Ransomware continues to cause havoc
Ransomware remains an ongoing threat for organisations and is the largest single cause of IT outages and downtime as 41% of data is compromised during a cyberattack, according to the latest Veeam 2024 Ransomware Trends Report. The report also reveals that only 57% of...
Senior execs see sustainability as an opportunity
According to a recent survey of CEOs and senior executives by Gartner, 69% of them view sustainability as a leading business growth opportunity in 2024. "As CEOs reset their long-term strategies, environmental sustainability remains one of the leading factors that...
More mega-mergers expected in 2022
With 2022 having already seen the huge Microsoft merger - a deal that GlobalData analysts note is the biggest tech merger ever - 2022 is set to follow 2021's trend of high-value deals. GlobalData notes that the number of merger and acquisition (M&A) deals valued...
African businesses must rethink growth strategies as societal fabric shifts
Nearly two years of disruption to the fabric of society has resulted in a collective shift in people's relationships with work, consumerism, technology and the planet, pushing companies to design new ways of doing business. This is according to the 15th annual Fjord...
Call for job creation to top SONA agenda
The number of South Africans who are employed has plunged by 2,1-million since Covid-19 first hit local shores, translating to an alarming average of over 3 800 fewer breadwinners each day. Eustace Mashimbye, CEO of Proudly South African believes job creation must...
Cybersecurity top investment priority for industry ecosystems
Powered by the platform economy that emerged over the past five years, industry business models are transforming from linear-based value chains to integrated ecosystems by leveraging shared data and insights, applications, and operations and expertise. In the future...
InstaDeep flies the flag for African AI innovation
Born-in-Africa artificial intelligence (AI) company InstaDeep has raised $100-million, welcoming high-profile backers including BioNTech and Deutsche Bahn, to help scale its decision-making AI products that solve real-world problems. The startup, which co-developed an...
Indian IT services companies rise in brand value rankings
IT services companies from India have outpaced their competitors from the US in brand value growth over the past two years of digital transformation in the global economy, accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic. The average growth of Indian brands that have appeared in...
Enterprise server sales decline, but storage and networking are up
Revenue sales of enterprise servers through distribution slumped by -4,4% year-on-year (YoY) in 2021, but storage and networking performed well during the year despite a poor Q4 all-round, according to Context. Unpredictable market conditions at the end of 2021 have...
Sales budgets tipped for 2022 increase
A Gartner survey of CSOs in 2H 2021 identified the top three investment areas to be sales enablement, digital marketing and sales operations programs. "CSOs are adjusting their expanding budgets in 2022 to become better prepared for what could be foundational shifts...
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Dac Systems named a Nintex finalist
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Kaspersky Lab detects mobile Trojan Svpeng
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Dell offers flexible finance solutions
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DCC offers training for Symantec Backup
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CA Technologies named a leader by IDC
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