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Ransomware isn’t just about data

Nov 14, 2022

As the frequency of ransomware attacks increases, organisations must consider that it’s not just data that hackers are targeting. There is an increasing risk of business interruption (BI). This growing digital peril has presented new challenges to business continuity...

Mobile-first comms empower a hybrid workforce

Nov 14, 2022

Organisations have shifted to hybrid work models and adopted new mobile communications strategies due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis, Evaluating Mobile Communications Solutions for the Hybrid Workforce, finds that...

Southern Africa sees strong growth for desktops as notebooks decline

Nov 14, 2022

The southern Africa personal computing device (PCD) market, made up of desktops, notebooks, workstations, and tablets, experienced a year-on-year (YoY) decline of 3,7% in the first half of 2022, according to industry analysis conducted by International Data...

Mobile computing sales set for recovery

Nov 14, 2022

Unit sales of mobile computing devices through distributors could return to growth by the second half of the year if supply issues ease and cost-of-living challenges have a reduced impact, according to Context. The figures come from Context’s new forecasting...

Beam-steering could take mobile beyond 5G

Nov 14, 2022

Birmingham scientists have revealed a new beam-steering antenna that increases the efficiency of data transmission for ‘beyond 5G’ – and potentially opens up a range of frequencies for mobile communications that are inaccessible to currently used...

As gaming booms, mobile extends lead over PCs and consoles

Nov 14, 2022

Mobile gaming represents 61% of the overall gaming market, which is set to hit $222-billion in 2022, according to the Gaming Spotlight 2022 report by data.ai (formerly App Annie) in partnership with International Data Corporation (IDC). The report reveals that mobile...

Biometrically authenticated remote mobile payments set to boom

Nov 14, 2022

A new study from Juniper Research has found that the value of biometrically authenticated remote mobile payments will reach $1,2-trillion globally by 2027; rising from $332-billion in 2022. These transactions use biometrics, typically facial and fingerprint...

FDOnline launches with Dell CSG portfolio

Oct 31, 2022

Leading value-added distributor First Distribution is making it easier for its Dell reseller partners to get quotes, check inventory, and order products with the launch of the FDOnline platform. “With everyone moving to buying online, FD has decided to join the trend...

Data protection done right by Dell Technologies

Oct 28, 2022

With cyber attacks at an all-time high, organisations need powerful protection that offers powerful possibilities. Dell Technologies has been an industry leader when it comes to data protection and backup solutions by allowing clients to protect their data across...

Space tech: why NASA is trying to crash land on Mars

Oct 21, 2022

NASA has successfully touched down on Mars nine times, relying on cutting-edge parachutes, massive airbags, and jetpacks to set spacecraft safely on the surface. Now engineers are testing whether or not the easiest way to get to the Martian surface is to crash. Rather...

How to mitigate climate-change related risks

Oct 21, 2022

Just a few years ago, climate change was a far-off reality, but a marked increase in natural disasters and weather-related catastrophes points to the reality that it may be closer to home than we realise. “Disasters such as the Knysna fires of 2017 and the more recent...

Walking the tightrope between cyber risk mitigation and good governance

Oct 21, 2022

Liabilities arising out of the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) as well as King IV have a direct correlation to IT risk management. Insurance solutions in both the cyber and directors & officers (D&O) liability space have evolved to keep pace...

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