More than half of the mining organisations operating around the world consider themselves to be repeatable data-led companies on the organisational data maturity scale, according to IDC’s 2021 Worldwide Mining Decision-Maker Survey. The ability to capture, clean, and...

Almost one in three industrial computers globally was subject to malicious activity in H1 2021, according to Kaspersky ICS CERT. During the first half of 2021, cybercriminals intensively used various types of spyware and malicious scripts while performing their...

GE has opened its R500-million Africa Innovation Centre in Johannesburg.  The 2 700m2 facility is the first for GE in Africa and the 10th GE Innovation Centre globally. It is the first GREEN- and LEED-certified GE building in sub-Saharan Africa and will be GE's centre...

Despite an increasing number of data breaches and more than 3,9-billion data records worldwide being lost or stolen since 2013, organisations continue to believe perimeter security technologies are effective against data breaches. This is one of the many findings of...

Consumer goods retailers and manufacturers that want to keep in front of change and secure competitive advantage are transforming themselves into fully integrated omni businesses - able to respond to the needs of customers across all channels and at any point during...

SanDisk (a Western Digital brand) has appointed Kolok as its third official distributor, covering South Africa and neighbouring countries Botswana, Namibia, Mozambique, Lesotho and Zimbabwe. With logistics and distribution operations in South Africa, Kolok also has...

Otel Telecoms' has been named as a Zycoo-approved distributor, which give it realtime access to direct technical support from one of the world's leading developers and manufacturers of IP (Internet Protocol) unified communications solutions. The distributor agreement...

A procurement delegation from the UN is currently in South Africa to encourage South African companies to pursue business opportunities with the United Nations. The South Africa United Nations Procurement Summit is currently being hosted at the CSIR Convention Centre...

Microsoft will acquire LinkedIn for $196 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at $26,2-billion, inclusive of LinkedIn’s net cash. LinkedIn will retain its brand, culture and independence, while Jeff Weiner will remain CEO of LinkedIn, reporting to Satya...

A group calling itself Anonymous Africa has claimed responsibility for a massive DdoS (distributed denial of service) SABC web sites over the weekend, an act that that SABC has condemned. The broadcaster's main and news sites were affected, while radio stations SAfm...