Amazon Web Services has confirmed plans to open a new AWS Infrastructure Region in the first half of 2020 in South Africa. FULL STORY >

If there is one industry that has been caught in the digital transformation siren’s call, it has been financial services. TechSmart’s Ryan Noik (RN) chats to Vuyo Mpako: Chief Digital &... FULL STORY >

Andrew Cruise, managing director, Routed, a vendor-neutral cloud infrastructure provider, says that there is still a lot for local businesses to learn about cloud before they see the true benefits. FULL STORY >

The launch of a new Amazon CloudFront edge location in the Mother City, announced by AWS, has promising implications for South Africa. FULL STORY >

Straws out, strawless lids in. FULL STORY >

Just as there are laws governing where to fly drones, there are laws governing how and where to travel with them. These are important to take into consideration for safety and security reasons, as well as to avoid any legal surprises when one is far from home, says... FULL STORY >

The electric car company is being sued by a hydrogen-powered truck startup. FULL STORY >

Applications based on machine learning (ML) can provide tremendous business value, but building such apps are not without challenges. Amazon's CTO, Werner Vogels, explains. FULL STORY >

Artificial intelligence (AI) is going mainstream, which has long-lasting implications for how enterprises build and improve their products and services. Amazon's Everton Xavier and Imran Rafique elaborate. FULL STORY >

The animated emojis shown on the iPhone X may need a new name, following a Japanese company's recent lawsuit against Apple. FULL STORY >

Following last week Friday's #WomenBoycottTwitter protest, Twitter has said that anti-abuse rules are on the way. FULL STORY >

Possibly good news for Sony Xperia phone owners that suffered water damage, but potentially dangerous for the Japanese company. FULL STORY >

The makers of the Wikipad are claiming the Nintendo Switch's JoyCon controllers infringe on concept patents. FULL STORY >

Stephen Schmidt, VP, Security Engineering & chief information Security officer at Amazon Web Services, explains the work AWS is doing to help customers with the GDPR as part of their continued commitment to help ensure they can comply with... FULL STORY >

Synthesis Software Technologies, today announced that it has achieved Advanced status as an AWS Partner Network (APN) Consulting Partner. FULL STORY >