SA trends to temporary work

Temporary employment is a growing trend in the South African market, with permanent positions in decline. A recent research study conducted by recruitment firm, PageGroup, found that employers from 17 different countries were positive and confident about temporary...

Right to be forgotten or censorship?

Google has started removing search results in compliance with a European court ruling around the “right to be forgotten” – but some of the news items that have been targeted are raising new objections. A Google statement about the process reads: “We have recently...

Tech sales lose out to poor communications

There is new and ever more capable technology at our disposal but, as a leading sales training organisation warns, technology salespeople are often the first to miss the opportunity to bring this to the masses. Doug Tucker, MD of Sales Commando, believes that those at...

Lenovo launches financial services in SA

Lenovo has launched Lenovo Financial Services (LFS) in South Africa, offering a cost-effective solution that allows enterprises and SMEs to manage their assets through regular refresh cycles on a subsidised rental basis. With LFS, Lenovo will subsidise up to 20% of...

Miniduke attacks are back in force

Kaspersky Lab researchers have discovered that the old style Miniduke implants from 2013 are still around – and they are being used in active campaigns that target governments and other entities. In addition, Miniduke’s new platform – BotGenStudio – may be used...