Petter Sveum, EMEA CTO, Cohesity. Following the Cohesity acquisition of Veritas Technologies’ enterprise data protection business in 2024, significant enhancements have been made to Veritas NetBackup, which deliver even faster and more resilient backup and recovery in the event of malware attacks or system failures. This is according to Petter Sveum, EMEA CTO at Cohesity,…
Data democratisation has become one of the most talked about strategies in modern analytics, yet many organisations are discovering that simply giving people access to data does not automatically lead to better decisions. In fact, as businesses generate and store more information than ever before, the real challenge is no longer availability but confidence. Teams…
As SpaceX prepares for a highly anticipated public listing in 2026, the company is quietly laying the groundwork for a massive expansion of its Starlink ecosystem. Sources familiar with the matter reveal that Elon Musk’s aerospace giant is moving beyond simple satellite internet, with plans for a proprietary Starlink smartphone, direct-to-device cellular coverage, and an…
New data on jobs and layoffs this week points to more job cuts and lackluster hiring plans, indicating 2026 might not be the fresh start many job seekers are looking for. A monthly survey of layoff announcements from the outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas released Thursday found that U.S. employers announced 108,435 job cuts…
Xneelo has begun construction on a second data centre at Samrand in Gauteng, expanding its infrastructure footprint as it prepares for growing demand for hosting and cloud services in South Africa. The new facility will mirror Xneelo’s existing Samrand data centre, while incorporating efficiency improvements to support next-generation cloud, colocation and self-managed server products. The…
Kampala — Africa’s digital economy is beginning to recast the continent’s electricity landscape, with data centres emerging alongside households, factories and mines as a significant new source of power demand. What was once a largely traditional power market is increasingly being shaped by the infrastructure that underpins cloud computing, mobile services and digital finance. The…
Musk says solar powered and space-based data centres are the only way to meet AI’s burgeoning energy demands. Published On 3 Feb 20263 Feb 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Elon Musk’s SpaceX has acquired his AI company xAI as part of an ambitious scheme to build space-based data centres to…
Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange on Jan. 27, 2026. NYSE U.S. Treasury yields moved higher on Monday as investors digested the latest economic data and continued to weigh the impact of President Donald Trump’s Federal Reserve chair pick. The 10-year Treasury yield rose more than 3 basis points to 4.275%, while the 2-year Treasury note…
NTT DATA, a global leader in AI, digital business and technology services, today announced a multi-year Strategic Collaboration Agreement (SCA) with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help enterprises modernize legacy systems, adopt agentic AI responsibly and scale innovation across industries. Combining NTT DATA’s expertise in cloud transformation, cloud-native modernization and Agentic AI with the scale…
Murray Campbell, MD, Cloud and Security at NTT Data MEA. NTT Data has announced a multi-year, strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS). The pact will bring NTT Data’s expertise in cloud transformation, cloud-native modernisation and agentic AI with the scale and capabilities of AWS’ services. Under the agreement, NTT Data and AWS will focus…
