Intelligent Energy
PwC and SAP to help...
PwC and SAP have announced a new co-innovation strategy to make sustainability an integral part of standard business operations. The strategy is directed at creating trusted solutions to address key Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) business challenges. It covers...
Gartner highlights seven disruptions CIOs might not see coming
CIOs must take time to consider ‘what if’ scenarios to avoid being blindsided by social, behavioural and technological disruptions, according to Gartner. Speaking at Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo in Australia, David Yockelson, VP analyst at Gartner, said many...
Vantage Data Centers enters Power Purchase Agreement with...
Vantage Data Centers – a leading global provider of hyperscale data centre campuses – has announced it has entered into a 20-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with SolarAfrica, a pioneer in South Africa’s solar energy financing. This agreement will enable...
DCIM software: A must-have for dramatically increasing energy...
Herman Chan, President, Sunbird Software, offers his best practice advice on how organisations can take steps to reduce their carbon footprint and why DCIM software is key to achieving this. What role does the data centre industry have in contributing to global energy usage...
Features
African enterprises warm up to Blockchain technology
Blockchain is a record-keeping technology designed to make it impossible to hack the system or forge the data stored on it, thereby...
Morocco competing to be the renewable energy leader in Africa
Only 10 years ago, more than half of Morocco’s electricity supply was provided by coal. However, as forecasts indicate that energy...
Africa gears up for IoT transformation
A recent global survey by HP Enterprise of 3,000+ IT and business decision makers at the end of 2016, found that the Internet of Things...
Insights
How security impacts developments in the energy sector
Raj Samani, Chief Scientist and Fellow at McAfee, shares his wealth of knowledge and best practice advice on how organisations can ensure...
The age of the ethical cloud is green – and for everyone
Sustainable data centre operations are becoming more of a priority in the data centre sector, and rightly so. Matthew Underhill, Head of...
Huawei predicts 10 emerging trends in telecom energy in next five years
Huawei releases 10 emerging trends in telecom energy in 2025, aiming to provide a reference for operators on site infrastructure...
Renewables, EVs, flexibility and sulphur hexafluoride – top energy predictions for the year...
This year is set to once again bring focus to the ongoing transition of the energy industry. Responding to the public’s concerns...
Case Studies
Axian Group enhances corporate integrity with Oxalys digital procurement solution
Axian is a pan-African group that operates in five industries with high growth potential, namely real estate, telecoms, finance, energy...