SA steady in network readiness rankings
Cisco has applauded South Africa for maintaining 70th position in the World Economic Forum’s Global Information Technology Report (GITR) 2014, recognising the country’s ability to use ICT to drive growth and enhance social and economic wellbeing. The GITR, sponsored...What do SA shoppers want online?
Two-thirds of online purchases are items that customers “want” rather than those they “need” – and the top two online retailers are luxury goods outlets, according Columinate’s Online Retail SITEisfaction Survey. The research study was commissioned to better...Communications will drive Africa’s growth
Communications technologies will catalyse growth across all IT markets in Africa in the next three to five years, according to Gartner. “Better bandwidth capacity and quality of service are the prerequisites for growth in a number of other areas – and have...Financial institutions tolerate losses
According to a survey conducted by Kaspersky Lab and B2B International in 2014, 52% of financial companies reimburse customer losses caused by Internet fraud without actually investigating the circumstances. Almost a third of companies believe the costs incurred by...With the IoT, everything is hackable
The Internet of Things (IoT) is the network of actual objects that are accessed through the Internet. These objects contain embedded technology that allows them to interact with their external environment, and other objects. “The IoT is connecting new places, such as...