Smartwatches spur strong regional growth for wearables
The Middle East and Africa wearables market experienced strong annual growth in both unit and value terms for the whole of 2022, according to newly-published insights from International Data Corporation (IDC). The latest edition of the firm's Worldwide Quarterly...
New phishing method drives 40 000 new attacks
An evolution in phishing attacks now leverages popular businesses and services to infiltrate people's inboxes. Named "Phishing Scams 3.0", this method involves attackers using actual legitimate services to execute their attack, according to Check Point Software...
SA consumers use digital-only money transfers, but want choice
Two in three (64%) consumers in South Africa prefer using digital-only platforms when transferring money internationally, according to Western Union's inaugural Global Money Transfer Index. But looking to the future, being able to choose between digital and in-person...
Cloud diversity adds data management complexity
IT infrastructure is increasingly diverse, with organisations challenged with integrating data management and control. This is according to Nutanix's fifth Enterprise Cloud Index (ECI) survey and research report, which measures enterprise progress with cloud adoption....
Waning consumer confidence drives renewed rental opportunities
The national vacancy rate - the number of residential rental properties standing vacant - increased from a low of 6,92% in the third quarter of 2022 to 8,13% in the fourth quarter, according to the TPN Vacancy Survey for the fourth quarter of 2022. The survey...
SA researchers win gold for plastic pollution mitigation study
Two young scientists from the Cape Town Regional Expo have made an impact in the global scientific research arena, earning gold medals at the prestigious International Festival of Engineering, Science, and Technology in Tunisia (I-FEST2). The research by Joseph Gibbon...
Business travel up, but pricing still a problem
Business travel is slowly returning to pre-pandemic levels, according to the FCM Consulting Global Q4 Trend Report. Bonnie Smith, FCTG corporate GM, comments: "The recovery period after Covid was challenging for travellers, but air travel has seen improvements thanks,...
AI set to reshape the finance
Artificial intelligence (AI) is set to play an ever-increasing role in financial services and will "fundamentally reshape" the industry for firms, consumers, and markets, This is according to Nigel Green, CEO and founder of DeVere Group, following Microsoft's...
Public sector must respond to online threats in real time
Despite its various structural challenges, the South African economy continues to grow. Over time, this resilience and further potential for growth has attracted the attention of global cyber criminals. In this article, Trellix SA country lead Carlo Bolzonello argues...
Payshap to spur chat commerce but pricing complexity will impact uptake
South Africa's long awaited and highly anticipated rapid payment programme (RPP), PayShap, offers huge potential to boost digital payments and, when used in conjunction with technologies such as chat commerce, could serve as a real game changer for businesses. But the...
VMware extends partner program
VMware has announced that the next evolution of the company's flagship VMware Partner Connect program is live worldwide. Partner Connect is a singular, unified program for all partner types that is now more flexible and efficient, provides faster and simpler paths to...
Humans still the number one attack vector
With insider risk on the rise and Gartner predicting that 50% of organisations will have adopted an insider risk program by 2025, J2 Software recognises that enterprise security is only achievable when the cyber strategy is underpinned by the human element. The...