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US women on track for corporate leadership parity by 2030
S&A new S&P Global research report suggests women could achieve parity with men across senior leadership roles in the US between 2030 and 2037. The report, titled "Breaking Boundaries: Women Poised for Milestone Achievement in Parity Amidst Otherwise Bleak...
As Covid-19 peaks, healthcare comes under cyber-attack
At the end of October 2020, Check Point reported that hospitals and healthcare organisations had been targeted by a rising wave of ransomware attacks, with the majority of attacks using the infamous Ryuk ransomware. This followed a Joint Cybersecurity Advisory issued...
SA users confident they’ve avoided Sunburst, SuperNova hacks
South African users of the software at the centre of a supply chain hack on US government departments appear to be unaffected by the issue, and most have already applied the fixes that will prevent any potential problems. That's the word from Glenn Lazarus, CEO of...
Software updates cut the cost of data breaches
Enterprises in the Middle East, Turkey and Africa (META) region with outdated technology can lose 16% more money when they suffer a data breach compared to those who update everything in a timely manner. According to a recent Kaspersky report "How businesses can...
People find new ways to adapt in Covid times
2020 has been a year no one saw coming. Covid-19 has wrought economic, political and emotional chaos, testing the limits of individuals, families, healthcare systems and whole sectors of societies. Yet, as the ninth annual Looking Further with Ford Trends Report*...
Tech stocks the winners in otherwise bleak 2020
Despite the unprecedented challenges that rocked the year 2020, the S&P 500 closed with an 18,4% gain on a total return basis. According to the research data analyzed and published by Comprar Acciones. Following a 12,5% decline in March 2020, the index recovered...
And the top malware threat in December was …
The Emotet trojan has returned to first place in Check Point Research's latest Global Three Index for December 2020, impacting 7% of organisations globall. This follows a spam campaign which targeted more than 100 000 users per day during the holiday season. In...
How events in the Capitol affect the US economy
Democrats have completed a sweep of Congress following the double victory in the state of Georgia's run-off election. Keith Wade, Schroders' chief economist, discusses what this means for the US economy in the near-term. The disturbing scenes of protestors storming...
MacBook hit 15,5m shipments in 2020
The global demand for PCs and laptops increased significantly in 2020, with millions of people working from home and practicing distance learning amid the Covid-19 lockdown. As one of the leading brands on the market, Apple MacBook has witnessed a significant jump in...
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Interconnection rate cuts to boost VoIP
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Legislative guidelines for employers in 2013
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BYOD poses serious risks to IT security
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Tellumat appoints Plessie as ShoreTel reseller
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Genesys to buy Angel from MicroStrategy
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Boost for local software development
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Sophos recognised in Forrester report
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Integr8 supports BCX’s Nigerian cloud
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Fujitsu optimises Eternus DX S2
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