SA summit tackles spam
2003-08-21 14:26
Cape Town - A South African spam summit will be held in Johannesburg on October 22.
Terry Murphy, MD of Systems Publishers, organisers of the event, says spam is a significant problem for South African businesses.
"In the marketing community, 72% of the respondents indicated that they found spam to be problematic, ranking it more of a problem than either viruses or hacking threats. Similarly, 68% of the corporate IT directors and management readers of Computerweek Strategist indicated that they felt spam was a problem, again raking it higher than either viruses or hacking."
According to Murphy the spam summit will be targeted primarily at high-level businesses people, government, internet solution providers, major corporates and the big users of e-mail marketing, as well as the media.
"An important objective of the summit is to correctly position the use of electronic messaging as a medium, as well as communicating the effective preventative measures that can be taken by corporates. And, of course, it will explain the legal rights of individuals and entities, and the recourse and remedies available under South African law."