Report highlights risk of Internet fragmentation

Concern has been growing over the past two years that the global public Internet is in danger of splintering into a series of bordered cyberspace segments. Troubling trends have emerged that could endanger the openness and consistency of the Internet’s...

Technology can drive future opportunities

CEOs have to turn away from short-term thinking and narrow concern for shareholders and instead take bold steps to improve workers’ conditions, promote diversity and take a wider stakeholder perspective. That was the consensus among business, labour and academic...

Cautious optimism for world economy in 2016

Despite significant market turbulence in the beginning of this year, there are reasons to remain cautiously optimistic about the trajectory of the global economy throughout 2016 and beyond. This was the consensus of panellists at the World Economic Forum Annual...

Neotel says it’s free from disruptions

South Africans witnessed the extent of the country’s dependency on the undersea internet cables connecting the country to the Web when it experienced a national Internet outage, leaving thousands of businesses and individuals without Internet access. And, until...

More moves afoot for music streaming

The shift in consumer spending towards accessing music rather than owning it is an unstoppable trend that has resulted in the one of the biggest shake-ups in recorded music distribution for a century, according to global analyst firm Ovum. Ovum’s latest report...

Security will become the public cloud driver

Public cloud options now offer the scalability, computing power, storage and security to better enable digital government platforms and meet rising expectations for performance and value, according to Gartner. Gartner predicts that by 2018, increased security will...