Every second corporate device is infected with malware
The share of corporate devices compromised with data-stealing malware has increased by one third since 2020, according to Kaspersky Digital Footprint Intelligence, and 21% of employees whose devices were infected ran the offending malware repeatedly. In response to...
Do you know what you’re eating?
A new paper published in Nature Food from the Periodic Table of Food Initiative (PTFI) exposes a critical gap in our scientific understanding of the foods we eat. It unveils a meticulously curated list of 1 650 nutritionally and culturally diverse foods for...
Amazon Prime Day sales see smallest growth in 5 years
Amazon Prime Day 2021 generated the highest sales for Amazon so far but had less impact than the 2020 event. Although the e-commerce giant generated around $11,2-billion in revenue from the products sold during the two-day shopping event, Prime Day sales growth...
Printing volumes rebound, but won’t hit pre-Covid levels
Total worldwide page volumes printed from office and home devices plummeted nearly 14% year over year in 2020 after several years of stable but slow decline. According to new research from International Data Corporation (IDC), 2,8-trillion pages were printed in 2020....
Huge rings give clues about a black hole’s behaviour
A spectacular set of rings around a black hole has been captured using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory. The X-ray images of the giant rings have revealed new information about dust located in our galaxy, using a similar principle to...
All change for communications department
The new minister of communications and digital technologies, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni , was previously Minister of Small Business Development and, most recently, acting-Minister in the Presidency: Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation following the death of Jackson Mthembu....
Collaboration, cloud, security are IT’s top concerns
CIOs and IT decision-makers (ITDMs) across Europe, The Middle East, Europe and Russia (EMEAR) are looking to maximise investments in digitisation and drive innovation after a difficult year which raised the profile of IT leaders in driving critical workplace...
Gender equality a business imperative for success
There is no doubt that business is increasingly acknowledging that diverse teams bring value to organisations and that companies with high levels of diversity substantially outperform those without. By Keletjo Chiloane, senior associate at Mercer Yet, despite the...
Diversity in cybersecurity matters
Diversity is more than gender. It is race, culture, ability and country. It is mixing up the talent pool and adding in the unique insights and perspectives that different people from different walks of life bring to create teams that are more engaging and innovative....
This is what students are looking for in an employer …
Success, presence and culture are the three key words that stand out in the 2021 Universum Talent Survey, which gathers data from South African students on the most considered and attractive employers. A total of 54 456 students from 27 universities participated in...
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BlackBerry launches women’s initiative
BlackBerry Global creative director, Alicia Keys, has launched the new BlackBerry Scholars Programme, the first step in its global women’s initiative designed to inspire more women to enter and develop careers in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math...
Switching to alternative telecoms
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Rigatech fills ICT skills gaps in SA
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Text messaging drives recruitment
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BDS appoints new GM for services
Bytes Document Solutions (BDS), Africa’s leading document management technology and solutions company and the largest Xerox distributor in the world, has appointed Anton van den Berg to the position of general manager: services. Van den Berg has significant management...
Cherry picking suppliers grows efficiencies
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A little security for big data
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PVision arms 2RM with video solution
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Mobile connectivity enables business
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How vertical markets embrace big data
It’s recognised that big data not only exists but that it has great potential to disrupt well-established vertical markets. Google commented on the fact that every two days, users generate as much information as was created between the dawn of civilisation and 2003,...
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