30.10.2013 19:50 Uhr, Quelle: Macworld UK

African professionals using more mobile devices, less security software

African business people are increasingly dependent on mobile devices but don't necessarily feel they need security software, according to a survey of 1,776 African professionals conducted by the Africa Business Panel and released Wednesday.The African business community is rapidly adopting the use of mobile devices, according to the survey. Of those polled, 54 percent use laptops, 38 percent have tablets and 60 percent use smartphones while only 26 percent use desktop computers. Meanwhile, however, only 46 percent of tablet users, 44 percent of smartphone users and 87 percent of the laptop users have security software installed on their devices.Though McAfee, Microsoft, Kaspersky and AVG/Grisoft software tops the list of security programs used by those respondents who do use security packages, more than 30 percent of the business people surveyed said they feel that having comprehensive security software is expensive or unnecessary. Other reasons given for not using security software are that

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