Hubble sees evaporating planet getting the hiccups
A young planet whirling around a petulant red dwarf star is changing in unpredictable ways orbit-by-orbit. It is so close to its parent star that it experiences a consistent, torrential blast of energy, which evaporates its hydrogen atmosphere – causing it to puff off...
PMI sees July decline
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Strong growth for PCD sales in MEA
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) personal computing devices (PCD) market, which is made up of desktops, notebooks, workstations, and tablets, saw shipments increase an impressive 23,5% year on year during Q3 2020, according to industry analysis conducted by...
South Africans turn to online services
A survey of Internet users across 12 countries shows that, in South Africa, the Covid-19 pandemic has brought about a huge increase in the use of the Internet for vital services. Nearly seven in ten (69%) South African Internet users who were surveyed have turned to...
Final deliverable of 5G Architecture Framework published
The Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance has announced the latest requirements for a 5G End-to-End (E2E) Architecture Framework. The new framework aims to advance the 5G ecosystem to enable heterogenous access, virtualisation, autonomic capabilities,...
Vigilance urged as truck hijackings spike
An alarming increase in truck hijackings has raised a red flag for fleet owners to be extra vigilant over the festive season. The national crime statistics for the July to September 2020 period recently released revealed that there has been a 32% increase in truck...
How are businesses reacting to Covid?
A majority (55%) of businesses expect the Covid-19 recovery to be a U-shaped curve: an extended period of recovery with previous growth levels only achieved when Covid is under control. However, 20% of businesses polled by Mindworx saw an L-shaped curve, expecting...
Black Friday highlights social issues
In 2020 Black Friday was always going to be skewed toward shoppers who had access to the internet and mobile devices. This raises several questions about equality of opportunities for all South Africans in a digital future, but it also raised the risk levels for...
The rising cost of insider attacks
Most cybersecurity landscape data is focused on outsider attacks. However, recent findings reveal that insider threats are becoming more common - and are much more elusive since standard security practices do not work. According to data analyzed by Atlas VPN, 65% of...
Gate Foundation adds $250m to the Covid fight
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation it will commit an additional $250-million to support the research, development, and equitable delivery of lifesaving tools in the global effort against Covid-19. Marking the end of a year focused on the scientific breakthroughs...
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New BB10 apps from Business Connexion
BlackBerry recently unveiled its BlackBerry 10 operating system and handset at the Sandton Convention Centre to guests, including enterprise customers and BlackBerry business partners. The new platform has been tested by over 150 carriers worldwide, and BlackBerry...
three6Five appointed as Ruckus reseller
Ruckus Wireless and three6Five have cemented an agreement where three6Five has been appointed as an official reseller and service partner of all Ruckus Wireless products in sub-Saharan Africa. As part of the agreement, three6Five will offer the complete line of Ruckus...
Web chat effective in contact centres
BT has announced the key lessons from research it has conducted into the latest communication channels being used by contact centres. One of the most significant developments BT has seen is the increasing use of Web chat as a channel for advisors to talk to...
IndigoCube unveils application security unit
IndigoCube has launched a new business unit dedicated to application security. Ziaan Hattingh, MD of IndigoCube, says the new unit is a direct response to a growing market need. “Companies spend the bulk of their security budgets on infrastructure security, such as...
Hosted models boost customer service
Many businesses and call centres have come to wrap their heads around the concept of hosted technology, where a provider offers the customer affordable, pay-per-use access to technology, along with ongoing support and service, says Jed Hewson, director of 1stream. ...
The pros and cons of big data
The opportunity to harvest insights from big data, much of which is marketable or can generate income, is obvious gold up for grabs, says Mervyn Mooi, director at Knowledge integration Dynamics (KID). Besides that, the transition of data or information from a...
IT asset management improves audit success
Effective IT asset management can help all tiers of government departments to have a clear view of their IT assets. This can help a department to have no unexplained variance between the lists of IT assets purchased against the actual assets that can be accounted for...
McAfee announces portfolio expansion
McAfee has announced its strategy for building upon Security Connected, the framework in which security products and services work together to safeguard businesses with better protection from new types of attacks. McAfee will expand its current broad portfolio...
Oracle’s SPARC T4 servers boom
Oracle has announced its SPARC T4 servers featuring Oracle Solaris power mission-critical workloads in over 3 000 enterprises worldwide, nearly four times the number announced one year ago. Oracle’s SPARC T4 servers have been adopted globally across all major...
Security predictions for 2013
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