Defences improve, but ransomware still threatens SA businesses

Almost two-thirds (63%) of ransomware incidents in South Africa resulted in data being encrypted over the past year, according to the new State of Ransomware in South Africa 2026 report from Sophos. This is above the global average of 56% and an increase from the 60%...

20 years on and gender gap parity is fracturing

Twenty years after the World Economic Forum first measured the global gender gap, the world is closer to parity than ever, but progress is fragile, with gains reversing in some areas, according to theĀ Global Gender Gap Report 2026. Women now reach senior leadership in...

Unemployed are least likely to prioritise betting spending-limit tools

The online betting group most likely to prioritise debt repayment with a windfall is also the group least likely to ask regulators or operators for spending controls, according to new research from Softswiss. Fewer than four in 10 unemployed South Africans think...

AI-first enterprises will win big if they do it right

Kathy Gibson reports - Enterprises that are reshaping and reinventing business domains around artificial intelligence (AI) are on track to experience great return on investment (ROI) and become more competitive. But there is a currently a big disconnect between AI...

Private 5G networks usher in new wave of connectivity

Kathy Gibson is at Mobile World Congress 2022 - Private 5G networks offer enterprises new opportunities to transform themselves, digitalise and find new ways to serve their customers. This is the message from Tami Erwin, CEO of Verizon Business, who says private...

44% of META companies fail to protect their IoT

A recent Kaspersky report, "Pushing the limits: How to address specific cybersecurity demands and protect IoT", reveals that in two-in-five businesses (44%) in the META region, some parts of their IoT infrastructure are yet to have any protection. Meanwhile, the main...

Cisco, IBM tackle cybercrime

Cisco and IBM Security have announced they are working together to address the growing global threat of cybercrime. In a new agreement, Cisco and IBM Security will work closer together across products, services and threat intelligence for the benefit of customers....

Automotive touch screens to top 50m

With consumers already accustomed to using smartphones and tablet PCs in their everyday lives, touch screens are now increasingly making their way into their vehicles, too. Automotive touch panel shipments are expected to top 50-million units in 2017, up 11% from...

IoT and how it will impact society

Kathy Gibson reports from the MTN IoT Conference in Sandton - The 50-bilion devices that are expected to be connected by 2020 translates to about six devices for each person on the planet. And, with $1,3-trillion being spent on Internet of Things (IoT), about...

Follow the money for IoT success

Kathy Gibson reports from the MTN IoT Conference in Sandton - The sharing economy is rapidly becoming a reality as a means of solving problems associated with congestion and underutilisation of expensive resources. Jimmy Zhu, IoT regional director at Huawei, believes...

Innovation in an era of massive change

Kathy Gibson reports from the MTN IoT Conference in Sandton - The whole ICT industry is going through massive change, mirroring the enormous transition taking place in business at large. "We call this the vortex of change," says Videsha Proothveerajh, GM; southern...

The challenge of mobile payment security

South African financial institutions are under severe pressure to better secure their mobile services. Fraud and increasingly-sophisticated phishing attacks are massive challenges for organisations providing financial services via mobile devices, whereas the demand...

Solving power problems in SA

Challenges around power generation, T&D, metering, clean energy, finance, reliability, water supply and energy efficiency are the causes of concern for various organisations in the utilities sector - but technology can assist in addressing all of them. KPMG...

DevOps with cloud for better software delivery

Companies can expect as 81% improvement in overall software delivery performance when they combine DevOps methodologies with Cloud-based tools and delivery mechanisms. This compares to an improvement of just 52% when practicing DevOps alone or 53% when leveraging...

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