AMD expands EPYC CPU portfolio
AMD has announced the availability of the AMD EPYC 4004 Series processors that complement the existing AMD EPYC server CPU portfolio with new cost-optimised offerings that deliver enterprise-class features and leadership performance for small and medium businesses and...
Shipping losses hit all-time low
Given that as much as 90% of international trade is transported across oceans, maritime safety is critical. Thirty years ago, the global shipping fleet lost around 200 large vessels a year. This total fell to a record low of 26 in 2023, a decline of more than...
Poorest of the poor are still offline despite Covid connectivity boost
An estimated 37% of the world's population - or 2,9-billion people - have still never used the Internet. New data from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies (ICTs), also...
Online Cyber Week sales hit record highs
In 2021, global online sales hit an all-time high of $275-billion, up 2% compared to 2020. This is among the findings from Salesforce's annual Cyber Week report, which analyses shopping data from over 1-billion shoppers on the Salesforce Customer 360 platform and...
Black Friday drives buy now pay later shopping
Buy now pay later online sales this Black Friday and Cyber Monday were triple those recorded in 2021, driven overwhelmingly by South African women. "By 10am on Black Friday, sales value had already surpassed Black Friday 2020. By the end of Cyber Monday, sales value...
How African governments can ignite innovation-based growth
The digital industrial revolution has the potential to unleash a surge of innovation that could transform industries and improve well-being across the Africa region. However, for nations to compete in the new globalisation environment, they need to set their sights on...
2021 Africa Investment Forum postponed
The three-day 2021Africa Investment Forum, scheduled to start today in Abidjan, has been postponed until further notice. The President of the African Development Bank Group, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, comments: "The Africa Investment Forum is the premier investment...
WISPs and their role in the connectivity economy
Average revenues for Internet service providers (WISP) who responded to the Wireless Access Provider's Association (WAPA) survey (76% of all members) exceed R3-billion, employing 2 785 people and serving more than 200 424 home and business customers. The vast...
Vulnerabilities affecting 150 HP printer models uncovered
HP Inc has issued patches that fix security vulnerabilities that cyber security provider F-Secure discovered in over 150 of the vendor's multifunction printer (MFP) products. According to research published today by F-Secure, attackers can exploit the vulnerabilities...
Unemployment hits record highs
According to the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the third quarter of 2021, the number of employed persons declined by 660 000 to 14,3-million compared to the second quarter of 2021. The decline in employment is coupled with a decline in the number of...
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POPI is not all doom and gloom
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DSA to host wireless spectrum debate
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Manage fraud with employee verification
According to PWC’s biennial Global Economic Crime Survey (2011), economic crime continues to rise, growing by 13% since the 2009 survey. Fifty-six percent of respondents said that employees were responsible for the most serious fraud, and asset misappropriation...
Three layers of security key for business
Businesses today need to focus equally on physical, personnel and cyber security in order to mitigate risk in the face of growing criminal focus on enterprise data, says UK-based security expert Chris Phillips.All businesses should take a holistic approach to...
2014 will not be the year of VDI
The time has come to say goodbye to a much loved annual event: declaring the coming year as the “year of VDI”, says Michael Church, enterprise manager, Citrix, South Africa. There is no doubt that VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure) deployments will continue to grow,...
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NSE enhances Trade Alert notifications
Investors in the Nigerian Capital Market are in for good times as The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has commenced the reduction of the cost of its Trade Alert service by about Naira 1,24-billion from March 2014 via the scrapping of the current charge of 0,06% of every...
BT launches new voice solution
BT has announced it is launching BT One Voice Radianz, a new service that unifies voice, mobile and data services and delivers them to members of the BT Radianz Cloud, the world’s largest secure networked community for the financial services industry. While BT has...
Westcon-Comztek offers Linksys products
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