Nowhere to hide as cyber-attacks hit everywhere

No environment is immune to cyber-attacks. Threat actors continue to develop new tool sets and techniques, targeting corporate assets stored on cloud infrastructure, individuals’ mobile devices, trusted third-party supplier applications and even popular mail...

Public cloud market shot up 31,3% in 2018

The worldwide infrastructure as a service (IaaS) market grew 31,3% in 2018 to total $32,4-billion, up from $24,7-billion in 2017, according to Gartner. Amazon was once again the number one vendor in the IaaS market in 2018, followed by Microsoft, Alibaba, Google and...

Cost optimisation key to M&A success

Mergers and acquisitions are similar to home renovation projects. Even the most exact planning, budgeting and scheduling will often fail to anticipate every delay, expense or hidden problem. Nonetheless, these highly disruptive events are on the rise. When Gartner...

MTN calls for public to help curb battery theft

The rise in battery theft and vandalism at cell phone towers across the country requires a stronger and more concerted drive to clamp down on syndicates and opportunistic criminals. This is according to MTN, which recorded 125 incidents of battery theft last week from...

SA-made facial recognition can spot your mood

South African facial recognition start-up Camatica has this week added to its suite of facial recognition AI-powered products by launching mood analytics. “Facial recognition software can potentially recognise a ‘Blue Monday’ simply by scanning...

Amended VAT regulations hard to enforce

Foreign suppliers of electronic services cannot be forced to collect and hand over VAT from local consumers, so new amended regulations could be difficult to enforce. With the introduction of amended regulations regarding electronic services for the purposes of the...