Web3’s dark future … the perfect storm for cyberattacks
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China’s smartphone market rebounds in 2024
According to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, China's smartphone market shipped 76,4-million units in 4Q24, a 3,9% year-on-year (YoY) increase. This growth was driven by new product launches and...
Supply chain under pressure as trade patterns shift
The global supply chain industry finds itself at a juncture, grappling with pressures from geopolitical tensions, shipping disruptions and looming threats from climate change and technological advances. These developments have enabled a widespread re-evaluation of the...
Blue Label reports profits up 4%
Blue Label Telecoms has reported revenue of R7,6-billion for the six months ended 30 November 2023, with an increase in gross profit of 4% to R1,6-billion (2022: R1,54-billion). The gross profit margin increased from 15,67% to 21,08%, and core headline earnings for...
Intel debuts systems foundry for the AI era
Intel has launched Intel Foundry as a more sustainable systems foundry business designed for the AI era and announced an expanded process roadmap designed to establish leadership into the latter part of this decade. The company also highlighted customer momentum and...
Nvidia reaps revenue, earnings rewards from AI
Nvidia has reported that revenue for the fourth quarter ended 28 January 2024 was $22,1-billion, up 22% from the previous quarter and up 265% from a year ago. For the quarter, GAAP earnings per diluted share was $4.93, up 33% from the previous quarter and up 765% from...
AI helps KLM to combat food waste
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is wasting less food on board aircraft thanks to artificial intelligence (AI). AI programs enable the company to better predict how many passengers who have booked will actually board a flight. This allows the exact number of required meals to...
New Intel processors bring the AI experience closer
Kathy Gibson reports – End users and partners need to prepare for what’s coming in the technology world – and artificial intelligence (AI) is going to being driving a lot of the changes. Intel South Africa’s Kobus de Beer, speaking at a Pinnacle SME Windows 11 event,...
AI helps users claw back time and energy
Kathy Gibson reports – So often we talk about artificial intelligence (AI) in general terms, as an abstract concept that is somehow peripheral to our lives. But the reality is that it could have a profound effect on the way we live and work, says Michelle Olivier,...
AI and the move to real copilots
Kathy Gibson reports - Technology innovations are constant, and have brought us a long way in what is, in reality, just a few years. Trainer Warren Shaw speaks at a Pinnacle event for SME partners about complementary opposites: these are not simply two separate forces...
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Parental control for teens: a question of trust versus security?
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Fujitsu debuts PrimeFlex for VMware vSAN
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SD-WAN delivers secure networking for the new world of work
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Beware of online coronavirus scams
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UJ adds cloud accounting platform to its syllabus
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Vodacom partners with Wits for online learning
To help students stay on track to successfully complete the 2020 academic year despite not being on campus, Vodacom has partnered with the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in Johannesburg to keep students connected to higher learning activities. To ensure that...
AWS develops cloud computing skills in SA
As cloud technologies continue to help organisations transform at a rapid pace, employees with the necessary cloud skills are in high demand. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is working with South African education institutions to produce the next generation of cloud...
Transforming African Logistics
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JOB PURPOSE: To design and maintain the enterprise-wide application architecture as guided by the EA standards, procedures and policies.KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS:Application Architecture domain establishment • Interpret and apply approved enterprise architecture...
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PHP is the go-to programming language for creating dynamic, data-driven websites that engage users. Our client is looking for a PHP Software developer. Key Requirements Mid to Senior Dev with PHP, Laravel, Apache, Linux and C SkillsMust have C skillsExperience in the...
Senior Data Engineer
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Data Engineer (CPT Hybrid) – Western Cape Woodstock
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Data Engineer – Western Cape Cape Town Region
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Senior Software Engineer at The Foschini Group
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