Misconfigured apps to drive breaches
Almost 2,2-billion smartphones and tablets will be sold to end-users in 2014, according to Gartner. While security incidents originating from mobile devices are rare, Gartner said that by 2017, 75% of mobile security breaches will be the result of mobile application...Addressing SA’s IT skills gap
The data scientist is a key factor in enabling competitive advantage today and in the future. But businesses must move fast. Across southern Africa there is currently a big data skills gap that must be addressed if businesses are to have the appropriate resources in...FNB eWallets reach R10bn milestone
More than R10-billion has been sent to South African recipients via FNB’s mobile money solution, eWallet, since its inception. During the last year alone (May 2013 to April 2014), 53% (R5,3-billion) of that R10-billion was sent – indicating that mobile money is fast...Internet governance commission meets
The Global Commission on Internet Governance, chaired by Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt, has held its first in-person meeting to discuss key issues of Internet governance. Held this week in Stockholm, Sweden, the meeting consisted of a fruitful discussion on a...Healthy growth for world WLAN market
The combined consumer and enterprise worldwide wireless local area network (WLAN) market segments increased 7% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2014 (1Q14). According to the preliminary results published in the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide...