Pandemic drive contactless payments

Demand for secure online and contactless payments is surging in South Africa on the back of fears around the spread of the novel coronavirus, with many people reluctant to use cash or to touch point of sale machines. As the number of confirmed cases increases daily,...

Cyber attacks, disruptive events affect 80% of organisations

Dell Technologies’ Global Data Protection Index 2020 Snapshot reveals that organisations in Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) on average are managing almost 73% more data than they were a year ago. With this surge in data comes inherent challenges: the vast...

Global economy headed for recession

Disruptions to supply chains, demand, international trade flows, and travel, along with lockdowns and collapsing stock prices, resulting from the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) virus have dealt a heavy blow to the global economy. Market analyst HIS Markit offers...

Server shipments grew 5,1% in Q4

The worldwide server market continued to grow in the fourth quarter of 2019 as revenue increased 5,1% and shipments grew 11,7% year over year, according to Gartner. In all of 2019, worldwide server shipments declined 3,1% and server revenue declined 2,5% compared with...

Zero Trust Security top of mind, but not being implemented

Enterprises have an opportunity to further integrate networking and security and adopt new models to prevent data breaches. According to TeleGeography’s annual WAN Manager Survey, fewer than 20% of enterprises have fully or mostly integrated network and security...

Demand for Internet infrastructure up 30%

Internet infrastructure has experienced significant growth in demand due to the increased amount of people confined to their homes, consequently working and shopping remotely due to the enforced precautionary measures. Having most of our daily activities migrating to...