Compliance leaders are facing pressure to make the most of existing resources despite economic challenges and increased workload volume and complexity, according to Gartner. To face these challenges, leaders must address three crucial compliance function trends this...

The global supply chain analytics market size is projected to reach $22,46-billion by 2030, according to a new study by Grand View Research. The market is anticipated to register a CAGR of 17,8% from 2023 to 2030. Supply chain analytics (SCA) is becoming popular as...

Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $3,4-trillion in 2020, a decline of 8% from 2019, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. The coronavirus pandemic and effects of the global economic recession are causing CIOs to prioritise spending on technology and...

Paying cybercriminals to restore data encrypted during a ransomware attack is not an easy and inexpensive path to recovery. In fact, the total cost of recovery almost doubles when organizations pay a ransom, according to global survey from Sophos, "The State of...

Driven by increasing demand from branch, mobile, and Internet of Things (IoT) customers, International Data Corporation (IDC) expects LTE routers to experience double-digit growth in 2020. 5G wireless routers will add to this year's forecast, supported by initial...

Despite the dramatic decline in worldwide IT spending brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic, International Data Corporation (IDC) expects the Global StorageSphere - the worldwide installed base of storage capacity - will continue to expand. In a new update to its Global...

Altron has announced an increase in EBITDA of 14% to R1,8-billion in the year to end February, while revenue increased 6% to R16,7-billion during the same period. Headline earnings per share from continuing operations were up 2% to 182 cents while basic earnings per...

Datatec has published a trading statement for the financial year ended 29 February 2020, alerting shareholders it expects all earnings per share metrics for the period to be more than 20% higher than the reported earnings for FY19. underlying earnings per share is...

The World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) has released a Tourism Recovery Technical Assistance Package to offer guidance to Member States in response to Covid-19. The package is structured around three main pillars: economic recovery, marketing and promotion and...

The BankservAfrica Economic Transaction Index (BETI) for April 2020 has recorded the biggest decline in its history across monthly, quarterly and annual levels. "The annual rate of decline was 13,9% in April and on a quarterly basis, it was -15,2%," says Shergeran...