Africa’s tech start-ups are thriving. In 2021, more African tech start-ups raised more money from more investors than ever before, with fintech companies — including several based in Nigeria — heavily represented among the big winners. According to the seventh edition of Disrupt Africa’s African Tech Startups Funding Report, 564 African tech start-ups raised just…
Among the cloud providers rushing into the Middle East to meet growing demand, Oracle has been one of the busiest in the region, in just the last two years opening up cloud regions in Jeddah, Dubai, Jerusalem and, most recently, in Abu Dhabi. The company doesn’t plan to stop there — among other things, it…
Coined in late 2019 by Neil MacDonald and Joe Skorupa of Gartner®, SASE (secure access service edge) describes a strategy that converges cybersecurity and WAN edge networking to address challenges that organizations are facing now. Specifically, organizations need to manage an ever-growing technology stack across an increasingly dynamic “service edge” that now includes branches, mobile…
It is never the popular position to take in the organization to be the prognosticator of disaster and failure, so I write this missive with the full understanding the contents will fall on deaf ears and the potential benefits of my advice will be found on the pile of “I wish we would have….” There…
Product lifecycle management (PLM) software is designed to organize the work of those who collaborate on imagining, engineering, manufacturing, documenting, and supporting the various widgets available to the world as products. It tracks workflows and ensures product teams can communicate to make the best possible wares and services. At its core, PLM software maintains a…
In her Union Budget speech on February 1, 2022, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented a host of measures on topics from data centres to digital training that could affect IT departments and increase job opportunities for IT workers. Here’s a look at the top budget takeaways for CIOs, and where the government could have gone…
There you were — minding your own business — when 2020 came knocking. In light of the new economic reality caused by COVID, future-focused leadership has never been more important. Which is why IDC is pleased to bring you Future Enterprise, a new podcast for business and tech executives, aimed at helping you leverage technology…
When was the last time you spoke to a customer? Or better yet, when was the last time someone from your engineering team spoke to a customer? Ask that question to engineers in your organization and odds are that they’ll shrug and say, “I’m here to write code, not to talk to customers.” So when…
By Chris DePerro The Public Cloud can sometimes feel like the old Atari game ‘Pitfall’. On one hand you are strolling through the jungle on a great adventure trying to acquire money and complete objectives that will enhance your position. To achieve those objectives though, you must jump though fire, avoid pits, scorpions, and even…
Matt Newton, Director, Artificial Intelligence and Optimization, at AVEVA. The industrial sector is in the midst of its biggest disruption in decades. Across the globe, organizations are facing major pressures to become more reliable and productive while reducing costs. Amid the rapid changes that are happening in the market, businesses can no longer afford to…