Value of purpose-built backup appliances up

The EMEA purpose-built backup appliance (PBBA) market rose in value 2,7% year-on-year to reach $325,5-million in the third quarter of 2019, according to International Data Corporation’s (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Purpose-Built Backup Appliance Tracker. This...

MTN gears up its network for the holidays

As South Africans prepare to celebrate the festive season, MTN is capacitating its network in high density areas and tourist hotspots in order to carry increased voice and data traffic over the festive season. Operations are underway to cater for additional coverage...

Improved debt index reflects better business conditions

The Experian Business Debt Index (BDI) improved moderately in Q3 from Q2, rising to a reading of -0.18, from -0.35 in Q2. The fact that the index remained below the zero-defining line between improvement and deterioration of business debt conditions, implies that the...

Ford says people overwhelmed by change

In the age of constant connectivity, consumers today feel more alone than ever – and find it harder to trust their peers and companies. This is one of the key findings of the 8th annual Looking Further with Ford Trend Report in which the motor company identifies...

Intel’s Horse Ridge chip speeds quantum computing

Intel Labs has unveiled what is believed to be a first-of-its-kind cryogenic control chip — code-named Horse Ridge — that will speed up development of full-stack quantum computing systems. Horse Ridge will enable control of multiple quantum bits (qubits) and set a...

2019 was a year of ransomware vs cities

The year 2019 has been the “year of ransomware attacks on municipalities”, according to Kaspersky security experts, who observed that at least 174 municipal institutions – with more than 3 000 subset organisations – have been targeted by ransomware during...