Dragonfly used to sabotage utilities

Energy companies, including those involved in electricity and oil production, are the targets of a new cyber-espionage and sabotage campaign called Dragonfly. Symantec reports that on-going cyber-espionage campaign against a range of targets, mainly in the energy...

5% of revenues lost to fraud

The typical organisation loses 5% of revenues each year to fraud, and if applied to the 2013 estimated Global World Product, translates to a potential projected global loss of nearly $3,7-trillion, according to the 2014 Global Fraud Study. Fraud is everywhere, has no...

Retailers need to create ‘best experience’

For the past half century, retail business growth has been achieved by opening more stores, broadening assortments, and automating processes to make shopping more convenient and valuable for the consumer. However, satisfying customers today transcends place or time,...

GSMA partners on m-health in SSA

The GSMA’s Mobile for Development m-health programme has launched a new cross-ecosystem partnership designed to provide a range of m-health services to women and children, with a particular focus on nutrition, across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Initial launch partners...

Student2Business interns graduate

One year after announcing its partnership with the South African government’s Jobs Fund, Microsoft South Africa and partners such as the Development Bank of South Africa (DBSA), the MICT SETA and business training partner Nethope have introduced the first group of...

Double-digit growth for production printers

The worldwide production print market enjoyed double-digit year-over-year growth in both units and shipment value during the first quarter of 2014 (1Q14). Units grew 32,1% to approximately 9 300 units (printers and MFPs) and shipment value increased 14,4% to more than...