Ransomware has emerged as the most serious malware threat of the 21st century, with criminals projected to extort billions from their victims in 2017. FULL STORY >

For some data concerns remain a major headache, especially when taking into account our local data rates. To help, Twitter has announced Twitter Lite, which is said to minimises data usage and load quickly on slower connections. FULL STORY >

Results of an international study from Verint Systems have shown that concerns around data privacy and security remain at the top of the consumer agenda. FULL STORY >

SAP Africa today announced that it will award five bursaries to women across Africa to pursue careers in Data Science. FULL STORY >

Teraco today announced that it has raised a medium term funding facility from Absa amounting to R1.2 billion. FULL STORY >

In a bid to stop developers from using data for surveillance, Facebook has announced some changes to its policies. FULL STORY >

The local healthcare sector is moving to combat a spike in security risks, says Fortinet's country manager Paul Williams. FULL STORY >

Digital transformation is reshaping the way the channel does business across all industries. The channel is no different says, Marco Pozzoni, EMEA & India sales director at NetApp, and it requires a... FULL STORY >

Business leaders need to optimise and grow their businesses and cloud can certainly reduce costs and improve inefficiencies. However, how secure is data in the cloud? FULL STORY >

Making it the single largest magnetic disk drive ever, if it is produced and released. FULL STORY >

It is often assumed that once data has been marked for disposal, it no longer requires much attention. However, it is essential for security that data is permanently destroyed, deleted or erased from devices, notes Xperien. FULL STORY >

Machine learning as a subset of Artificial Intelligence is an emerging trend in South Africa, with demand for data scientists rising sharply and university programmes incorporating the discipline in study programmes. However, still a long way... FULL STORY >

The end goal for this database is to pool together photos and videos used by terrorist organisations to recruit people via social media. FULL STORY >

Internet Solutions, the pan-African communications service provider, today announced that through its parent company Dimension Data (Pty) Ltd, it has entered an agreement to acquire the business of MWEB Connect (Pty) Ltd. for... FULL STORY >

Anglo American plc has consolidated three separate data rooms into one smaller, more efficient and easier to monitor data centre. This project has allowed the globally diversified mining business to reduce floor space... FULL STORY >