WannaCry still alive and well …

The WannaCry threat remains rampant, with millions of infection attempts stopped every month. And, while the original malware has not been updated, many thousands of short-lived variants are in the wild. These are among the findings in the WannaCry Aftershock report...

IBM expands quantum computer fleet

IBM has opened its IBM Quantum Computation Centre in New York State, expanding its fleet of quantum computing systems for commercial and research activity that exist beyond the confines of experimental lab environments. The IBM Quantum Computation Centre will support...

Telkom scoops fibre to the home award

Telkom has won first prize in the Fibre to the Home Providers category for consumers in the 2019 Sunday Times Top Brands awards. The category is one of the eight new consumer categories introduced and announced in August this year. “As Telkom, we are pleased to...

Invitation to design commemorative R2 coin

Designers invited to The South African Mint, a wholly owned subsidiary of the South African Reserve Bank has announced a competition for the design of a new R2 circulation coin which will be issued in 2020. Following the success of the SA25 coin series commemorating...
Infrastructure moves to flexible on-premise consumption

Infrastructure moves to flexible on-premise consumption

There has been a growing demand for more flexible approaches for consuming on-premises IT, and infrastructure vendors ranging from HPE, Dell EMC and Lenovo, to IBM, Cisco and NetApp are all targeting what they see as growing enterprise demand for flexible on-premises...

SA’s financial assets decline

In 2018, financial assets in both industrial and emerging countries declined simultaneously for the first time – even at the height of the financial crisis in 2008 this was not the case. This is one of the findings from the tenth edition of the Allianz Global...