Companies losing faith in suppliers

Businesses are losing confidence in third-party suppliers due to the increasing number of IT security incidents they cause, with the average cost of such an incident for enterprises exceeding $3-million. This is according to a new survey conducted by Kaspersky Lab and...

Clever cities aren’t ‘creepy’ places

Smart cities have the potential to make people’s lives much easier, but there is still a lot of scepticism, suspicion and even fear associated with them.

Artificial intelligence for data analytics

Artificial intelligence (AI) could finally be coming into its own as a means of analysing the vast quantities of data being produced by the Internet of Things (IoT).

IoT set to change the retail world

Kathy Gibson reports from MyWorld of Tomorrow – There is real money being invested in the Internet of Things (IoT) in the retail world. It’s estimated that retailers will spend well over $2-billion on IoT-enabled technologies in the next few years, says Jessica...

Malware stings SA users

Fifty seven percent of South African Internet users encountered malicious software during the past year and, in 77% of these cases, the exposure had a negative impact on both users and their devices. This is according to an international study conducted by Kaspersky...