acquire PEAK:AIO to Advance Scalable AI Infrastructure Architecture

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NetApp® (NASDAQ: NTAP), the intelligent data infrastructure company, today announced its intent to acquire PEAK:AIO, a pioneer in next-generation metadata architecture and high-performance parallel file systems. The planned acquisition is expected to accelerate NetApp’s AI infrastructure roadmap by augmenting metadata services and parallel namespace innovation designed to help AI clouds scale shared storage alongside growing…

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Meta’s pocket watch for its viral AI agent

Meta’s pocket watch for its viral AI agent

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Mark Zuckerberg took repeated digs at Apple during Meta’s annual event on Wednesday, only to borrow a page from Steve Jobs’s playbook for a surprise reveal: a pocket-watch-sized device that carries Meta’s viral Muse AI agent into the real world. The device, called Muse Charm, highlights a broader shift at the social media giant that…

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Revolut pilots biometric facial recognition payments

Revolut pilots biometric facial recognition payments

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Financial technology platform Revolut has launched a trial program in the United Kingdom for “Pay with Smile,” an in-store biometric payment system that enables consumers to complete transactions using facial recognition. Positioned as the UK’s first merchant-facing facial payment platform, the service waives processing fees for participating retailers and is initially undergoing live testing across…

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Finfluencer engagement is not evidence of credibility

Finfluencer engagement is not evidence of credibility

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Legalaes urges consumers to scrutinise creator qualifications, disclosures and commercial interests. (Image created via Gemini) Financial advice on social media is attracting hundreds of millions of views, but a new analysis by Legalaes found that a significant portion of the content carries misleading signals and is produced by creators without demonstrable financial qualifications. The study…

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Mteto Nyati to stay on as Eskom chairman

Mteto Nyati to stay on as Eskom chairman

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Eskom chairman Mteto Nyati Mteto Nyati will continue as chairman of Eskom’s board, energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said on Friday, settling a question that had hung over the utility since it reported its annual results last month. Nyati’s three-year term as chairman was due to end in October. Nyati, a former CEO of MTN South…

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How Growthpoint is preparing to speed up commercial deals

How Growthpoint is preparing to speed up commercial deals

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Growthpoint Properties is bringing a new meaning to “lease in a day” with the November launch of SmartLease, a digital platform designed to simplify commercial property leasing. Source: Supplied. Lauren Turner, Head: Corporate Affairs at Growthpoint Properties. Unveiled at the Africa PropTech Forum 2026 during the African Property Investment Summit in Cape Town, SmartLease replaces…

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How Africa’s ‘hidden’ resources can change the energy equation

How Africa’s ‘hidden’ resources can change the energy equation

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Ayman Essam, Chief Officer: External Affairs, Vodacom Group. Africa’s most overlooked energy resource may be energy efficiency. As the continent races to expand generation capacity and works to connect millions more people to reliable electricity, we also need to extract more value from every unit of energy we already produce. Vodacom’s recent decarbonisation report highlights…

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Closing the AI impact gap

Closing the AI impact gap

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The authors, from left, Jason Molesworth and Biase De Gregorio. Molesworth is CEO and chief AI strategist at Accelerated Innovation Group, while De Gregorio is partner and head of AI advisory and talent at iqbusiness AI adoption is no longer difficult to find. Employees are using copilots and generative AI tools in their daily work,…

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Future-proof label printing from Argox and Kemtek

Future-proof label printing from Argox and Kemtek

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Argox AIP series. (Image: AI-enhanced) Engineered for business customers Edward Lee, Senior Manager at Argox, spends a lot of time engaging with customers and finding out exactly what they want from a label printer. The insights he has gained have helped to shape the design and capabilities of the AIP series of label printers from…

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