Pandemic highlights importance of succession plans

Although it’s recommended in King IV, succession planning is often neglected because it’s an uncomfortable subject. The Covid-19 crisis, however, should act as a wake-up call for organisations to ensure not only that they have a plan to govern an orderly...

Server spend decreases in EMEA

IDC’s EMEA Server Tracker shows that in the fourth quarter of 2019 the EMEA server market reported a year-on-year decrease in vendor revenues of 5,1% to $4,6-billion and a YoY decrease of 5,2% in units shipped to around 550 000. When viewing the EMEA market by...

What does the future of security look like?

Kathy Gibson is at the virtual Kaspersky Security Analyst Summit – The cyber security industry will need to make some fundamental changes in order to be relevant in a post-pandemic world. The move to remote working driven by global Covid-19 lockdowns means that...

Changed perimeter puts network at risk

Kathy Gibson is at the virtual Kaspersky Security Analyst Summit – Cyber crooks haven’t taken a holiday while the world is in lockdown. Eugene Kaspersky points out that, during quarantine, we have seen an increase of about 10% in malware. “The cyber crooks are...

PhantomLance targets mobile devices

Kathy Gibson reports on the virtual Kaspersky Security Analyst Summit – As mobile devices become the most popular way for people to access  the Internet, mobile advanced persistent threats (APTs), have the ability to affect thousands if not millions of smartphone...

Zoom opts for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Zoom Video Communications is turning to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to support its growth and evolving business needs as the enterprise video communications company continues to provide an essential service to its extensive customer base. “We recently experienced the...