Tiana Cline

Johannesburg

Freelance Writer at Freelance

Freelance biz-tech writer for @brainstormmagza, @forbesafrica, @stuffsa & more | #UX writer for hire | 🎮 | 🐈 | 📚

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Quantum-As-A-Service is here

2 weeks ago | brainstorm.itweb.co.za | Tiana Cline

08 April 2025 Picture a quantum computer. It’s a maze of metal tubes, wires and curious components. It could be something out of a sci-fi movie, or a steampunk chandelier. But in reality, quantum computing is already here, and being deployed through the same cloud services we use every day. In fact, cloud has become the go-to method for making quantum computing accessible to everyone from startups to global enterprises. Why the cloud?
Repatriation, reloaded

2 weeks ago | brainstorm.itweb.co.za | Tiana Cline

08 April 2025 Todd Lieb, Dell’s vice-president of cloud partnerships, remembers meeting with the global architect for a global insurance company around the time of the pandemic. The conversation turned to repatriation, which, as it happened, had seen the insurer move some workloads back on-prem. “We had a problem in our datacentre,” said the insurer, whom Lieb doesn’t name. “We moved that problem to the cloud, and it became a more expensive problem.
Cutting cloud costs

2 weeks ago | brainstorm.itweb.co.za | Tiana Cline

Cutting cloud costs Why are most companies spending 15% more on cloud than they budgeted for? 08 April 2025 Cloud has become a business necessity, and will be used by over 50% of enterprises to fast-track their strategic initiatives by 2028, says Gartner. The research and consulting firm also projects that global spend on public cloud services will exceed $1tn in 2027. But then there’s cloud shock, cloud waste and, ultimately, cloud estate rationalisation.
Maties’ robotic revolution

3 weeks ago | brainstorm.itweb.co.za | Tiana Cline

Maties’ robotic revolution Can a university project prevent South Africa from being left behind in the robotics revolution? 01 April 2025 William Duckitt, Stellenbosch University Robots have been around for a while. Some of the most popular ones are zooming around floors right now, collecting dust and debris. In agriculture, there are already autonomous robots harvesting fruit while unmanned tractors monitor fields.
The algorithm multiverse

3 weeks ago | brainstorm.itweb.co.za | Tiana Cline

The algorithm multiverse Chatbots get all the attention, but what if the smartest AI isn’t the one that talks to you? 01 April 2025 Ask anyone what AI means in 2025, and they’ll probably mention ChatGPT. Large language models (LLMs) have made this technology so accessible that the two have become synonymous. The same could be said for sophisticated chatbots like Claude, Copilot and Gemini.
The science of being certain

3 weeks ago | brainstorm.itweb.co.za | Byron Cook |Tiana Cline

The science of being certain When automated reasoning turns computer decisions into mathematical proofs, it promises certainty. Is this the key to unlocking AI we can trust? 01 April 2025 For over two decades, Professor Byron Cook has been trying to get computers to prove mathematical theorems. In other words, getting machines to verify, with absolute certainty, whether something is true or false. He says it’s the kind of work that used to make for awkward dinner party conversations.
Getting the most out of your cloud

3 weeks ago | brainstorm.itweb.co.za | Tiana Cline

Getting the most out of your cloud Can choosing the right tools to optimise your cloud estate transform wasteful spending into strategic advantage? 01 April 2025 Moving to the cloud can save businesses money, but the reality is that without a good cost optimisation strategy, overspending can occur. Stacklet’s ‘State of Cloud Usage Optimisation 2024’ shows that companies are losing billions in cloud waste every year.
Empowering deskless workers through reverse billed data

1 month ago | itweb.co.za | Tiana Cline

In a country where data costs remain prohibitively high, businesses need innovative solutions to bridge the digital divide. Reverse billed data is exactly that – a practical solution that connects companies with employees who would otherwise be left out of the global economy.
Sweet dreams are made of bioplastic

1 month ago | brainstorm.itweb.co.za | Tiana Cline

Sweet dreams are made of bioplastic Two chemical engineering students met in class and now they’re creating sustainable plastic from sugarcane. 01 March 2025 Shamira Pillay and Charissa de Gouveia Plastic is used in almost every industry, yet according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, only 9% of the world’s plastic is recycled. The rest is discarded, eventually breaking down into microplastics, which don’t decompose.
Before diving into GenAI, get guardrails

1 month ago | brainstorm.itweb.co.za | Tiana Cline

Before diving into GenAI, get guardrails Create a strategic roadmap for responsible enterprise AI adoption that balances innovation with security 01 March 2025 With apologies to Seymour R Goff More and more businesses are restricting the use of GenAI, or simply banning it, on data privacy and security grounds. A global survey by Cisco found that one in four organisations has now banned its use.