Third-party risk makes SA businesses vulnerable
Third-party risk must be better managed to reduce a range of risks facing South African organisations. This emerged during a recent webinar hosted by the Cybersecurity Special Interest Group (SIGCyber) of the Institute of Information Technology Professionals South...
People with ‘blind imagination’ have poor sound response too
People with aphantasia - individuals who report experiencing no visual imagery at all - also showed reduced activation of the brain’s visual cortex in response to sounds, according to a new study. The research - led by the University of Glasgow and published in...
SA not immune to global cyberattacks
Cybersecurity trends in South Africa are in line with what is happening globally, according to Trellix Advanced Research Centre's latest Threat Report: November 2022, which analyses data from the third quarter of the year. "In the last 12 months, we have seen an...
Customers drive organisations’ investment in sustainability
A new Gartner survey has revealed that 87% of business leaders expect to increase their organisation's investment in sustainability over the next two years. Customers are the primary stakeholder group creating pressure for organisations to invest or act on...
Beware the hidden price-tag of Black Friday
This year, many South Africans will swop busy shopping centre queues for the checkout button on their favourite e-commerce sites as Black Friday goes more online than ever. That's why staying vigilant, and knowing how to spot dodgy deals and scams, has never been more...
Fraud Awareness Week highlights social media scams
Over the years, social media has become such a significant part of our lives that 56% of the world's population now has a social media presence of some description. With more than 2,8-billion active users, Facebook is the largest social media platform in the world....
NFT marketplaces still buoyant despite crypto crash
The recent crypto price crash has wiped off billions of dollars in value of all digital assets, and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are no exception. Over the past six months, the price of both NFT collections and NFT coins plunged, causing many NFT buyers to vanish from...
Retail trends to watch out for in 2023
Online product research and discovery influences R293,8-billion in physical sales, accounting for 25% of South Africa's retail trade, according to the newly-released 2022 South African Digital Customer Experience Report. The report also reveals that the South African...
Africa comes under cyberattack
Kathy Gibson reports - South Africa has seen a big increase in cybersecurity threats. This is the word from Emmanuel Tzingakis, tech leader: sub-Saharan Africa at Trend Micro, who points out that the threat actors have changed, they are now a multi-billion dollar...
IT spend in EMEA to grow 3,7% in 2023
IT spending in EMEA is forecast to total $1,3-trillion in 2023, an increase of 3,7% from 2022, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. Among the most mature markets in Western Europe, Germany, France and UK, UK IT spending is projected to record the highest...
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‘Creativity’ a must for developers
South Africa's cellular industry is one of the jewels in the crown of the country's economy. From just 4-million landlines in 1994, the industry can today point to more than 80-million active cellphones. That South Africans have adopted mobile technology with enormous...
Ericsson extends research with China Mobile
Ericsson has joined China Mobile's 5G Joint Innovation Center program to accelerate development of next-generation wireless networks, which will be faster, more powerful and offer even greater opportunities. The agreement to broaden their cooperation on 5G was first...
Sophos blow to cyber-threats with Sandstorm
Sophos has announced that its Sophos Email Appliance now includes Sandstorm, an advanced, next-generation sandboxing technology that quickly and accurately detects, blocks and responds to sophisticated, constantly-changing cyber threats. Sophos Sandstorm is an...
Skype Translator speaks Arabic
Since its launch in December 2014, Skype Translator has been facilitating connections and relationships across languages, and has now taken a further step by making Arabic available as a Skype Translator spoken language. The company says each of Skype Translator's...
Panasonic re-enters SA with home surveillance
Affirming its re-introduction to the South African market, Japanese technology giant Panasonic has announced that its Baby Monitoring and Home Surveillance kits will soon be available on the local market. "The way that people use and interact with technology has...
Integrated solutions can boost business
By integrating the golden triangle of business processes and systems--accounting, payroll & HR and payments--organisations in West Africa can achieve higher levels of automation across their businesses, save time, and gain more visibility into their performance....
Xerox boosts MFP productivity
Xerox says it is expanding what multifunction printers (MFPs) can do in the workplace through advancements to its ConnectKey technology. The 14 Xerox ConnectKey-enabled i-Series MFPs are equipped with ready-to-use apps to speed up paper-dependent business processes...
Check Point simplifies security with R80
Addressing the sprawling complexity of securing today's modern enterprise, Check Point Software Technologies recently introduced its next-generation security management platform, Check Point R80. The new platform represents over three years of R&D, building on...
Aptronics scoops Veeam award
Aptronics has walked away with the prestigious Most Significant Enterprise Project award at this year's Veeam Partner Summit. The Project Award recognises and rewards the partner with the best performance in the enterprise space. Aptronics was also runner up in the...
SQL Server now available on Linux
Kicking off a wave of launch activities for SQL Server 2016, Microsoft has also revealed plans to bring SQL Server to Linux. The company says SQL Server 2016 is the most significant release of the product yet and that it has a number of new capabilities, including:...
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