UK faces bulk interception lawsuit

This November, the UK will mark the one-year anniversary since Investigatory Powers Act was passed. During this year, the bill has received widespread criticism for its intrusive techniques of extreme surveillance. Now, UK intelligence agencies will face claims in the...
Quantum computing for a safer world

Quantum computing for a safer world

Kathy Gibson at Fujitsu Forum, Munich — Common sense tells us that encryption is the best way to safeguard our data. And it is, because it’s based on the mathematical function of prime factorisation, which is incredibly difficult to solve. Dr Joseph Reger,...

The technology behind a digital strategy

Kathy Gibson at Fujitsu Forum, Munich — No-one doubts today that businesses must embrace digitalisation in order to survive, but this means business and IT need to work together to make technology the core of the organisational strategy. Digitalisation could be...

Hydro takes up digitalisation challenge

Kathy Gibson at Fujitsu Forum, Munich — The first step to digital transformation is consolidation and modernisation, a key part of which is streamlining infrastructure. The world’s largest integrated aluminium production company, Hydro, has signed a new...

Convergence Partners take stake in ESET

Convergence Partners and 4Di Group have announced a recently concluded acquisition of a significant minority stake in ESET Southern Africa, the local distributor and brand operator for leading global Internet and endpoint security software vendor ESET. “In the...

Putting IoT and AI to work …

Kathy Gibson at Fujitsu Forum, Munich — Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) have moved past the hype stage and into the real world, where they are being used to literally save lives. Fujitsu has implemented a couple of healthcare projects...