ITWeb contributor Phillip de Wet. Microsoft, AWS and Dell and their peers operate peacefully in South Africa by way of a bit of classic magic: making one concept mean entirely different things depending on where in the world you are based. In South Africa, “Equity Equivalent Investment Programme (EEIP)” is a long way of saying…
ITWeb contributor Phillip de Wet. What happens if the United Kingdom blocks X? Last week that was a silly question, on which bookmakers offered silly odds. On Monday, a member of Cabinet stood in the UK Parliament and vowed to – within days – activate legislation that would leave X and its users open to…
ITWeb contributor Phillip de Wet. 2026 is going to be quite something. The good old CES in Las Vegas is going to show just how much artificial intelligence (AI) we now have at the edge. Memory shortages are going to bite everywhere. We’re going to see new chip approaches allowing cool new systems. There will…
ITWeb contributor Phillip de Wet. Take it from someone who has tried (and often failed) to sell various newspapers and magazines: South Africa doesn’t have enough readers. Depending on how you slice the data, something like a tenth of the population is illiterate by a formal definition. Functional literacy is a far bigger problem –…
Does the rise of AI threaten the futures of those working in BI?
ITWeb contributor Phillip de Wet. Microsoft apparently has the “most comprehensive set” of solutions. Google offers “the most comprehensive and flexible solution”. But AWS, according to AWS, is “the only fully-featured, independently operated” solution. It’s a great time to be in the market for a sovereign cloud – as long as you are in Europe….
Addis Abeba — In August 2022, President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud announced that his administration would launch a “total war” against the Al-Qaida-linked militant group Al-Shabaab. The declaration came in the aftermath of a deadly hotel siege in Mogadishu, which left at least 21 people dead and more than 100 wounded. In his address,…
