Defender confidence in decline

Defender confidence in decline

Only 45% of organisations worldwide are confident in their security posture as today’s attackers launch more sophisticated, bold and resilient campaigns. This is according to the Cisco Annual Secueity Report, which examines threat intelligence and cyber-security...
$100tn the digital dividend by 2025

$100tn the digital dividend by 2025

The “combined value” to society and industry of the digitisation that is already occurring in every industry could generate upwards of $100-trillion over the next 10 years, with society set to gain more than business. However, this transformation also...
Jury is out on digital benefits

Jury is out on digital benefits

Even as digital media users spend more time online than they sleep, only every second user thinks it has improved their quality of life. This is according to more than 5 000 digital media users from Brazil, China, Germany, South Africa and the US. Paradoxically,...
2015 the hottest year on record

2015 the hottest year on record

Earth’s 2015 surface temperatures were the warmest since modern record keeping began in 1880, according to independent analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Globally-averaged temperatures in 2015 shattered the previous...
5m jobs will be lost by 2020

5m jobs will be lost by 2020

The Fourth Industrial Revolution, which includes developments in previously disjointed fields such as artificial intelligence and machine-learning, robotics, nanotechnology, 3-D printing, and genetics and biotechnology, will cause widespread disruption not only to...

Consumers key to African growth

Consumer spending by a fast-growing middle class is as important a growth driver for Africa as mineral and resource demand, according to a new survey of global logistics executives. In the survey, which is part of the 2016 Agility Emerging Markets Logistics Index,...