Agriculture, government, SMMEs under increasing cyberattack
In Africa, the agriculture, forestry and fishing sectors, followed by government services, industries most targeted by cyberattacks, with small and medium businesses bearing the brunt of attacks. This is among the findings of Mimecast's Global Threat Intelligence...
Search trends show Saffers are keen on AI skills
Search interest in "AI" has reached a record high around the world and in South Africa, where searches have more than doubled (+120%) since the same period last year. Searches in South Africa for "what is AI" also increased by 20%, while searches for "how to use AI"...
Infrastructure investing in SA versus the rest of Africa
It's a well-known fact that infrastructure investment is urgently needed across Africa, including in South Africa. The African Development Bank estimates that the continent's infrastructure financing needs will be as much as $170-billion a year by 2025, with an...
Massive growth for security services edge
The security services edge (SSE) market grew 40% year-over-year (Y/Y) and was over $800-million in 1Q 2022, according to a quarterly report by Dell’Oro Group. SSE is a new market that combines cloud-delivered secure web gateway (SWG), cloud access security broker...
SA consumers are digitally empowered
Just a few years ago, it would have been inconceivable that so many people would be using online channels for so many services. But as people become more comfortable with digital platforms, and with Covid providing a push, the era of the empowered South African...
Beware of ransomware attacks from Black Basta Gang
Cybereason has issued a global threat alert advisory, warning global organisations about a rise in ransomware attacks from the Black Basta gang. The Black Basta gang emerged in April 2022 and has victimised nearly 50 companies in the US, UK, Australia, New Zealand and...
Inkjet SFP revenue surges in Q2 as consumer demand increases
Revenues from sales of inkjet single-function printers (SFPs) through European distributors have been largely on the rise since Week 15 of this year on the back of improved supply and consumer demand. Context’s Index Revenue Trend clearly shows weekly average revenues...
Consortium bids to buy Alviva in massive deal
The biggest deal in the history of the South African IT distribution channel, and indeed the local IT industry, could be on the cards if a proposal by a consortium to buy Alviva gets the go-ahead from shareholders. In a SENS announcement this afternoon, the country’s...
New MFA threat highlights our security negligence
Despite the growing levels of cyber threats, adoption of even basic multi-factor authentication (MFA) remains depressingly low amongst organisations. And, with new techniques such as prompt bombing being used to beat older versions of MFA, the need to beef up how...
Loadshedding the biggest constraint on economic growth
PwC's baseline scenario for the country, according to its sixth South Africa Economic Outlook report for 2022, has deteriorated since the start of 2022 as a combination of local and international factors caused a weaker rand, higher consumer price inflation, a faster...
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ViGO makes global waves with Microsoft Azure
Founded in 2013,ViGO is a South African Web site building and management tool aimed at making the design and development experience far simpler and intuitive. Aimed at businesses and business owners alike, ViGO is an instinctive platform that responds to the need of...
Running your business as a project
Aldo van Tonder, chief marketing officer at Dac Systems, discusses running your business as a project. Over the last 14 years I have been involved in some way or another with the discipline of project management. One thing I have come to realise is that although a...
Bytes PS an Oliver award finalist
Bytes People Solutions (PS), a division of Bytes Technology Group, has been nominated as a finalist in the skills development category of the 14th Annual Oliver Empowerment Awards. The Oliver Empowerment Awards, hosted by Topco Media, take place at Emperors Palace on...
On-site PBXes can be the death of SMBs
As a small business owner be aware of the pros and cons of a site-based PBX versus a hosted PBX and how each solution addresses your requirements, says Sacha Matulovich, sales and marketing director, Connection Telecom group and CEO, FatBudgie. Do you require...
Esquire’s laptop, desktop sales grow
While South Africa’s economic growth appears to be crimped, with concerns that the economy will be negatively affected by the impact of unemployment, load-shedding and industrial action during 2015, it would seem that the small and medium enterprise (SME) market is...
The customer experience is a journey
Customers are the lifeblood of any business, and many organisations have become exceptionally good at creating excellent individual engagements and interactions with their customers, says Shailendra Singh, business director of Africa Region, South Africa, Wipro. However, in today’s socially connected, “always-on” world, the customer experience is no longer about isolated incidents.
WiFi Forum of South Africa launched
An inaugural conference of the WiFi Forum of South Africa (WiFi Forum SA) was held on 12 March 2015 in Johannesburg, officially establishing the Forum as an active player in the development of the country’s WiFi sector. The association aims to represent the views of...
NetXactics appointed a Rapid7 distributor
As security challenges become increasingly complex and more prolific, companies need to make smarter decisions in terms of their vulnerability to attack, and also act faster and more effectively to any threat. Through its recently signed partnership agreement with...
PSI acquires Broner Metals Solutions
PSI has acquired 100% of the shares of the British Broner Metals Solutions. Broner Metals is a leading provider of IT solutions in the field of production planning and control, supply chain management and MES (manufacturing execution systems) for the steel and...
Do you know how your data is stored?
Cloud computing services, like many new and exciting technical offerings, can be both risky and beneficial to businesses. Although executives and IT managers alike are growing increasingly interested in the perceived benefits attached to off-premise or hosted...
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