Healthcare is in a cybersecurity crisis
Hospitals have become increasingly attractive targets for ransomware attacks due to their comprehensive patient databases, sensitive information, and their interconnectedness between systems and equipment. Moreover, poor security measures have made hospitals...
SMB cyber infections via Excel are up
This International SMB Day (today, 27 June), a Kaspersky report reveals that the number of infections experienced by the sector has risen by 5% over the first quarter of 2024, compared to the same period last year. The number of users who encountered malware and...
The growing influence of the CCO
Eighty-three percent of chief communication officers (CCOs) have reported that their C-Suite influence is growing, according to Gartner. The research group's survey of 182 communications leaders in the US, Canada, France, Germany and the UK from November to December...
Global broadband less affordable in 2021
Internet connectivity became less affordable around the world in 2021, according to the latest statistical analysis by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI). The share of people's incomes spent on fixed...
Rotation from growth to value on the cards for SA investors
Market volatility made a dramatic return in the past few weeks, with the S&P 500 index plunging more than -10,81% year to date and its counterpart, the tech-heavy Nasdaq, down nearly -16,72%. But while investors may be tempted to chase the highs and lows of this...
Internet gives side-hustling South Africans the earning edge
South Africans are no strangers to the concept of a side hustle. In fact, according to data from a recent Momentum/Unisa Household Index, an estimated 14% of all households are currently engaged in side hustles. While many people wear multiple work hats out of a...
Altron sells document solutions unit
Altron Document Solutions, which has represented Xerox in the southern Africa region for decades, has been sold by parent company Altron to Xerotech, a subsidiary of Bi-Africa Investment Holdings. "Altron is selling this business so we can focus on the core ICT...
Hardcopy peripherals take a knock
The worldwide hardcopy peripherals (HCP) market saw unit shipments decline 17,6% year on year to 22,3-million units in the fourth quarter of 2021, according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Hardcopy Peripherals Tracker. Shipment value was also down 12,3% for the same...
National Water Week – an opportunity to tap into new standards
South Africa can significantly improve water and energy efficiency by aligning its tap labelling programme with international standards, according to a new study released ahead of next week's National Water Week. The week aims to raise awareness and call to action...
The time is right for businesses to move into the metaverse
Organisations should start thinking about their metaverse strategies now, as the new paradigm advances quickly and inevitably. According to Accenture's Technology Vision 2022, the "Metaverse Continuum" - a spectrum of digitally enhanced worlds, realities and business...
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Businesses must think about POPI
Southern Africa cautions against a “wait and see” approach regarding the implementation of the controls necessary to attain POPI (Protection of Personal Information) compliance. The POPI Act was passed into law at the end of 2013. Eren Ramdhani, security solution...
Optimising document workflow
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In this age of realtime advertising – such as the cookie brand Oreo's now legendary live tweet during the broadcast of the American SuperBowl earlier this year – as well as interactive, online video ads, a far more humble medium continues to remain popular as a...
Bpost, Zetes partner to find lost bikes
Bpost, the leading postal and courier services provider in Belgium, has chosen Zetes to create an innovative system called CycloSafe. The system was launched 15 September 2014. It tracks and finds lost bicycles thanks to an RFID chip built into a box installed on the...
Stay safe on the World Wide Web
ITNA’s director, Kagiso Setsetse, discusses the pitfalls of the Internet and how businesses can avoid cyber-attacks. The issue of Web security is not a new one. However, since our migration to the digital age, organisations are now facing rapidly changing risk...
Bytes, Volanté harmonise payments
The long-standing partnership between Bytes and Volante is now helping South African banks to convert their back office systems to comply with a new standard for cross-border payments clearing. The standard, called SADC Payments, will take full effect in the Southern...
OpenWeb launches Download Heaven
Local Internet service provider (ISP) OpenWeb has launched Download Heaven, a service that guarantees its uncapped customers unshaped access. The response from clients has been overwhelming. OpenWeb CEO Keoma Wright says many ISP’s in South Africa leave much to be...
Kangra Coal implements IFS Applications
IFS, the global enterprise applications company, announces that Kangra Coal, a South African coal mining company, will implement IFS Applications to migrate two of its business divisions onto a single ERP suite to optimise efficiency and control in its business...
Online car platforms fail the motor industry
I’ve spent my entire life involved, in some way or the other, in the motor industry – at oil companies, the Retail Motor Industry Association and, recently, the world of online car sales. When e-commerce (and the subsequent deluge of e new car platforms) started...
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