ISPA urges users to secure personal information
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Online shutdowns drive VPN searches up in these African nations
New research from Techopedia reveals the countries where VPNs were searched for the most in 2023, with three African countries featuring - Ethiopia (at number two), Senegal (at number nine), and Uganda (at number 10). Analysing Google Trends data from 2022/23, two of...
Technology can transform cancer care and support
Microsoft South Africa and NPO Living with Cancer have partnered to build and strengthen the capabilities of South Africa's first patient-led cancer registry using the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. The registry, which was established in 2017 and includes a...
Frictionless checkout demand drives OEM Pay growth
A new Juniper Research study has found that the volume of global e-commerce transactions made via OEM Pay will exceed 30,7-billion by 2026; rising from 4,7-billion in 2022. This outstanding growth of 550% will be driven by rapidly increasing customer demands of...
Smartphone sales bounce back from Covid-19
Worldwide smartphone sales grew 6% in 2021, says Gartner, rebounding in the first half of 2021, following a 12,5% decline in 2020. The previous year's lower smartphone sales because of Covid-19 and the bounce back to growth in first half of 2021 helped propel the...
Manufacturing bears the brunt of cyberattacks
IBM Security has released its annual X-Force Threat Intelligence Index which reveals how ransomware and vulnerability exploitations together were able to "imprison" businesses in 2021, further burdening global supply chains and with manufacturing emerging as the most...
Companies struggle with complexity of multi-cloud
As organisations continue to adopt the cloud, with 35% running more than 50% of their workloads on the likes of Azure, AWS and GCP, they struggle to manage the complexity of securing their cloud infrastructures across multiple cloud platforms, while also suffering a...
Attacks on industrial control systems on the rise
During the second half of 2021, almost 40% of all industrial control systems' (ICS) computers globally were attacked by malicious software at least once, according to Kaspersky. Even though the overall number of attacks has seen a slight decrease when compared to H1...
CSOs should focus B2B sales on situational buyer insights
B2B sales organisations must take a more situationally aware approach, tuning engagement skills and tactics with empathy for, and personalisation to, a prospective buyer's current state, according to Gartner. Standardised customer engagement in today's buying...
FPAA comes into force
The primary amendments introduced by the the Films and Publications Amendment Act 11 of 2019 (FPAA), which came into effect 1March, are the regulation of the online distribution of films, games and publications, and the extension of the operations of the Film and...
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Schneider releases home control solution
Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, has announced significant updates to its Wiser Home Control, a truly integrated control solution that interlinks electrical, multimedia and telecommunications in a single home automation platform. Wiser Home Control allows owners to control all appliances in the household and customise settings to adapt to their living patterns through a user-friendly interface for a more eco-friendly and stylish way of life.
DEVELOP releases ineo 4020
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CRS Technologies launches Knowledge Hub
Human capital management (HCM) and HR services specialist CRS Technologies has centralised its expertise and technology to develop a 24/7 Knowledge Hub. This resource offers learning interventions to support clients with skills development and training. According to...
Secure habits aids cloud computing
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DCC offers Dell PowerEdge server range
The new Dell PowerEdge range of servers available from distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC) offers enhanced performance, maximum operational efficiency and greater versatility. Available in 1U and 2U rack server, rackable tower server and blade server models,...
DVT opens SA east coast operations
Specialist software and services company DVT has expanded its operations to South Africa’s east coast. The company has opened an office in Umhlanga Ridge with a team of developers working on software development and related projects for local and international...
Making M2M SIM management SME-friendly
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Reputational damage a key business risk
Nothing feeds the news cycle like a company scandal, and with social media and citizen reporting on the rise, serious blows to a company’s reputation and market value can spread in nano-seconds. The likes of BP, Goldman Sachs, Toyota, Nestle, Domino’s Pizza, and locally and more recently Eskom, Capitec, KFC, the Estate Agency Affairs Board and Lonmin are among a host of brands that have taken a reputational hammering in the court of public opinion.
Speaker from Facebook at Agile Africa 2015
The third annual Agile Africa will feature Facebook’s Kent Beck. Taking place at the Protea Hotel, Parktonian from 24 – 26 August 2015, this year’s line-up, according to hosts Joburg Centre for Software Engineering (JCSE), includes some of the software industry’s...
Document digitisation enables the enterprise
For an organisation to achieve true end-to-end digital transformation – and compete effectively in the new digital economy – it’s essential to move away from manual, paper-based processes, says Avi Rose, DocuSign regional sales manager – Africa. Despite the fact that...
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