Absa PMI paints positive picture
Following a strong close to Q3, the seasonally adjusted Absa PMI dipped slightly by 0.7 points to 52.6 in October, down from a revised 53.3 in September. Although the PMI fell, it remained above 50 for the second consecutive month, indicating continued expansion in...
AI drives a surge in skills development needs
As digital and AI trends continue to disrupt work, 85% of business leaders agree that the need for skills development will dramatically increase over the next three years, according to Gartner. According to a June 2024 Gartner survey of 330 business leaders, 93%...
Data breaches are top executive concern
New data from Mimecast shows that South African organisations are increasingly under fire from the threat of phishing, ransomware and spoofing attacks, pushing cybersecurity to the top of corporate leaders' agenda. According to the Mimecast State of Email Security...
Half of cybersecurity leaders will change jobs by 2025
By 2025, nearly half of cybersecurity leaders will change jobs - 25% for different roles entirely due to multiple work-related stressors, according to Gartner. "Cybersecurity professionals are facing unsustainable levels of stress," says Deepti Gopal, director analyst...
2022 saw mobile banking Trojan installers double
In 2022, Kaspersky experts discovered nearly 200 000 new mobile banking Trojans, marking a two-fold increase from the previous year's figures. This surge in the number of mobile banking Trojans is also the highest ever reported in the last six years. These and other...
Merged Huge TNS opens its doors
Huge Group announced in October 2022 its intention to combine Huge Telecom and Huge Networks into a single and significantly enlarged telecommunications, networks and services business. The combining of the two businesses will commence on 1 March 2023. The new entity...
These are the top business travel destinations for 2023
Preliminary research from Corporate Traveller, a division of the Flight Centre Travel Group, has revealed the top international and regional destinations for South African business travellers for 2023. "We've decided to have a close look at traveller behaviour,...
Small businesses urged to go solar
If anything, the 2023 Budget Speech revealed it was that devising a targeted plan to solve South Africa's ongoing energy crisis remains the government's top priority. The immediate future will see a concerted and collective focus on bringing together the public and...
How AI is transforming genomics
Advancements in whole genome sequencing have ignited a revolution in digital biology. As the cost of high-throughput, next-generation sequencing has declined, genomics programs across the world are gaining momentum. Whether used for sequencing critical-care patients...
Critical pathways to protect telcos in the quantum era outlined
As part of the Post-Quantum Telco Network Taskforce, GSMA - with contributions from members IBM, Vodafone and others - has published the Post Quantum Telco Network Impact Assessment: an in-depth analysis of the quantum security threats facing the telecommunications...
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Strong data governance strategy isn’t easy, but it’s essential
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The African capital market landscape
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Income tax increase likely for 2017
Cathie Webb, director of the South African Payroll Association, encourages all employers, employees and payroll departments to prepare themselves for an income tax increase that will likely be announced during Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan's upcoming National Budget...
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DVT spotlights Agility in software development
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Riverbed launches SD-WAN updates
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BT, Symantec enhance network protection, management
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