Cyberwar rages in Israel-Iran conflict
As the war in the Middle East escalates, combatants are confronting a simultaneous host of cyberattacks. A report from Radware spells out how a host of significant cyber activities related to the conflict are ongoing, including state-sponsored operations, hacktivist...
Scientists find ties between Earth’s oxygen and magnetic field
For 540-million years, the ebb and flow in the strength of Earth's magnetic field has correlated with fluctuations in atmospheric oxygen, according to a newly released analysis by NASA scientists. The research suggests that processes deep inside the Earth might...
Young scientists gear up for Regeneron science fair
A group of six young scientists from South Africa are set to showcase their scientific brilliance at the world's largest pre-college Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) competition in Los Angeles, California. The youngsters got the opportunity to...
2m customers help FlySafair celebrate its 10th anniversary
FlySafair's annual sale, offering 50 000 tickets with the airline for R10, attracted nearly 2-million people for its 10th anniversary edition celebrating "Flying with Heart". "We are extremely happy with how yesterday's sale went," says Kirby Gordon, chief marketing...
Business leaders are battling to keep up with e-commerce growth
A new report from Accenture reveals that 95% of South African leaders (versus 83% globally) think that e-commerce is growing faster than they can adapt, and are finding it costly to be where customers are. This shared feeling of falling behind affirms how difficult it...
Ransomware victims are engaging with law enforcement
Most (97%) of organisation hit by ransomware over the past year engaged with law enforcement and/or official government bodies for help with the attack. In addition, more than half (59%) of those organisations that did engage with law enforcement found the process...
Cybercriminals now opt for quality over quantity
Cybersecurity specialist Trend Micro says it blocked more than 159-million email threats, around 8-million malicious URLs, and over 22-million malicious mobile apps targeting South African businesses and consumers between January and December 2023. This, as threat...
Ransomware accounts for every third incident
Ahead of International Anti-Ransomware Day (12 May), Kaspersky's latest research reveals a concerning trend in the global cybersecurity landscape, with ransomware attacks accounting for every third cyber incident in 2023. The report sheds light on the escalating...
GenAI proving popular within organisations
Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is the number one type of AI solution deployed in organisations, according to a new survey by Gartner. According to the survey conducted in the fourth quarter of 2023, 29% of the 644 respondents from organisations in the US,...
Return to office mandates could push employees to leave
One in three executives presented with a return-to-office (RTO) obligation reported that they will leave their current employer for that reason, according to Gartner. The same survey of more than 3 500 employees from November 2023 revealed that 19% of non-executives...
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The #ChangeWithCode scholarship winners are …
HyperionDev has announced the winners of its #ChangeWithCode scholarship competition. HyperionDev launched the competition to offer inspired South Africans the chance to share their great tech ideas, and win one of three coding bootcamp scholarships to the total value...
Soft skills should be at the centre of DevOps strategy
When NASA's Mars Climate Orbiter reached the red planet in September 1999, thousands of engineers and scientists anticipated major breakthroughs from the 338-kg robotic probe, which was due to gather, analyse and send valuable information back to Earth. Instead, it...
DHL opens up customer communication
DHL Express has launched a Multi-Channel Tool (MCT) that allows customers to interact with DHL Express via live chat and specialised email services. Hennie Heymans, CEO of DHL Express sub-Saharan Africa, says customers benefit from quicker response times and by...
With cybercrime, forewarned is forearmed
Cybercrime has entered the mainstream of our culture to an unprecedented extent and it is here to stay, with the scale of threats today becoming more and more difficult to quantify. Against this background, organisations need to know as much as possible about the...
Dynamicweb, Braintree in new partnership
Braintree, the consulting and integration division of Vox, has announced a partnership with Dynamicweb, a software platform combining content management, ecommerce, product information management (PIM) and marketing capabilities. Dynamicweb is established in every...
SA’s FMCG space can learn from Kenya’s example
The simplest way of optimising route to market is through pre-sales, which then creates a predictable order and allows for the best delivery routes to be calculated. By Andrew Dawson, commercial director at MACmobile However, for much of the market in South Africa...
Huawei Mobile Services prioritises SA tech development
Huawei Mobile Services is set to grow its business presence in the country through a mutually-beneficial partner system with government, corporates, education institutions and developers. "With our suite of apps, services, and developer support, we are ready to expand...
Lenovo, Intel fuel Harvard’s first liquid-cooled supercomputer
Expanding the reach of the most advanced high performance computing (HPC) technologies and capabilities by bringing them From Exascale to Everyscale is a critical part of Lenovo's commitment to create a more inclusive, insightful and sustainable digital society; a...
FSS, Oracle partner on African digital payments
FSS, one of India's largest payments processor, and US-based Oracle Financial Services will collaborate to enhance digital payments for banks. As part of this strategic relationship, FSS will provide specialised integration and hosting services for Oracle Banking and...
SA looks to play cloud catch-up
As cloud enters its teen years in 2019, South Africa remains a late adopter of what is globally an established technology. Jason Penton, co-founder of cloud platform builder Jini Guru, says that in the 13 years that cloud has been around, the technology landscape has...
Senior Backend Software Engineer
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Senior Software Developer (DSP) at NRF National Research Foundation – Western Cape Observatory
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Senior Backend Software Engineer – Gauteng Johannesburg Region
Our client is looking for an experienced Backend Software Engineer for a hybrid position based in Johannesburg. Key Requirements 5 years' experience.BSc/ BTech/ [URL Removed]JavaSpringbootAWSAzureMSSQL/MySQL.NET (Bonus)Should you meet the requirements for this...
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Senior C# Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg Region
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iOCO Infrastructure Services Invites You to Explore Possibilities.We are seeking a Network Engineer I who will play a vital role in supporting the organization's network infrastructure, ensuring reliable connectivity, security, and performance to facilitate the...
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• Lead Front End developer• Pro-active knowledge sharing, mentoring, and coaching of members from the same or other teams• Development of frontend user stories• Actively take part in all regular Scrum ceremonies• Contribute to refinement of user stories (user stories...
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