Public-private action could bridge cyber protection gap
A new whitepaper from Marsh McLennan and Zurich Insurance Group highlights the critical need for greater public sector involvement to strengthen societal resilience in the event a catastrophic cyber event occurs. The whitepaper, “Closing the cyber risk protection...
Massive security threat looms in the quantum era
Kathy Gibson reports – Quantum computing is going to have a massive impact on how we use technology - and on the economy as a whole – but the power it unleashes is also going to make it much, much harder to secure our systems. Riaz Osman, managing partner at IBM...
US terrorism victims file complaint against Ericsson
A group of Americans has filed a lawsuit against Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson, alleging co-operative efforts with terror organisations in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria. Ericsson is accused of making protection payments to designated foreign terrorist...
Intel, Aible to fast-track enterprise analytics and AI
Intel has announced it is collaborating with Aible to enable teams across key industries to leverage artificial intelligence and deliver rapid and measurable business impact. The deep collaboration, which includes engineering optimisations and an innovative...
Innovation Exchange Challenge winner could solve plastic use in consumer goods
Global Alliance Africa, a project delivered by Innovate UK KTN and Unilever have announced Sharon Rapetswa as the winner of their Innovation Exchange Challenge, which aims to help the multinational consumer goods company find inventive solutions and innovative...
This is how much electricity it takes to mine bitcoin
According to an analysis by CryptoMonday it takes an estimated nine years of household-equivalent electricity consumption to mine one bitcoin. CryptoMonday CEO Jonathan Merry comments: "Conceptually, it doesn't seem like bitcoin mining should require enormous amounts...
Why women are still underrepresented in senior management
Research from Grant Thornton and PwC shows that women represent only 20% to 29% of senior management in South Africa, even though they are half the population. Lindiwe Sebesho, president of the South African Reward Association (SARA) and master reward specialist, says...
10 years on, Curiosity is going strong
Ten years ago, a jetpack lowered NASA’s Curiosity rover onto the Red Planet, beginning the SUV-size explorer’s pursuit of evidence that, billions of years ago, Mars had the conditions needed to support microscopic life. Since then, Curiosity has driven nearly 18 miles...
iPaaS, low code set to mature within two years
Integration platform as a service (iPaaS) and low-code application platform (LCAP) will climb the Plateau of Productivity in less than two years, according to the Gartner Hype Cycle for Cloud Platform Services, 2022. The Plateau of Productivity highlights technologies...
Tiny minority of MEA business leaders confident in face of cyber attack
The toll of almost three years of unrelenting workplace disruption, digital transformation and ransomware attacks means just 4% of regional business leaders are confident in their organisation's ability to manage cyber risks. This is according to a new report...
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BDNS named Cyberoam partner
Cyberoam, a leading global provider of network security appliances, has announced the appointment of Business Driven Network Services (BDNS) as its platinum partner in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. This partnership gives further fillip to Cyberoam’s aggressive...
Resellers tackle volume with disti support
Resellers are faced with a number of challenges, including tough trading conditions as a result of shrinking budgets, heightened competition and more. Accessing the volume market of the Small to Medium Enterprise (SME) is one way of increasing market share and...
Bridge the copper and fibre network gap
While many don’t want to admit it, there are those dark recesses of your network that are still copper based, the areas you have left alone for decades because the alternative is to rip it all out and replace it. But this is a fallacy fabricated by companies looking...
4K myths debunked
Ultra high definition (UHD) or 4K technology is the next major evolution in the video space, offering four times the resolution of High Definition (HD) which delivers dramatically enhanced viewing quality, says Laurence Smith, executive at Graphic Image Technologies....
Disrupting the cyber kill chain
Today’s attack against organisations are sophisticated and complex, made up of many phases. Disrupting any of these phases, dubbed the "cyber kill chain" by Lockheed Martin, can cause the attack to fail. Jayson O’Reilly, director of sales and innovation at DRS,...
Digital transformation to change insurance
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Connected buildings drive performance
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Gumtree feature identifies automotive leads
Gumtree, South Africa’s biggest classifieds site, has added the ability to track telephonic leads to their existing automotive dashboard. This will allow dealerships to better evaluate the effectiveness of their ads, says Jeff Osborne, head of Gumtree Automotive. “We...
Teleco giant partners with VMware
When one of the world’s largest providers of telecommunications services looked to develop a global cloud infrastructure they elected to partner with VMware and leverage a software-defined approach to its network, says Mark Reynolds, general business and partner lead...
JDA Software, Google announce collaboration
JDA Software Group has announced an innovative new collaboration with Google aimed at leveraging the core strengths of both companies to deliver JDA’s next generation cloud-based omni-channel and supply chain solutions via Google Cloud Platform, a powerful public cloud offering. Through this collaboration, Google will provide a uniquely scalable and flexible technology platform via the cloud to support JDA’s future application development and delivery.
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