Beware conmen posing as Vuma representatives
Fibre provider Vuma is warning customers – particularly those in Vuma REACH areas - against criminals falsely claiming to represent the company and trying to scam them by requesting upfront cash payments or money transfers into personal accounts. “In recent weeks,...
AI curiosity among children more than doubled in 2025
Kaspersky has released its annual report on children’s digital interests, revealing a growing fascination with artificial intelligence (AI) powered chatbots, the viral rise of Italian brainrot memes like “tralalero tralala”, and growing attention to Sprunki - a...
Young scientists fly the SA flag
Six South African young scientists who presented their innovative research projects at international science fairs in Tunisia and Beijing have returned home triumphant, each securing medals in their respective categories. Keerthana Kishor Nair (Grade 12 at Bryanston...
Nvidia Hopper leads in MLPerf for GenAI
In the latest MLPerf benchmarks, Nvidia TensorRT-LLM boosted the performance of Nvidia Hopper architecture GPUs on the GPT-J LLM nearly 3x over their results just six months ago. Nvidia TensorRT-LLM is software that speeds and simplifies the complex job of inference...
Intel Gaudi 2, 5th Gen Xeon deliver AI performance
MLCommons has published results of the industry-standard MLPerf v4.0 benchmark for inference. The Intel Gaudi 2 AI accelerator remains the only benchmarked alternative to Nvidia H100 for generative AI (GenAI) performance and provides strong performance-per-dollar....
DCC Technologies signs up Epson distribution
DCC Technologies has been appointed as an official distributor for Epson, bringing the company’s wide range of printing solutions to its channel partners across South Africa and the SADC region. Epson's product line includes home and office printers, commercial and...
GenAI lets viewers personalise the Masters Tournament
IBM and the Masters Tournament today announced several new fan features coming to the Masters app and Masters.com digital experience for this year's event. Powered by generative AI (GenAI) capabilities built from IBM's AI and data platform watsonx, fans this year will...
MeerKAT discovers 49 new galaxies in just two hours
The MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa has enabled the discovery of 49 new gas-rich galaxies. From an observation barely over two hours long, this discovery, also made possible by the services provided by the Inter-University Institute for Data-Intensive...
Business execs power ahead with GenAI, despite risks
US business executives worry about potential risks from the widening use of generative artificial intelligence programs such as ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot - but more than a quarter of them say that hasn’t stopped their organisations from experimenting with the...
Integration of digital workplace tools with ESG management to become the norm
Eighty percent of digital workplace (DW) leaders will integrate DW tools with environmental, social and governance (ESG) management and reporting tools by 2027 - up from less than 5% today, says Gartner. "Environmental sustainability is a growing priority for CEOs and...
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Guardrisk sell insurance policy via WhatsApp chatbot
The launch of what is believed to be South Africa'ss first non-life insurance WhatsApp chatbot, took just two weeks from concept to launch. Guardrisk - part of Momentum Metropolitan Holdings Limited - has partnered with fintech start-up Root to extend its CarSure...
Kaspersky appoints Tarsus Distribution
Kaspersky has signed on Tarsus Distribution as a new distributor for the brand's portfolio of business to business and business to consumer product offerings in southern Africa. The new distributor agreement forms part of Kaspersky's growth pipeline for the local...
Fujitsu, Nutanix joint solution gets SAP HANA certification
Fujitsu is enabling the full integration of mission-critical SAP HANA deployments on hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) based on Nutanix Enterprise Cloud on PRIMERGY to unlock simplified management, higher performance and increased scalability across both private...
JSE to buy majority stake in Link SA
JSE Limited, the operator of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), has agreed to acquire Link Market Services South Africa (Link SA), the second largest share registry business in South Africa (with six of the top 40 listed companies as clients), subject to all...
Fincheck.co.za invests in FundingHub
Fincheck.co.za, which began in 2016 so consumers could compare financial services products, has taken over the full management and equity in FundingHub. This makes Fincheck the country's biggest financial comparison site as well as the biggest lead aggregator having...
An IT partner can accelerate a bank’s digital journey
Instead of examining the advantages and disadvantages of digital banking versus traditional banking, it should rather be accepted that digitisation is the direction in which all banks need to move. By Steve Lauter, head of banking for Africa at Wipro These days, it's...
Seacom, Sophos secure SMEs
Seacom has joined forces with Sophos to provide a next generation security solution called On-Premise Security to cost-conscious small and medium enterprises (SMEs) across South Africa. Seacom's On-Premise Security is a full-suite solution that uses Sophos' XG...
Citrix to offer desktop as a service solution
Citrix Systems has launched Citrix Managed Desktops, a cloud-hosted offering that enables organisations - regardless of their size or IT expertise - to provision Windows-based applications and desktops from the cloud to any device, anywhere in a simple, unified...
Why co-sourcing is on the up
It seems like yesterday when outsourcing their software and application development projects to specialist partners was the modus operandi for most South African companies, writes Matt Chittenden, business development manager at DotModus. The outsourcing boom of the...
MTN launches newly-revamped premium
MTN has announced the launch of new-and-improved premium MTN Sky plans - MTN Sky, MTN Sky VIP and MTN Sky Black - offering unlimited calls, unlimited SMSs and a significantly higher inclusive-data value from R999 PMx24. As part of the plan, customers will receive...
Network Engineer – Data Centre Specialist at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
Our clients in the consulting space are on the hunt for a Network Engineer - Data Centre Specialist who will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the network infrastructure within data centres. This role ensures optimal performance, security,...
Test Analyst – Western Cape Cape Town
We're looking for a Test Analyst to join our QA team and work closely with the business analysts, developers, and project managers in different delivery streams.What you'll do:All manual testing activities during all phases of the SDLC from analysing business...
Network Engineer – Data Centre Specialist at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – KwaZulu-Natal Westville
Our clients in the consulting space are on the hunt for a Network Engineer - Data Centre Specialist who will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the network infrastructure within data centres. This role ensures optimal performance, security,...
Data Engineer
To collect and validate business information (which can then be used by data scientists and business stakeholders).To design and implement data models and architectures that enable business stakeholders to gain insights from large-scale datasets.To design and develop...
Network Engineer – Data Centre Specialist at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
Our clients in the consulting space are on the hunt for a Network Engineer - Data Centre Specialist who will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the network infrastructure within data centres. This role ensures optimal performance, security,...
Data Engineer – Gauteng Randburg
To collect and validate business information (which can then be used by data scientists and business stakeholders).To design and implement data models and architectures that enable business stakeholders to gain insights from large-scale datasets.To design and develop...
Network Engineer – Data Centre Specialist at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – KwaZulu-Natal Durban
Our clients in the consulting space are on the hunt for a Network Engineer - Data Centre Specialist who will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the network infrastructure within data centres. This role ensures optimal performance, security,...
Systems Analyst Customer Experience
PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A TWO YEAR CONTRACT ROLEA vacancy exists within the this dynamic Department of a large, well established automotive organisation and is based in Johannesburg. This position reports to the Manager After Sales Systems and will focus on co-ordination...
Senior C# Developer
Leading employer in the telecommunications industry is looking to appoint a Senior C# Developer to join their awesome team. You will need a completed qualification and proven experience (4years minimum) writing back end software using C, C#, .NET Core, .NEt6/7 and...
Systems Analyst Customer Experience – Remote Remote
PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A TWO YEAR CONTRACT ROLEA vacancy exists within the this dynamic Department of a large, well established automotive organisation and is based in Johannesburg. This position reports to the Manager After Sales Systems and will focus on co-ordination...
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