Enterprises double down on network security
Global Network Security revenue reached $6,2-billion in 1Q 2025, expanding 12% year-on-year, according to new research from Dell’Oro Group. The application security and delivery (AS&D) submarket - encompassing Web Application Firewalls (WAF) and Application...
Pick n Pay customers divert 1m plastic items from landfill
Pick n Pay is celebrating an environmental milestone: its Reverse Vending Machines (RVM) customer recycling initiative has now diverted over 1,1-million plastic and packaging recyclable items from landfill. Since launching the pilot in 2018, the RVM initiative has...
IIoT market to hit $1,6trn by 2030
The global Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) market size is anticipated to reach $1,69-trillion and is expected to expand at 23,2% CAGR from 2024 to 2030, according to a new report by Grand View Research. Major emphasis on predictive maintenance, automation, and...
Global warming drives continued sea ice decline
Sea ice at both the top and bottom of the planet continued its decline in 2024. In the waters around Antarctica, ice coverage shrank to near-historic lows for the third year in a row. The recurring loss hints at a long-term shift in conditions in the Southern Ocean,...
Fewer than half of employees are satisfied with career development
Only 46% of employees feel supported trying to grow their careers at their organisation, according to a survey by Gartner. A September 2023 Gartner survey of 3 500 employees revealed that when organisations close the gap on employee career growth expectations it can...
AI drives strategic healthcare investments for Nvidia
Nvidia has significantly ramped up its involvement in the healthcare sector in the past few quarters, riding on its success with the generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) wave. Through a series of partnerships and investments, totaling at least a dozen, the...
Double-digital growth forecast for MEA IT security spend
Spending on security products and services in the Middle East and Africa (MEA), excluding Israel, will grow 10,3% year on year in 2024 to reach $6,2-billion, according to the latest Worldwide Security Spending Guide from International Data Corporation (IDC). The...
Companies pour massive investments into security upskilling
Most then 70% of businesses pay more than $100 000 for additional training annually to keep skills of their cybersecurity employees up to date, a recent global Kaspersky study has revealed. However, the surveyed companies also highlighted that there was a lack of...
The world spent $42,5trn on IT over the last decade
Each year, companies and consumers worldwide spend trillions of dollars on IT, including devices like PCs, tablets, mobile phones, printers, enterprise software, data center systems, and communications services. And, while 2024 is on track to set a new record with...
Expanding channel, enhanced user experiences drive smart home devices
The market for smart home devices within the Middle East, Türkiye, and Africa (META) region reached $12,71- billion in 2023, a 6% increase on the previous year's $11,990billion. That's according to the latest insights from International Data Corporation (IDC) and its...
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Kaspersky passes independent SOC 2 audit
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BT among first global MSPs for Azure networking virtual WAN services
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Vodacom enters consumer IoT market
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