Cybercriminals reuse malware

Cybercriminals reuse malware

Sophisticated attacks originally targeting the financial services industry are now increasingly directed at other critical sectors of the economy, while an emerging set of new tactics and technologies are being implemented to evade industry-standard security measures....
Flat forecast for SA job growth

Flat forecast for SA job growth

South African employment prospects remain flat for Q2 of 2013, with job seekers in the wholesale and retail and the transport, storage and communication sectors likely to benefit from the most opportunities.  According to the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey...
SKA partners on exascale research

SKA partners on exascale research

Square Kilometre Array (SKA) South Africa, a business unit of the country’s National Research Foundation, is joining the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy Astron and IBM in a four-year collaboration to research extremely fast, but low-power exascale computer...

STI still closed to SA women

  The numbers of women in the science, technology and innovation fields (STI) are alarmingly low in the world’s leading economies – and are actually on the decline in many, including the US. For South Africa, results show that women have more opportunities...
Change worries African leaders

Change worries African leaders

African business leaders are more concerned with losing their competitive edge to their peers than leaders in the rest of the world.  When questioned about the impacts of technology-led change, global business leaders are positive about the effects on creativity and...
Inexorable slide in PC volumes

Inexorable slide in PC volumes

Despite intense industry efforts to overcome market inertia, 2012 nonetheless ended on a sour note with global PC shipment volume shrinking 3,7% on the year.  With limited initial traction from Windows 8 in the holiday season, and continued pressure from tablets, IDC...