Deploying networks in municipalities

Following a recent string of legal battles between municipalities and several telecommunications companies, most notably the judgement of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in favour of Dark Fibre Africa (DFA) over the Msunduzi municipality, a number of companies are...

Internal IT results in most data loss

At least 27% of all businesses have lost sensitive business data due to internal IT threats in the past 12 months. However, data from the 2014 Global Corporate IT Security Risks survey shows that for the first time since Kaspersky Lab began tracking these incidents...

IT needs to get closer to marketing

Increasing marketing technology investments are demanding more involvement from IT leaders to enable marketing to achieve full business value from its investments, according to Gartner. In 2015, IT leaders supporting marketing will need to build a stronger partnership...
IT to drive retail bank revenue

IT to drive retail bank revenue

Retail bank IT investment in 2015 will be focused squarely on driving revenue growth, according to new research from Ovum. The large majority of investment made in 2015 will be focused on progressing with an omni-channel experience for customers.

SWIFT extends Sanctions Screening

SWIFT announces the extension of its Sanctions Screening service to support all messages used in financial transactions, regardless of format or financial network. Users can now screen all transaction formats, including SEPA (Single European Payment Area) and Fedwire,...