WLAN market set to surge in 2025
Wireless LAN (WLAN) revenue is expected to grow 11% in 2025 after the 2024 contraction finally comes to an end, according to Dell’Oro Group, with WiFi 7 adoption shooting up and representing over a third of Indoor AP revenues. “The growth of WiFi 7 shipments has been...
These are SA’s best cities for tech jobs
Stellenbosch has been named the country’s up-and-coming technology powerhouse, boasting the highest number of tech jobs per capita. With an average of 36 tech-related jobs per 100 000 people, it has surpassed major cities like Johannesburg and Cape Town as a leading...
The verdict is in – and hybrid working wins
Over the past three years, the world has seen the biggest workplace shift since the industrial revolution, with the introduction of hybrid and remote work options as a result of pandemic lockdowns. Since returning to office last year, the jury has been out and most...
The state of malware threats
Check Point Software Technologies researchers last month uncovered a substantial Qbot malspam campaign distributed through malicious PDF files attached to emails seen in multiple languages. This is according to the company's Global Threat Index for April 2023, which...
South Africans are under-insured for death or disability
According to ASISA's 2022 Life and Disability Insurance Gap Study, 14,3-million income earners in South Africa only had sufficient life and disability insurance to cover 45% of the total needs of households. This statistic implies that households with one primary...
Difficult choices as cyberinsurance premiums rise
As cybersecurity insurance premiums soar, companies may be forced to play a game of Russian roulette, taking the chance that they won't be hit by a cyberattack. The stakes are high: approximately 236,1-million ransomware attacks occurred globally in the first half of...
New office bearers for WASPA
South Africa's Wireless Application Service Providers' Association (WASPA) has elected its new board for 2023, introducing a number of new board members while still maintaining a level of continuity. James McNab returns as chairman of WASPA, having served previously...
Children increasingly fall victim to cybercrime
So far, 2022 has seen a close to 20% increase in child victims of cybercrime, while the financial losses from these crimes has more than doubled. This is according to Surfshark research. According to the FBI Internet Crime Centre reports (2015-2022), there were nearly...
Why AI should be top of the national agenda
Artificial Intelligence has come a long way since the success of DeepMind over Go world champion Lee Sedol in 2016; the world is beginning to change according to the new possibilities afforded by AI. Leo Charlton, technology analyst at IDTechEx From the robust...
Seacom confirms cyberattack
Seacom has confirmed that, on 10 May 2023, it experienced a cyber security incident. In a statement issued this afternoon, the company says the incident was confined to its hosting environment, impacting a small number of customers, all of whom have been personally...
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Most office employees face daily, repetitive tasks that slow the flow of work. Engineers at Xerox looked at those productivity barriers and designed ways individuals can use multifunction printers (MFPs) and apps to automate personal work processes. Take a daily...
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Huawei, Commvault launch Hybrid Cloud Backup Solution
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FLIR visual kits from Graphic Image Technologies
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OpenWeb launches affordable fibre pakcages
OpenWeb has launched affordable Capped Unshaped ADSL and Fibre packages from as low as R1.37 per Gigabyte. OpenWeb CEO Keoma Wright comments: "This product runs at the speed of your line, whether it is a 2Mbps or 100Mbps line." He says the superfast ADSL/VDSL data...
What is your old smartphone worth?
With the much-anticipated Nokia 3310 relaunch taking place this year, users might want to consider selling their old phone, says Claire Cobbledick, marketing head for Gumtree SA. The iconic Nokia 3310, first launched in 2000, quickly became one of South Africa's most...
Ambulance service uses visual analytics
The South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SCAS) is using Qlik Sense and QlikView across the organisation to visualise its data for better understanding of where its ambulances are and need to be at any given time. Bringing the reality to life by...
Adapt or die
The evolution of technology has meant that small to medium enterprises (SMEs) no longer need to be responsible for IT in the traditional sense. In fact, they have surpassed their larger counterparts as early adopters of the latest cloud-based services, writes Brian...
Kenyan diaspora the biggest money senders
To mark the 10th anniversary of ground-breaking mobile money service M-PESA, WorldRemit has released new data showing that the Kenyan diaspora is the biggest sender of digital remittances to mobile accounts. Transfers to mobile money accounts make up 93% of WorldRemit...
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