Hardcopy market sees global decline

The worldwide hardcopy peripherals (HCP) market declined for the first time in the past three quarters to 25,5-million units shipped in the second quarter of 2014 (2Q14), resulting in a -2,3% year-over-year decrease, according to the International Data Corporation...

New threats drive security spend growth

Worldwide spending on information security will reach $71,1-billion in 2014, an increase of 7,9% over 2013, with the data loss prevention segment recording the fastest growth at 18,9%, according to the latest forecast from Gartner.  Total information security spending...

City of London Police focus on cybercrime

Cybercrime plays a huge part in fraud offence numbers today, with seven out of 10 scams now Internet-related, according to the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau. The complex and alien nature of such crimes however, means that they are not only difficult to combat,...

Cell C’s Daily Data offering boosts data

Cell C has released a new range of exceptionally priced Daily and Nite data offerings, which will be available to all prepaid and hybrid customers immediately. “Our strategic objective is to offer an enjoyable customer experience and exceptional value when using the...

MTN first with HD voice in SA

MTN has become the first operator in South Africa to launch Adaptive Multi-Rate Wideband (AMR-WB) technology, which is more commonly referred to as high definition voice (HD voice). HD voice is available across MTN’s 3G network nationally. MTN customers can benefit...

BYOD security lags in SA

South African employees are using their own devices at work – but in many cases their employers haven’t yet implemented security measures. With the Cisco Visual Networking Index Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast estimating that there will be 98-million...