In a local survey of 500 CTOs, Directors, C-suite respondents and business owners, Fortinet reveals that 89% of South African business leaders view cloud security as a major concern. The insights also show how businesses are focusing on overcoming significant barriers...

Microsoft South Africa has set up the YES Microsoft AI Skills Initiative, aiming to skill up 300 000 young South Africans on artificial intelligence (AI). “This partnership is transformative,” says Ravi Naidoo, CEO of Youth Employment Service. “We can use AI to drive...

Microsoft has announced plans to acquire ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softworks, one of the largest privately-held game developers and publishers in the world. Under the terms of the agreement, Microsoft will acquire ZeniMax Media for $7,5-billion in...

With 91% of all respondents, an overwhelming majority of developers today are more likely to choose a company with remote work benefits when job hunting. This is according to the 2020 OfferZen Remote Work report that polled more than 1 500 developers to understand how...

Internet users across the globe are yet to master how to use passwords effectively to protect themselves online, and South African users are no exception. Research from Kaspersky has shown that people are putting their online safety at risk by making bad password...

The Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) market for gaming desktops and notebooks boomed in the second quarter of 2020, growing 33% YoY, and totaling 2-million units, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). The market for PC gaming is expected to be...

Sophos has reported how attackers tried three different ways to execute Maze ransomware during a single attack while demanding a $15-million ransom. The report, "Maze Attackers Adopt Ragnar Locker Virtual Machine Technique," shows how, on the third try, the Maze...

PC sales from Western Europe's largest distributors to consumer resellers have almost maintained the momentum they gathered earlier in the year - growing by 39% year-on-year in early Q3 after a 42% rise in Q2. According to the latest data published by Context, volume...

Check Point Research has unraveled an ongoing surveillance operation by Iranian entities that has been targeting Iranian expats and dissidents for years. The team unpacks the operation: While some individual sightings of this attack were previously reported by other...

The EMEA external storage systems market value in 2020Q2 was down 8,5% year-on-year in dollars and 6,6% in euros, according to International Data Corporation's (IDC) EMEA Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker. Once again, the quarter saw marked differences across...