Turning geography into opportunity: new priorities for landlocked economies
A United Nations summit focused on the future of landlocked developing countries aims to address the persistent barriers these economies face in trade, logistics and investment. UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), led by Secretary-General Rebeca Grynspan, laid out a...
Legal departments are not realising tech benefits
General counsel (GC) must take three actions to improve legal technology outcomes in their departments, according to Gartner. “GCs and legal leaders often have a poor understanding of what is needed for effective technology implementation and use in their functions,”...
Backdoor targets WeChat, DingTalk on macOS
Kaspersky researchers have identified a macOS variant of the HZ Rat backdoor targeting users of WeChat and DingTalk, two popular Chinese messaging platforms. The malware, first detected on Windows systems, now threatens macOS, potentially enabling lateral network...
Network security market shows signs of life
The network security market showed signs of recovery in the second quarter of 2024 - growing 6% YoY to reach $5,9-billion - and breaking a streak of six consecutive quarters of deceleration, according to Dell’Oro Group. This growth was primarily driven by solid demand...
Breached organisations spend more on cyber resilience
Organisations that have endured cyber incidents in the past don’t want to get burned again, according to Commvault’s 2024 Cyber Recovery Readiness Report and, consequently, they often reassess and invest in cyber resilience and recovery strategies in very meaningful...
Improved confidence drives uptick in electronic transactions
The BankservAfrica Economic Transactions Index (BETI), measuring the value of all electronic transactions cleared through BankservAfrica at seasonally adjusted real prices, showed a marginal uptick in August 2024. Increasing confidence levels, along with expected...
Investments in data protection are growing
Senior IT professionals in small-to-large-sized businesses are investing a substantial amount of their IT budgets into data protection and recovery, according to the latest Arcserve State of Data Resilience in the Enterprise survey. “The high standard deviation (21%)...
Finance leaders quick to adopt AI
The adoption of finance AI by finance functions has increased significantly in the past year with 58% using the technology in 2024 - a rise of 21 percentage points from 2023 - according to a new survey by Gartner. Gartner surveyed 121 finance leaders in June 2024 to...
Sharp growth forecast for edge computing
Global spending on edge computing is estimated to reach $228-billion in 2024, marking a 14% increase from 2023, according to IDC’s latest Worldwide Edge Spending Guide. This includes combined enterprise and service provider spending on hardware, software, professional...
Arsenal sign up NTT Data as digital transformation partner
NTT Data has signed a multi-year partnership to become Arsenal Football Club’s first Official Digital Transformation Partner, looking to bring new technologies to improve “The Gunners” supporter experience. The two organisations will work together over the coming...
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Communication refocuses on people-centricity
Companies have had to reinvent many of their traditional business processes to remain operational while ensuring the safety of their employees during the turbulent events of the past year. By Karyn Strybos, marketing manager at Everlytic Throughout this, communicating...
Companies urged to stick with B-BBEE targets
With the majority of companies having their financial year-end this month, its crunch time for their Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) reporting. With Covid-19 having interrupted business, an online IPSOS South Africa survey carried out in September...
Cybersecurity emerging as critical to business continuity and growth in 2021
As business leaders review and consolidate many of the dramatic operational and workforce changes that were implemented in response to the health crisis, cybersecurity is coming to the fore as a major risk to business continuity. By Sebastiaan Rothman, cloud solutions...
Why SA retailers are asking the wrong questions around IT spend
They can get to the right questions; and the right spend, writes Allan Dickson, independent chairman at redPanda Software. “As a retailer, how much should I be spending on IT?” Although retail decision-makers have been asking this question (with high frequency) for...
11 mistakes on your taxes that come with a jail sentence
A new set of tax law amendments, signed by President Cyril Ramaphosa, and promulgated on 20 January 2021 has granted SARS all the legal fire power it needs to impose criminal sanctions on taxpayers who neglect their tax affairs. By Roxanna Naidoo, admitted attorney,...
What does a digital experience platform mean for Africa?
Around the globe, companies have come to realise that the things most likely to set them apart from their competitors aren't product or price, but the experiences they provide to customers. By Ndagi Job Goshi, GM of Liferay Africa Thanks to the ubiquity of consumer...
Tintri adds NVMe intelligent infrastructure platform
Tintri has introduced a unified all-NVMe platform shared across Tintri product lines as well as those of its parent company, DataDirect Networks (DDN). Tintri provides products designed for enterprise cloud, virtual machines and containers, while DDN is a leading...
The risks and potential impact of cybercrime
During the heaviest lockdowns of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, we saw a significant spike in cybercrime. By Simeon Tassev, MD and QSA at Galix The rapid shift to digital and swift enablement of a remote workforce resulted in an increase in the number of potential...
Konica Minolta wins industry awards
Konica Minolta has received two prestigious Buyers Lab (BLI) awards from Keypoint Intelligence, the world's pre-eminent independent evaluator of document imaging hardware, software and services. The company won the BLI 2021-2023 award for Most Colour Consistent A3...
Microinsurance aims high in 2021
Africa is one of the most under-insured continents in the world. Over half of the countries in Sub-Saharan Africa have an insurance penetration rate of less than one percent, and the picture isn't much different across the rest of the continent. By Marius Botha, Group...
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