No silver bullet for cybersecurity

In recent months, the cybersecurity industry has seen many organisations fall victim to global cyberattacks with the WannaCry and ExPetr ransomware attacks proving that it doesn’t always take a hugely sophisticated targeted attack to cause extensive damage....

SA no longer first choice for investors

Global multinationals seeking to invest in Africa are no longer automatically opting to first dip their toes in South African waters before spreading their wings to the rest of the continent, but are increasingly setting up shop directly in the market they wish to...

Impressive growth for 3D printers

Driven by soaring growth in a new Professional sub-category which straddles the traditional Industrial and Personal/Desktop markets, 3D printer shipments increased 38% year-on-year in the first half of 2017, according to market analyst Context. At first glance, the...

New COO for Cell C

Cell C has appointed the former CEO of Telekom Networks Malawi, Douglas Craigie Stevenson, as its new chief operations officer (COO). Craigie Stevenson has more than 20 years’ experience in the sector, having served in various senior positions across Africa,...

Experian BI on the road to SDDC

Kathy Gibson at SUSEcon, Prague – Global information services company Experian BI knew it needed to migrate to a software-defined data centre (SDDC) to keep its systems up to date and agile. The company leverages the massive amount of data to help businesses manage...

Fujitsu extends hyperconvergence with SUSE

Kathy Gibson at SUSEcon, Prague – Fujitsu is helping users to extend on-premise hyperconverged systems to the cloud by enabling cloud-in-a-box services. The Fujitsu Software Enterprise Service Catalogue Manager (ESCM), launched today at SUSEcon, bridges the gap...