Near-term headwinds will hinder the energy and metals sectors' energy transition efforts in 2024, according to a new S&P Global Market Intelligence report. The newly published 2024 Commodities outlook: Near-term risks abound for energy transition, critical...

The ISPA Inspires Educational Sponsorship has been running for three years now and produced almost half a dozen winners who have been enabled to pursue studies and careers in the ICT (Information and Communications Technology) sector through the support of South...

The coronavirus pandemic has put chief supply chain officers (CSCOs) under pressure to adapt and prepare their networks for an uncertain future, says Gartner. During the opening keynote of the Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo, taking place virtually in the Americas...

Many consumers shied away from cash and gravitated towards digital payment solutions during the national lockdown, according to the latest statistics from Standard Bank's card division. South Africans were asked to stay at home between April and September 2020 and...

Due to the global pandemic and the shift to remote work, the migration to cloud computing has accelerated in 2020 and will see the global public cloud services market grow by 6,3% to $257,9-billion, according to research firm StockApps. The organisation adds that...

The activity of advanced persistent threat (APT) groups in the third quarter of 2020 indicated a curious trend: while many threat actors advance and continue to diversify their toolsets, at times resorting to extremely tailored and persistent tools, others...

Security measures within the financial sector have evolved dramatically, with regards to combining elements such as key codes, two factor authentication, voice ID, behavioural analysis, one-time passcodes, protective messaging, digital fingerprinting, and so on. But,...

Containing the scourge of Covid-19 requires testing of individuals, and isolating those who test positive, together with recent contacts, so as to prevent further spread. It is therefore critical to ensure that testing is independently verified so as to assure its...

The PC, tablet, smartphone and small domestic appliance sectors are the bright spots in a South African technical consumer goods market that saw revenues drop 7% for the period January to August 2020. That's according to point of sale tracking data from GfK South...

Six forces in the IT industry will present a fundamental threat to technology and service providers (TSPs) through 2025, according to Gartner. "Forces outside of a TSP's control demand a response - adapt to thrive or struggle to survive," says Rajesh Kandaswamy,...