At last South Africans have something to celebrate as we head into the end-of-year holiday season. Our troubles are far from over of course, but the recent changes in government leadership have given ...
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With South Africa now in recession, and the unemployment rate rising to over 27%, the government’s focus has quite rightly shifted to the issues of job creation and economic stimulus. This has put critical ...
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Digital transformation, according to Microsoft, is about reimagining how we bring together people, data and processes to create value for customers and maintain a competitive advantage in a digital-first ...
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In 2011, the SADC (Southern African Development Community) ministers of science and technology endorsed an engineering needs and numbers study, to get a better understanding of the actual numbers of engineers, ...
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The Internet has become an indispensable part of modern society but we have created a monster, and it’s getting bigger every day. The world’s data centres – those global stores for the estimated 1200 petabytes ...
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A ground-breaking development in smartphone optics looks set to spill over into machine vision and other image-related applications. Unlike the eye, conventional optical systems depend on the movement ...
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Innovation itself does not transform a company into a market disruptor, but it is forever a prerequisite. According to Forbes, all disruptors are innovators, but not all innovators are disruptors. Generally ...
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The subject projects of this year’s Scada Review are a worthy reflection of the effort put in by the respondent end-users, SIs and vendors. It is encouraging to see that even in these times of economic ...
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The ideas of The Open Process Automation Initiative first challenged traditional process control thinking at the ARC Industry Forum in 2016. The drive began within the ExxonMobil Corporation where a large ...
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In the manufacturing industry, a decisive shift is underway influenced by the need for better asset performance and optimised resource efficiency. These are the drivers behind the growth of the IIoT and ...
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Emerson’s 2018 EMEA Exchange held at the World Forum in The Hague, The Netherlands, attracted a record number of delegates under its IIoT-themed banner of ‘Connect, Communicate, Create’. As one of the ...
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The profitability of asset-intensive manufacturing companies hinges to a large extent on maximum plant availability with minimal (zero) unplanned downtime. But what is the best approach for the maintenance ...
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