Maintaining ownership of cloud data

The number one concern that organisations have about putting their sensitive data into the cloud is security. There are five core principles that provide confidence in cloud data ownership and security. Risk-conscious organisations should be able to take advantage of...

E-mail can be a weak link in security

E-mail has just celebrated its 42nd to convey messages to different users of the same computer. Today, what was described as a “nice hack” in the 1970s has become the most widely used application on the Internet – over 2,2-billion people use e-mail every single...

FNB sees shift to data-driven devices

FNB has seen a 145% growth of data bundle purchases since 2012, reflecting a shift in mobile usage patterns towards data driven smart devices. “We have the advantage of selling across the entire spectrum of mobile operators which gives us an overview of buying...

SA must address the right to affordable data

Approximately 90% of the 6,4-million South Africans that access the Internet in South Africa do so solely from their mobile phones, according to the latest statistics from World Wide Worx. In light of this, the theme of this year’s World Consumer Rights Day – “the...

CMOs use data to understand customers

High-performing CMOs are integrating internal and external data to garner deep insights that, in turn, provide them with a much deeper understanding of their customers. A new IBM study entitled Stepping Up to the Challenge: How CMOs can start to close the aspiration...