Big data needs data security focus

According to Gartner, chief information security officers (CISOs) need to focus on big data security across all data silos if they are to avoid security chaos. Gartner predicts that, through 2016, more than 80% of organisations will fail to develop a consolidated data...

ISPA co-chair appointed to broadband council

Graham Beneke, co-chair of the Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA) and a network engineer, has been appointed to the National Broadband Advisory Council. Beneke has welcomed his appointment, saying it presents a good opportunity for ISPA to provide an...

Banking apps on the increase

The explosive growth of apps is causing significant challenges for the banking industry, according to Gartner. Banking CIOs, CMOs and line-of-business (LOB) heads face two key challenges. The first is that the visibility of customer banking apps in public stores is...

Strong growth for African hardcopy market

The African hardcopy peripherals (HCP) market kicked off 2014 with its strongest performance of the past two years, according to the latest insights from International Data Corporation (IDC). The research and advisory firm’s recently released Quarterly Hardcopy...

Africa needs visionary leaders

The global view of Africa is often dominated by corruption, terror attacks and – most recently – kidnapping. But behind the headlines Africa has a future, with the support of business and education, to help it change, writes Prince Michael of...

UJ honours inventor of the CD

Prof Kornelis (Kees) Antonie Schouhamer Immink, best known for inventing the compact disc, will receive an honorary doctoral degree from the University of Johannesburg (UJ) during this year’s second graduation series. UJ’s Faculty of Engineering and the Built...