Companies that have already deployed industrial metaverse use cases are seeing more reported benefits than those still in the planning phase expect, most notably in capital expenditure reduction (15%), sustainability (10%) and safety improvement (9%). This is...

CIOs and IT leaders are under pressure to prepare their organisations for the possibility of extended load shedding or a complete grid failure, however few would be able to sustain business as usual through extended power outages. This emerged during a high-level...

As revenue contracts, chief financial officers (CFOs) are making changes to their long-term investment plans. A Gartner survey of 145 CFOs and senior finance leaders on 12 April 2020 revealed that 51% of respondents were preparing for a revenue contraction of up to...

Despite a ubiquitous presence in news coverage and headlines and concerted testing and awareness campaigns by the government, South Africans are still not entirely sure about how the Covid-19 coronavirus works. A survey conducted by gig economy company M4Jam and...

Based on its latest Black Book release, International Data Corporation (IDC) expects telecommunication services spending to reach $1,6-billion in 2020 with nearly flat growth compared to 2019. The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the market in several ways. On the...

A new SophosLabs report, "Don't Let Fleeceware Sneak into Your iPhone", shows how Apple device users are being targeted by applications that overcharge users through costly subscriptions or unscrupulous in-app purchases. Sophos calls this kind of app "fleeceware" and...

According to data compiled and analyzed by Atlas VPN, hackers attacked businesses more than 22-million times during the last week worldwide. More than 63% of these hacking attempts were malware attacks. On average, there were 3,26-million cyberattacks daily throughout...

Amidst a pandemic, Investec is warning businesses and consumers to be on the lookout for online fraud and phishing scams as fraudsters try to take advantage of Covid-19. "Given the speed at which organisations are being forced to respond to the pandemic, the rise of...

Global commercial vehicle production (GVW 4-8) volumes in 2020 compared to 2019 are forecast to be down 22% (more than 650 000 units) to 2,6-million units, in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the most recent analysis from IHS Markit. Individual regional...

The current situation, when most of the global population is forced to stay at home due to the coronavirus pandemic, has already had huge effects on the electronic music industry. As major music events like Coachella, Ultra, SXSW, Glastonbury, Time Warp have either...