Global fintech investment hits a seven-year low
2024 was another difficult year for fintech, with just $95,6-billion of investment globally across 4 639 deals. Both global fintech investment and the number of deals fell to levels not seen since 2017, according to the Pulse of Fintech H2’24, a bi-annual report...
FNB, Standard share top spot for customer experience
FNB and Standard Bank have been named joint winners of the inaugural Customer Experience (CE) Index for the consumer banking industry for 2024. Developed and managed by Professor Adré Schreuder, head of the industry Chair in Customer Experience at the University of...
Live commerce platforms to reach $3,48bn by 2030
The global live commerce platforms market size is anticipated to reach $3,48-billion by 2030, registering a CAGR of 21,2% from 2024 to 2030, according to a new report by Grand View Research. Factors, such as increasing demand for online shopping and more engaging...
Competition Appeal Court clears Standard Bank
The Standard Bank of South Africa has welcomed the Competition Appeal Court’s decision to uphold its appeal by dismissing currency manipulation allegations against Standard Bank. The ruling comes several years after the Competition Commission’s decision to charge...
AMD to debut AI engines, elevated in-vehicle experiences
AMD will showcase automotive innovation at CES 2024 and expand its portfolio with the introduction of two new devices, the Versal AI Edge XA adaptive SoC and Ryzen Embedded V2000A Series processor. Working alongside a growing automotive partner ecosystem, AMD will...
Intel, DigitalBridge launch GenAI company
Intel and global investment firm DigitalBridge Group have announced the formation of Articul8 AI, an independent company offering enterprise customers a full-stack, vertically-optimised and secure generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) software platform. The...
Dark web awash with corporate data
Kaspersky Digital Footprint Intelligence team has, over the past two years, uncovered almost 40 000 dark web posts about the sale of internal corporate information. These posts - created by cybercriminals - are used to buy, sell, or distribute data stolen from various...
Top workplace predictions for 2024
Gartner has revealed its top nine workplace predictions that HR leaders will need to address in 2024 and beyond to successfully position their organizations to attract and retain top talent and drive business outcomes. "We have seen several shifts affecting the...
Threat actors tap social engineering, AI to drive more attacks
A major trend in cybersecurity is the speed and adeptness with which hackers adapt their techniques to take advantage of technological advances. Attacks leveraging social engineering have become more frequent and more expensive in 2023. The profitability and the ease...
Subscription-based streaming to become a $100bn industry
The subscription-based streaming industry has blown up in recent years, completely changing how people consume media. In just five years, the number of people using these services has almost doubled and hit 1,3-billion, helping the market to gross over $95-billion in...
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Managing the march towards zero-touch service
Earlier this year, Gartner released its 2019 Magic Quadrant for Field Service Management, and while IFS understands service and flexibility required to deliver for our customers, the report is full of other pieces of enlightening information. By Tom Paquin, senior...
The future conversation
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Great CX in government could boost faith in the country
Government departments are not generally known for their sterling service and good communication. Most struggle with substandard experiences, where their poor customer experience (CX) hampers mission success. A Forrester report discusses why the need to improve...
Synthesis joins AWS Well-Architected Partner Programme
Financial technology company Synthesis Software Technologies (Synthesis) is pleased to announce another milestone achievement as an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Network (APN) member. Synthesis is now an AWS Well-Architected Partner, after becoming the first APN...
The importance of personalisation in insurance
If the digital age has delivered customers anything, then it is the ability to personalise virtually any product or service to meet their unique needs. Financial services providers, like insurers, must capitalise on this to satisfy individual customer requirements and...
Imperial College protects research data with software-defined storage
Solutions from ArcaStream and Excelero are part of a new software-defined storage deployment at Imperial College London, one of the world's leading university research centres for science, engineering, medicine and business. By moving to a single high-performance...
Saicom adds intelligent virtual agent
Saicom Voice Services has launched an intelligent virtual agent offering to automate common interactions between its clients and their customers. Developed by Inference Solutions and integrated across its Broadsoft platform, the virtual agent platform allows Saicom to...
GBI pioneers multi-national SD-WAN with Nuage Networks
Inter-connect carrier Gulf Bridge International (GBI) will use the Nuage Networks SD-WAN 2.0 solution to offer their enterprise customers optimised connectivity between branches and private and public clouds. Customers within GBI's 26+ country presence can reduce...
Why the must-have skill in tech is to be human
Why does technology exist? Not just mobiles and tablets and bleeding-edge digital applications, but any sort of technology – the internal combustion engine, a pair of scissors, a sharpened rock. It’s all tech. By Joe Baguley, vice-president and chief technology...
Demystifying cloud cybersecurity
With the rise of edge data centres and an increase in cloud-based computing, companies are facing new challenges in end-to-end cybersecurity. To ensure proper protection, data centre teams must now assess both internal processes and strategies used by cloud suppliers....
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Are you an experienced SAP Developer with a strong command of ABAP and a passion for creating innovative solutions? We are seeking aSAP Full Stack Developer to join our dynamic team and help drive impactful business processes through expert development and...
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SQL Database Administrator – Western Cape Constantia
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