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Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the business landscape in South Africa, unlocking new efficiencies and enhancing customer experiences across sectors. But while much of the focus has been on the benefits, we must not ignore the risks, writes Nic Laschinger,...
Webb finds new evidence for planet around closest solar twin
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have found strong evidence of a giant planet orbiting a star in the stellar system closest to our own Sun. At just 4 light-years away from Earth, the Alpha Centauri triple star system has long been a...
New satellite brings AI to Earth observation
Φsat-2, ESA's groundbreaking cubesat designed to revolutionise Earth observation with artificial intelligence (AI), has launched. The cubesat embarked on its journey into space on 16 August at 20:56 CEST (11:56 local time) on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the...
Lights, camera, privacy … safely sharing those snapshots
Posting online is a valuable way to connect with others - and sharing photos helps maintain bonds with family and friends. However, it is essential to strike a balance between staying connected and oversharing, say Kaspersky security experts, who have compiled some...
Despite its value, IT leaders don’t adequately protect data
While the majority of senior IT professionals in small- to large-sized organisations recognise how critical proprietary data is to their ongoing operations, more than 25% could not confidently say that their company leaders took this topic seriously. This is among the...
NTT Data adds expertise, solutions for regional retailers
Kathy Gibson reports - NTT Data Middle East and Africa is enhancing and relaunching its retail practice, and introducing the Syntphony application portfolio. The global retail market is constrained by a reliance on legacy systems that impact business agility and their...
NTT Data plans vertical market investment
Kathy Gibson reports - The new-look NTT Data Middle East & Africa (MEA), having grown out of the 40-year-old Dimension Data, continues to innovate and invest - particularly in vertical market solutions. Alan Turnley-Jones, CEO of NTT Data, explains that NTT Data...
South Africans growing fonder of AI – even as a boss
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming a new member of society and is taking on new roles in fields where it can succeed and be trusted by humans - so much so, in fact, that 42% of South Africans believe AI can be a fairer boss than a human because of its...
How the market for mind-reading is developing
The brain computer interface market represents an array of technologies which can decode neural signals - or, in other words, read minds. By Dr Tess Skyrme, senior technology analyst at IDTechEx Electrodes or sensors can be placed either on the surface of the head,...
Automotive semiconductor vendors vying for position in $88bn market
The global automotive semiconductor market is on track to surpass $88-billion by 2027 - driven by the surging demand for high-performance computing (HPC) chips, graphics processing units (GPUs), radar chips, and laser sensors, according to IDC. The research group's...
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Connecting people with finance: new digital core in banks
In the banking industry, the stable running of IT systems is imperative. This is what drove the industry to begin IT construction relatively early and what continues to drive it to make significant investments each and every year. By Vincent Chen, chief technology...
M4Jam rated for worker protection in the gig economy
M4Jam was recently included in a worldwide study by The Fairworks Project, on how the gig economy had responded to the Covid-19 pandemic - and was placed among the top 10% of platforms for shielding its members from the economic fallout. Out of 191 gig economy...
Vox, King Price debut cyber insurance offering
Despite the fact that data breaches (now almost inevitable) cost South African companies R40,2-million per breach on average, many business leaders continue to ignore the threat. To mitigate this growing risk and even existential threat for SMMEs, Vox has partnered...
Fortinet is a Magic Quadrant leader for WAN edge infrastructure
Fortinet has been positioned in the Leaders quadrant of the Gartner September 2020 Magic Quadrant for WAN Edge Infrastructure, placing higher in ability to execute and further in completeness of vision than its position the previous year. Earlier this year, Fortinet...
Datatec shows resilience through pandemic
Datatec achieved a very resilient operational performance in the first half of the 2021 financial year, despite the challenging economic environment resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic. All of the Group's divisions delivered strong results and operating cash flows....
First Distribution and VSS agree on distribution partnership for Africa
First Distribution, the leading pan-African distributor for cybersecurity, datacentre, enterprise and cloud solutions, has signed an agreement to distribute the entire Video Storage Solutions (VSS) product line of video surveillance appliances. VSS is part of BCD...
Corr-Serve signs up senhasegura in SA
Corr-Serve, a niche pan-African distributor of security, performance and governance solutions, has signed an agreement to distribute senhasegura offerings into South Africa. Brazilian-born senhasegura provides privileged access management (PAM), working against data...
Digital Core gives business a platform for success
The Digital Core has traditionally tended to refer to the core application of any business, typically an accounting or ERP solution - one of the first applications that the business started with to manage their processes and keep track of financial information. By...
Fujitsu kicks off ambitious DX transformation
Aiming to strengthen competitiveness in the digital age, Fujitsu has launched a company-wide digital transformation (DX) project. The project, dubbed Fujitra (Fujitsu Transformation) aims at a complete reevaluation and shift in business processes, organizations, and...
Thousands of MEA students gain Cisco certification
The Cisco Networking Academy (NetAcad) has had a 27% increase in the number of students trained across the Middle East and Africa (MEA), over a one-year period. A total of 378 900 students in the region were trained in FY20, compared to 297 800 students in FY19. Since...
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Key Job Responsibility To gather business requirement, analyse and document functional specifications to ensure that system related incidents/issues are recorded for future usTo identity, recommend and initiate application enhancement requests to ensure that changing...
BI Data Engineer (Hybrid) – Western Cape Cape Town
ENVIRONMENT:A leading Travel Tech company in Cape Town is seeking a BI Data Engineer to optimize its data infrastructure and turn raw data into actionable insights that drive strategic decisions. You will manage the full data pipeline—from ingestion and transformation...
Functional Analyst – Gauteng Johannesburg
Key Job Responsibility To gather business requirement, analyse and document functional specifications to ensure that system related incidents/issues are recorded for future usTo identity, recommend and initiate application enhancement requests to ensure that changing...
Senior Network Administrator at NRF National Research Foundation
Postion Summary: The purpose is to implement and support organizational-wide network services, and directives from the Security team and maintain networking documentation. The candidate will monitor and support network equipment, do performance monitoring on existing...
Fullstack Java Developer (3153, 3154) KG
WHAT WILL BE YOUR ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES?A senior cloud architect to join the team to ramp up our mainframe services regarding the refactoring (conversion) from mainframe applications to Java based cloud applications. Doing a proof of concept with a small...
Senior Network Administrator at NRF National Research Foundation – Western Cape Observatory
Postion Summary: The purpose is to implement and support organizational-wide network services, and directives from the Security team and maintain networking documentation. The candidate will monitor and support network equipment, do performance monitoring on existing...
Fullstack Java Developer (3153, 3154) KG – Gauteng Midrand
WHAT WILL BE YOUR ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES?A senior cloud architect to join the team to ramp up our mainframe services regarding the refactoring (conversion) from mainframe applications to Java based cloud applications. Doing a proof of concept with a small...
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Full Stack Java DeveloperRevolutionize your career with cutting-edge tech for a biometrics system!Join a forward-thinking technology solutions company specializing in advanced analytics, big data, AI, and more. As a Full Stack Java Developer, you will play a key role...
PHP Developer at QES
My client based in Cape Town is currently looking for a PHP / Rust Developer to join them on a permanent basis. IT / Finance Responsibilities Build efficient, testable, and reusable Rust modulesSolve complex performance problems and architectural challengesEnsure code...
Full Stack Developer – Gauteng Gauteng
Full Stack Java DeveloperRevolutionize your career with cutting-edge tech for a biometrics system!Join a forward-thinking technology solutions company specializing in advanced analytics, big data, AI, and more. As a Full Stack Java Developer, you will play a key role...
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