26% growth for global public cloud

The worldwide public cloud services market, including Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS), grew 26% year over year in 2019, with revenues totaling $233,4-billion. According to the International Data...

Consumer values, spending behaviour have changed

As South Africa enters level 2 lockdown this week, businesses need to ask themselves if they are prepared to face the new consumer. Do they know how their customer has changed in the wake of a global health pandemic? Are they aware of what their target market now...

Drive to help workers use all the skills they learn

Employees are applying only 54% of the new skills they learn, despite the number of skills required for a single job increasing by 10% year-over-year. A Gartner TalentNeuron data reveals that 33% of the skills needed three years ago are no longer relevant. The...

Security focus must shift to remote working

Enterprises must adapt to address telework security challenges long-term. This is one of the findings from Fortinet’s 2020 Remote Workforce Cybersecurity Report, which shows how organisations are increasing their investments to secure remote work at scale. The...

Africa Data Centres to source fibre optics in Africa

Africa Data Centres and Benya Cables are entering into a strategic supply agreement to secure continuous sourcing of critical fibre optic technology and equipment. The agreement is for supply into seven of the biggest countries across Africa. Benya Cables, based in...

Africa’s Business Heroes whittled down to top 20

The 2020 Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) prize competition, a philanthropic program established by the Jack Ma Foundation’s Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI), has shortlisted the top 20 finalists competing for a spot at this year’s finale. The...