10bn passwords just got leaked … mitigate risks and protect yourself
In a significant security breach involving RockYou2024, it was revealed that nearly 10-billion unique passwords have been leaked on a widely recognised cyber forum. This record-setting release of passwords was sourced from decades of data breaches and has the...
C-suite execs say AI will impact their businesses
A survey by Gartner has revealed that 62% of CFOs and 58% of CEOs believe that AI will have the most significant impact on their industries in the next three years. The Gartner survey of 247 CEOs and CFOs was conducted to examine CEO and senior business executive...
Commercial services brands begin slow Covid recovery
The world's largest commercial services brands are beginning to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic - but four of the top five most valuable commercial services brands have not yet recovered to pre-pandemic value. These are among the findings of a new report from Brand...
Joburg Business School launches PHD in digital transformation
The Johannesburg Business School (JBS), a faculty of the University of Johannesburg, has launched its Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) in Digital Transformation aimed at helping business executives and organisational leaders adapt to an ever-changing digital environment....
Global public cloud end user spend to hit $500bn this year
Worldwide end user spending on public cloud services is forecast to grow 20,4% in 2022 to total $494,7-billion, up from $410,9-billion in 2021, according to the latest forecast from Gartner. In 2023, end-user spending is expected to reach nearly $600-billion. "Cloud...
Study shows geoengineeering could increase infectious disease burden in the Global South
Geoengineering the climate could have massive repercussions for the health of billions of people living in tropical countries with malaria. Solar geoengineering (emergency proposals to inject aerosols into the stratosphere to increase the reflection of sunlight back...
Education notebooks see strong decline in Q1 22 against high 2021 figures
The volume of notebook sales in the education sector across Europe has declined sharply in the first 11 weeks of the year, although it remains higher than pre-pandemic levels, according to Context. The latest four-week rolling average figures for unit sales versus a...
New UN targets chart path to universal meaningful connectivity
The Office of the United Nations Secretary-General's Envoy on Technology and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) have announced a new set of UN targets for universal and meaningful digital connectivity to be achieved by 2030. The 15 aspirational targets,...
LinkedIn the brand most imitated for phishing
Social media network LinkedIn was the brand most frequently imitated by cybercriminals in their attempts to steal individuals' personal information or payment credentials during January, February and March. This is according to the Brand Phishing Report for Q1 2022 by...
1m apps purged from Google Play Store
A tradingplatforms.com analysis shows there are fewer applications in Google's Play Store today than four years ago. The site presented data showing that the store's app numbers had fallen by a million. Google Play Store hosted 2 591 578 applications by March this...
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Get your payroll ready for the year-end
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CA introduces the Management Cloud
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JDA, IBM deliver omni-channel fulfilment
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The business network is the future
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Innovation disrupts the status quo
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Fujitsu RunMyProcess announces Easy Builder
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Fujitsu marks 20th anniversary of Primergy
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Keyloggers steal millions of credentials
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