There was a 90% increase in publicly extorted victims of ransomware attacks in 2023. According to Check Point Research's 2024 Annual Security Report, such ransomware attacks now account for 10% of all malware detected by Check Point's sensors. Indeed, the Check Point...

With the proliferation of software-defined everything (SDx) technologies such as software-defined networking (SDN), software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN), and software-defined storage, organisations across various sectors are experiencing transformative...

Despite the impact of Covid-19 on the global economy, the semiconductor market performed strongly in 2020. Demand by industry was uneven throughout the year due to global lockdowns, remote work and education, and shifts in consumer buying behaviour. Worldwide...

Vaccinations appear to hold the key to reviving international travel. This is among the findings from research by ForwardKeys from available flight booking data. Two destinations, Greece, and Iceland, which have announced that they will welcome vaccinated visitors...

The Western European printer and multifunction (MFP) market increased by 18,9% in 1Q21 compared with the same period a year ago, to give a market size of 5,15-million units. According to research by International Data Corporation (IDC), this was the third quarter in a...

On 9 February, a new object successfully began to orbit Mars: an un-crewed spacecraft called the Hope Probe. The mission has already returned the first image of Mars, taken by Hope's Emirates eXploration Imager from an altitude of 24 700 km. Led by the Mohammed Bin...

Teraco has become an integral node to the Meltingpot Indianoceanic Submarine System (MÉTISS), a 3 200 km subsea fibre optic cable system connecting South Africa to the Indian Ocean islands of Madagascar, Reunion and Mauritius. The MÉTISS consortium comprises Canal+...

Net 1 UEPS Technologies has reported an increase of approximately 27 000 EasyPay Everywhere (EPE) account holders, accouncing its third quarter results. During the period, the group saw a non-cash increase of $10,8-million, before tax effect, in the fair value of...

Kathy Gibson reports - 5G, cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) could hold the key to South Africa's future, giving us the opportunity to leapfrog into the fourth industrial revolution (4IR). Arthur Goldstuck, MD of research company World Wide Worx, points out that...

As the world went into pandemic lockdown in 2020, consumers shifted their spending habits to embrace contactless tap-and-go payments and online shopping. As stores closed and social distancing took hold, retailers worldwide moved their businesses online, embraced...