Compliance teams that don’t embed their controls into employee processes face a significantly higher rate of compliance failures, according to a survey by Garner. The survey of 755 employees in April 2021 found these failures linked to unnecessary compliance burdens...

The recovery of the global PC market gained momentum in the first half of 2021, mainly driven by the growth in gaming notebooks and surging Chromebook sales. According to data presented by StockApps.com, the total number of PCs shipped during the first half of the...

Microsoft yesterday announced a further scaling back of the mobile phone manufacturing business that it acquired from Nokia in 2013. It will lay off 1 850 workers, taking an impairment charge of around $950-million. This move follows the sale last week of Microsoft's...

The next stage of the Johannesburg Road Agency (JRA)'s major rehabilitation of three bridges on the M1 freeway will start on Monday, 30 May 2016. This will affect southbound traffic leading into the City from Sandton, Alexandra and Midrand. "We are making excellent...

The MIT Global startup Labs Programme is heading to South Africa and both new and established tech entrepreneurs have until 31 May to submit their best new and innovative tech ideas. The South African leg of the programme is a joint initiative of MIT, Wits University...

The South African Child Gauge at UCT has spent the last 10 years tracking the state of South African. Children. A look back at the past 10 annual issues of the South African Child Gauge has revealed both the progress made for local children, as well as the obstacles...

Layer 2 Internet Exchange Point (IXP) NAPAfrica and Workonline Communications, a provider of wholesale IP transit and transport services based in sub-Saharan Africa, have teamed up with the RIPE NCC to gather Internet data that will help network operators gain further...

Seedstars World, the global seed-stage startup competition for emerging markets and fast-growing startup scenes, is kicking off its tour this week in Cape Town. The event will take place at Workshop 17 tomorrow (27 May) with the startups to pitch to a panel of judges....

Kathy Gibson reports from Huawei MEA Service Summit in Cape Town - Business today is about transforming what we do daily, and organisations in every industry have to undergo digital transformation if they want to thrive in the future. Telecommunications operators,...

Kathy Gibson reports from Huawei MEA Service Summit in Cape Town - There can be no doubt that telecommunications is going through a period of major change as telcos continue to experience lower revenues. "At the same time there is massive growth in the digital...