Say goodbye to the Blue Screen of Death
Users around the world know and dread seeing what is universally known as the Windows Blue Screen of Death. But it may soon be a thing of the past. Announcing new Windows resiliency features, Micsosoft says the familiar blue screen will be replaced with this...
Remote work drives up workplace isolation
For many of us, work involves a sea of video calls, shared docs and emoji reactions. It’s efficient but also strangely quiet. The rise of remote and hybrid work has brought flexibility, but it's also ushered in a quieter threat: workplace isolation. In South Africa,...
Quantum Internet poised to revolutionise global connectivity
The advent of the quantum Internet, a revolutionary communication system utilising quantum mechanical principles and qubits instead of binary bits, is poised to redefine global connectivity with unprecedented levels of security and performance, according to...
Share-based employee compensation includes ESG targets
Almost two thirds (60%) of companies around the world who responded to the Global Equity Organisation's (GEO) Global Equity Insights Survey (GEIS) apply environmental, social and governance (ESG) targets to share-based employee compensation. The non-profit body says...
Global lessons could help billions get connected
Lessons learned from efforts to bring wireless communications technologies to remote areas from the Arctic to the Andes could help widen global access to the benefits of the information age. An international team of researchers have published new recommendations on...
Juniper Mist a bright spot amid WLAN market carnage
Wireless LAN (WLAN) revenues plunged by 27% in Q1 2024 as enterprises and distributors digested the large volume of WLAN equipment that was shipped a year ago, according to a recently published report from Dell'Oro Group. "While most vendors had sharp contractions in...
Chinese espionage campaign uncovered
Sophos has released a report, "Operation Crimson Palace: Threat Hunting Unveils Multiple Clusters of Chinese State-Sponsored Activity Targeting Southeast Asia", which details a highly sophisticated, nearly two-year long espionage campaign against a high-level...
Newly-discovered ransomware uses BitLocker to encrypt corporate data
Kaspersky has identified ransomware attacks using Microsoft's BitLocker to attempt encryption of corporate files. The threat actors remove the recovery options to prevent the files from being restored and use a malicious script with a new feature: it can detect...
Ecobank launches 2024 Fintech Challenge
Ecobank has official opened applications to the 7th edition of its Fintech Challenge. This annual competition invites early-stage and mature fintech startups to partner with Ecobank, offering a grand prize of $50 000 and a chance to scale their solutions across...
Interest in NFTs continues to fade
The last two years have been rough for the NFT market, and 2024 doesn't look much better. With falling sales and investors losing appetite for digital artwork, market projections became less optimistic, showing only a modest 2,6% annual growth by 2028, twenty times...
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Blackboard makes its virtual classroom solution accessible
Blackboard has announced the launch of the Blackboard Collaborate Self-Service Portal that allows for higher education institutions to quickly and easily purchase and implement its virtual classroom solution. The self-service portal significantly reduces the time from...
An intelligent approach to future-proof data storage
Businesses are under pressure to deliver better customer experiences and increased revenue while decreasing costs, which results in shrinking IT budgets. This is compounded by the need to store ever-increasing volumes of data to deliver these services. By Hayden...
Covid-19: a new environment for insurers and claimants
After the likely spike in insurance claims arising from the Covid-19 pandemic, insurers are likely to introduce new or change existing exclusionary clauses which were not previously considered to be necessary. By Maria Philippides, Raynold Tlhavani, Caroline...
4IR demands a reskilled workforce
While automation and digital technologies are disrupting the workplace as we traditionally know it, it has become imperative for organisations to start reskilling their workforce. Automation and artificial intelligence are not only disrupting the assembly lines but...
Covid-19 casts a dark shadow on smartphone sales in West Africa
Nigeria's smartphone market grew 5,3% quarter on quarter (QoQ) in Q4 2019, according to the latest figures from global technology and consulting services firm International Data Corporation (IDC). This growth comes on the back of a 3,2% QoQ increase in Q3 2019 after...
Protect your data at rest and in flight
In its recent research, the Ponemon Institute shows that a data breach costs South African companies on average $3,06-million - nearly R50-million. This is somewhat above the international benchmark, with the study showing that globally the average cost of lost...
CX from a millennial perspective
The results of the PwC 2019 Global Consumer Insights Survey were hardly surprising: customers in South Africa used social media to hear about current events (33%) and used social media to determine where they would shop and what they would buy (46,5%). South African...
ContinuitySA launches Partnership Programme
ContinuitySA, Africa's leading provider of business continuity and resilience services, has officially launched a formal Partner Programme. The programme aims to encourage consultants and mid-sized IT companies to partner with ContinuitySA in offering their clients a...
Leadhome urges sellers to remain positive and listed
Real estate company Leadhome says that prospective sellers are encouraged to keep their properties listed despite the current economy and the potential impact of Covid-19. CEO Marcél du Toit says that there are several benefits to the homeowner retaining their...
Ecommerce cloud be key to surviving the virus
While there is a lot of uncertainty around the economic impact of the novel coronavirus 2019 (Covid-19) outbreak, one thing that is certain is that it will change the way we do business in the long-term. People are moving from offline shopping to online, says Jonathan...
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Hey Guys, Looking for 5 X Senior Developers for a 12 month renewable contract position, 2 days in office and 3 [Email Address Removed] Stack- C#, SQL, Blazor and AWS would be nice. You can email [Email Address Removed] for more information Desired Skills: C# blazor...
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Development and maintenance on platform / application.Review and present proposed system solution to IT Project Manager / Leader and User Management or System owner.Develop systems solutions in line with quality and delivery requirements.Preparation of system /...
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Lead Software ArchitectRevolutionize the industry with cutting-edge technology!R 800,000 - R 1,100,000 per annumJoin a leading provider of innovative technology solutions in the Logistics sector, empowering individuals and businesses through cutting-edge products and...
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Development and maintenance on platform / application.Review and present proposed system solution to IT Project Manager / Leader and User Management or System owner.Develop systems solutions in line with quality and delivery requirements.Preparation of system /...
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