by Allan Davison | Oct 8, 2014 | Innovation
Gartner, Inc. has revealed its top predictions for IT organizations and IT users for 2015 and beyond. Gartner’s top predictions for 2015 begin to examine a shift in the age old relationships between man and machine due to the emergence of digital business....
by Allan Davison | Oct 5, 2014 | Report-back
by Allan Davison | Oct 2, 2014 | Innovation
3-D printing, Internet of Things, and biotech/healthcare IT leap to lead portfolio of emerging technologies rising on Cloud and Mobile’s long tail of disruption 3-D printing, Internet of Things (IoT), and biotech/ healthcare IT jumped into the top five of disruptive...
by Allan Davison | Sep 30, 2014 | Features
Spurred by increased infrastructural investments, improved connectivity and affordability, positive government interventions, and the spread of mobility, the African digital media landscape is rapidly evolving, according to global IT market intelligence firm...
by Allan Davison | Sep 29, 2014 | Features
Kaspersky Lab has analysed the evolution of spam in August. According to the company’s experts, August saw phishing activity increase almost 1.5 times with 32 million detections. Yahoo! was attacked so often (6.4%) that it displaced Windows Live as one of the top 3...
by Allan Davison | Sep 29, 2014 | Features
The very nature of cybersecurity doesn’t allow for a total solution. However, by instituting an enterprise-wide cyber plan, CFOs may at least achieve some measure of security. Cyber risks, it seems, are everywhere. Retailers breached. Intellectual property stolen....
by Allan Davison | Sep 29, 2014 | Features
By Laurence Smith, Executive at Graphic Image Technologies Security companies and armed response personnel are an integral part of life in South Africa. However, their day-to-day jobs are often fraught not only with certain dangers, but also liability challenges as...
by Allan Davison | Sep 29, 2014 | Features
A Kaspersky Lab survey of 3 900 IT professionals worldwide Financial Services and Healthcare are the two business sectors most likely to see security concerns as a barrier to implementing IT virtualization technology. When asked about attitudes toward emerging...
by Allan Davison | Sep 29, 2014 | Workplace 2020
South African tech companies have all the skills and experience to hold their own against the best on the international stage. Traditionally we have been held back by a pervasive mindset that we simply don’t match up to the global players. However, this is changing...
by Allan Davison | Sep 26, 2014 | Features
A significant vulnerability called Shellshock has emerged that impacts some half billion web servers and other Internet-connected devices including mobile phones, routers, medical devices, according to the threat defence experts at Trend Micro. For the more...