insert_link Business / Economics US airlines begin resuming operations after global IT outage Multiple US airlines said they were beginning to resume operations Friday following a major worldwide computer systems outage that grounded or delayed thousands of flights across the country. The IT issue has wrought global havoc at airports, grounding flights in Europe and the United States, while also derailing television broadcasts in the UK and impacting telecommunications in Australia. At Dulles International Airport outside of Washington, Evyn […] todayJuly 19, 2024 26
insert_link Africa Google and Oracle ramp up cloud in Africa to tap fast-growing e-Conomy By Seth Onyango, via bird story agency Google Cloud announced on Friday (February 2) that it had opened its first cloud region for Africa, located in Johannesburg, South Africa. The new region will offer its core cloud services, such as computing, storage, networking, and security, to customers across the continent. The move comes as research from McKinsey showed that while cloud-native startups in Africa are luring tech […] todayFebruary 5, 2024 27