Enterprise WLAN revenues tick up for 2023
The enterprise segment of the worldwide wireless local area network (WLAN) market saw revenues grow 7,6% year over year in 2023 to $10,8-billion, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wireless LAN Tracker. However, in the fourth...
ChatGPT gets lawyer into hot water
In a judgment of 20 February 2024, by the Supreme Court of British Columbia, a lawyer who had relied on case law generated by ChatGPT dodged a figurative bullet when the court found that, given the circumstances of the case, she should not be slapped with a special...
Middle East cyberespionage campaign uncovered
Kaspersky has uncovered a long-standing cyberespionage campaign against Persian-speaking individuals in Iran. The group behind the malicious activity - dubbed Ferocious Kitten - has been active since at least 2015 and delivers a custom malware called "MarkiRAT" that...
Ransomware shows rapid growth
The average number of ransomware attacks each week increased by 20% in the last two months, 41% in the last six months, and 93% in the last 12 months. These are among the findings in an updated data snapshot of global ransomware trends near mid-year from Check Point...
Gender gap in mobile Internet is shrinking
A record number of women in South Asia now use mobile internet services, helping shrink the gender gap to 15% from 19% last year in low- and middle-income countries despite the onset of Covid-19, according to the fourth annual GSMA Mobile Gender Gap Report. The gains...
Zimbabwean livestock gains trust with blockchain solution
E-Livestock Global has launched what it believes to be a first-of-its kind solution powered by Mastercard's blockchain-based Provenance solution, empowering Zimbabwean farmers to prove the origin and health records of their cattle, while reducing risks to buyers. The...
Campus switch revenue rebounds
The worldwide Campus Switch revenue recovered in Q1 2021 after the decline witnessed last quarter, according to a report by Dell'Oro Group. Power-over-Ethernet campus ports surged, comprising a third of the ports shipped during the quarter. "Although a favorable...
Questions we should be asking about SA’s data grab policy
The South African Draft National Policy on Data and Cloud announced on 01 April 2021 has done more than startle the country. It has presented company, individual, and analysts with some very important questions. How can the country grab all the data generated by all...
Vaccine rollout will boost consumer spending
Customers are set to increase their spending once Covid-19 vaccines have been rolled out, according to SAS's latest customer experience research, "Experience 2030", However, this doesn't mean brands are out of the woods: more than half (56%) of customers globally have...
Pandemic-driven online adoption habits to be future norm
The move to handling essential elements of everyday life online, prompted by the global Covid-19 pandemic, will remain a fundamental reality for people around the world long after the pandemic has passed. This is among the findings of the "The Future Urban Reality",...
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Solar energy can ease price hikes
Solar energy can help South African companies overcome financial implications of future price hikes. Particularly medium-size businesses can benefit. However, in order for sun-generated energy to become mainstream among the South African private sector, the solar...
Norton encourages users to stay safe online
This year marks the 10th anniversary of Safer Internet Day, which is held to promote safer and more responsible use of online technology, particularly with the increasing accessibility of the Internet on mobile devices, such as tablets and smartphones, mostly amongst...
Free fibre infrastructure for landlords
Local open-access fibre infrastructure provider, Conduct Telecommunications, will at no cost to the landlord connect business premises to the country’s backbone fibre infrastructure. The company plans to expand its current footprint to 100 business precincts across...
Youth development to shape ICT industry
It’s no secret that for the past couple of years students have been performing poorly when it comes to maths and science. While matric results from the class of 2012 show a slight improvement in the pass rate for these two subjects with maths increasing by 7,7% to 54%...
The mobile retail revolution
The 2012 African Mobile Factbook (Blycroft Publishing) revealed a few interesting revelations. Users know that commerce in Africa is steadily becoming dependant on mobile, says Bevan Ducasse, CEO of wiGroup. Some analysts are even predicting that Africa will become...
Key BI trends for the year ahead
When it comes to predicting key areas of focus for IT in 2013, most analysts agree on three areas: big data; the cloud; and mobility, says Gary Allemann, MD at Master Data Management. These trends are driven primarily by business’ desire to improve the customer...
BT enhances Contact portfolio
BT has announced innovative new capabilities for its BT Contact portfolio, designed to make organisations easier to do business with, while removing costs and complexity from their contact centre operations and enabling “omni-channel” customer service. Those...
Pay for goods online using M-Pesa
Consumers in Kenya and Tanzania can now use M-Pesa to pay for a range of online goods and services including airline tickets, says Robin Philip, marketing director for South African payment services provider PayGate. “There is very little e-commerce activity in many...
Softline rebrands as Sage
Softline, a provider of business management software to small and medium sized companies, has announced that after months of planning they will be rebranding, and will be referred to as Sage South Africa, effective immediately. Softline is the holding company for...
New security services from HP
HP has announced a new set of security services that help organisations respond to, remediate and mitigate the impact of security breaches as they occur. Security breaches are increasingly disruptive to organisations and can significantly damage an organisation’s...
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