The growth of IoT in the home

People plan to invest more in IoT technology in their homes, according to a new survey report from B2B ratings and research firm Clutch. Smart home devices – home appliances and devices equipped with IoT technology, such as a smart thermostat or smart security...
Autonomous robots race for Tuks honours

Autonomous robots race for Tuks honours

The annual Tuks Robot Race Day saw more than 70 autonomous robotic vehicles take to the track to compete for the top spot. Now in its seventh year, the event coordinated by the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information...

Connected mining solutions to double by 2023

The total active installed base of connected mining solutions reached almost 0,6-million units in the equipment, people and environment segments in 2018, according to research from Berg Insight. The equipment segment accounts for the largest share of the total,...

Employee details at risk of being leaked

Employee details aren’t safe from prying eyes: four in 10 (40%) South African employees have admitted to accidentally accessing confidential information about their colleagues – such as salary and bonus information. A Kaspersky Lab survey shows that...

Gender diversity in security, risk management urged

Only about a quarter of security and risk management (SRM) executives are women. The good news is that, as the benefits of diversity are more widely realised, that number will increase by nearly 15% by 2020. “While this makes for pretty sober reading, the good...

768K Day could threaten Internet

According to experts, the next plausible Internet emergency, the 768K Day, might be upon us anytime now. There is a risk that when the global BGP routing table exceeds 768K, older routers might crash, causing a ripple effect leading to affected networks’...