IoT and the big data explosion

Kathy Gibson reports from SAP TechEd in Barcelona – Analysts tell us that literally billions of devices will be connected to the Internet of Things (IoT) within the next few years. But they largely fail to talk about how companies will process and analyse the billions...
SA’s execs bullish about future

SA’s execs bullish about future

SA’s top executives are confident that they will be fairly compensated – in terms of 2016 year-end bonuses and salary increases in 2017 – despite the current political and economic rollercoaster in which South Africa finds itself. Furthermore, the...

New Web tool to fight corruption

Eyewitness News (EWN) has created a Web tool that will empower citizens to be more active in the fight against corruption. This tool, which was created in partnership with the Auditor General, translates the complex data from the Auditor General’s report into...

Flat growth for EMEA IT spend

Gartner has forecast that IT spending in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) will total $1.25-trillion in 2017, a 1.9% increase from 2016. IT spending across all the constituent regions of EMEA will be almost flat in 2016, increasing 0.6% year on year. Across...

Android targeted by banking Trojan

Kaspersky Lab experts recently discovered a modification of the mobile banking Trojan, Svpeng hiding in Google’s advertising network AdSense. Since mid-July, Svpeng has been detected on the Android devices of around 318,000 users, with the rate of infection...

Services revenue forecast to hit $1trn

IT Services and Business Services revenues are poised to pass the $1-trillion mark for the first time in 2018, says IDC. Worldwide services spending totals for 2016 are expected to stay within the $900-billion range and by 2020 expected to near $1.1-trillion. On a...