5G, AI are key drivers for telco growth
5G and artificial intelligence (AI) are driving growth in the telecommunications and mobile industry. This is according to GSMA Intelligence’s new “Global Mobile Trends 2025” report that examines key verticals within the telecom/mobile industry. In terms of enterprise...
How Cell C users can protect themselves after security breach
RansomHouse is claiming responsibility for a cybersecurity attack at Cell C, where some customer data may have been compromised. The latest attack follows a previously reported incident involving unauthorised access to unstructured data in some parts of our IT...
Threat actors tap social engineering, AI to drive more attacks
A major trend in cybersecurity is the speed and adeptness with which hackers adapt their techniques to take advantage of technological advances. Attacks leveraging social engineering have become more frequent and more expensive in 2023. The profitability and the ease...
Subscription-based streaming to become a $100bn industry
The subscription-based streaming industry has blown up in recent years, completely changing how people consume media. In just five years, the number of people using these services has almost doubled and hit 1,3-billion, helping the market to gross over $95-billion in...
Overcome challenges to ensure responsible, ethical AI solutions
Generative AI has raised new challenges related to ‘Responsible AI’, catapulting concerns into the headlines and forcing enterprises to revisit their AI policies at a time when they investigate new potential applications. Enterprises need to ensure that AI solutions...
Global shipments of smart TVs poised for slow recovery
Worldwide smart TV shipments are on track to decline 5,5% year over year in 2023, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Smart Home Device Tracker. However, the market is expected to recover with flat growth forecast in 2024 followed...
No clarity yet on VMware partners’ status
Broadcom remains tight-lipped on how – or if - South African VMware partners will be affected in its upcoming partner programme shake-up. The company, which acquired VMware on 22 November 2023, sent termination notices to all VMware partners around the world on 22...
Half of tech worker training goes to waste
New research from Skillable reveals that, while tech workers want to learn and organisations are spending thousands of dollars per employee on learning technology, it is not translating into improved on-the-job performance for four out of 10 IT employees. Inadequate...
Spending on GenAI solutions set to double in 2024, hitting $151bn in 2027
An updated forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC) shows that enterprises will invest more than $19,4-billion worldwide on GenAI solutions in 2023. This spending, which includes GenAI software as well as related infrastructure hardware and IT/business...
Semiconductor market set to recover in 2024, with 20% growth
According to IDC’s latest research, with the global demand for artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) exploding, coupled with the stabilizing demand for smartphones, personal computers, infrastructure, and resilient growth in automotive; the...
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Things to consider before migrating ERP to the cloud
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Trends local gamers can look forward to in 2019
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Cloud vital for insurance growth
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Silent authentication for a seamless customer experience
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A cybersecurity checklist for African SMEs
Email is still an organisation's weakest point, with 91% of attacks starting with email-based phishing attacks. And they're not going away. In fact, 90% of global organisations have seen an increase in the volume of phishing attacks in the last year. By Heino Gevers,...
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Axiz builds digital value chain
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Carbon Black receives five-star customer ratings
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