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...
Party is over for WLAN as revenues dip
Vendors depleted their backlogs of Wireless LAN (WLAN) orders faster than expected, bringing worldwide revenues down 4% year-over-year (Y/Y) in 3Q 2023. Following an unprecedented stretch of revenue expansion, vendors are now reporting flat or declining orders from...
Modest growth for wearables shipments
Worldwide shipments of wearable devices grew 2,6% year over year during the third quarter of 2023 (3Q23) and reached an all-time high for the third quarter of 148,4-million units, according to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly...
ASSAf study shows the way forward for nuclear
South Africa is not making the best use of its considerable nuclear technology resources, and could be a lot more effective if it capitalised on its existing programmes, with better integration and support from the private sector. The Department of Science and...
Cloud set to be a business necessity
By 2028, cloud computing will shift from being a technology disruptor to becoming a necessary component for maintaining business competitiveness, according to Gartner. IT spending on public cloud services continues to rise unabated. In 2024, worldwide end-user...
Global smartphone shipments finally turn the corner
Worldwide smartphone shipments are forecast to see 7,3% year-over-year growth in the fourth quarter of 2023 (4Q23), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. The improved forecast for the holiday quarter follows...
CISOs under threat from repeat attacks
Boards need to get behind their security teams to prevent attacks from happening. Trellix has released new research, "Mind of the CISO: Behind the Breach" that surveyed global chief information security officers (CISOs) across major industries to better understand the...
ITU publishes 6G framework
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has published the framework for the development of standards and radio interface technologies for the sixth generation of mobile systems, popularly referred to as 6G. The details of the 6G framework are contained in...
$175m pledged to Alliance for Green Infrastructure in Africa
During COP28, African and global institutions together with governments of Germany, France and Japan and philanthropies pledged over $175-million to the Alliance for Green Infrastructure in Africa (AGIA). The landmark initial pledge will help to rapidly scale up...
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Are SA businesses ready for the 5G disruption?
Another day, another tech-buzzword - but is 5G really all it's cracked up to be? And more importantly, what does it mean for South Africa's digital future, asks Jarryd Chatz, CEO at BitCo telecoms Mobile technology has come a long way in recent years. Today, we're all...
SA fintech Sureswipe acquires Humble Till
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South African retailers are gearing up for another major round of Black Friday shopping later this week. Nearly two-thirds of organisations, including online retailers, saw severe exploits targeting their networks during the past quarter. And the number of compromised...
Are you screening your temporary employees?
With the festive season and summer holidays around the corner in South Africa, this time of year is a peak business period for several industries - from retail to travel, hospitality and entertainment, etc - and these businesses will often hire additional seasonal...
Citrix acquires micro app platform Sapho
Citrix Systems has acquired Sapho, a leading micro app platform which it will use to enhance the guided work capabilities within Citrix Workspace, enabling people to work with even greater speed, intelligence and simplicity. In combining Citrix's strengths in...
Black Friday guide for safe shopping
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Cofense, RSA NetWitness unify phishing defences
The dark art of phishing operates on a very simple premise: send an innocent-looking email to a planned victim to have the victim click on the link; thereby send the victim unwittingly to a site where they should not go; and have the site steal information from the...
Fujitsu powers near-zero emissions data centre
Fujitsu server and storage technology is powering one of the world's first near-zero emissions data centers located inside a wind turbine in Germany. Part of the WindCORES initiative from German electricity provider WestfalenWIND IT, the new hosting solution enables...
What makes a WAF ‘advanced’?
While traditional web application firewalls (WAF) may have once been highly effective in mitigating application layer attacks, this type of solution now has trouble keeping up with the advanced capabilities and agility of attackers. This is according to an F5 white...
Vox launches Green Week
Vox is kicking off Green Week with clearance sale style offers for home users and businesses alike and will run from today (19 November). The Green Week clearance sale includes limited specials ranging from Vox LTE mobile data to FTTB, voice, telephony packages, as...
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