A prominent South African law firm’s entire IT system was shut down by a recent Cyber attack - the much feared Cryptolock Legion virus. FULL STORY >

SAP recently unveiled the SAP Digital Boardroom, a planned breakthrough digital approach that aims to contextualise and simplify performance reporting across all areas of business in real time. FULL STORY >

Today, companies are collecting an ever-increasing amount of information from different channels and sources. With growing competition in financial services, companies need to use data to... FULL STORY >

An estimated 32 million Twitter account passwords were leaked recently, prompting the company to block several million user accounts. FULL STORY >

Data management software integrates the best of traditional and emerging technologies to provide foundation for customers’ next-generation Data Fabric architecture. FULL STORY >

Microsoft South Africa launched SQL Server 2016 locally, which is the data platform built with advanced predictive analytics capabilities. FULL STORY >

The good news is that organisations can begin to take action now, by carefully considering and meeting each of the five pillars of a successful data management strategy. FULL STORY >

IT industry veteran Dan Sommer, the senior director: market intelligence lead at Qlik, says that companies need to move beyond traditional BI and embrace the endless possibilities that connecting people with data and ideas will bring. FULL STORY >

Michael Needham, senior manager for Solutions Architecture at Amazon Web Services, weighs in of the Internet of Things and the disruption it will bring. FULL STORY >

The new Lenovo and Juniper Networks partnership will focus on the development of next-level data centre infrastructures. FULL STORY >

IBM has announced that it is opening a new IBM Cloud Data Center in Johannesburg, South Africa. FULL STORY >

Scott Guthrie, executive vice president, Cloud and Enterprise group at Microsoft recently detailed the support of SQL server on Linux, as well as the company's upcoming Data Driven event on 10 March. FULL STORY >

Apple's Craig Federighi weighs in on the San Bernardino and FBI situation, stating that giving in to their demands would compromise the safety of all iOS users. FULL STORY >

In a build comprising 17 500sqm, Teraco, Africa’s only vendor neutral data centre, will be adding to its existing colocation facility and creating Africa’s largest data centre. FULL STORY >

Microsoft's general manager of Worldwide SMB, David Smith, says small businesses can be more data smart with the aid of the company's Power BI and the insight it provides. FULL STORY >