Securing personal and business data

The ability to centrally store, share and access data is fast becoming essential for businesses of all sizes in an increasingly mobile and connected world. However, in light of the recent high profile and well-publicised attacks on public cloud providers, security...

MTN adds data sharing offering

Unused data that customers forfeit at the end of the month will be a thing of the past, thanks to the launch of Data Share – a proposition that allows MTN customers to link up and share data with up to 20 MTN numbers.Customers will not incur any connection or...

Buy data with intent

Few people can afford to be as overindulgent as to buy something just for the sake of it, especially if it is a product or service that they have no or little use for themselves. Of course, some people will buy clothes that are a few sizes too small in the hopes of...

Moving from data to intelligence

Big data is not simply a buzzword, but a trend that is possibly shaping the world we live in today. The vast volumes of data that are generated from a growing variety of sources at a rapidly increasing pace offer the ability to tap into greater intelligence than ever...

Internet of Things will take to the cloud

Within the next five years, more than 90% of all Internet of Things (IoT) data will be hosted on service provider platforms as cloud computing reduces the complexity of supporting IoT “data blending”. International Data Corporation (IDC) made a number of...