Financial firms take to public cloud

Financial firms intend to rapidly increase their investment in public cloud to exploit the benefits of the cloud in managing the financial data that powers their business decisions, according to a new global survey of senior technologists and market data managers in...

EMEA PC market shows signs of resurgence

The Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) traditional PC market (desktops, notebooks, and workstations) posted solid growth in the second quarter of 2018, with the market going positive (4,1% YoY) and totalling 16,6-million units, according to IDC. The commercial...

Cybercrime-as-a-service on the rise

With cybercrime-as-a-service opening the door to anyone wanting to make a quick buck, organisations have to worry about amateur attackers as well as seasoned professionals and, with hacking tools available on the dark Web for only a few hundred dollars, the enterprise...
Christel House and the legacy of doing good

Christel House and the legacy of doing good

Kathy Gibson is at Dell EMC Partner Summit in Cape Town – Christel House is a school that aims to break the cycle of poverty in the poorest Cape Town communities. The school not only focuses on education, but life skills and nutrition as well. In South Africa, only...

Altron finalises disposal of Powertech

Altron has finalised the disposal of its 80% interest in Powertech Transformers to a B-BBEE consortium comprising of Europe’s number one medium-sized manufacturer of transformers, SGB-SMIT, and local black-owned Power Matla Group. Commenting on this significant...

Car sharing apps open to attack

Kaspersky Lab researchers have examined the security of 13 car sharing applications from household manufacturers across the globe – including from Russia, the US and Europe – and discovered that all of the applications contain a number of security issues...