APTs set to take off in 2015

APTs set to take off in 2015

2015 is gearing up to be the year that advanced persistent threats (APTs) become mainstream – and they have the potential to dangerously affect millions of people. Sergey Lozhkin, senior security researcher at Kaspersky Lab’s global research and analysis team, points out that we live in a world for everyone spies on other people. Kathy Gibson reports from Kaspersky Labs’ conference in Lisbon.

Telkom cuts broadband prices

Telkom cuts broadband prices

Telkom Wholesale Services has announced wholesale unit price reductions of up to 63% across its product range, including wholesale fibre broadband access, IP Connect, Resell DSL, Metro Ethernet and SAIX dedicated access offerings. This announcement is the latest in a series of price reductions of Telkom’s IP Connect product, which has now effectively been halved over the past 18 months. Effective 1 May 2015, Telkom’s Wholesale customers can expect the a number of price adjustments.

New power models emerge

New power models emerge

The power sector is transforming rapidly – and companies that don’t stay ahead of change are in danger. New market models and new business models will become established as a result of energy transformation and could quickly eclipse current company and country...
Self-driving cars on the horizon

Self-driving cars on the horizon

The development of autonomous-driving technology is gaining momentum, and vehicles with varying levels of self-driving capability will start to become available to consumers as early as this year. A new report by the Boston Consulting Group, Revolution in the Driver’s...
White dwarf shreds planet

White dwarf shreds planet

The destruction of a planet may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but a team of astronomers has found evidence that this may have happened in an ancient cluster of stars at the edge of the Milky Way galaxy. Using several telescopes, including NASA’s Chandra...
Business not ready for digitisation

Business not ready for digitisation

There can be no doubt that digitisation is changing almost every business in the world – but business leaders still don’t have hard and fast plans for embracing the rapid changes taking place. A new study, “The Information Generation: Transforming the Future. Today”,...