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The Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) are two of the fastest-growing technologies in business today. AI, the ability for computers to think like humans, continues to rapidly evolve as developers continue to create new algorithms and programming...

What is a 'Smart Building' The internet of things is a network of physical objects that are embedded with electronics and software, enabling them to collect and exchange data. This means that every object can be connected to the internet and these devices can...

Utilities like water, electricity, and gas are essential to everyday life, but their management needs improvement. Many cities and even entire regions in South Africa are experiencing severe water provision difficulties. Although dams are at satisfactory levels,...

A nightmare that won’t end, infrastructure theft continues to rise in South Africa costing the economy an estimated R100+ billion/year. Large corporations and state-owned enterprises have called for “drastic measures” to be put in place. Telkom’s group CEO, Serame...

Workplaces are embracing the Internet of Things (IoT). Gartner has stated that the number of connected devices will double over the next three years. Checking equipment, employees, buildings and products offers many benefits. Here are 10 of the most significant....

The mining industry presents a unique set of challenges. Mining is a high-risk, capital-intensive business that requires constant monitoring of assets, processes, and actors to ensure safety and operational efficiency. Innovative technology solutions are key to...

The shift from the triple bottom line has evolved to ESG. Loosely translated, Environmental, Social and Governance is a holistic measure of how an organisation positively or negatively impacts the environment in which it operates. The amount of waste it creates, types...

You have heard about the Metaverse, and likely Digital Twins – the digital representation of an organisation by location, its associated physical assets, actors and the relevant data these provide through their day-to-day running of a business. Digital Twins give...

The agricultural space impacts the daily activities of people across the world – this will never change. What has changed is how we drive the operational efficiency within the agricultural industry. Let’s get practical about what smart farming really looks like....

In our new work-from-home world, constant communication stimuli are thrown at us, from emails, and Teams calls to chats and text messages, making it easy to become distracted or worse, we get tempted to multitask (and think we're nailing it!). However, studies have...

Internet of Things innovators IoT.nxt added three more awards this year, confirming its status as a leading global technology company. IoT.nxt’s V-Raptor™ - a technology agnostic edge gateway and platform launched earlier this year won the category Research and...

According to the all-knowing oracle, Google: future-proofing a business is anticipating the future and developing methods of minimizing the effects of shocks and stresses of future events. Just imagine how different things would have been if all businesses were...

So, what is a smart city, anyway? Essentially, smart cities use data and technology to create efficiencies, improve sustainability, create economic development, and enhance quality of life factors for people living and working in the city. It also means that the city...