Minimum growth for security appliance revenues
According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Security Appliance Tracker, total market revenue in the global security appliance market grew 0,5% year over year in the second quarter of 2024 (2Q24) to $4,2-billion, an increase of $20-million...
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ISPs urged to register with the FPB
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Eastern Africa is not ready to accept AI
A global survey commissioned by a UK-based safety charity has found that Eastern Africa is the least optimistic region in the world about artificial intelligence (AI), with more than half (51%) of respondents saying it would mostly harm people in their country over...
Pinnacle wins by a nose … scoops Channelwise Distributor of the Year Award
Pinnacle has once again walked away with the Channelwise Distributor of the Year Award, just pipping Axiz to the post with a scant one-tenth of a percent lead. They were followed by Tarsus Distribution, Mustek and Rectron in one of the most intensely-fought...
First Distribution takes home closely-fought Customer Care award
First Distribution has been chosen as the distributor that showed resellers the most care in 2022, walking away with the Channelwise Customer Care Distributor of the Year Award. The calibre and adaptability of South Africa’s IT distributors was amply demonstrated in...
These are the channel’s favourite vendors
South Africa’s resellers have once again made their voices heard, voting for their favourite vendors in the 2022 Channelwise Awards. “Over the years, the Channelwise Awards have tracked the progress of the South African IT industry, reflecting each year how technology...
Your data could be for sale on a bot market
At least 5-million people have had their online identities stolen and sold on bot markets for R102.00 on average - and 48 000 of those affected are South African. This data comes from research by the cybersecurity company NordVPN, which looked into three major bot...
Heightened hacktivism, geopolitical cyberattacks expected in 2023
Forecasts from the Trellix Advanced Research Centre anticipate spikes in geopolitically motivated attacks across Asia and Europe, hacktivism fuelled by tensions from opposing political parties, and vulnerabilities in core software supply chains. "Analyzing current...
Cybercriminals are after your bank account this festive season
According to a 2021 Interpol report, South Africa had 230-million cyber threat detections between January 2020 and February 2021. Additionally, the country recorded a 100% increase in mobile banking application fraud and is estimated to have suffered 577 malware...
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IT at the heart of Africa’s business innovation
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Security turns smart cities into safer cities
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IoT could drive new insurance models
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