Africa looking good, says Inseta report

A report compiled from research into the state of skills development, recently commissioned by Inseta, indicates that the business opportunities offered in emerging markets should be more seriously considered – especially those in Africa. “There is already a...

100k new phishing wildcards a month

Kaspersky Lab has calculated how many new phishing wildcards it adds to the company’s anti-phishing database every month. According to these calculations, in 2013 there was an average of 96 609 new phishing wildcards a month. However in the first half of 2014, this...

An insight into phishing attacks

There has been a dramatic increase in phishing attacks over the past few months, with South Africa having become the second most attacked country. This is according to an analysis of worldwide phishing trends. Synaq, a provider of cloud based messaging and...

DiData aims for 1m Lync seats by 2017

Dimension Data has announced an initiative to sell 1-million new seats of Microsoft Lync Enterprise Voice, delivered either on premises or in a private cloud, by 2017.Microsoft Lync – one of the most popular unified communications tools on the market – is...

Insights into healthcare information

IDC Health Insights has revealed a new methodology to help healthcare organisations navigate the challenges of big data and analytics (BDA) projects aimed at supporting the achievement of integrated care objectives.As European health systems face increasing pressure...

Microsoft to cut 18 000 jobs

Microsoft says it will eliminate up to 18 000 jobs over the next year as it works on integrating the Nokia devices business it bought in April. Most of the cuts are expected to be from the Nokia workforce, and will happen within the next six months. With the Nokia...