Singularity SA returns in physical format
Singularity South Africa has announced the plans for the upcoming Summit, returning in physical format this year, in collaboration with Old Mutual. With more than 1 500 delegates expected, the summit will take place on Monday 21 and Tuesday 22 October 2024 at the...
SA consumers more discerning in seeking ‘bang for their buck’
South African consumers spent R112-billion in the first quarter of 2024 - a YoY increase of R7,7-billion (7,3%) - with ambient foods (including rice, sugar, and UHT milk), soft drinks, beer and frozen meat among the most significant contributors to this growth. This...
Wireless LAN backlogs pile up
The overall telecommunications, networking and data centre market is expected to exceed $10-billion by 2026, and see a healthy CAGR over the next five years - but enterprise wireless LAN backlogs will balloon to over 100% of revenues in 2022, leaving companies to get...
Operator network strategies set to disrupt IoT market
A new Juniper Research study has found that the global amount of data generated by roaming IoT connections will increase from 86 petabytes in 2022 to 1 100 petabytes by 2027; representing enough data to stream 165-million hours of 4K video from platforms such as...
Data leads MTN growth
MTN has reported group service revenue up by 12,8% for the six months ended 30 June 2022, with group data revenue up by 33,1% and group fintech revenue up by 9,9%. Earnings before tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) (before once-off items) grew by 13,7%, with...
Soft POS user base set to surge
A new study from Juniper Research has found the total number of merchants deploying soft POS solutions will surpass 34,5-million globally by 2027; rising from 6-million in 2022. This growth will be driven by Apple's entrance into the soft POS space; enabling iOS users...
Challenges lie ahead for circular economy adoption
Manufacturers and distributors face significant hurdles in shifting to a sustainable circular economy business strategy, despite widespread acknowledgement of the many benefits it will deliver. "The State of the Circular Economy" report from Sage shows the industry is...
Neobanking set for growth in SA
Neobanking is set to boom in South Africa, with nearly a quarter (24%) of South African internet users expected to have a digital-only bank account by 2023. According to Finder's Neobanking Adoption Report, which polled 2 179 South African internet users, around 15%...
Networks come under multiple consecutive attacks
A Sophos X-Ops Active Adversary whitepaper, "Multiple Attackers: A Clear and Present Danger" reveals that the prominent ransomware gangs Hive, LockBit and BlackCat consecutively attacked the same network. The first two attacks took place within two hours, and the...
APT group takes over IT infrastructure for industrial espionage
Kaspersky ICS CERT has detected a wave of targeted attacks on military-industrial complex enterprises and public institutions in several Eastern European countries and in Afghanistan. The cybercriminals were able to take control over victims' entire IT infrastructure...
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Networks Unlimited is Riverbed Distributor of the Year
Networks Unlimited has won the Riverbed Technology Distributor of the Year 2015 Award for South Africa. The local awards were presented at the Riverbed Partner Connect Conference 2016, in Johannesburg, on April 20th, recognising regional partners for great...
Outsmart the bad, safeguard the good
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Afrihost selects Ruckus Wireless for connectivity
South African Internet Service Provider, Afrihost, has selected Ruckus Wireless as its WiFi technology of choice for the company's internal wireless requirements at the head office in Rivonia. Brendan Armstrong, chief technology officer at Afrihost, comments: "As a...
Telkom sponsors SA Olympics team
Telkom is the official Olympic sponsor of the South African Olympic and Paralympics teams. The multi-million rand sponsorship will allow SASCOC to expand Team SA, including more qualifying athletes, giving our local talent and opportunity to compete on the world's...
Intelligent cities are safe and secure
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Pentagon improves threat response with BlackBerry
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NetApp simplifies transition to hybrid cloud
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Making maths and science available in Mpumalanga
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Revolutionising the partner opportunity
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