Oracle announced on Wednesday that it has secured a cloud-computing alliance with Microsoft, an acknowledgment the database giant’s go-it-alone approach to the cloud wasn’t working.

An exodus of CEOs during the economic downturn is becoming alarming, particularly as there are apparently so few ready replacements.

Amazon has said it hopes to start delivering packages via drone “within months” as it unveiled its newest model with emphasis on safety.

EOH has appointed Xolani Mkhwanazi as chairman of the board with immediate effect, replacing co-founder Asher Bohbot, who stepped down at the end of February amid a major shake-up in corporate governance.

In this episode of the podcast, Duncan McLeod is joined by Rifqa Carr of ride-hailing service inDriver, which is newly launched in South Africa.

On Monday, Apple CEO Tim Cook used his keynote at WWDC by talking about developers for the first 79 seconds of his on-stage time. Apple then spent the next two hours and 16 minutes talking mostly about itself.

Custom-tailored capitalism is what has made Google, Facebook, Amazon and others the richest companies in the world. But this business model has enormous potential to violate civil liberties.

Promoted | The global Cyber Exposure Index ranks South Africa sixth on the list of most-targeted countries for cyberattacks, with the highest concentration of exposed businesses scoring 300+, representing extreme exposure.

BMW and Jaguar Land Rover will collaborate on their next generation of electric cars, following similar moves by other automakers that have teamed up to share the burden of developing the expensive new technology.

The smart money is still on Europe taking the more adventurous and aggressive antitrust measures. But there’s no ignoring the shift on both sides of the Atlantic.