SA businesses are dangerously unprepared for cyberattacks
A mere 5% of companies in South Africa rank at the 'Mature' level of readiness which is needed to be resilient against modern cybersecurity risks - down by 19% year-on-year. This is one of the alarming findings from Cisco's 2024 Cybersecurity Readiness Index, which...
These are the data and analytics trends for 2024
Gartner identified the top data and analytics (D&A) trends for 2024 that are driving the emergence of a wide range of challenges, including organizational and human issues. "The power of AI, and the increasing importance of GenAI are changing the way people work,...
War for talent heats up with employees spoilt for choice
With employees having more job opportunities to choose from, 91% of human resources (HR) leaders are increasingly concerned about employee turnover in the coming months. This is according to a survey of 572 HR leaders in July 2021 by Gartner, while a Gartner survey of...
AI to enjoy increased investment
One-third of technology and service provider organisations with artificial intelligence (AI) technology plans said they would invest $1-million or more into these technologies in the next two years, according to a new survey from Gartner. The vast majority of survey...
Hyper-automation will drive big data spend
European spending on big data and business analytics (BDA) solutions is forecast to reach $50-billion this year, an increase of 7% over 2020, according to a new update to the Worldwide Big Data and Analytics Spending Guide from International Data Corporation (IDC)....
Fraudsters exploit new Bond film
New film premieres have always boosted the activity of cybercriminals, as many film fans are interested in being the first to watch the latest movie and can become inattentive to the sources they use to view it. The new James Bond film "No Time to Die", Daniel Craig's...
Altron sells off Altron People Solutions
Altron has announced the sale of its Altron People Solutions business, which was held for sale for the past year. Altron People Solutions' Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and Customer Experience Technology (CXTech) business has been acquired by iSON Xperiences, a...
Mobile PC revenues continue to exceed 2019 level
Revenue sales for notebooks and tablets continued to beat 2019 levels over the summer, with Wi-Fi 6-equipped notebooks performing particularly well. Context's Revenue Trend Index plots current performance against a value of 100 for each category, which is equivalent...
Surge in gaming PCs, monitors set to continue
According to the latest forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Gaming Tracker, worldwide shipments of gaming PCs and monitors continue to grow at rates faster than their parent markets. For gaming PCs, which includes both desktop...
Covid-19, funding shortfalls devastate efforts to end TB by 2030
The Stop TB Partnership has released new data showing how the Covid-19 pandemic and dismally low levels of funding represent the main barriers to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals of ending tuberculosis (TB) by 2030. The data from 2021 shows...
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Planning for a post-SharePoint world
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Cloud is about more than cost-cutting
Analysts such as Gartner have long said that the cloud isn’t about recession-busting or cutting costs any more – but perhaps it never was, says 1Stream director, Bruce von Maltitz. “I think there has always been massive confusion about the cloud and cost-savings. Most...
Making real-world use of big data
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Mitel delivers cloud for Princess Yachts
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The business-IT divide
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