PC shipments strong as vendors get ahead of tariff deadlines
PC shipments during the second quarter of 2025 grew 6,5% from the prior year, with global volumes reaching 68,4-million shipments, according to preliminary results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker....
CEOs back inflation target cut amid declining confidence
The Q2 2025 Merchantec CEO Confidence Index reveals a near-flatline in overall CEO sentiment, inching up from 45.2 in Q1 to just 45.3. Confidence has bottomed out at these levels, underscoring the enduring pressure on South African corporate leaders amid persistent...
Intel demos fully-integrated optical I/O chiplet
Intel has achieved what it believes to be a milestone in integrated photonics technology for high-speed data transmission. At the Optical Fibre Communication Conference (OFC) 2024, Intel's Integrated Photonics Solutions (IPS) Group demonstrated the industry's first...
AI surges as luxury goods push personalisation
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has induced a fresh wave of technological advancement, prompting businesses across various sectors to intensify their efforts to integrate AI capabilities into their products and services. As the industry grapples with the interpretation...
AI drives growing shared cloud infrastructure spend
Spending on compute and storage infrastructure products for cloud deployments, including dedicated and shared IT environments, increased 36,9% year over year in the first quarter of 2024 (1Q24) to $33-billion, according to the International Data Corporation...
Absa PMI inches up as challenges linger
The seasonally adjusted Absa Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) increased by 1.9 points to reach 45.7 points in June 2024, compared to 43.8 in May 2024. While there is some improvement, it was the second consecutive month that the PMI remained below the 50-point mark....
Governance key to health sector success
The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) has released a consensus study report titled "Achieving Good Governance and Management in the South African Health System”. Conducted by a seven-member expert panel, explores the critical governance issues impacting the...
Automotive chips address shifting market
Automotive chips are progressing towards high performance, high integration, and high reliability to meet the escalating complexity and technical requirements of the automotive sector, with ongoing technological innovations poised to expedite this evolution. A recent...
Hybrid work model reduces employee burnout
New research by International Workplace Group has found that the vast majority of workers who have shifted to a hybrid work model say that it has helped them to greatly reduce burnout in their working lives. The study, undertaken among more than 1 000 hybrid workers,...
Companies move to formalise AI with a board
More than half (55%) of organisations now have an AI board, according to a recent Gartner poll of more than 1 800 executives. The survey also indicated 54% of organisations have a head of AI or an AI leader to orchestrate activities. “The findings show that...
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Infobip launches Conversations to enable connected customer experiences
Conversations, a new contact centre solution enabling businesses to integrate the world's most popular communication channels, has been launched by Infobip. Conversations is the scalable digital cloud contact centre solution that enables businesses to deliver...
Dell shifts AI adoption into the fast lane
Dell Technologies is embracing innovation that helps businesses run powerful artificial intelligence (AI) workloads in VMware environments. Designed to make AI easier to deploy and consume, new Dell EMC Ready Solutions based on VMware Cloud Foundation help companies...
Xilica appoints TOA Electronics as a distributor
Xilica, a supplier of digital signal processing technology for AV and installed sound, has appointed TOA Electronics Southern Africa, a subsidiary of TOA Group, as its distribution partner for Xilica DSP products in South Africa and select markets in sub-Saharan...
Tips for building better chatbots
Want your chatbot design to deliver genuine customer engagement? Build it properly, writes Matt Grobler, pre-sales engineer at Inovo. Chatbots don't work. Well, not unless they've been integrated intelligently and strategically to create a seamless customer journey....
What happened to my net take home pay?
Starting a new job in an employee's career is usually an exciting event with the additional prospect of increasing their earning potential in most cases. With the evolution of payroll systems over the years, it is natural to accept that there should not be any...
Cyber criminals are not on lockdown …
South Africans are under increasing financial pressure due to the nationwide lockdown and cyber criminals are no exception. With lockdown restrictions slowly being lifted, insurer Dialdirect encourages continued vigilance when it comes to cyber security. "One must...
Digital transformation needs DRaaS to succeed
While the industry is dominated by digital transformation initiatives, considering a cloud-first strategy is only one of two current imperatives. This is according to Routed MD Andrew Cruise, who adds: "Disaster Recovery (DR) planning needs to be a significant part of...
Taking advantage of the vulnerable
In the US, a popular job placement agency was used as the hunting grounds for scammers looking to take advantage of people in desperate need of work. The scam was simple - set up an alluring job offer, get victims to enter highly sensitive personal information, use...
10 years on, Mustek and Huawei are still pioneering in the SA channel
Huawei was a little-known name in the South African market just 10 years ago. A handful of people knew the organisation as a supplier of telecommunications equipment and cabling, but it didn't really feature outside of that specialised area. When Mustek announced that...
Trend Micro appoints channel specialist
Trend Micro has announced the appointment of Conner Smith as its new head of partnerships and alliances for the sub-Saharan Africa region. Smith joins the team effective 1 June 2020, and will be responsible for leading the company's channel sales and alliance strategy...
Systems Architect and Initiative Lead – Gauteng Houghton Estate
JOP PURPOSETo lead the stabilisation and modernisation planning for the client's systems, ensuring scalable, resilient, and maintainable architecture that supports business continuity and future innovationKPADefine the stabilisation roadmap and oversee system-wide...
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MICROWAVE TRANSMISSION PROJECT MANAGER at PRIVATE
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SAP WM Consultant (Expert) 0977
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IT Technician
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Business Analyst – Gauteng Houghton Estate
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SAP WM Consultant (Expert) 0977 – Gauteng Pretoria
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