Collective intelligence the key to business value
Data & analytics (D&A) leaders should focus on collective intelligence to drive business value and D&A maturity, according to Gartner. Collective intelligence, driven by generative AI (GenAI) combines the problem-solving skills of humans and machines to...
Security concerns drive quantum cryptography market
The global quantum cryptography market will reach $4,6-billion by 2030 and is projected to grow at a CAGR of 38,3% from 2024 to 2030, according to a new report by Grand View Research. The Covid-19 pandemic significantly influenced market growth by amplifying...
Digital currencies for business under the spotlight in 2022
A September 2021 survey of 251 CFOs and other finance leaders revealed that 47% intend to assess digital currencies for business in 2022, according to Gartner. A February poll centred on bitcoin adoption showed 84% of finance leaders said they would never hold bitcoin...
Zero-day exploit for Windows OS discovered
Over the last few months, Kaspersky's automated detection technologies prevented a series of attacks using an elevation of privilege exploit on multiple Microsoft Windows servers. Upon closer analysis into the attack, Kaspersky researchers discovered a new zero-day...
One-fifth of the world’s companies are retail or trade
Covid-19 has had a huge impact on the global retail industry, with thousands of stores, supermarkets, and shopping malls closed amid the lockdowns. Some retailers may have coped with this new situation better than others, but it has undoubtedly caused a financial...
Challenges ahead for managed service providers
As enterprises continue their transition to the cloud, the opportunities and roles for managed service providers (SPs) have expanded and grown more complex. At the same time, the managed cloud services market has become more competitive as organizations increasingly...
Improved industrial 3D printer shipments still not back to pre-Covid levels
New 3D printer shipments continued to accelerate in Q2 2021 in both long-standing verticals, such as dental and Context. "As economies around the globe continued to recover from, battled against or learned to live with Covid-19, organisations began to settle in to...
SA in the spotlight as top malware target
Kathy Gibson reports – Cybercrooks have been busy in the first half of 2021 – and there are no signs that they are slowing down. Trend Micro’s 2021 Midyear Security Roundup report reveals there are dangerous vulnerabilities across different types of devices and...
Africa risks missing out on global growth trends without pro-trade reforms
The Free Market Foundation (FMF) and the Initiative for African Trade and Prosperity (IATP) have called on African governments to radically speed up their implementation of pro-trade policy reforms as part of the wider Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)...
Mobile malware attacks cause concern in Africa
Of the more than 206 000 mobile malware attacks blocked by Kaspersky solutions for the Middle East, Turkey and Africa (META) region in the six months from January to June this year, over 30 000 of these attacks combined originated from Nigeria (14 071), Kenya (10...
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Racks save SMBs space
When it comes to IT equipment, most small medium businesses (SMBs) experience the same problem. Cables all over the place, servers taking up valuable office space, and other equipment scattered across the floor and on desks as space permits. Other than looking untidy,...
Understanding and using SAFe
The software development world is seeing a second wave of enterprise agility starting to happen. The first wave saw development teams become agile. The second wave is focused on the entire enterprise – marketing, development, IT operations, finance and so on. Agile...
First BYOD, now BYOA challenges IT
First it was bring your own device (BYOD) and now it’s bring your own app (BYOA) – another growing trend that is taking company data out of companies’ control and causing a security struggle for IT departments. “Employees are finding and downloading their third-party...
Security best practices for local SMB
Cybercrime in South Africa is increasing at epidemic proportions and small to medium businesses have turned into key targets for cybercriminals. Small businesses rarely recover from cyber-attacks, but there are some very simple steps you can take to protect your...
Bad data causes businesses to fail
Gartner says that poor data quality is a primary reason for 40% of business initiatives failing to achieve their targeted benefits. Data quality also affects the overall labour productivity by as much as 20%. Information management and data integration are expected to...
Accsys launches PeopleWare Mobi
Business Connexion Group member Accsys has once again proven the value of its people and technology expertise with the launch of PeopleWare Mobi, the first-of-its-kind employee self-service (ESS) mobile app to the domestic market. Accsys is a national supplier of...
Citrix invests R25m in the channel
Citrix has announced a R25-million investment initiative to train key channel partners and systems integrators in South Africa. There are already over 100 sales professionals and systems engineers undergoing training with more expected to begin training in the next...
Financial institutions and disaster recovery
Business continuity in the payment industry is becoming more important than ever as most companies in Africa are ill prepared when it comes to disaster recovery, says Lionel Slowe, head of the SADC project at BankservAfrica. According to the latest EMC disaster...
Making 3-D Secure work for e-tailers
3-D Secure, the security system for online credit card sales, can help to prevent fraud – and, says PayGate MD Peter Harvey, there are some simple steps merchants can take to ensure they don’t lose sales because of buyer fears. “Online retailers are very vulnerable to...
Mustek to supply new NEC projectors
Mustek, the country’s largest assembler and distributor of personal computers and complementary ICT products, has announced the availability of NEC’s latest projector range in South Africa. The NEC VE series, consisting of two models has been designed to meet the...
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