CloudZA and AWS chart the road from AI pilots to production

CloudZA and AWS chart the road from AI pilots to production

CloudZA, an AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner with specialised designations in generative AI and agentic AI, recently co-hosted a closed-door AI executive roundtable with Amazon Web Services. Aimed at South African enterprise and technology leaders – heads of AI, CEOs, CIOs, CTOs and heads of innovation – the session focused on the defining technical challenge…

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NTT DATA Expands Collaboration with Google Cloud to Accelerate Enterprise AI from Pilots to Production

NTT DATA Expands Collaboration with Google Cloud to Accelerate Enterprise AI from Pilots to Production

NTT DATA, a global leader in AI, digital business and technology services today announced an expanded collaboration with Google Cloud to help enterprises move from AI experimentation to scaled deployment of agentic AI solutions built with Gemini Enterprise. The collaboration is focused on enabling AI-powered reinvention, helping enterprises redesign processes, operating models and customer experiences…

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Eskom to rationalise AI pilots as costs rise

Eskom to rationalise AI pilots as costs rise

Eskom CTIO Len de Villiers State-owned power producer Eskom is looking to cut the number of AI pilots across the organisation in a bid to avoid wasteful expenditure, according to its CTIO, Len de Villiers. Speaking at the industrial digital and intelligent transformation forum hosted by Huawei at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain on…

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Former “elite” Air Force pilot who allegedly trained Chinese military pilots arrested, DOJ says

Former “elite” Air Force pilot who allegedly trained Chinese military pilots arrested, DOJ says

The Justice Department announced the arrest Wednesday of a former Air Force fighter pilot who allegedly trained Chinese military personnel without authorization. Gerald Brown, 65, was arrested in Indiana after recently returning to the United States from China, where he’d been since December 2023, a Justice Department statement said. He is accused of having “conspired…

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Africa: Tanzanian, Malawian Pilots Laud Ethiopian Airlines for Contributing to Dev’t of Aviation in Africa

Africa: Tanzanian, Malawian Pilots Laud Ethiopian Airlines for Contributing to Dev’t of Aviation in Africa

Addis Ababa — Pilots, who graduated from the Ethiopian Aviation University, have commended the role Ethiopian Airlines has been playing in connecting Africa and its people, and significantly contributing for the development of aviation in the continent. Among them, the Tanzanian Michael Hillary said Ethiopian is the best airlines in Africa with many lines across…

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Checkers pilots new smart shopping trollies

Checkers pilots new smart shopping trollies

South African retail chain Checkers, owned by the Shoprite Group, is trialing new “smart” shopping trolleys that let customers scan items and pay for their groceries directly from the cart. The Checkers Xpress Trolley, developed by the group’s innovation department, ShopriteX, is being tested at two stores in the Western Cape. Read: Bandwidth Blog &…

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