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Registration open for Africa Tech Festival, Africa’s biggest technology innovation event

Africa Tech Festival, the platform for technology innovators, specialists and thought leaders, has announced that registration for the 2024 edition of its anticipated are open. (more…)

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August 21, 2024

Posted by: Magda Dabrowska

Midco, Plume to introduce business Wi-Fi pro, modernise Wi-Fi experience for small businesses

Midco announced that its anticipated ‘Midco Business Wi-Fi Pro powered by Plume WorkPass’ service is now available in all of its markets throughout the midwest. This new solution is tailored to meet connectivity, productivity, and security needs of all small businesses. In addition to front-end services, including adaptive Wi-Fi, Midco Business Wi-Fi Pro brings operational insights and intelligence to help small business owners thrive. (more…)

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August 24, 2023

Posted by: Shriya Raban

Working Group Two to be acquired by Cisco

Telenor announced that all shares in software company Working Group Two will be acquired by the global communications technology company Cisco. Telenor sells its 44.6% share of Working Group Two, in a transaction where Cisco will acquire all shares in the company for an enterprise value of [$150 million (€137.03 million)]. Working Group Two will be incorporated fully into Cisco.

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August 14, 2023

Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar

Wi-Fi Alliance launches Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 6 certification programme

Wi-Fi Alliance is augmenting Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 6 testing protocols to support the regulatory authorisation process of 6 GHz standard power devices pursuant to recently published Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) guidance. Release of this new testing allows product vendors and service providers to verify that the 6 GHz standard power devices meet the technical requirements in Part 15, Subpart E of the FCC rules pertaining to operations under control of the Automated Frequency Coordination (AFC) system. (more…)

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August 8, 2023

Posted by: Shriya Raban

Protecting while connecting: How machine builders can help to protect manufacturers against cyber hacks

Cyber security is becoming increasingly important in the manufacturing industry as the use of technology and connectivity grows. With the rise of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), manufacturers are vulnerable to cyber attacks that can result in data breaches, production disruptions and even physical harm to employees. Here Stephen Hayes, managing director at automation and control technology specialist Beckhoff UK, explores the risks that surround using complex software for automation and how machine builders can mitigate these risks. (more…)

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June 13, 2023

Posted by: Shriya Raban

Don’t wait for the state while governments mull mandatory ransomware-readiness, businesses should take steps to protect themselves now

Richard Massey, vice president of sales, EMEA, at Arcserve, says that Ransomware attacks are now a topline concern for businesses everywhere. In 2022, organisations worldwide detected a whopping 493.33 million ransomware attacks. According to the latest data from IBM, the average cost of these attacks was $4.54 million. (more…)

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June 2, 2023

Posted by: Shriya Raban

The rise of smart vending machines

Self-service technology demand is increasing and is a trend to watch for 2023, so it’s time to make smart vending machines a part of your business’s IT strategy. Growth in the smart vending machine market, thanks to all the benefits businesses can enjoy from making use of this innovative tech., says Anthony Lamoureux of Velocity Smart Technology (more…)

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May 23, 2023

Posted by: Shriya Raban

Understand how cyber threat intelligence can leverage capabilities of network detection, response

Intelligence is now considered essential to the process of identifying, understanding and acting upon threats. According to the ‘Global Perspectives on Threat Intelligence’ study conducted by Mandiant, 96% of decision-makers interviewed for the research believe that it is important to understand which cyber threat actors could be targeting their organisation. Consequently, says Jay Allmond, threat intelligence engineer at ThreatQuotient , threat Intelligence should be fully integrated into the internal mechanisms linked to threat detection and response. (more…)

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May 19, 2023

Posted by: Shriya Raban

How does adopting cloud and hybrid environments drive change in managing identities?

Businesses of all sizes have had to accelerate digitisation across the entire business in recent years, as the adoption of hybrid working practices forces them to make changes to ensure operational continuity. By digitising processes and embracing the cloud, businesses have delivered faster, more flexible, and more resilient services for employees and customers, says Denis Dorval, vice president, international at JumpCloud. (more…)

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May 12, 2023

Posted by: Shriya Raban

How we can extinguish power cuts caused by extreme weather

Record temperatures in Europe over the last year have had a much greater effect than leaving us blistering, says Frederic Godemel, EVP, power systems and services, Schneider Electric.

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Posted by: Shriya Raban