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Cloud market set to go stratospheric
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GSA Africa winners to hit global stage in Copenhagen
Winners of last year's African Startup Awards will be enroute to Copenhagen this March to showcase their solutions to some of the world's top startups, venture capitalists, and ecosystem enablers at the Global Startup Awards (GSA) grand finale. In the meantime,...
CoJ’s recent actions undermine good governance – IoDSA
Just days after Mpho Phalaatse was removed as Johannesburg's mayor, a letter to all municipal entities surfaced on social media in which the acting City Manager of Johannesburg instructs the boards of municipal entities to cease holding any "strategic sessions,...
SA consumers lax when it comes to online security
Cisco's recent Consumer Security Survey has gathered insight into how secure (or insecure) South Africans feel online - and, it turns out, they have good reason to be worried. The survey involved 1 006 South African consumers aged 16 and older and revealed that 74% of...
Regional IT spend could break the $100bn barrier
Overall spending on information and communications technology (ICT) across the Middle East, Türkiye, and Africa (META) will top $233,8-billion this year, an increase of 3,9% over 2022. That's according to the latest predictions presented today by International Data...
Healthy growth forecast for WLAN market
The Wireless LAN (WLAN) market is expected to grow another 12% year-over-year in 2023 after hitting a record high of $9-billion in 2022, according to Dell'Oro Group. The industry was plagued by supply constraints in 2022 and manufacturers' backlogs ballooned to record...
Customer service reps avoid new technologies
Forty-five percent of customer service reps (CSRs) avoid adopting new technologies by relying on legacy systems and tools, according to Gartner. A Gartner online survey of 888 CSRs and support specialists from August 2022 revealed access to legacy systems is the main...
Check Point identifies two malicious code packages
Check Point Research (CPR) says it has prevented two recent code package attacks - Python-drgn and Bloxflip - in third-party repositories like PyPi. Code package supply chain attacks involve publishing malicious packages or injecting malicious code into legitimate...
UK regulation plans indicate crypto is becoming mainstream
The UK'S plans to "robustly" regulate the cryptocurrency industry must be championed and highlights that "digital is the future of finance", according to the CEO of deVere Group, Nigel Green. This comes as the UK government plans to bring the cryptocurrency sector...
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Building a server room with built in best-in-class protection
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New top-level posts at Pinnacle
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Impact of insider security threats on financial institutions
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Cyber insurance offers strategic advantages
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Founding member of Jasco retires
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