With the new Threads social media platform on the rise - destined, some say, to reshape how we communicate, promote brands, and engage with each other - an exciting new era is seemingly underway. "Among the launch of numerous social media platforms over the years,...

With the slew of generative AI intelligent platforms emerging, starting with ChatGPT, Check Point Research (CPR ) recently conducted a security analysis of the latest one - Google Bard - and did a comparative analysis vis-à-vis ChatGPT. What the security experts found...

The worldwide public cloud services market, including Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS), grew 26% year over year in 2019, with revenues totaling $233,4-billion. According to the International Data...

As South Africa enters level 2 lockdown this week, businesses need to ask themselves if they are prepared to face the new consumer. Do they know how their customer has changed in the wake of a global health pandemic? Are they aware of what their target market now...

Employees are applying only 54% of the new skills they learn, despite the number of skills required for a single job increasing by 10% year-over-year. A Gartner TalentNeuron data reveals that 33% of the skills needed three years ago are no longer relevant. The...

Enterprises must adapt to address telework security challenges long-term. This is one of the findings from Fortinet's 2020 Remote Workforce Cybersecurity Report, which shows how organisations are increasing their investments to secure remote work at scale. The survey...

Africa Data Centres and Benya Cables are entering into a strategic supply agreement to secure continuous sourcing of critical fibre optic technology and equipment. The agreement is for supply into seven of the biggest countries across Africa. Benya Cables, based in...

The 2020 Africa's Business Heroes (ABH) prize competition, a philanthropic program established by the Jack Ma Foundation's Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI), has shortlisted the top 20 finalists competing for a spot at this year's finale. The 20 entrepreneurs...

Consumer, business and credit information services agency Experian South Africa has confirmed that it has suffered a security breach that has exposed customer records. The breach is thought to have exposed some personal information of as many as 24-million South...

Threats related to the Covid-19 crisis defined the cybersecurity landscape in the second quarter of 2020, according to ESET's Q2 2020 Threat Report shows. "Our telemetry showed a continued influx of Covid-19 lures in Web and email attacks, as well as an increase in...