Most then 70% of businesses pay more than $100 000 for additional training annually to keep skills of their cybersecurity employees up to date, a recent global Kaspersky study has revealed. However, the surveyed companies also highlighted that there was a lack of...

Each year, companies and consumers worldwide spend trillions of dollars on IT, including devices like PCs, tablets, mobile phones, printers, enterprise software, data center systems, and communications services. And, while 2024 is on track to set a new record with...

The surge in PC demand continued through the second quarter of 2021 (2Q21) despite global component shortages and logistics issues. Worldwide shipments of Traditional PCs, inclusive of desktops, notebooks, and workstations, reached 83,6-million units in 2Q21, up 13,2%...

Employers considering putting a mandatory Covid-19 vaccination policy in place need to take several factors into account, including appropriate steps if an employee refuses, write Dhevarsha Ramjettan and Shane Johnson from Webber Wentzel. Employers are currently faced...

Every organisation, regardless of size and vertical, is susceptible to phishing and social engineering without computer-based training. This is among the findings of a new Phishing by Industry Benchmarking Report to measure an organisation's phish-prone percentage...

Over the last five years, digital financial services like crowdinvesting and crowdfunding became an appealing alternative for thousands of investors and start-ups, connecting borrowers directly to lenders through online platforms and offering different models of...

Marking 10 years since the launch of this national platform to recognise local champions of app development talent, the 2021 MTN Business App of the Year Awards are now officially open for entry. This year's prize money for the country's best digital developers is at...

With the global population expected to significantly exceed 9-billion people by 2050, of which some 2,5-billion will be living on the African continent, biodiversity is shrinking, even as the waste generated by billions of people grows exponentially. The loss of...

The Ostrich Slaughter Planner, a smart technology tool developed by the Western Cape Department of Agriculture in response to the industry's need to streamline recordkeeping, planning, and issuing of permits for the slaughter of ostriches at the abattoirs, was...

Kathy Gibson reports - The South African financial market is a paradox in that a majority of people have bank accounts, but 80% of them don't have access to financial services. Khulekani Mathe, head of financial inclusion at the Banking Association South Africa,...