ISPA calls on sector to support online education

The Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has called on South African ISPs and other ICT service providers to take steps to support Internet users engaged in online education during the Covid-19 national disaster period. These steps may include zero-rating...

CIOs have key role in business continuity

A five-phase strategic and systematic approach to strengthen the resilience of organisations’ current business models is key to business continuity during the coronavirus pandemic, says Gartner. “Companies tend to have traditional business continuity...

WildPressure Trojan targets the Middle East

Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) experts have uncovered a targeted campaign to distribute Milum – a malicious Trojan that gains remote control of devices in various organisations, including those representing the industrial sector....

Beware: cybercriminals will exploit lockdown

As the country prepares to go into a three-week lockdown from midnight tomorrow (26 March) to combat the national Covid-19 outbreak, businesses and employees across South Africa are putting the necessary measures in place to operate remotely. Unfortunately, this may...

Ricoh 3D offers help to build vital ventilators

Ricoh 3D has pledged to support the battle against Covid-19 by offering to help produce vital ventilators in the UK. “New ventilators are urgently required as the coronavirus crisis intensifies,” says Mark Dickin, additive manufacturing & moulding...

Coronavirus causes long-term pain for IT services

The impact of Covid-19 on the IT services sector will be deep, immediate, and long-lasting, say analysts GlobalData, and while there is a potential upside in most sectors, there is little optimism for IT services. The company has published a fully revised report,...