The technology behind digital transformation

Kathy Gibson is at IDC Directions in Woodmead – Digital transformation is now common practice, and just about every organisation is the world is doing it in some form or another. In fact, spending on digital transformation is forecast to reach almost $2-trillion...

EOH Mthombo loses Microsoft

Microsoft has cancelled its channel partner agreement with EOH Mthombo. The software company has served the EOH group company with 30 days’ notice, although EOH says it hasn’t offered any reasons for the contract termination. “The effect of this notice, if acted on,...

SA leads in global job-seeking

More young South African working professionals are willing to relocate for work compared to their contemporaries around the rest of the world. This is according to new research by the The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and The Network, in association with...

DDoS attacks and the shift from quantity to quality

There was a 13% decline in the overall number of DDoS attacks during the last quarter of 2018 compared with the statistics from the previous year. However, the Kaspersky Lab DDoS Q4 Report indicates that the duration of mixed and HTTP flood attacks is growing, which...

Financial blockchains set to reach $462bn

The value of blockchain in the financial sector reached $1,9-billion in 2017, according to business information provider IHS Markit. With the projected increase in the number of blockchain projects expected to launch and become commercially deployed in the coming...

Cloud drives higher ICT spend by service providers

Information and communications technology (ICT) spending by service providers will reach $426-billion by 2022, representing average growth of 6% per year, as the ongoing shift from on-premise IT management to the “as-a-service” model continues to gather...