GenAI and its role in perpetrating and defending against cybercrime
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Call for better African cyber resilience collaboration
Kathy Gibson reports from Gitex Africa Morocco 2024 - African countries should make a concerted effort to combine resources in their bid to build regional cyber resilience. This is the call from Dr Albert Antwi-Boasiako, director-general of the Ghana Cyber Security...
Vehicle demand depressed on chip demand, supply chain challenges
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Attackers bypass critical Microsoft Office patch – updated
[Since it's initial publication, this article has been updated] Sophos has released details of a novel exploit that bypasses a patch for a critical vulnerability (CVE-2021-40444) affecting the Microsoft Office file format. The findings are reported in a SophosLabs...
B2B sales leaders need to rethink go-to-market strategies
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45,6m patients worldwide are remotely monitored
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Tips to help SMEs drive growth in 2022
Employing over half the workforce, driving significant growth in the private sector, and representing some 98% of all businesses, SMEs are the lifeblood of the South African economy. Experts speculate that Digital Transformation, Covid-19 awareness, shifting...
Travel tech trends to expect in 2022
It was Bill Gates who said that “the advance of technology is based on ‘making it fit in’ so that you don’t really even notice it, so it’s part of everyday life.” And if the latest travel tech is anything to go by, he’s 100% right. Bonnie Smith, GM of FCM, says that...
Pandemic drives need for SMEs to adopt technology, despite barriers
The Covid-19 pandemic has increased demand for more adoption and integration of digital technology among small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). However, according to a World Economic Forum survey, they face numerous barriers to adopting technology at a critical...
Digital currencies set to change every aspect of business
Twenty percent of large organisations will use digital currencies for payments, stored value or collateral by 2024, according to Gartner. The prediction has important implications for CFOs as they assess use cases and potential risks for digital currencies, which will...
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Sci-Bono learners become employees at Dell
Three former learners of the Dell ICT Centre at Sci-Bono are now full-time employees at the Dell office in Johannesburg. Martin Tshabalala, Tsundzuka Matthews and Mongezi Hadebe could never have imagined that they would one day be employees at Dell South Africa. Even...
Intel selects Onyx for trade fair
Onyx Display Media will be demonstrating its ground-breaking Patent Pending Onyx Glass solution, supported by Intel technology, at Venditalia 2014 in Milan. Intel has formally announced that is has selected South African display technology pioneer, Onyx Display Media,...
High-level automation affects employment
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EMC announces new entry level VNXe
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Oracle introduces Solaris 11.2
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Customer satisfaction surveys are important
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Kaspersky Android solution scores top marks
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Disconnect between developers, companies
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Future of self-service BI defined
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Wipro opens Learning Centre
Wipro is increasing its commitment to the South African market with the launch of a new 100-seater Learning Centre in Johannesburg. The new facility was unveiled at a launch event in Johannesburg and will become the heart of Wipro’s rapidly expanding internship...
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