The World Economic Forum on Africa promises to shine light on Industry 4.0, as Africa looks to capitalise on the opportunities brought on by the next digital revolution.

The Linux Foundation has announced the formation of the Confidential Computing Consortium which aims to make it easier to protect sensitive data cross different computing environments.

The $34 billion deal is expected to bring strong penetration of open source multi-cloud offerings to local organisations and third-party providers, say analysts.

A new GlobalData report provides a chilling warning to big tech firms that authorities will soon be punishing them, in order to deter data breach cases.

Grapevine views this as an important positive development in terms of the future of the IBM WCA cloud.

An IBM report reveals R43.3 million is the average total cost of a data breach in SA, a 12.16% increase from 2018.

Hot on the heels of acquiring Red Hat, IBM has made two announcements that reconfirm its commitment to open source.

The computing giant acquires all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Red Hat for $190 per share in cash.

Another hurdle in one of the world’s largest tech mergers in history is removed as the European Union unconditionally approves the deal.

The company says quantum computing promises to solve physics simulation and pattern discovery problems relevant to the SKA.

The computing company is collaborating with the University of the Witwatersrand to explore quantum computing use cases.

The company’s retrenchment of 2 000 employees is a continuation of a process IBM began a decade ago, says an analyst.