Developers gear up for fifth DevConf

The annual gathering for software developers and professionals – DevConf – will be held for the fifth time in 2020 and is expected to draw some 1 300 participants. To be held in Cape Town on 31 March and Johannesburg on 2 April, DevConf will once again...

Microsoft launches Python on Azure

Microsoft South Africa has announced the general availability Python support in Azure Functions for production workloads locally. As a result, developers can now build their serverless functions using Python 3.6, based on the open-source and cross-platform Functions...

#ChangeWithCode: win a coding scholarship

Self-driving cars, the blockchain, 3D printers – all these ideas started with a spark; an a-ha moment or a big plan scribbled on a small post-it note. Greatness often has humble beginnings. This October aspiring innovators can share your big tech idea and stand...

VMware announces Tanzu portfolio

VMware has unveiled VMware Tanzu, a new portfolio of products and services to transform the way enterprises build, run and manage software on Kubernetes. This includes a technology preview of Project Pacific – focused on transforming VMware vSphere into a...

All-female student group presents at Microsoft Design Expo

Five female students from Vega have been chosen to present their ideas at this year’s Microsoft Design Expo, taking place at the Microsoft headquarters in the US. Students at Vega were challenged to design a user experience prototype that addresses a real-world...

Oracle named a leader in multiexperience development platforms

Oracle has been named a Leader in Gartner’s 2019 Magic Quadrant for Multiexperience Development Platforms report. Previously, Oracle was named a Leader for two consecutive years in the Magic Quadrant for Mobile App Development Platforms (MADPs). The...