If you have ever been woken up by a 3am database outage (or worse, a security breach tied to an overlooked SQL patch), you are not alone. SQL Server is the backbone of many business-critical applications. However, as deployments span on-premises, cloud and edge environments, maintaining everything securely, optimally and compliantly is a growing challenge….
China’s regime agnostic diplomacy in Africa–investing in countries irrespective of a government’s adherence to the rule of law–holds inherent risks for Chinese investments and regional stability. China has long hailed its noninterventionist strategy of engaging with any type of sitting government regardless of how they came to power. Yet, the legal authority of a government…
With the costs of climate change impacts rapidly rising, the billions pocketed by the fossil fuel industry is an insult to the communities worst hit by extreme weather. It’s time to make polluters pay for the damage they’ve caused Climate disasters are getting worse, and we know exactly what’s driving them: burning fossil fuels. But…
A sequestered jury in Australia began deliberations Monday in the triple murder trial of Erin Patterson, accused of killing her estranged husband’s relatives by deliberately serving them poisonous mushrooms for lunch. Three of Patterson’s four lunch guests — her parents-in-law Don and Gail Patterson, and Gail’s sister Heather Wilkinson — died in the hospital after…
Is AI making us smarter or dumber? The proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) in our daily lives has ignited a thought-provoking discussion about its impact on human intelligence. As AI becomes more sophisticated and integrated into various aspects of society, experts and laypeople alike are grappling with the question: Is AI making us smarter or…
Study Finds 20% of Cancer Medicines in Africa Lack Key Ingredients Africa may have a staggering number of people taking cancer drugs that do not contain the crucial ingredients for controlling or reducing cancer. A recent study published in The Lancet Global Health revealed that nearly one in six cancer drugs sampled from Ethiopia, Kenya,…
Across Africa, cancer medications have been found to be substandard or counterfeit. That means people are being given medicine that may not work, or that could even cause them harm. An alarming number of people across Africa may be taking cancer drugs that don’t contain the vital ingredients needed to contain or reduce their disease….
Watch: Sheriff gives update on active Idaho shooting Two firefighters were fatally shot in a mountain community in Idaho, in north-western US, while responding to a brush fire, officials say. Another firefighter was injured when a suspect opened fire with a high-powered rifle near the city of Coeur d’Alene, according to the Kootenai County Sheriff’s…
If you work in ICT distribution, you’ve felt the shift. E-commerce has moved from a bolt-on to a business essential. What started as a convenience has become the way many customers expect to do business. Some see this as disruptive. I don’t. I see it as an enabler. That doesn’t mean it’s easy. It’s a…
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has welcomed the signing of a peace agreement between DR Congo and Rwanda, describing it as a “historic development” in efforts to restore peace and stability in the Great Lakes region. According to a statement from the African Union (AU), the agreement, signed on Friday,…
