The South African Banking Risk Information Centre (SABRIC) has confirmed that at least 1 227 ATMs and 310 bank branches were vandalised or destroyed in the unrest from 9 July to 17 July. SABRIC has been assessing the threats, and quantifying the losses incurred by the...

Thousands of small businesses in KwaZulu-Natal and parts of Gauteng are trying to rebuild themselves after the devastating political unrest that saw businesses looted, trashed and even burned to the ground. The Department of Small Business Development has announced...

Almost three quarters (73%) of companies globally are relying on standard endpoint security-class solutions to protect their virtual environments, which could lead to reduced performance and create an excessive load on their systems - with one-third of businesses...

SMEs should treat the personalisation of communications as a huge opportunity rather than focusing on the potential impact of poor communications as a risk to their businesses. This is according Jacques van Wyk, chief operating officer of Ricoh SA, writing that...

Facebook is opening up its platform to developers, and will focus on both artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual reality in its 10-year strategic plan. Chief technology officer Mike Schroepfer took the stage at the F8 conference this week to show the company's work...

The annual Entelect Challenge (formerly known as the Entelect 100K Challenge) has launched, and is more up for grabs in prize money this year, as well as a few important changes to the competition's structure which gives contestants a greater chance of walking away...

Consumers today are evolving into marathon consumers of video content. Thanks to faster internet connectivity and more affordable bandwidth, digital users are likely to binge watch an average of five television episodes at a time. This is according to the 10th edition...

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a technology concept that is currently transforming and redefining virtually all markets and industries in fundamental ways – and IHS forecasts that the IoT market will grow from an installed base of 15,4-billion devices in 2015 to...

The Middle East and Africa (MEA) enterprise hardware market (comprising servers and external storage) remained flat in 2015 when compared to the annual revenues seen in the previous year. Referencing its latest Quarterly Server and Disk Storage Systems Tracker,...

Worldwide PC shipments totalled 60,6-million units in the first quarter of 2016 (1Q16), a year-on-year decline of 11,5%, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. Shipments were in line with conservative expectations for a...