
Industry Insight - Four steps to nurturing an AI-ready workforce
By Industry Contributor 21 November 2019Business leaders should take a page from companies further along the AI curve to access the skills needed for business transformation, says Lillian Barnard, the Managing Director at Microsoft South Africa. FULL STORY >

Industry Events: Microsoft Ignite 2019 - Delivering secure and intelligent tools and services for the enterprise
By Industry Contributor 6 November 2019Frank Shaw, Corporate Vice President, Communications, gives a glimpse into what Microsoft is unveiling this week in Orlando, at its Ignite 2019 event. FULL STORY >

Microsoft South Africa kicks Python support for Azure Functions into gear
By Staff Writer 10 October 2019Microsoft South Africa has announced that Python support for Azure Functions is now available locally and ready for production workloads. FULL STORY >

Microsoft 4Afrika Initiative: The impact on South Africa, and the continent, seven years on
By Press Release 8 October 2019It has been seven years since Microsoft first launched its 4Afrika Initiative – a continent-wide, multi-million dollar investment to accelerate digital transformation in Africa. FULL STORY >

Microsoft adds a few new luminaries to the sky
By Ryan Noik 27 September 2019At its glittering 2019 Partner of the Year Awards held this week in Houghton, Microsoft honored its partners with awards, thanks, praise - and for the winners, a star named after their company by NASA itself. FULL STORY >

Nedbank and Microsoft announce partnership
By Staff Writer 2 September 2019Microsoft and Nedbank have announced that the financial services provider has partnered with the tech giant to migrate components of its IT infrastructure to the cloud, making Nedbank the first bank in the country to run operations of this scale in the... FULL STORY >

The first Connected Things Forum revealed the potential of IoT in South Africa.
By Ryan Noik 27 August 2019The first Connected Things Forum revealed the potential of IoT in South Africa and offered a glimmer of hope to a struggling economy. FULL STORY >

Microsoft Office 365 available from SA datacentres to empower the modern workplace
By Ryan Noik 26 July 2019Microsoft South Africa has announced that Office 365 services are now available from its South African datacentre regions. FULL STORY >

South Africa forging ahead on AI - but work still needs to be done
By Ryan Noik 24 June 2019New report from Microsoft and EY finds South African companies are amongst top investors in AI, with 46% of companies piloting AI technologies FULL STORY >

Here's the innovation you didn't know you needed
By Staff Writer 24 May 2019In light of today's media day to highlight particular functionality aimed at improving user's lives, Microsoft unpacked a few innovations that users may not know are available to them. FULL STORY >

Microsoft interactive sessions highlight productivity and accessibility tools
By Ryan Noik 24 May 2019Microsoft showcased some of the advances in its Office 365 and Windows software during a series of interactive sessions at its campus in Bryanston today, detailing how these can lead to greater productivity for ... FULL STORY >

Meet the world’s first AI-created whisky
By Industry Contributor 21 May 2019You may want to grab a stiff drink before you read this, as Microsoft recently revealed that artificial intelligence has now infused itself into the process of making whisky. FULL STORY >

Research finds that successful businesses are more likely to adopt AI
By Press Release 13 May 2019According to new research from Microsoft, Altimeter Group and the University of St Gallen in Switzerland there is a marked difference between low and high growth business, with the latter availing themselves of Artificial... FULL STORY >

Microsoft Solitaire makes it to the World Video Game Hall of Fame
By Staff Writer 7 May 2019It joins the likes of Doom, The Legend of Zelda and Pac-Man in The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, New York. FULL STORY >

Digital transformation impact explored and explained
By Ryan Noik 8 April 2019How is digital transformation impacting our lives and how can organisations, and people, benefit from it? Kim Scholze, the digital advisory services lead at Microsoft, delves into the topic in greater depth. FULL STORY >
Most Read Articles


Have Your Say
What new tech or developments are you most anticipating this year?
