Europe faces sharpest rise in mobile data costs
The rise of digital platforms, IoT and smartphones has fueled a sharp increase in mobile data spending. In 2025, end users worldwide are expected to spend $671-billion on mobile data, $30-billion more than last year. There are big regional differences: while Americans...
Customer experience BPO to hit $296,29bn
The global customer experience business process outsourcing market size is estimated to reach $296,29-billion by 2033, registering a CAGR of 12,8% from 2025 to 2033, according to a new report by Grand View Research. CX BPO involves the contracting of customer...
Apple trails in AI patents; Google leads with 870
Big tech firms are scooping up most of the AI patent rights - but Apple is falling behind its counterparts with a notable gap. According to Stocklytics.com, Apple pegged 142 patents to its name in 2023, less than a quarter of Google's total patents. The site's...
From ballot to boardroom: The impact of your vote
As President Cyril Ramaphosa, in accordance with constitutional provisions, declared 29 May 2024 as the date for the 2024 General National and Provincial elections, it becomes imperative to recognise the profound significance of every South African's vote. By...
IBM unveils next chapter of watsonx and AI
IBM has announced several new updates to its watsonx platform as well as upcoming data and automation capabilities designed to make artificial intelligence (AI) more open, cost-effective and flexible for businesses. "We firmly believe in bringing open innovation to...
Microsoft SA invests R1,3bn in SMMEs, youth
Kathy Gibson reports - Microsoft is making about R1,3-billion available in an equity equivalence agreement with the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) for a fund supporting skills and capability development and enterprise development for youth and...
CEOs cite growth as their top priority for 2024
A massive 62% of CEOs selected growth as their top business priority in 2024, according to a new survey by Gartner. This is the highest level since 2014, and an increase from last year's survey where 49% of CEOs said their top business priority was growth. "Along with...
Election fever brings on cyberattack headaches
With only a week to go before national elections, South Africa is facing an increase in cyberattacks - evidenced by recent breaches at the Government Pensions Administration Agency (GPAA), the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission of South Africa (CIPC), and...
Unveiling the surge in fraud attacks
Fraud is on the increase, with a massive 76% of South African respondents to Experian's survey for its Defeating Fraud Report having seen an increase in fraud losses over the past year. The report surveyed 308 fraud managers in financial services, telecom, and retail...
New insights into cloud-powered data protection strategies
"Enterprises are starting to realise that it's not if or even when they will suffer from a ransomware or cyberattack, but how many times," says Dave Russell, senior vice-president of strategy at Veeam, following the release of the latest Veeam 2024 Cloud Protection...
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Secure payroll data in the cloud
As with the majority of business software, HR and payroll solutions are increasingly available through the cloud as a pay-as-you-use model and are today, considered as mainstream as any other business application. However, a fundamental issue for any user looking to...
Vox champions rural connectivity
Even though the Fourth Industrial Revolution has been a focal point in recent months, less than 2% of South African rural households can access the internet from home. This is a challenge that integrated ICT and infrastructure provider Vox has taken to heart. While...
What to expect when riding with Uber over the festive season
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Top tech predictions for 2020 and beyond
Increased rollouts of 5G in 2020, will unlock the development of more advanced technologies says Gianfranco Lanci, corporate president and chief operating officer of Lenovo. Prediction 1 - 2020 will be the Year of 5G With potential speeds of up to 10 gigabits...
Making the move to the cloud
It has been several months since the launch of the two Microsoft Azure data centres in South Africa. And as expected, this has resulted in many organisations looking for ways to move their on-premise data environments to the cloud. By Reghard van Jaarsveld, engagement...
Digital transformation: 2020 and beyond
Every definition of transformation includes the notion of change, writes Lori MacVittie, principal technical evangelist: office of the CTO at F5 Networks. The most common examples are found in nature, in the process of change from caterpillar to butterfly and tadpole...
Back to work in 2020 … what the future holds
As 2020 fast approaches, we reflect on having survived a year where HR has been flooded with information on how their jobs and those of employees will change. Technology continues to take a foot hold in our everyday work lives; the new way of work has become the way...
Vox champions rural Internet connectivity
Even though the Fourth Industrial Revolution has been a focal point in recent months, fewer than 2% of South African rural households can access the Internet from home. Clearly there is work to be done if more people are going to be part of the connected economy. This...
IoT and its role in insurance
By the end of this year, forecasts anticipated that there will be more than 14-billion Internet of Things (IoT) devices in use with that number expected to reach 25-billion by 2021. Furthermore, the global market for IoT is projected to grow significantly between 2018...
WorldRemit partners with Vodacom Tanzania
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Technical Specialist at Parvana Recruitment – Western Cape Cape Town
About our client:This award winning software company has offices in the US, UK and South Africa. You will join a talented team of curious, creative and driven individuals who are dedicated to empowering organisations to overcome various business challenges using their...
Solutions Architect (Senior) at Parvana Recruitment – Gauteng Johannesburg
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Scrum Master at Parvana Recruitment – Western Cape Cape Town
About our client: Our client, established in the 90's and headquartered in Cape Town, has a global presence with 500+ employees. They are a diverse team of engineers, developers and specialists in finance, HR, digital infrastructure and marketing who love utilising...
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