Six years after its founding and three years after Covid-19 broke out in China, leading members of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness and Innovations (CEPI) and world leaders gathered at the 53rd World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos to discuss what key...

A dramatic rise in the frequency and severity of wildfires is undermining efforts to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in combating climate change. According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 30% of the world's population is exposed to deadly...

Umhlanga-based financial services provider Talksure has walked away with gold at the 2019 Contact Centre World Global Awards. CEO Jacques de Beer, accepted the award for Best Large-Sized Contact Centre at a prestigious awards ceremony held at the Fairmont in...

Lenovo and Intel will collaborate to modernise HPC infrastructure at Austria's most powerful supercomputer - the Vienna Scientific Cluster-4 (VSC-4). Built on Lenovo ThinkSystem servers and 2nd generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors, VSC-4 supports more than 300...

In 2019, the number of unique malicious objects detected by Kaspersky's web antivirus solution rose by an eighth, compared to last year -- reaching 24 610 126. This growth was mainly influenced by a 187% rise in web skimmer files. Other threats, such as backdoors and...

EOH Abantu, a wholly-owned subsidiary of EOH, has entered into a sale of shares agreement with Afrocentric Health (RF) to dispose of all of its shares in Dental Information Systems Holdings (Denis) for a total value of R250-million. Denis, together with its...

The EMEA purpose-built backup appliance (PBBA) market rose in value 2,7% year-on-year to reach $325,5-million in the third quarter of 2019, according to International Data Corporation's (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Purpose-Built Backup Appliance Tracker. This follows the...

As South Africans prepare to celebrate the festive season, MTN is capacitating its network in high density areas and tourist hotspots in order to carry increased voice and data traffic over the festive season. Operations are underway to cater for additional coverage...

The Experian Business Debt Index (BDI) improved moderately in Q3 from Q2, rising to a reading of -0.18, from -0.35 in Q2. The fact that the index remained below the zero-defining line between improvement and deterioration of business debt conditions, implies that the...

In the age of constant connectivity, consumers today feel more alone than ever - and find it harder to trust their peers and companies. This is one of the key findings of the 8th annual Looking Further with Ford Trend Report in which the motor company identifies trust...