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Lion’s share of storage spend is on structured data management
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SA not immune to global cyberattacks
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Customers drive organisations’ investment in sustainability
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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
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Kaspersky Lab secure testing top spot
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New Western Digital updates prosumer NAS
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