New research from International Data Corporation (IDC) forecasts worldwide private LTE/5G wireless infrastructure revenues will reach $8,3-billion by 2026, a significant increase from revenues of $1,7-billion in 2021. The market is expected to achieve a five-year...

Global internet outages have been increasing since the beginning of the pandemic. And the world's reliance on a stable internet connection will only continue to grow, which has led to gloomy predictions regarding its resiliency due to immense user traffic. However,...

IBM Security has announced the results of a South African study exploring the implications and effects of data breaches on businesses. Sponsored by IBM Security and conducted by Ponemon Institute, the study found that the average cost of a data breach in South Africa...

The new Petya ransomware is sweeping the globe and proving that businesses and individuals all need to be agile and responsive to the new unknowns. Gartner’s Jonathan Care offers some tips for preventing future nasties like WannaCry and Petya  which are now making use...

Mastercard has released a new whitepaper addressing the challenges and future opportunities surrounding the sharing economy. The paper is based on an investigation undertaken by Mastercard and The Future Agenda which delved into the current state and future...

China is Africa's largest economic partner but, until now, it has been a challenge to understand the full extent of the partnership due to a dearth of data. A new report by McKinsey Africa has found that its involvement is bigger and more multifaceted than previous...

IBM and Cornell University, a leader in dairy research, have announced a new collaboration using next-generation sequencing combined with bioinformatics designed to help reduce the chances that the global milk supply is impacted by safety breaches. With the onset of...

IDC's EMEA Server Tracker shows that in the first quarter of 2017 the EMEA server market reported a year-on-year (YoY) decline in vendor revenues of 12,7% to $2,7-billion and a YoY decrease of 1,4% in units shipped to just over 530 000. Looking at the EMEA market in...

MWeb will be launching LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) products next Monday (3 July) to complement its existing fibre-to-the-home and ADSL offerings and expand its portfolio of broadband options. Customers can place pre-orders via its website. The company says that with LTE-A,...

Despite the advantages that emerging technologies bring organisations, decision-makers need to realise that data remains the key behind business success, says Kaspersky Africa GM, Riaan Badenhorst. "To adapt to this [data-driven] environment, companies are expanding...