Defences improve, but ransomware still threatens SA businesses

Almost two-thirds (63%) of ransomware incidents in South Africa resulted in data being encrypted over the past year, according to the new State of Ransomware in South Africa 2026 report from Sophos. This is above the global average of 56% and an increase from the 60%...

20 years on and gender gap parity is fracturing

Twenty years after the World Economic Forum first measured the global gender gap, the world is closer to parity than ever, but progress is fragile, with gains reversing in some areas, according to the Global Gender Gap Report 2026. Women now reach senior leadership in...

Unemployed are least likely to prioritise betting spending-limit tools

The online betting group most likely to prioritise debt repayment with a windfall is also the group least likely to ask regulators or operators for spending controls, according to new research from Softswiss. Fewer than four in 10 unemployed South Africans think...

AI-first enterprises will win big if they do it right

Kathy Gibson reports - Enterprises that are reshaping and reinventing business domains around artificial intelligence (AI) are on track to experience great return on investment (ROI) and become more competitive. But there is a currently a big disconnect between AI...

African industries should look out for these threats …

According to Kaspersky statistics, in the first quarter of 2024, the percentage of industrial control systems (ICS) computers globally on which malicious objects were blocked decreased by 1,3 percentage points (pp) from the first quarter of the previous year, to...

Economic conditions weigh on new vehicle sales

New vehicle sales declined 14,2% year-on-year in May as consumers and business played their final waiting card in search of political stability. "While the politics will play out during June, the new vehicle market will hopefully be able to display more positivity...

CES and the future of consumer technology

CES 2022 has returned “home” to Las Vegas, with more than 2 300 exhibiting companies, including 800 startups, featuring the technologies including vehicle technology, artificial intelligence, digital health and smart home tech, as well as new categories: NFTs, food...

NVidia adds new GeForce devices, partners, omniverse for creators

At CES, NVidia has set out a new direction for the ultimate platform for gamers and creators, unveiling more than 160 gaming and laptop designs based on Studio GeForce, as well as new desktop and laptop GeForce RTX GPUs and technologies. The company also announced new...

AMD unveils new mobile graphics

AMD has unveiled additions and enhancements to the AMD Radeon graphics portfolio to deliver incredible, next-level experiences to more gamers. Bringing higher levels of performance to power a new class of premium laptops, the new solutions expand the AMD Radeon RX...

Will more countries adopt bitcoin as legal tender?

Bitcoin will be adopted as legal tender in three more countries in 2022, predicts Nigel Green, CEO of deVere Group. His prediction follows a forecast made on Sunday by Nayib Bukele, president of El Salvador who tweeted a series of predictions about bitcoin to his...

Telkom confirms Interdict against ICASA ITA

Telkom confirms that it has filed an application asking the Gauteng High Court to review and set aside the Invitations To Apply (ITAs) published by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) on the 10 December 2021. The application includes an...

Sustainable packaging commitments won’t be met by 2025

While enterprise commitments to sustainable packaging have centered on 100% of packaging being reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025, Gartner predicts that 90% of those public sustainable packaging commitments won’t be met by 2025 due to reliance on plastics and...

Digital Reality to buy majority stake in Teraco

Digital Realty, the largest global provider of cloud and carrier-neutral data centre, colocation and interconnection solutions, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in Teraco Data Environments from a consortium of investors, including...

Campus switch sales hit an all-time high

Worldwide, campus switch market revenue reached a record level in 3Q 2021, according to a report by Dell’Oro Group. Growth was mostly propelled by 1 Gbps, which reached a record level in shipments during the quarter, while  NBase-T ports were down Y/Y. “We have been...

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Secure remote access for Red Hat

Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, has been selected by Red Hat to implement digital security tokens that enable secure remote access for the company’s more than 6 000 employees. Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of open source software solutions,...

Mobility ushers in new era of education

The growth of the mobile computing space and proliferation of devices represents a force to be reckoned with, impacting virtually all industries and sectors. ICT consulting and service development specialist Ukuvuma Solutions points to the convergence of mobile...

Tech boosts learning in rural classrooms

Effective teaching strategies are changing. Costs are rising and teachers’ resources are being stretched, often pushing them into teaching subjects for which they are not properly equipped. In addressing this challenge, there has been a move from “teacher-centric” to...

Fortinet earns NSS Labs rating

Fortinet, a global leader in high-performance network security, announced its FortiSandbox-3000D as one of the top rated Breach Detection Systems (BDS), delivering 99% breach detection and zero false positives, based on real-world comparative analysis conducted by...

Océ South Africa promotes VDP solution

Océ South Africa, a leader in digital document management and delivery and an Objectif Lune gold partner, advocates the use of the company’s PReS solution for cutting edge variable data printing (VDP). Dubbed one of the most stable, affordable, powerful and flexible...

Safeguarding corporate information

The bring your own device (BYOD) trend has gained popularity steadily across all sizes of business, from small operations right through to large corporates, says Fred Mitchell, Symantec division manager, Drive Control Corporation. This is due to BYOD enabling...

Open source equates to innovation

A new report on the popular Web site Information Is Beautiful shows just how many-millions of lines of software are running behind the scenes in products we all take for granted. Some of the heavyweight operating systems and application packages are on the list, but...

Job Mail hits millionth CV milestone

Job Mail, the only South African jobs portal that allows employers and recruitment agencies to post free job ads, has just filed its one-millionth CV, says Angelique Robbertse, product and marketing manager at JobMail. That means employers and recruitment agencies now...

Companies, software vendors need pre-nups

As the  recession shows signs of easing, it is worthwhile to take a look at your business's intimate software vendor relationships, and protect yourself – if you haven’t already – from unforeseen circumstances that could put your business continuity at risk just as...

Select a payment method through a PSP

Payment service providers (PSPs) should be equipped to help online merchants choose the best payment methods for their business needs as the market gets ever more diverse, says Brendon Williamson of PayGate. “The payments landscape has never been more volatile or...

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