by Kathy Gibson | Oct 2, 2018 | Trends and Analysis
While trade is an important engine of economic growth, many African countries have still not realised their full potential. This is according to Ina Cronjé, Trade & Investment KwaZulu-Natal (TIKZN) Board chairperson, She says TIKZN remains committed to assisting...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 2, 2018 | Trends and Analysis
Technology that was once too expensive for small businesses such as business intelligence and cloud-based solutions, is now accessible to most SMEs. By Maureen Mansour-Khoury, senior product manager: Dynamics 365 at Microsoft MEA Services like these now assist SMEs in...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 17, 2018 | Trends and Analysis
Businesses across the world still struggle to understand, optimise, and protect their rapidly expanding application environments, according to new F5 sponsored research from the Ponemon Institute. A survey of 3 135 IT and security practitioners from businesses across...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 17, 2018 | Trends and Analysis
Businesses are most concerned about losing customer trust in the event of an Internet of Things (IoT) related cyber attack – but they remain unprepared for such an attack. A Trend Micro indicates major discrepancy between the investment in IoT systems and the security...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 17, 2018 | Trends and Analysis
Identity and access management (IDAM) is an essential aspect of an organisation’s overall security posture – both from a physical access perspective (office premises, laptops, documents and so on) as well as from a digital viewpoint (data, systems and applications)....
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 17, 2018 | Trends and Analysis
The recent hype surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) is deceiving three in four IT decision makers (75%) into believing the technologies are the silver bullet to solving their cybersecurity challenges. The hype, according to new research...