The global B2C e-commerce market size is projected to reach $17,77-trillion by 2030, registering a CAGR of 19,1% from 2024 to 2030, according to a new study by Grand View Research. Within the business-to-consumer (B2C) e-commerce market landscape, the diversification...

South Africa ranks as the sixth most targeted country for cyberattacks, resulting in an estimated annual cost of R2,2-billion to the economy. And, despite the view held by many of the country's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that their ventures are too...

Comments on government's controversial proposed data policy - the Draft National Policy on Data and Cloud, released on 1 April 2021 - were due yesterday (18 May). The policy, in which the government will become co-owner of all data generated in South Africa (SA), has...

The Department of Communications and Digital Technologies says it aims to fast-track the broadcasting digital migration and release spectrum in the current year, amd. Presenting the department's R3,7-billion budget, Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams says these are...

Kathy Gibson reports - SUSE is positioning Linux and Kubernetes at the centre of digital transformation, and has launched a raft of solutions that address the data centre, the cloud and the edge. Sheng Liang, president: engineering and innovation at SUSE, explains...

A massive 68% of South Africans have dealt with fraudsters who were trying to steal money, bank card details, Internet banking credentials in 2020. Kaspersky research shows that 38% of respondents encountered scammers themselves, 20% said it was their loved ones who...

The Blockchain Research Institute (BRI), an independent blockchain think-tank, is launching a new wave of global expansion with the announcement of BRI Africa, BRI Middle East, and BRI Korea. BRI Africa will be launched in partnership with Standard Bank Group, while...

The internet became a lifeline to the outside world during 2020, connecting South Africa's remote workforce to their jobs, children to teachers and educational resources, and families to virtual entertainment. According to Vuma's 2020 End-User Customer Satisfaction...

Revenue growth from sales of unified communications (UC) products and systems across Europe has continued upwards in the first few months of 2021, despite a strong 2020 dominated by mass remote working, according to Context. Context figures for sales through IT...

Lesley Donna Williams, CEO of Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct, has been made a knight in the National Order of Merit by Aurélien Lechevallier, ambassador of France to South Africa. The prestigious award was in recognition of the close links fostered between...