Developing AI solutions is anything but simple
Developers across industries have seen their job descriptions expand to include a common phrase: “generative AI”. As enterprises rush to adopt the technology, they are tasking their developers with building, customising, testing and deploying generative AI...
Holiday shoppers spend a record $1.2trn online
Holiday retail sales surged to a record $1,2-trillion globally, and $282-billion in the US, according to new data from Salesforce. However, high returns could dampen overall profit margins. The report indicates that the better-than-expected holiday shopping season was...
Mobile gaming leads with $92,6bn sales
The gaming landscape has changed drastically ever since the smartphones have arrived in the market. So much so that in under two decades, mobile gaming has become the biggest source of revenue in the industry. According to the numbers presented by NoKyc.com, mobile...
Crypto helps drive DeFi market up 137%
After struggling through multi-year lows in 2022 and 2023, the 2024 crypto bull run breathed new life into the decentralised finance (DeFi) market. The surge in crypto prices propelled asset values in DeFi, attracting more users and liquidity. Investors flocked to...
Phishing threats target Telegram Premium
Kaspersky has warned that fake Telegram Premium offers have been spreading globally, targeting users with phishing scams and malware disguised as alternative app versions. These attacks aim to steal account credentials or compromise devices. The scams capitalise on...
Airline passenger demand is rising
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for November 2024 global passenger demand with the following highlights: Total demand, measured in revenue passenger kilometers (RPK), was up 8,1% compared to November 2023. Total capacity, measured in...
HPC hardware market set for sustained growth
High-performance computing (HPC) systems, including supercomputers, outclass all other classes of computing in terms of calculation speed by parallelising processing over many processors. HPC has long been an integral tool across critical industries, from facilitating...
Fundamentals of positive customer experience in 2025
By getting certain fundamentals right, companies can deliver a great customer experience (CX) no matter what industry or region they operate in. Wayne Haw, regional director for CX customer success: Middle East and Africa at SAP, unpacks what it means to deliver a...
Trust no-one: Making sense of zero trust for your business
Protecting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from cyber threats goes beyond traditional firewalls. A zero-trust approach is now essential, offering enhanced security against insider threats and risks associated with remote work. Despite the initial investment,...
35 years on, is ransomware still effective?
Ransomware has been around for 35 years, with the first known case involving the AIDS Trojan. This malware was spread using physical disks, pretending to be software to assess people’s risk of developing AIDS. Since then, ransomware has become a major cyber threat,...
Essential software skills that will dominate 2025
Developers and web operations (WebOps) specialists face a challenging year as organisations strive to drive more value from their ICT investments, ramp up cloud migration, fortify cybersecurity, and address sustainability and environmental imperatives. By James...
Lower the risk of abandoned online shopping carts
Many e-commerce platforms experience elevated levels of cart abandonment because they fail to consider the perspective of the buyer. In much the same way that software can be far removed from the actual needs of the end user, so disconnects occur between online...