Business urged to lead in Africa’s digitalisation
Kathy Gibson reports from Africa Tech Festival – Business leaders are calling for more co-operation across the continent to fast-track connectivity and make the digital economy a reality. Speaking on a panel discussion at Africa Tech Festival, President Ntuli, MD:...
Improving Africa’s pharmaceutical supply chain
Prosper Africa’s Tech for Trade Alliance (AT4T) is launching its latest pilot in Africa to field test a digital platform intended to bring visibility to Africa’s drug supply chains and creating a more transparent, efficient, and safe commercial market for medications....
Opportunities for early movers as green-market demand grows
Analysis from the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) indicates that greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced by 43% by 2030 to limit global warming to the required 1,5 degrees. A recent report from the IPCC shows that emissions are expected to...
Financial crime prevention software spend to hit $28bn
A new Juniper Research study found that global software spend on financial crime prevention tools will exceed $28,7-billion by 2027, increasing from $22,1-billion in 2023. It predicted this growth of 30% will be driven by cybercriminals' strategies of targeting the...
Steady growth for enterprise applications forecast
According to a new International Data Corporation (IDC) forecast, worldwide revenue for enterprise applications will grow from $279,6-billion in 2022 to $385,2-billion in 2026 with a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8%. Nearly all this growth will come...
Solar and wind power waste the elephant in the green energy room
Although solar and wind power are both sources of so-called "green energy", this does not mean that it has no impact on the environment. "On the contrary, very large amounts of waste need to be disposed of when solar panels and wind turbines reach their end life,"...
Finance app installs increase across Africa
There has been a significant increase in finance app installs across the African continent, as people turn to apps and technology as a way of managing finances, navigating economic uncertainty, and moving towards financial freedom. This is according to a new report...
December slowdown limits channel growth
A poor final few weeks of 2022 led to a below-anticipated Q4 revenue growth of 1,1% for European IT distributors, with value sales driving the quarter, according to Context. Despite strong year-on-year (YoY) revenue growth in October (4,9%) and November (3,8%),...
Continued strong growth in compute, storage cloud infrastructure spend
According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Infrastructure Tracker: Buyer and Cloud Deployment, spending on compute and storage infrastructure products for cloud deployments, including dedicated and shared IT environments,...
Ransomware attackers are setting the cybersecurity agenda
The news that the Royal Mail has been hit by a ransomware attack is a sharp reminder that no company is immune from attack. This is the view of David Bicknell, principal analyst in the Thematic Intelligence team at GlobalData, who companies need to improve their...
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High profile data breaches employ phishing
To the average user, phishing emails often appear like harmless requests for information, and seem to come from trusted suppliers, and reputable sources. However, for cyber criminals, phishing is more often than not, the easiest way to get a foot in the door of their...
Samsung, Citrix extend tech partnership
Samsung in collaboration with Citrix XenMobile is to provide the highest level of application and data security for Android environments available on the market today. Citrix XenMobile is an Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) suite that provides total mobile freedom...
Reasons to outsource cloud-based call centres
Whether it stems from our desire to remain in control or the often inherent mistrust of outsourcing services, many businesses prefer keeping departments in-house. But when looked at from a different perspective, it becomes clear that to manage specialist technology,...
Africa’s chance to lead next digital revolution
One interesting theme took centre stage during panel discussions at the recently concluded World Economic Forum on Africa in Rwanda; that what the continent needs as much as roads, dams, power plants (although there is still more development required) is a way to...
What is corporate SA doing wrong in transformation?
Employment equity has been high on the agenda since 1998, yet it seems very little progress has been made, writes Sydwell Shikweni, transformation director at Merchants. The 16th Commission for Employee Equity (CEE) Report, recently released by the Department of...
Absa adopts Striata secure document repository
Absa Stockbrokers and Portfolio Management has implemented the Secure Document Repository (SDR) solution from Striata to manage statements, contract notes and tax certificates that need to be accessed securely by Absa Stockbrokers and its investors. At go live in...
Combatting the ‘evil Internet of Things’
A recent survey of over 400 global IT security pros revealed that fears over the security of connected devices has risen sharply since last year, writes Peter Reid, executive head of Intervate. In all, 86% of respondents to security analysts Pwnie Express’ survey said...
Why the right partner is important
Sunil “Sunny” Desai, professional services manager at Aptronics, delves into the world of technology trends and explains why choosing the right technology partner is essential. Businesses of today are in the midst of a digital revolution. Any new technologies or...
Are contactless cards cloneable?
The security community has been demonstrating successful cloning of contactless transactions since at least 2012. Full cloning of cards is not possible, and current cloning methods can only rely on copying an out-of-date implementation of the contactless standard to...
What a connected society needs
In today’s more digital world, businesses have started to focus less on the amount of data consumed and more on just having fast and reliable connectivity, writes Brian Timperley, MD of MICROmega Group company Turrito Networks. The increasing commoditisation of data...
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