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,...
Entries for Digital Twin Hackathon now open
Wits University's digital incubation hub, Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct, and the embass of the Netherlands have called for entries for their Digital Twin Hackathon - open to 15 students from South Africa and 15 students from the Netherlands. The Digital...
How cellular connectivity could tackle rising power demands
Cellular technology is key to digitalising the energy sector, and could help to tackle a growing demand for electricity. This is among the findings of Ericsson's Connected Energy Utilities report, released in partnership with Arthur D Little. As energy costs and...
Employers look overseas for skills as brain drain continues
The number of South African employers reporting they are recruiting ICT skills overseas has increased dramatically in the past year - up from 38% to over 50%. This is a key finding in the 2022 JCSE-IITPSA ICT Skills Survey - the 12th to carried out by Wits...
27m South Africans are not credit active
More than 27-million consumers were considered to be either credit unserved or underserved in South Africa at the end of March 2022. However, according to the global TransUnion study, "Empowering Credit Inclusion: A Deeper Perspective on Credit Underserved and...
Rectron honours top partners
Rectron awarded its top-performing partners yesterday (7 October). The awards ceremony concluded the Rectron Innovation Day held in Johannesburg, where reseller partners learnt about how Rectron has restructured itself to meeting changing market demands, and met its...
Load shedding, petrol, interest rates hit SME confidence
South African small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) confidence levels took a dip in second quarter of 2022. This is according to the recently released Q2 2022 SME Confidence Index conducted by specialist SME financier, Business Partners, which reveals that SME...
Poor home security threatens corporate networks
Unwitting insider threats are becoming an increasingly common part of the attack chain for general consumers. Even the smallest of data leaks can lead to huge ramifications further up the business chain and poor cybersecurity at home could prove to a weak link for...
Despite headwinds, IT resellers remain confident
IT resellers across much of Europe and beyond are largely positive about the future despite strengthening economic headwinds, according to the latest ChannelWatch report from Context. The annual Context report polled 5 308 B2B and B2C resellers of all sizes and across...
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rAge tickets on sale today
Tickets for the really Awesome gaming expo (rAge) go on sale today. As South Africa's largest gaming, technology, gadget and geek lifestyle expo, rAge brings together all things cool and fun for those who want to unplug from reality and escape into their imagination....
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Now that just about every bump, scrape and tyre screech of an entire fleet's vehicles can be traced and tracked, fleet managers' efforts to control risks are being threatened by information overload. Fortunately, shrewd strategies and use of the latest innovations can...
F5 blends with cloud service provider technologies
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Recruitment myths that could harm talent acquisition
Most companies understand that they will not succeed unless they recruit and retain the best possible talent. Yet many organisations still cling onto ideas about recruiting employees that are outdated or just plain wrong. In many cases, their beliefs in these myths...
Tarsus Cloud On Demand offers storage
Through its location at Teraco, Tarsus Cloud on Demand is providing customers with a complete SAN and storage-as-a-service (SaaS) offering for any company within the Teraco vendor neutral data environments. Leveraging the SAN service offered by Tarsus Cloud On Demand,...
BlackBerry deepens secure collaboration
BlackBerry has unveiled updates to WatchDox by BlackBerry, including a new application for BlackBerry 10 devices and additional multi-operating system integration. WatchDox by BlackBerry is a secure enterprise file sharing and mobile content management solution. It...
Workonline Communications offers remote peering to LINX
Pan-African terrestrial Network Service Provider, Workonline Communications, is now offering partial transit and remote peering services to the London Internet Exchange (LINX), further advancing the company's development in sub-Saharan Africa. With more than 650...
Francois Stols is new MD of Altech Multimedia
Altech Multimedia has announced the appointment of Francois Stols as MD. Stols replaces Danie du Toit who will be relocating to Europe to pursue other interests. Stols brings considerable experience to the role, having served the Altron Group in various capacities...
Hisense debuts 4K ULED H10 Series curved smart TV
Hisense launched its 4K ULED H10 Series Curved Smart TV - 65-inch Class, offering a wide dynamic range for a more detailed, clearer and sharper image and backlight control technology that allows brightness control across 240-zones instead of over the entire display....
Telkom, Google and Bango introduce Direct Carrier Billing
Telkom today announced Direct Carrier Billing, an integrated carrier billing service, for Google Play for smartphones and tablets on Telkom's mobile network. The service is made possible through the integration of Telkom's Event Billing service with the Bango Payments...
wordpress web design and graphics – Gauteng Kelvin
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Marketing Data Analyst at Set Consulting – Western Cape Century City
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