As part of the Post-Quantum Telco Network Taskforce, GSMA - with contributions from members IBM, Vodafone and others - has published the Post Quantum Telco Network Impact Assessment: an in-depth analysis of the quantum security threats facing the telecommunications...

Data leakages of internal systems caused either by cyberattacks (20%) or employees (21%) in the Middle East, Turkiye and Africa (META) region are the most concerning security issue encountered by SMBs and enterprises. Respondents in a Kaspersky IT Security Economics...

IBM has transformed its software portfolio to be cloud-native and optimised it to run on Red Hat OpenShift. Enterprises can now build mission-critical applications once and run them on all leading public clouds, including AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform,...

The data breach of US bank Capital One that this week exposed the personal data of more than 100-million US customers may be only the start of a series of breach notifications from other organisations. The potential victims could include UK-based telecoms carrier...

Spending on Internet of Things (IoT) technologies in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) is set to top $8,47-billion this year, according to the latest forecast from global technology research and consulting firm International Data Corporation (IDC). A recent update to...

While consumers may have enjoyed some reprieve from the interest rate cut in July, the motor industry didn't. New vehicle sales continued their downward trend according to results released by the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa...

In 2019 Fak'ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival, celebrates six years of developing young digital creatives through the Fak'ugesi Digital Africa Residency and introduces two new special collaborations. The Fak'ugesi Digital Africa Residency is the festival's...

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity in the defence and security domains was valued at $130-billion during the three months to 30 June 2019, according to Jane's by IHS Markit . This compared with $5,4-billion during the prior three months and an average of...

Kathy Gibson is with Huawei in Braamfontein - 5G is set to revolutionise industries - but the technicalities of the service are not what's important. This is the word from Dr Mohammed Madkour, vice-president: wireless and cloud core marketing at Huawei, addressing the...

A multi-disciplinary international team led by Professor Ryan Abbott at the University of Surrey has successfully filed the first ever patent applications for two inventions created autonomously by artificial intelligence (AI) without a human inventor. The AI...