African entrepreneurs in line for $75k prize
Young entrepreneurs from Africa are in line to win a $75 000 Anzisha prize when the African Leadership Academy and The MasterCard Foundation announce the winners on 23 September in Johannesburg. The Anzisha prize scours the continent seeking to find entrepreneurial...Amazon to acquire Twitch for $1bn
Amazon.com has reached an agreement to acquire Twitch Interactive, a leading live video platform for gamers, for close to $1-billion. In July, more than 55-million unique visitors viewed more than 15-billion minutes of content on Twitch produced by more than 1-million...IBM’s John Akers passes away
John Akers, IBM’s sixth chief executive, died on 22 August 2014 in Boston at age 79. Samuel Palmisano, who earlier in his career served as Akers’ executive assistant and who later became IBM’s eighth CEO, describes Akers as the ultimate company man – loyal...Communicating security and risk management
The importance of information security and technology risk management keeps on growing, but many risk and security professionals continue to struggle with non-IT executive communication. Gartner vice-president and distinguished analyst Paul Proctor says that one of...Manufacturers at risk of IP loss
A survey of nearly 4 000 IT managers across 27 countries, conducted by Kaspersky Lab in partnership with B2B International, found that 21% of manufacturers suffered a loss of intellectual property to security breaches within the past year. Malware was the most common...