The volume of QR code payments in the leading southeast Asian market will increase from 13-billion in 2023 to 90-billion in 2028, according to a new study from Juniper Research. High growth in Southeast Asia and other developing markets is largely down to financial...

The 20-week sales ban on tobacco products introduced by the South African government in response to the Covid-19 pandemic did not have the intended objective of encouraging large-scale smoking cessation, a study has found. The paper, published in Tobacco Induced...

The primary role of a traditional bank providing financing and capital is set to be challenged further in a post Covid-19 world by non-banks. This is according to PwC's report, "Securing your tomorrow, today - the future of financial services", which predicts that...

Kathy Gibson reports - If the Covid-19 lockdown has proved anything to the busines world, it is that the distributed working model can and does work. Kristine Dahl Steidel, vice-president: EUC EMEA at VMware, says the new way of working has expressed a desire that...

Kathy Gibson reports from NetApp Insight 2020 - The IT industry has spoken about a changing world for years - but no-one could have predicted how quickly and radically it would change in 2020. George Kurian, CEO of NetApp, acknowledges that the past months have been...

Kathy Gibson reports from NetApp Insight 2020 - As a partner-led organisation, NetApp works with an ecosystem of vendors and customers to deliver solutions. Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, points out that the two companies have worked together on co-innovation for...

According to the World Economic Forum, cybercrime damages are projected to reach $6-trillion in 2021, which would equal the GDP of the world's third largest economy. Spending by enterprises on cybersecurity is continuing to grow, defying the pandemic-driven economic...

The last decade has seen an explosion in 3D printing, among hobbyists and professional users alike. The ability to prototype - or even, increasingly, industrially produce - almost any component with just a CAD package and a 3D printer has transformed the manufacturing...

A syndicate of criminals posing as employees of vehicle-tracking companies is targeting these companies' customers in a car-theft scam. The criminals claim that customers' tracking devices need repairing, then set up appointments, where they attempt to steal vehicles....

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) scooped the Top Enterprise Business Unit (EBU) Partner accolade at the Salesforce Partner Awards event which was hosted virtually on 23 July 2020. Now in their 2nd year, the Salesforce Sub-Saharan Partner Awards aim to recognise Salesforce...