Cloud, AI will drive network security to $38m
The worldwide Network Security market, including firewall, SSE, traditional SWG appliance, WAF, and ADC segments, is projected to grow to $38-billion by 2029, according to a recently published report from Dell’Oro Group. This represents a 10% five-year compounded...
2024 saw record growth for air cargo
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released data for full year 2024 and December 2024 global air cargo market performance showing: Full-year demand for 2024, measured in cargo tonne-kilometers (CTK), increased 11,3% (12,2% for international...
Massive growth for genomics market
The global genomics market size is expected to reach $94,96-billion by 2030, according to a new report by Grand View Research. The market is expected to register a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16,5% in the forecast period owing to the increasing demand for...
Growth in digital wallets transactions driven by advanced services
The total value of digital wallets transactions will rise from $9-trillion in 2023 to $16-trillion in 2028, growth of 77%, according to a new report from Juniper Research. This trend is driven by growth across both developed and developing markets, as the increased...
Helping South Africans save in National Savings Month
South Africans are notoriously poor savers and the nation's household saving ratio dropped to 0% in the fourth quarter of 2022 - actually an improvement over the trend of the past decade which has been largely negative since 2006, dropping to a low of -2% in 2008 and...
‘Buy Meta Stock’ searches skyrocket 390% after Threads launch
Meta's stock increased nearly 4% last week - reaching its highest share price in 18 months - following the launch of the company's Instagram Threads, dubbed the "Twitter Killer" app. A new finding by UK financial services provider CMC Markets reveals that online...
AI, accelerated computing promise faster, more efficient weather predictions
The increased frequency and severity of extreme weather and climate events could take a million lives and cost $1,7-trillion annually by 2050, according to the Munich Reinsurance Company. This underscores a critical need for accurate weather forecasting, especially...
Global public cloud services revenues top $500bn
Worldwide revenue for the public cloud services market totaled $545,8-billion in 2022, an increase of 22,9% over 2021. Software as a Service - Applications (SaaS - Applications) continued to be the largest source of public cloud services revenue, accounting for more...
Flexibility, technology change how Africans work
The way people spend their work hours has been the same for a long time. But the pandemic has significantly impacted work life, and the changes it has sparked will impact how we work, view work, and use technology in the foreseeable future. Work has changed and will...
Are retailers getting their customer personalisation right?
Consumers today expect personalised experiences throughout their customer journey - whether it be on a retailer's website or physically taking a "special" off the shelf - but many retailers are falling short in meeting these expectations. A recent study conducted by...
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Cambium Networks enhances MSP solution
Cambium Networks has announced new solutions for managed service providers (MSPs). "MSPs design and operate WiFi connectivity in offices and school districts and in hospitality and retail locations," says Drew Lentz, co-founder of Frontera Consulting. "MSPs need...
New revenue opportunities for African telcos
Although Africa's largest telco operators are generally showing growth in their customer bases, it is public knowledge that revenue growth has somewhat stalled to as little as 1% year on year. This means that despite attracting an increased number of customers, the...
How trustworthy are local data backup providers?
Data is essential to the smooth operation of any business, and the protection and backing up of that data is just as critical. Most organisations have -- or should have - a data protection and business continuity policy in place. However, this needs to be underpinned...
Huawei’s Mate 10 Pro and Porsche arrive in SA
Huawei has launched is Huawei Mate 10 Pro and Porsche Design Huawei Mate 10 in South Africa. The AI phones that combine new hardware, the Kirin 970 chipset and a simplified EMUI 8.0 based on Android 8.0. "As we enter the age of intelligence, AI is no longer a virtual...
Altron partners with Tango Telecom
JSE-listed Allied Technologies (Altron) and Ireland-based Tango Telecom, a provider of data monetisation solutions, today announced a partnership to launch Data Retail Engine (Tango DRE) in Africa. Tango DRE enables African mobile operators to quickly launch and...
Orange adds SA PoPs
Orange has opened two very large-capacity IP and IPX Points of Presence (PoP) in South Africa. The facilities, which are located in Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa are operational from today and will enhance Internet and mobile connectivity in the region by...
Hetzner breach exposes need for cyber insurance
Last week, one of SA's largest hosting companies, Hetzner, was hacked, exposing hundreds of thousands of FTP passwords, domain names and bank account details, with the exception of credit card information. This has left South African organisations vulnerable to bad...
African startups start XL residency
Twenty of the most promising African digital start-ups will take part in the XL Africa residency, the flagship initiative of the business accelerator launched last April by the World Bank Group's infoDev program. From 6 to 17 November in Cape Town, the entrepreneurs...
Aiding mobile device investigations
There's no doubt that mobile phones are ubiquitous. Out of the roughly 7-billion people who share this planet, 6-billion of them have access to mobile phones, and for many, these devices are the sole entry point to the online world. "On the flip side, the growth in...
Nokia shapes itself for Africa
AfricaCom 2017 will be a landmark event for Nokia as it showcases how the company is shaping the future of technology to transform human experiences with effortless, simple and dependable technologies. Nokia continues to shape the future by expanding the human...
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