At 160, the ITU is still relevant
This year's World Telecommunication and Information Society Day holds special significance with the 160th anniversary of the International Telecommunication Union. This is the word from ITU secretary-general Doreen Bogdan-Martin, who released this statement on World...
Reflex signs up Nokia to expand broadband reach
Reflex will deploy Nokia’s Broadband Network Gateway (BNG) solution to modernise and scale its network, enabling faster onboarding of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and delivering a better broadband experience for South African businesses and communities. Reflex...
Women could be the key to solving developer skills shortages
Problem-solving, which is at the heart of coding, can only flourish with a more diverse workforce that brings new ideas to the table, writes Mvelo Hlophe, CEO at Zaio. The demand for software developers is increasing worldwide, particularly in the technology industry....
Is cybersecurity still a man’s world?
The cybersecurity industry, facing a skills gap of millions of people and grappling with soaring demand for solutions and services, needs female applicants more than ever. Yet, unconscious gender biases have resulted in women either being excluded or choosing not to...
Coding and robotics pilot opens in Soweto girls’ school
The MTN SA Foundation has partnered with the Department of Basic Education's National Coding and Robotics pilot programme to launch a Coding and Robotics Centre at Letsibogo Girls High School in Soweto. The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) and the era of rapid...
Peanut butter recall highlights reverse logistics challenges
The ongoing recall of peanut butter products has put the spotlight on reverse logistics, an often-neglected aspect of supply chain management, according to SAPICS (The Professional Body for Supply Chain Management). Earlier this month, the National Consumer Council...
Governments lag on GenAI-enabled services
Fewer than 25% of government organisations will have generative AI (GenAI)-enabled citizen-facing services by 2027, according to Gartner. Fear of public failure and a lack of community trust in government use of the technology will slow adoption for external use with...
ChatGPT drives 10x surge in phishing attacks
Email phishing attacks have increased dramatically by more than 10-times since the introduction of ChatGPT. Some firms reported a rise of as high as 1265% in these attacks according to an analysis by Stocklytics.com. Apart from creating AI tools like WormGPT, Dark...
WLAN revenues plummet in 4Q
According to a recently published report from Dell'Oro Group, 2023 was a roller coaster ride for wireless LAN (WLAN) vendors. Revenues were elevated in the first half of the year but contracted sharply in 4Q 2023. Despite the end-of-year correction, annual WLAN...
AMD extends FPGA portfolio
AMD has announced the AMD Spartan UltraScale+ FPGA family, the newest addition to the extensive portfolio of AMD Cost-Optimised FPGAs and adaptive SoCs. Delivering cost and power-efficient performance for a wide range of I/O-intensive applications at the edge, Spartan...
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Think Career becomes a Microsoft Authorised Education Partner
Think Career has become a Microsoft Authorised Education Partner (AEP). To earn a Microsoft AEP authorization, partners must complete a test to prove their level of academic licensing and market expertise. The AEP program is designed to train participating resellers...
thryve opens Canadian office
thryve, a provider of insurance, risk and governance technology solutions, has opened an office in Toronto, Canada. "The technology sector in Canada is growing at an incredible rate," says Neer Rama, Force Solutions product manager at thryve. "We believe that this is...
Trend Micro to deliver network security with AWS Transit Gateway
Trend Micro has announced the extension of its industry leading network protection to the cloud, now available on Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace. This was delivered in response to the operational challenges enterprises often experience with available network...
Spotify Lite extends the app’s reach
Spotify Lite is a small, fast, and simplified version of the music experience that works much like the main Spotify app. Users can still search and play songs and artists, save them, share with others, discover new music, and enjoy playlists - but a few extra features...
Presidential endorsement of smart cities creates compelling vision
In his State of the Nation address, President Cyril Ramaphosa said: "I dream of a South Africa where the first entirely new city built in the democratic era rises, with skyscrapers, schools, universities, hospitals and factories." Taru Madangombe, vice-president of...
ESET discovers Window exploit used in a highly targeted attack
ESET researchers have discovered and analysed a 0-day exploit deployed in a highly targeted attack in Eastern Europe. The exploit used a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. ESET immediately reported the issue to the Microsoft Security...
ABB motors that let you know when it’s time for a service
A new smart sensing solution from ABB can reduce downtimes of low-voltage motors by up to 70% and extend their lifetime by up to 30%. Until now, the monitoring and preventive maintenance of low-voltage motors has been time-consuming and expensive. New technology from...
Pentaho 8.3 facilitates DataOps across edge-to-multicloud environments
Hitachi Vantara, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), today announced Pentaho 8.3, the latest version of the company's data integration and analytics platform software. Pentaho 8.3 introduces a series of features designed to support DataOps, a...
Redstor launches mobile data management app
Redstor has launched a new app, giving customers instant, secure access to their data from their mobile devices. It is the latest initiative by the company that is disrupting the world of data management with pioneering technology developed in South Africa. Redstor...
Intelligent business management drives SME success
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is an all-in-one intelligent business management solution that is starting to gain massive traction in South Africa. Although the product set has been available globally for the past four years, local small to medium enterprises...
UI/UX designer
Job Title: UI/UX DesignerLocation: Remote OR Cape Town OR JohannesburgAbout the RoleAt our client, they are committed to delighting our customers. We believe in sweating the small stuff, from backend to frontend engineering, from support to customer gifts. As a UI/UX...
Cisco Security Specialist at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Cisco Security Specialist to design, implement, and manage robust security solutions across our network infrastructure. The ideal candidate will leverage Cisco's cutting-edge technologies to safeguard our organization...
Senior Java Developer (Multithreading) at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
We are seeking a highly skilled Java Developer to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have expertise in Core Java and Multithreading, with a strong understanding of object-oriented programming principles and software development best practices. Key...
Intern: Business Analyst at The Foschini Group – Western Cape Parow East
Package & RemunerationJOB DESCRIPTION Key Responsibilities: Evaluation of Change Requests to collate and provide estimations and the assessment of change. Gathering business requirements from a wide range of Operations Customers across various divisions. Prepare...
Senior Cloud Solutions Architect
Lead the development of complex architectural solutions for deals from pre-sales to proposal and delivery, stitching together appropriate assets and contributing to commercial modelling.A deep technical expert in Solution Architecture who works with the Solution Sales...
Senior Cloud Solutions Architect – Gauteng West Rand
Lead the development of complex architectural solutions for deals from pre-sales to proposal and delivery, stitching together appropriate assets and contributing to commercial modelling.A deep technical expert in Solution Architecture who works with the Solution Sales...
Intern: Business Analyst at The Foschini Group
Package & RemunerationJOB DESCRIPTION Key Responsibilities: Evaluation of Change Requests to collate and provide estimations and the assessment of change. Gathering business requirements from a wide range of Operations Customers across various divisions. Prepare...
Senior Test Analyst at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Pretoria
We are seeking a Senior Test Analyst to join our dynamic team and play a key role in ensuring the quality, performance, and reliability of our applications. This is a great opportunity for an experienced Test Analyst to work with cutting-edge test tools and automation...
Intermediate Software Developer (Java) (CH1070)
Our client, a leading payment aggregator and provider of secure payments solutions, is looking for an Intermediate Level Java Software Developer to join their team in Stellenbosch. This is a hybrid role.Responsibilities include:The role of Developer is divided into...
Performance Tester
Performance Tester - Contract - HybridPerformance Tester is needed to join the innovative team by helping and ensuring that critical components of an application perform as expected under varying user loads and to help evaluate the resource usage.Performance Tester...
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