New chairman for EOH

Dr Xolani Mkhwanazi has been appointed as chairman of the EOH board, with immediate effect. Stephen van Coller, CEO of EOH, comments: “We are very pleased with the appointment of Dr Mkhwanazi to the board. His track record of providing courageous leadership in...

AI drives need for behaviour forensics

Users’ trust in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) solutions is plummeting as incidents of irresponsible privacy breaches and data misuse keep occurring. Despite rising regulatory scrutiny to combat these breaches, Gartner predicts that, by...

Q1 increase for server market revenue

Vendor revenue in the worldwide server market increased 4,4% year over year to $19,8-billion during the first quarter of 2019 (1Q19). According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, worldwide server shipments declined 5,1%...

AI processor shipments to hit 1,5bn by 2023

In its first forecast of Artificial Intelligence (AI) edge processors, International Data Corporation (IDC) estimates that worldwide shipments of AI-optimised processors for edge systems will reach 340,1-million units in 2019, an increase of 170% over 2018. By 2023,...
Retail industry largely non-compliant with security standards

Retail industry largely non-compliant with security standards

The global retail industry’s investments in cybersecurity are largely insufficient. This is according to the first-quarter Cyber Threat Insights by BDO’s International Cybersecurity Advisory Services, which indicates that the average cost of a cyber data...

Poor data management costs companies $20m a year

A massive 73% of organisations admit to not being able to meet users’ demands for uninterrupted access to data and services – costing the typical company $20-million a year. This is among the results from a Veeam Software survey, which highlights the...