Mar 24, 2020
On Monday evening, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the escalation of measures the government will adopt in its battle to contain – and defeat – the Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa. His address to the nation outlining the new measures to be taken was...
Mar 24, 2020
ITU Secretary-General, Houlin Zhao, has hailed the launch of a global platform to help protect telecommunication networks during the Covid-19 crisis, saying the new platform will assist governments and the private sector in ensuring that networks are kept resilient...
Mar 24, 2020
A Gartner cohort of 200 CFOs has revealed that 81% intend to offer benefits to their hourly employees that exceed any contractual obligations during the coronavirus disruption, with as many as a third intending to offer full monetary compensation during the period....
Mar 24, 2020
South African organisations are struggling more than ever before to manage their data, with almost half (49%) of enterprise data now considered ‘dark’ (unclassified and untagged), an increase from 41% since last year. This is among the findings from the...
Mar 24, 2020
With the global outbreak of the Covid-19 virus now crippling economic activity worldwide, South African SMMEs are particularly vulnerable. Local businesses have already been battling through a technical recession, severe load-shedding and low consumer and business...
Mar 24, 2020
VPN usage in the US increased by 71% in the last seven days, and by a staggering 124% in the last two weeks. This is according to Atlas VPN which says it measured how much traffic travelled through its servers last week from its 53 000 weekly users. The number of...
