Cybercrime rises while cybersecurity market slows
Although organisations worldwide are putting maximum effort into preventing cyberattacks, the global cybercrime cost remains enormous compared to total cybersecurity spending - over the past six years, the global cybercrime cost has grown 12 times faster than total...
EU’s new cybersecurity directive raises stakes for African businesses
The European Union’s NIS2 cybersecurity directive has significant implications for African businesses trading with the continent, says cybersecurity firm Check Point, which urges African businesses with strong ties to the EU to take steps to comply with this new,...
IBM institutes legal action against Micro Focus
IBM has filed suit against Micro Focus, accusing the software company of illegally copying and reverse engineering IBM software in violation of copyright law. In the legal action filed in US District Court in the Southern District of New York, IBM asserts that these...
Global IoT revenues up in 2022
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Mobile operators will lose big to OTT business messaging apps
Mobile operators will lose out to OTT business messaging providers such as Messenger, WeChat and WhatsApp to the tune of $2,5-billion next year – an increase of 20% over 2022. A new Juniper Research study report found that promotional messages will account for 30% of...
Social media sites top for tracking user data
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Black Friday report: banking credentials theft doubled in 2022
Kaspersky researchers report that the number of attacks via banking Trojans stealing payment data doubled in 2022 when compared with 2021, reaching almost 20-million attacks. This year, in addition to this active campaign of banking credentials theft, cybercriminals...
Webb reveals an exoplanet atmosphere as never seen before
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope just scored another first: a molecular and chemical profile of a distant world’s skies. While Webb and other space telescopes, including NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer, previously have revealed isolated ingredients of this broiling...
Black Friday sales growth tipped to be less buoyant
As retailers ramp up their November shopping deals and discounts, this year's Black Friday sales is expected to show some growth particularly among consumers seeking a bang for their buck under the mounting economic pressures. "Last year's Black Friday point-of-sale...
Partnering key to connecting 2,7bn unconnected people
Kathy Gibson reports - There are still 2,7-billion people that remain unconnected across the globe. An ecosystem of role-players will have to partner to bring reliable, stable connectivity to these underserved populations. Dr Liang Hua, chairman of board at Huawei...
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Treat your data like the strategic asset it is
In an increasingly digital world where it is no longer only time that is money, but information as well, data has become the equivalent of a new currency, writes Johan Scheepers, systems engineer director: MESAT at Commvault. Protecting this data is a top priority for...
BlackBerry Enterprise customers choose Good Secure EMM
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HR departments need to keep pace with technology
The world of human resources (HR) is changing at a speed that is leaving most HR departments behind, writes Sandra Swanepoel, MD of Sage HR & Payroll. New technology is bringing more transparency into the job market and into the performance of the HR department,...
IT delivery: the key differentiator of a thriving business
Delivery has always been a key differentiator in business. Whether it be goods or services, companies that are known to deliver quality offerings quickly, securely and flexibly, are already well on their way to success, wriets Brendan McAravey, country manager at...
Gemalto protects against ID fraud
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MTN Business launches converged SME ICT offers
MTN Business has introduced a range of converged business offers for small and medium businesses (SMEs). The offers seek to provide SMEs with affordable and easy to understand Information Communications Technology (ICT) services and solutions to enable them to lower...
Xinuos appoints Robinson Distribution
Robinson Distribution is has been appointed an official distributor for Xinuos in Africa. "More and more customers are moving their critical applications to a more reliable stable platform able to handle the load," says Dirk Robinson, manager at Robinson Distribution....
Put the user at the centre of your security solution
A lack of policy-driven consequence is putting corporate South Africa at risk of being vulnerable to cyber attacks. Organisations often view security as a grudge purchase, resulting in them not adequately protecting their data assets. This, coupled with complex or...
Oracle eases journey to the cloud
Oracle has launched a new family of offerings designed to enable organisations to easily move to the cloud and remove some of the biggest obstacles to cloud adoption. The services provide CIOs with new choices in where they deploy their enterprise software and a...
EY, EMC partner on business transformation
EY and EMC have announced a strategic alliance to bring clients leading tools and service offerings to help accelerate return on investment and build greater confidence in their strategic initiatives and technology implementations. The alliance provides for...
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