Average monthly crypto trading volume soars
Crypto trades skyrocketed, with the average monthly trading volume on crypto exchanges hitting over $1,5-trillion in 2024, or 135% more than last year, according to data presented by AltIndex.com. 2024 has proven to be a groundbreaking year for the crypto market, with...
Gaming PCs surge ahead, hitting $62bn in 2025
While global PC sales have struggled over the past two years, weighed down by post-pandemic slowdowns, inflation, component shortages, and market saturation, the gaming PC sector saw stable growth. In 2024, gamers worldwide spent over $59-billion on gaming desktop PCs...
Renewables to the rescue amid energy crisis
Kathy Gibson reports - To achieve energy security, South Africa needs to find both short- and long-term measures to counter the current power outages. Dr Rethabile Melamu, CEO of the South African Photo Voltaic Industry Association (SAPVIA), points out that Africa is...
Inflation puts the pressure back on salaries
The unexpected headline inflation increase in March, among other factors, led to take-home pay slipping marginally during the month, according to the latest BankservAfrica Take-home Pay Index (BPTI). However, a new trend is emerging in the local job market as more...
Why there is good reason to be positive about SA
South Africa's economy faces an array of structural challenges - and the need for reform is as urgent as ever, write Andrew Rymer, CFA: senior strategist: strategic research unit, and Robert Davy, emerging markets fund manager at investment management firm, Schroders....
SA climbs to fifth place for cybercrime density
South Africa's cybercrime density rose by 7,8% between 2021 and 2022, resulting in the country's rise to fifth place compared to sixth in 2021, according to Surfshark research analysing cybercrime density worldwide. The increase in cybercrime incidents in South Africa...
Cybercriminals adopt unique tools and tactics in their attacks
Cybersecurity specialist Sophos has released its Active Adversary Report for Business Leaders, an in-depth look at the changing behaviours and attack techniques that adversaries used in 2022. The data, analysed from more than 150 Sophos Incident Response (IR) cases,...
CISOs struggle for support in fighting cyberattacks
"The Mind of the CISO", a new research paper from Trellix surveyed global chief information security officers (CISOs) across every major industry to reveal how they work amid a tumultuous threat landscape, which business functions hold them back, and what they need to...
Something to RapperBot about
Cybercriminals continuously develop their skills and tools looking for new ways to compromise individuals and companies, and Kaspersky's Securelist blogpost has explored some of the uncommon infection methods being used by attackers. Alongside other discoveries, it...
Steady growth for IT services in MEA
Spending on IT and business services in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) - including Israel - will reach $30,3-billion in 2023, according to the latest Worldwide Semiannual Services Tracker from International Data Corporation (IDC). In constant currency terms, this...
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SA’s Synthesis is AWS partner
SA-based Synthesis Software Technologies has achieved Advanced status as an AWS Partner Network (APN) Consulting Partner, having made a significant investment in developing the technical resources and AWS expertise to deploy and manage customer solutions on the AWS...
Fujitsu adds people to digital transformation
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Add value to employees this Workers Day
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What is credential stuffing?
Employees who don't take security policies seriously pose a significant threat to corporate systems. Martin Walshaw, senior engineer at F5 Networks explains why. We've all heard about the myriad of security breaches over the past year, resulting in the exposure of...
Global partner program from OutSystems
OutSystems has unveiled its new Global Partner Program, which connects systems integrators, technology consultants, and resellers with its industry-leading low-code development platform. The new alliance programme builds on the current OutSystems partner programme and...
IoT-enabled field service management from IFS
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Information security must be automated
Security must be automated and integrated to keep up with the fast-changing, ever-growing risk of cybercrime, says Fortinet. Paul Williams, country manager: southern Africa at Fortinet, says global cyber-attacks have become highly sophisticated and increasingly...
Sophos boosts server protection
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African leaders commit to energy talks
African Ministries from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Botswana, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Gabon, Madagascar, Morocco, Rwanda and Zimbabwe will attend the Africa Energy Forum (AEF), which is set to welcome 2 000 decision-makers in Africa's energy sector to...
Kaspersky enhanced data protection, management
Kaspersky Lab has released a new version of Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business, the company's flagship solution for corporate security from the constantly evolving cyberthreat landscape. While continuing to provide reliable protection for customers, with the...
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