US shoppers need spending incentives
As delegates gather for the Shop.org Annual Summit 2013 in Chicago, the latest figures from the US Department of Commerce show that retail sales are slowing. The figures prove that retailers need to do more to attract customers back through their doors. Stores must...Security appliances on growth path
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) security appliance market recorded year-on-year growth in both customer revenue and shipments during the second quarter of 2013, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). Referencing its EMEA Quarterly Security Appliance...Finance industry vulnerable to attack
Financial firms could be missing out on attack paths to key industry infrastructure, leaving the sector vulnerable to a major cyber-attack. IT security firm MWR InfoSecurity issued this warning after the Bank of England and the Treasury urged board directors in the...Connected devices to overtake people
There will be more than 8-billion connected video devices installed by 2017. This is an enormous number in the absolute, but more interestingly, it implies that every human on the planet will possess more than one connected device by this time, on average. This is...African telcos urged to rethink models
As African telecommunications operators start to position themselves to offer voice, video and broadband services as bundled offerings, they need to rethink the way that they provision said services and market them to end-users. That’s according to Mark Tinka, head of...