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Kenya: Major telecoms firm invests in cybersecurity business
The advent of technology and higher internet usage has made things easier and convenient for both businesses and individuals. However, this has brought with it the risk of cyber-attacks by hackers. A new cybersecurity report from Vodafone highlights that the…
What does 2019 have in store for us?
Despite the undeniable power of modern predictive analytics, in some ways we are no better off than the old crone with her crystal ball when it comes to predicting what the world holds in store for us in 2019. That’s…
The impact of digitisation on the energy sector
“The fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0) is pushing energy efficiency, as more and more items become digitised. The Internet of Things (IoT) includes the refrigerator in your home, the aircon in your office and the entire production process in your…
DDoS is the new spam…. here’s how to mitigate it
Always-on, always-connected apps can help power and transform your business – but for threat actors, they can also act as gateways to data beyond the protections of your firewalls. With most attacks happening at the application level, protecting the capabilities…
Carbon Black receives five-star ratings for EDR solutions
Carbon Black a leader in next-generation endpoint security delivered via the cloud, today announced it has received 112 five-star ratings from customers in the January 2019 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) Solutions, the most…
Preparing for the inevitable – what 2018 taught businesses about data protection
Around this time last year, commentators across the industry predicted that 2018 was going to be the ‘year of data protection’, and it was. Even halfway through the year, we had seen a number of high profile data breaches and…
The rise of mobile experience in Africa
Across Africa, the download speeds experienced by smartphone users vary greatly, even for countries with similar 4G availability. While users in South Africa, Morocco, Senegal and Kenya connect to 4G signals on average between 72% and 75% of the time,…
MTN Group CEO to give insights on investing in digital growth
MTN is participating in the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meetings taking place from 22—25 January 2019 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. The yearly gathering of the world’s top leaders from politics, business, civil society and academia, typically recaps major developments on the…
Oracle joins DRF2019 as Gold sponsor
Internationally acclaimed Cloud solutions provider, Oracle, has been announced as Gold sponsor of Digital Retail Forum 2019, set to take place on 30 January at the Hilton Sandton in Johannesburg, South Africa. Under the theme “Harnessing Digital Technology for Next-Level Customer Centred…
Gartner says 37 percent of organisations have implemented AI
The number of organisations implementing artificial intelligence (AI) grew 270 per cent in the past four years and tripled in the past year, according to the Gartner, Inc. 2019 CIO Survey. Results showed that organisations across all industries use AI…
Tapping into an open source eco-system critical in 2019
There are some big things set for 2019. Customer expectations continue to evolve, new technologies are developed to push the envelope and all of that leads to continuous transformation of our business, our people, our processes and of course, the…
Digital vanguard organisations at the forefront of true digital transformation
Are there deliberate actions, behaviours, shortcuts, and avoidable detours that could accelerate and amplify an organisation’s path to an evolved tomorrow? Responses to Deloitte’s 2018 third, and final CIO legacy report ‘Manifesting Legacy,’ revealed measurable differences between baseline organisations and…
MUST SEE: Louis Vuitton launches pricey earbuds
Luxury French fashion house, Louis Vuitton is entering the audio market with a collection of unique wireless earphones in partnership with Master & Dynamic. On Thursday, 17 January, New-York-based audio company Master & Dynamic announced its new partnership with Louis Vuitton to release…
ICT companies to drive exponential growth in the South Africa
Major multinational ICT companies can help drive exponential growth in the South African ICT industry by doing more to develop local skills, companies and partners, says Simbo Ntshinka, managing director of black-owned enterprise communications provider Itec Tiyende. Simbo Ntshinka, who…
What you need to know before you sign up with an ISP
Fibre to the home (FTTH) is rolling out in suburbs across South Africa at a rapid rate, promising lightning fast internet speeds, a world of connectivity and online in-home entertainment options not yet experienced since the Jurassic Park advent of…
Amazon launches conference on AI and robotics
On Thursday, 17 January Amazon announced plans to hold a conference open to the public on robotics, space and artificial intelligence, as well as to discuss future applications of emerging technologies. There’s a reason why Amazon may want to bring…
