Crowdstrike and Microsoft stocks down but global searches soar
Worldwide searches for "CrowdStrike stock" and "Microsoft stock" have surged 3 054% and 981% respectively over the past week after the global IT crash. However, each corporation's daily stock value dropped on 19 July. This is following an outage that spread globally...
Landmark Climate Change Act welcomed
The Environmental Assessment Practitioners Association of South Africa (EAPASA) welcomes President Cyril Ramaphosa's signing of the Climate Change Bill into law this week. "The signing of the bill is a step in the right direction, as South Africa has established...
Cybercriminals focus on mobile apps to scam users
With an ever-growing number of smartphone users, the development of mobile applications has become a booming industry. Today there are millions of apps, helping users with almost every aspect of their everyday life - from entertainment to banking and billing. With...
Pandemic drove digitalisation in Europe
Close to half of the firms in the European Union report that they invested in digitalisation as a response to Covid-19. Digital firms fared better than non-digital firms through the pandemic. They were less likely to experience a strong decrease in sales from the...
Young SA scientists compete in world’s largest pre-college competition
Seven of South Africa's leading young scientists will represent the country at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) and the Broadcom Masters International Programme in Atlanta from 7 to 13 May. Learners will showcase their scientific...
Huge surge in ransomware attacks on businesses
According to new data from Stockapps.com, 66% of business organisations were hit by ransomware in 2021. This marked a 78% increase from 2020's figures that stood at 37%. From the analysis, the increase in the ransomware-as-a-service model increases the reach of...
How CPOs can navigate packaging shortages
Chief procurement officers (CPOs) dealing with supply instability for packaging material should use three tactics to navigate rising costs, delayed deliveries and sustainability concerns, according to Gartner. They should centralise packaging specifications,...
Small businesses set to fuel SA economy
Despite the challenges of operating through a pandemic, 87% of South African small businesses are optimistic about their outlook for 2022 and nearly two-thirds (62%) reported growth over the last year. This is according to new research from Xero, the global small...
Development in digital signal processing improves bandwidth 10-fold
Researchers at Bangor University's Digital Signal Processing (DSP) Centre have found a cost-effective way to improve the performance of networks which supply mobile services and broadband to homes and businesses. As well as improved performance, the new technique is...
Crypto apps installs in Europe tumble
The downturn in the crypto market has had a direct impact on the crypto apps ecosystem in Europe. According to the latest numbers presented by StockApps.com, the number of crypto apps installs in Europe was down by almost 20% during the first quarter of 2022....
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POPI could kickstart data optimisation
The Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act will give businesses the opportunity to reinvent their enterprise data storage and management, says Hitachi Data Systems (HDS). Speaking at the Hitachi Information Forum in Johannesburg last week Friday, HDS experts...
Acer named a 2015 CES honouree
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IndigoCube to offer Agile software courses
IndigoCube has entered into a partnership with Software Education, a leading provider of training across the entire software development life cycle. In terms of the agreement, IndigoCube will be accredited to offer the full range of Software Education’s agile courses....
Connection Telecom celebrates 10 years
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Presence Suite 10.0 now available
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Salesforce partnership produces CloudSmiths
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Xerox announces Impika eVolution
Xerox, represented locally by Bytes Document Solutions, has announced the arrival of the Xerox Impika eVolution. Flexible enough to handle both plain papers and high-quality, inkjet-treated stocks, the drop-on-demand piezoelectric production inkjet device runs at...
Mobile: a device or a channel?
Three years ago, Forrester started addressing the question of whether “mobile” is a channel or a device. Today, having gone through rapid mobile innovation, this question remains pertinent, especially in the contact centre industry. In an article by Tobias Goebel,...
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