Mobile technology grows African businesses

With smartphone penetration ramping up across Africa, the continent’s businesses have an opportunity to use mobile technology to become more efficient, productive, and responsive in the way they do business. According to the Ericsson Mobility Report for 2015, there...

Leveraging consumer credit health insight

Intelligence and actionable insight are essential to business success in a data-driven market. Obtaining as much relevant information as possible to drive more effective decision-making is critical to developing and maintaining a competitive edge, thus fostering...

Bridging the business and university gap

Education has remained relatively static compared with workplaces that have embraced flexible ways of working. The evolution of technology has driven how and where people work during the past 50 years. Smartphones, tablets, the cloud, and unified communications are...

Human error is the biggest security risk

Carelessness was the primary root cause of data breaches in 2014, according to a report released by IBM and the Ponemon Institute. A staggering 40% of breach incidents involved a negligent employee or contractor. The root cause of 38% of incidents involved a malicious...

Surviving a ransom situation

The Trend Micro Q1 Security Roundup, Bad Ads and Zero Days: Reemerging Threats Challenge Trust in Supply Chains and Best Practices, revealed that cryptoransomware set their sights on enterprises. Ihab Moawad, vice-president MMEA and CIS at Trend Micro explores what...