INDUSTRY 4.0 + IIoT

Welding is integral to the automotive manufacturing process and, in this regard, Malben Engineering, an award-winning supplier of welded assemblies to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and tier 1 automotive sector suppliers, has invested in a technological step-change over the past three years. 

Africa, like the rest of the world, is witnessing the reshaping of industries and economies as artificial intelligence and generative AI gain traction. Wojtek Piorko, MD for Africa at Vertiv, says preparing for the complexities of AI demands has become essential for local businesses, and a robust, scalable data centre infrastructure is the foundation on which Africa can build its AI future.

Altair, a global leader in computational intelligence, has released Altair® HyperWorks® 2025, a best-in-class design and simulation platform for solving the world’s most complex engineering challenges. At the forefront of this release is a vision of the future of product development: a zero-prototype world, where design is perfected in the virtual domain before reaching the physical world.

NAPAfrica is Africa’s fastest-growing Internet Exchange Point (IXP) and one of the global top ten internet exchanges by total traffic volume. Reinforcing its position as the continent’s premier peering and interconnection hub, it has reported a new milestone, reaching five terabits per second (Tbps) of internet traffic.

Stratus Technologies leverages the reliability of its high availability/fault tolerant (HA/FT) platforms and collaborates with trusted cybersecurity partners to deliver cybersecurity solutions that work seamlessly with IT and OT workloads, enabling customers to deploy the most suitable cybersecurity tools on a unified platform.