80% of fraud fighters to deploy GenAI by 2025
Generative AI (GenAI) has captured the public imagination - its power and promise seemingly poised to affect every facet of society - so it's hardly surprising that 83% of anti-fraud professionals anticipate adding the technology to their anti-fraud armaments within...
Data-stealing malware infections increase seven-fold since 2020
Nearly 10-million devices fell victim to data-stealing malware in 2023, Kaspersky Digital Footprint Intelligence has revealed, drawing from insights gathered from infostealer malware log files traded on underground markets. With cybercriminals pilfering an average of...
Relentless change creates audit control gaps, raises risk
A February 2021 survey of 200 audit business partners revealed that over half (56%) of respondents said they were facing more changes in the last two years, and a large majority agreed these changes were both bigger (81%) and faster (74%), according to Gartner. The...
Coal still dominates SA’s power mix
Demand on South Africa's electricity system increased by 5% in the first half of 2021 relative to the same period last year - but it was still 2,2% lower than two years ago. This is among the findings in the half-year update on utility-scale power generation from the...
5G set for major growth trajectory
Worldwide 5G network infrastructure revenue is on pace to grow 39% to total $19,1-billion in 2021, up from $13,7-billion in 2020, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. Communications service providers (CSPs) in mature markets accelerated 5G development in 2020...
Covid puts financial wellbeing on the SA agenda
According to the 2021 Schroders Global Investor Study (GIS), 86% of South African investors have spent more time thinking about their financial wellbeing since the onset of Covid-19. This has translated into certain behavioural changes or motivations, which played out...
AI tipped for $342bn spend this year
Worldwide revenues for the artificial intelligence (AI) market, including software, hardware, and services, is estimated to grow 15,2% year over year in 2021 to $341,8-billion, according to the latest release of the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide...
Will the office make a comeback post-Covid-19?
The Covid-19 pandemic and resulting lockdowns worldwide have challenged conventional ideas on how we work and what a workplace should look like. But will the traditional 9-5 workday and five-day work week at the office come to an end as new, more flexible work...
Latest lockdowns, civil unrest affect auto industry’s green shoots
While the latest indicators for the second quarter of 2021 suggest an uptick in the local car market, the combined effects of the latest third wave lockdowns and civil unrest could hit the South African automotive industry hard in coming months, with potential...
Scammers get up to some new tricks
Amid continued disruption in supply chains and mail services, scammers sought to use this fact to steal money and credit card details during the second quarter (Q2) of 2021. Since last year, scammers have been taking advantage of disruption in deliveries to convince...
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Connected services boosts West African HR
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Rules for developing mobile apps
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execMobile offers global data roaming
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MWEB Business simplifies data backup
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KEMP strengthens load balance offering
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Fortinet introduces FortiWeb 5 OS
Fortinet, a world leader in high-performance network security introduced the next-generation operating system (OS) for its FortiWeb Web application firewalls product family, providing important new security advancements to protect against increasingly malicious...
Delivering service management as an asset
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Genesys to acquire SoundBite
Genesys, a leading provider of customer engagement and contact centre solutions, has announced it signed a definitive agreement to acquire SoundBite Communications for a price of $5.00 per share. SoundBite delivers cloud-based proactive collections, payments, and...
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