The success of ransomware gangs has spurred a significant trend of professionalisation amongst cyber criminals where different groups develop specialised services to offer one another, according to a new report from WithSecure (formerly known as F-Secure Business)....

Ransomware has been making headlines for the past several years. In their quest for profit, attackers have targeted almost every type of organisation, from healthcare and educational institutions to service providers and industrial enterprises, affecting nearly every...

VPN usage in the US increased by 71% in the last seven days, and by a staggering 124% in the last two weeks. This is according to Atlas VPN which says it measured how much traffic travelled through its servers last week from its 53 000 weekly users. The number of...

The coronavirus (Covid-19) will by far have the most impact on the technology industry in 2020. It will put incredible strain on the world's economy, which will be effectively halted for three months or more. It is effectively a stress test on companies' ability to...

Disruptions to supply chains, demand, international trade flows, and travel, along with lockdowns and collapsing stock prices, resulting from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) virus have dealt a heavy blow to the global economy. By IHS Markit March Global...

A Gartner survey of 800 global HR executives on March 17 found that 88% of organisations have encouraged or required employees to work from home, regardless of whether or not they showed coronavirus-related symptoms. Nearly all organisations (97%) have canceled...

The coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) is affecting China and is spreading within East Asia and into Europe and North America. In addition to the human cost of life, the impact of the spread of the virus on the global economy is only beginning to be appreciated and...

The World Health Organisation WHO (www.WHO.int) is launching a messaging service with partners WhatsApp and Facebook to keep people safe from the novel coronavirus Covid-19. The easy-to-use messaging service has the potential to reach 20billion people and enables WHO...

For the past four years, the strongest demand for talent with artificial intelligence (AI) skills has not come from the IT department, but rather from other business units in the organisation, according to Gartner. Gartner Talent Neuron data shows that although the IT...

According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Converged Systems Tracker, worldwide converged systems market revenue increased 1,1% year over year to $4,2-billion during the fourth quarter of 2019 (4Q19). "Hyperconverged system sales...