Malware threats are on the rise

In the Middle East, Turkey and Africa (META) Region, Kaspersky Lab registered an 11% increase in malware infections during 2018, reaching an average of 1,5-million attacks per day, and 575-million in one year. Experts witnessed an increase of 78% in phishing attacks...

Digitalisation a top priority for HR officers

Business leaders are looking to digitalisation to create a higher-performing workforce, therefore digitalizing HR is the top-priority initiative for chief HR officers (CHROs) this year, according to Gartner. Digitalising HR is ahead of other top priorities such as...

Strong growth for wireless LAN

The combined enterprise and consumer wireless local area network (WLAN) market segments rose 6,9% year over year in the third quarter of 2018 (3Q18) with worldwide revenues of $2,7-billion. According to results published in the International Data Corporation (IDC)...

Time to re-evaluate the digital experience

Facing an explosion of digital clutter resulting from two decades of rapid technology growth and innovation, people and organisations are rethinking what they really want, says a new report by Accenture. A fundamental re-examination of what people want and value is...

Legal teams must get ready for digital

Eight in 10 corporate legal departments are unprepared to support their organisations’ digital initiatives, according to Gartner. “Digital ready” legal departments — those properly prepared and positioned to support digital business efforts...

Solid global growth for switches

The Worldwide Ethernet switch market (Layer 2/3) recorded $7.3 billion in revenue in the third quarter of 2018 (3Q18), an increase of 8,1% year over year. Meanwhile, total enterprise and service provider (SP) router market revenues declined 5,1% year over year in 3Q18...