Black Friday grew conversational customer comms
New data from global communications platform Infobip shows customers prefer conversational experiences on the day of Black Friday, driven by rich channels such as RCS. Infobip recorded new levels of total customer communications interactions on its platform this year,...
Lock down the mobile Web this summer
South Africans familiar with securing mobile devices should also secure their mobile Internet access these holidays. That’s the word from ISPA, SA’s official internet Industry Representative Body (IRB), which says the ability of mobile devices to connect to the...
Security investments set for 12,1% growth in 2023
Worldwide spending on security solutions and services is forecast to be $219-billion in 2023, an increase of 12,1% compared to 2022, according to the new Worldwide Security Spending Guide from International Data Corporation (IDC). Investments in hardware, software,...
Fraudulent robocalls will cost $58bn this year
Mobile subscribers will lose $58-billion to fraudulent robocalls globally in 2023; a rise from $53-billion in 2022. A new report from Juniper Research finds that these losses will be driven by the increase in multifarious scam calls to deceive end users, such as...
Bank failures push CFOs to diversify deposits
More than one in four CFOs said they plan to diversify their deposits across more banks after recent high-profile Silicon Valley bank failures, according to Gartner. Gartner polled over 250 CFOs and senior finance leaders on 13 March 2023 on their responses to recent...
Nvidia accelerates neural graphics PC gaming
Ahead of this week's Game Developers Conference (GDC), Nvidia has announced an expanded game roster and new developer plug-ins for Nvidia DLSS 3. The latest version of Nvidia's AI-powered Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) technology is now supported in an assortment...
Dell strengthens security portfolio
Dell Technologies has announced new security services and solutions to help organisations protect against threats, respond to attacks and secure their devices, systems and clouds. Seventy-two percent of IT business leaders and professionals believe the changing...
Warming makes intense droughts and floods more frequent
Scientists have predicted that droughts and floods will become more frequent and severe as our planet warms and climate changes, but detecting this on regional and continental scales has proven difficult. Now a new NASA-led study confirms that major droughts and...
Skills gap a security threat in Africa
With 87% of South African businesses experiencing a cybersecurity skills shortage, decision-makers must identify alternative methods of plugging this gap if they are to safeguard systems and data against an increasingly advanced cyber threat landscape. This is...
SSE revenue rockets
The worldwide Security Service Edge (SSE) market grew by nearly $1-billion in 2022, representing 38% growth as enterprise embrace cloud-delivered network security to secure cloud-based applications and user's access to those applications. "The pandemic fueled the need...
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Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) deploys Red Hat
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VTech added to Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise vertical offer
ALE, operating under the Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise brand, today announced a selected range of VTech phones will be added to the Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise Vertical Markets offer and catalogues in Europe, with a target to reach more regions later in 2017. Together, ALE...
Boards are under pressure
Africa's boards remain under significant pressure to continually transform and to ensure that they have the right expertise, experience and diversity to be an effective board in today's rapidly-changing business environment. Gerald Seegers, Head of People and...
The year ahead will be tough and demand IT agility
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ERM appoints new managing partner
ERM has appointed Marinda van der Merwe as Managing Partner for the newly-created Africa and Middle East Business Unit. She will have overall responsibility for the commercial and operational aspects of business in all of Africa and Middle East. "The new opportunity...
Put payroll first at tax year-end says CRS Technologies
Come financial year-end many businesses are eager to finish up for the period and tie up loose ends... however, it is essential that the payroll administration function is comprehensively dealt with warns HR and HCM services and solution specialist CRS Technologies....
Ricoh focuses on end-to-end workflow flexibility
Ricoh will showcase its expertise and innovation in the production printing space at Hunkeler Innovationdays 2017 from February 20 to 23. Ricoh will present its continuous feed and cutsheet production presses as well as recent additions to its growing software...
GirlCode launches workshop series
GirlCode announced that it will introduce The GirlCode Hackathon Workshop Series for 2017. The workshop series is designed to offer participants the opportunity to improve their craft before competing in the Hackathon event later in the year. The GirlCode Hackathon...
Secrets of success for digital trendsetters
Today's digital customers are looking for unique experiences at a hyper speed, making a super-flexible supply chain as critical as a super-efficient one. However, many organisations haven't realised the full, value-driving potential of digital technologies. One group,...
Cybercrimes Bill – much better in 2017
Lucien Pierce, consultant at BDO Cyber Lab, unpacks the new Cybercrimes and Cybersecurity Bill and offers his opinion. The Department of Justice published the Cybercrimes and Cybersecurity Bill, 2017 on 19 January. It is, at first glance, much better than the 2016...
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