The cyberthreats African industrial organisations should be aware of
According to Kaspersky statistics, in the first quarter of 2024 the percentage of Industrial Control Systems (ICS) computers globally on which malicious objects were blocked decreased by 1,3 percentage points from the first quarter of the previous year to 24,4%. In...
The future belongs to the innovators
Kathy Gibson reports from Gitex Africa Morocco – Some people are calling the era we are living in now the Fifth Industrial Revolution, others the Age of AI. But there can be no argument that the way people live, learn and work is changing fundamentally, with...
Global collaboration in R&D key to economic success
Kathy Gibson reports from Gitex - Research and development investments play a critical role in future-proofing a nation's economy - and nations need to work together to solve the big global problems. That's the word from Dr Ray Johnson, CEO of Technology Innovation...
Africa’s entertainment and media industry becomes more digital, more mobile
PwC Africa has released its latest industry insights from the Africa Entertainment and Media Outlook 2022-2026 which indicates the E & M industry is a considerable economic driver in many African countries and, just like the rest of the world, large sectors within...
Seven technology disruptions that will impact sales
Sales leaders need to recognise, prioritise and respond to seven technology disruptions that will transform sales over the next five years, according to Gartner. They include: generative artificial intelligence (AI), digital twin of the customer, augmented...
Industrial computers targeted in Africa
According to the ICS threat landscape report by Kaspersky, in the first half of 2022 in the African regions, computers in the industrial control systems (ICS) environment were attacked using multiple means - malicious objects, phishing pages, and spyware. ICS...
Most banks still in early stage of hybrid cloud adoption
In the years since the 2008 financial crisis, banks have struggled with performance and profitability. Average return on equity (ROE) remains well below banking industry metrics, and cost to income ratio (CIR) has improved on average, but remains high. By Shanker...
Bumper growth forecast for metaverse
The metaverse market will record a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 39,8% to reach $996-billion in 2030, as companies across the globe, including those in non-tech sectors, increasingly invest in the technology for better engagement with customers, brand...
Cybersecurity a major challenge for SMBs
A recent Kaspersky global survey conducted among 1 307 decision-makers in companies with 1 to 999 workers shows that cybersecurity incidents pose almost the same difficulties as a dramatic fall in sales. Thirteen percent of respondents from small and medium...
Decrease in technology use by marketers
Marketers report utilising just 42% of the breadth of capabilities available in their martech stack overall, down from 58% in 2020, according to a new survey by Gartner. Gartner surveyed 324 marketers in May and June 2022 to determine the state of marketing technology...
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Sophos debuts phishing attack simulator
Sophos has launched Sophos Phish Threat, an advanced phishing attack simulator and training solution that is fully integrated with the company's cloud-based security management platform, Sophos Central. With centralised management and automated campaign analysis,...
NetApp celebrates SolidFire acquisition
One year ago today, NetApp closed its acquisition of SolidFire, fueling the advance of the next-generation data centre that is transforming IT for enterprises and services providers. NetApp SolidFire solutions deliver data center infrastructure that operates with the...
Being proactive to protect goods in transit
The transport and logistics sector faces a unique challenge when it comes to securing goods end-to-end throughout the transport process, writes Laurence Smith, executive at Graphic Image Technologies. While areas like warehouses are fairly straight forward to monitor,...
Closing the software development skills gap in SA
In CNN Money's 2017 job rankings, mobile app developers came out on top, beating in-vogue, emergent fields like data science, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence, as well as literally every other profession from other industries. And it's certainly not the...
2017: A year of discontent and disruption?
With the arrival of the 17th year of the third millennium, many welcome the fresh start a new year brings after a tough 2016, writes Aaron Burton, Datta Burton & Associates. It is also an opportunity to take stock of the previous year, learn from it, and use that...
Building cyber resilient businesses from the inside out
Juniper research has predicted that the rapid digitisation of consumers' lives and enterprise records will increase the cost of data breaches to $2,1-trillion globally by 2019, almost four times the estimated cost of global breaches in 2015. Some 4,2-billion people...
The role of applications in digital transformation
In a world driven by big data, the Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud connectivity, applications have become the system we use to record everything, as well as the platform we use to interact with customers, suppliers, each other and - yes - things. Smart things....
2017: the year of CX
Change can be intimidating - for some company executives, the fear of potential problems being created by change can hinder progress and growth. In a competitive marketplace, stagnation leads to loss - businesses must adapt or risk customer loyalty eroding. The...
Econz Wireless stops time and pay theft
Econz Wireless has announced another tranche of new features to prevent time and attendance fraud of mobile workers. "Following the complete new Timecard GPS build announced in November, we have added a further set of features that will bring even better workforce...
Software AG platform now on Google Cloud
Software AG is collaborating with Google Cloud Platform for the immediate availability of its market leading webMethods Hybrid Integration Platform on Google Cloud Platform. Software AG will also provide its Digital Business Platform on Google Cloud later in the year....
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