Despite increased focus and investment, 55% of digital government programs are failing to scale, according to a survey from Gartner. Government CIOs can adopt practices from digitally advanced governments to successfully scale their own programs. "Citizens expect...

Kaspersky researchers have disclosed the results of the global analysis of stalkerware programs - commercially available spyware often used for domestic abuse. According to their calculations, 318 users in South Africa have found out they have stalkerware programs on...

Vendor revenue in the worldwide server market declined 0,4% year over year to $13,4-billion in the second quarter of 2016 (2Q16). According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, overall server market growth has recently slowed...

The worldwide public cloud services market is projected to grow 17,2% in 2016 to total $208,6-billion, up from $178-billion in 2015, according to Gartner. The highest growth will come from cloud system infrastructure services (infrastructure as a service [IaaS]),...

International wildlife charities, Born Free Foundation and Born Free USA, have issued a stark warning to governments around the world: there can be no trade in some of our most critically endangered wildlife. They made the annoucement ahead of the 17th meeting of the...

Challenges in the higher education sector - such as increasing student numbers, student unpreparedness and reduced funding - are not problems unique to South Africa. This is according to Richard Burrows, Blackboard Analytics specialist, speaking at an education...

Ensuring high levels of security of data and systems, and guaranteeing business continuity are the top IT priorities among Middle East and Africa (MEA) decision-makers in the healthcare industry for the next year or so, along with integrating siloed systems and...

Cyber threats pose a growing danger to companies and individuals, and the risks are constantly evolving like a moving target. An estimated half-a-million attacks are happening every minute in cyber space, where the hackers are intent on keeping one step ahead with...

With the cost of global cybercrime expected to pass the $2-trillion mark by 2019, MTN Business has made a number of moves to protect its business clients from the growing risk of cyber-based fraud and theft. "MTN Business has expanded its portfolio of business ICT...

One FNB customer will walk away with R62-million after winning the PowerBall jackpot in the draw that took place on the 16 September 2016. The latest jackpot winner brings the total amount won by FNB clients to over R160-million since Lotto and PowerBall purchases...