WLAN market set to surge in 2025
Wireless LAN (WLAN) revenue is expected to grow 11% in 2025 after the 2024 contraction finally comes to an end, according to Dell’Oro Group, with WiFi 7 adoption shooting up and representing over a third of Indoor AP revenues. “The growth of WiFi 7 shipments has been...
Heightened geopolitical tensions increase security risk ratings
While South Africa has a low rating for medical-related risk, mental health, climate change and security risks continue to rise. This is among the trends shown in the annual interactive Risk Map 2025 launched by Internation SOS. As global security and health risks...
Nominations open for 2024 IITPSA President’s Awards
Nominations are now open for the Institute of Information Technology Professionals (IITPSA) President's Awards - which this year includes a new award category for IITPSA members - and which will encompass the theme of "Celebrating leaders in ethical digital...
Cloud-based solutions driving network security growth
The worldwide network security market - including firewall, SSE, traditional SWG appliance, WAF, and ADC segments - is expected to grow to nearly $40-billion by 2028, according to a new report from Dell'Oro Group. This growth will be driven by a significant shift in...
DevOps threats strike every few days
Outages, human errors, cyberattacks, data breaches, ransomware, security vulnerabilities and, as a result, data loss are the reality that DevSecOps teams have to face - every few days, according to GitProtect.io's latest The State of DevOps Threats Report. The report...
RSLM market is flourishing
Regulated software lifecycle management (RSLM) solutions is a thriving market with recurrent growth as software-defined products continue to take over product development, according to a new report from Omdia's Cloud Software & Services Intelligence Service. The...
SME confidence on the rise
As the nation approached the polls, iKhokha conducted a survey across its national base to learn more about SME confidence in our government. The survey revealed that 76% of SMEs felt government support to be ineffective in promoting small business growth and...
Netflix subscribers swell by 500% in 10 years
Despite the steady rise in its prices, the number of people subscribing to Netflix services has snowballed over the years - helping the streaming giant to build an impressive user base, according to Stocklytics.com. New research from the research group says that...
More disruption pushes cost of a data breach to new highs
The global average cost of a data breach reached $4,88-million in 2024, as breaches grow more disruptive and further expand demands on cyber teams, according to IBM's new Cost of a Data Breach Report. Breach costs increased 10% from the prior year, the largest yearly...
Zuckerberg, Huang agree on the future of AI
Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang discusses the transformative potential of open source AI and AI assistants with Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg at yesterday’s Siggraph 2024 event. Zuckerberg kicked off the discussion by announcing the launch of AI Studio, a...
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Data management key for competitive advantage in supply chain and logistics
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Zero day: the wide-open door
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The value of a compliant business
Chris Ogden, CEO of RubiBlue, digs into the intricacies of compliance and looks at how this can become a part of the corporate culture. Compliance has become an important part of the business conversation. It spans security, data, regulation, legislation, internal...
New Fujitsu tablet adds flexibility, robustness
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Digital transformation and the public sector
Digital transformation has been a challenge for public sector organisations, but the changes wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic have accelerated the transition. By Amritesh Anand, associate vice-president at In2IT Technologies While legacy architecture and...
Virtual agents can do more than standard chatbots
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Gary Kirsten launches CoachED website
Cricket coach, Gary Kirsten, has launched the new CoachED website which offers even more courses to certify coaches across all levels of the game. "Based on the growing demand for coaches to become certified alongside the lack of access for many coaches wanting to...
#SafeSigns chatbot helps women lower exposure to intimate partner violence
Praekelt.org, in partnership with Wits University and Behavioural Insights Team (BIT), has launched the #SafeSigns digital chatbot at the Sexual Violence Research Initiative Forum in Cancun, following a three-year study showing a low-cost digital intervention...
Huawei SA recognised for public sector innovation
Huawei South Africa has won the Digital Innovator Award at The State IT Agency's (SITA) Digital Public Service Awards ceremony, which took place this week in Durban. The event was attended by Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni and Deputy Minister Philly Mapulane of South...
Sage picks 4Sight for Microsoft Azure migration
Sage has appointed 4Sight Holdings as official Strategic Hosting Provider under their Sage Partner Cloud program, both for South Africa and MEA to assist customers across Africa with their migration to the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. 4Sight received the...
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