Food solutions were on display everywhere around COP30–from the 80 tonnes of local and agroecological meals served to concrete proposals for tackling hunger–but none of this made it into the negotiating rooms or the final agreement. –Elisabetta Recine, IPES-Food panel expert – As they ate catered meals, COP30 negotiators had no appetite for fixing broken…
In 2026 AI factories will redefine resiliency and disaster recovery. ( Image created using ChatGPT) As artificial intelligence (AI) adoption accelerates across enterprises, 2026 is expected to be a turning point for how organisations design resiliency and disaster recovery. Central to this shift is the emergence of AI factories – purpose-built environments that combine compute,…
On Saturday, the Reuters news agency published an exclusive report claiming that the United States is “poised to launch a new phase of Venezuela-related operations in the coming days”. The report cited four US officials who spoke on condition of anonymity. Two of the officials said covert operations would likely be the first step in…
From 1970 until 2000, the costs of disaster averaged $70-$80 billion. Those mainly preventable costs doubled this century to average $180-$200 billion annually, according to a recent report published by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR). Most of the exorbitant costs of disaster are preventable with proper funding and planning –one of the…
Ensure your business is not just reactive, but ready. Disasters in business are often unforeseen but never impossible. Whether it’s an IT failure, a cyber attack or extreme weather, recovery doesn’t just happen. It requires planning, preparation and the ability to act decisively. The difference between survival and closure often comes down to one critical…
(From left) Jacques Smit, Acronis country manager SA; Steve Porter, MD, Metrofile Cloud; Byron Robertson, GM, Metrofile Cloud; Ronan McCurtin, Acronis RVP Europe, Israel and Africa. Acronis, a global specialist in cyber protection, has named Metrofile Cloud as its premier disaster recovery (DR) partner in southern Africa. The partnership will avail disaster recovery solutions to…
