by Kathy Gibson | Oct 19, 2019 | Trends and Analysis
Imagine a world in which doctors will be able to predict illness, and really offer healthcare, as opposed to the “sick care” that they provide today; or a future in which your self-driving car could be despatched to collect groceries or pick up children from school...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 19, 2019 | Features
When City Power announced that a ransomware attack left Joburg residents unable to buy electricity, it highlighted the debilitating effects that a cyberattack can have. The increasing frequency and voracity of cyber concerns are mirrored in Aon’s 2019 Global...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 19, 2019 | Features
Unsanctioned and unsecured cloud applications are creating a massive amount of risk for enterprises in every industry. In an on-premise data centre, the business’s IT, and security teams handle all aspects of and are responsible for, data security. However, in...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 19, 2019 | Features
Given current threat levels, all organisations should assume that they will experience some sort of cybersecurity incident sooner or later – probably sooner. This is according to Nadia Veeran-Patel, manager: cyber resilience at ContinuitySA, who says: “Plan for...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 19, 2019 | Features
By Kathy Gibson – A massive one-third of South African IT decision-makers expect to experience an imminent cyber-attack. In addition, emerging technologies are starting to make an impact on the security landscape, says Arthur Goldstuck, MD of World Wide Worx. “The...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 19, 2019 | Features
It would seem that IT security has reached an interesting crossroads: despite a proliferation of investment, only a quarter of business leaders across Europe, Middle East and Africa are confident in their current cyber security, and less than a fifth are confident in...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 19, 2019 | Features
It’s Cyber Security Awareness Month and this year’s overarching message – Own IT. Secure IT. Protect IT. – will focus on key areas including citizen privacy, consumer devices, and e-commerce security. To help users out this Cyber Security Awareness Month, Anna...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 19, 2019 | news
Ingram Micro is changing its operating model in the South African market. The company says the relatively small size of its operations and the limited number of product lines available have impacted the company’s ability to expand its offerings within the country,...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 19, 2019 | news
Drive Control Corporation (DCC) walked away with three distribution accolades at the Symantec Partner Engage event. DCC won Symantec Distributor of the Year, Christelle Kotze was awarded Symantec Distribution Support Person of the Year, and Bradley Mangan won Symantec...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 19, 2019 | news
Orange Business Services in South Africa has taken its partnership with Genesys to the next level, with the award of ‘Gold PureCloud Partnership’ status, building on the business’s Gold status in EMEA and its global expertise in cloud and managed contact centre...