Meta AI emerges as the most data-hungry chatbot
Meta recently introduced its chatbot app, Meta AI – and it has become the new data king. According to a study by cybersecurity company Surfshark, Meta AI collects user data like no app before. It stands out among all analysed chatbots by collecting 32 out of 35 data...
Sky’s the limit for global space economy
The global space economy market is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 4% from $421-billion in 2024 to $511,2-billion in 2029 driven by an increase in the deployment of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites, productivity improvements in satellite equipment manufacturing, the...
Internet industry reports back on co-regulation
South Africa's Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) has delivered its Industry Representative Body (IRB) annual Code of Conduct Report to the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT), Mondli Gungubele. ISPA remains one of the country's...
Another positive month for take-home pay in January
The BankservAfrica Take-home Pay Index (BTPI) continued its upward movement in January as the high rate of inflation moderated, providing relief to salary earners. However, stormy clouds are on the horizon, particularly for tax-paying South Africans. "The nominal...
Epic road trip reveals mobile connectivity booming in rural Africa
What happens when a team of telecoms firewall experts abandon Zoom, ditch air travel, and choose instead to forge connections with their customers from one end of Africa to the other on an epic journey in Land Cruisers? The journey of 18 000km began in Barcelona on 1...
Corporates turn focus on to ESG and sustainability
Despite business leaders facing a multitude of issues and challenges, ESG and broader sustainability strategy have made their way to the top of board agendas in 2024, according to new research from KPMG International. Chief sustainability officers from some of the...
Sustainability reporting continues to mature
The world's largest organisations are providing more detail and breadth in their sustainability reporting - and are also obtaining a greater scope of assurance on those disclosures - according to an updated report from the International Federation of Accountants...
GenAI gains traction among HR leaders
A Gartner survey of 179 HR leaders in January this year has revealed that 38% of them are piloting, planning implementation, or have already implemented generative AI (GenAI) - up from 19% in June 2023. The top three use cases respondents said that they are...
Deal-making has never been more difficult for Big Tech
The merger and acquisition (M&A) landscape for Big Tech is undergoing a dramatic shift with increased regulatory scrutiny, particularly around antitrust concerns, making large acquisitions a challenge, says GlobalData. This trend extends beyond traditional M&A...
Global Energy & Utility companies are embracing AI
A new study - IBM's Global AI Adoption Index 2023 - reveals that 74% of global Energy & Utility companies have implemented or are exploring using AI in their operations - with 33% focusing AI projects on HR/Talent Acquisition and 27% focused on AI Monitoring &...
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Technology: sinister threat or golden opportunity?
By now, regardless of what industry we work in, most of us have witnessed the rapid entry of technology into our daily work lives. By Sandra Crous, MD of PaySpace With many fundamental business tasks already being taken over by automation and artificial intelligence,...
365 days of GDPR: has the storm passed?
There's no doubt that May 2018 will be remembered in business and technology circles as an important milestone in the evolution of data protection legislation, usage and public impact. By Johan Scheepers, systems engineering director for MESAT The implementation of...
Dynamics 365 for Talent given payroll boost
HR and payroll specialist CRS Technologies and Microsoft partner DAC Systems have integrated employee master data and leave balances into the Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Talent solution, in what they believe to be first of its kind in the market. "Combining the...
Fleet management solution for Ugandan utility provider
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Ransomware 101: understanding the biggest security threat
Ransomware is one of the biggest threats in today's security landscape - it has been on the scene for more than a decade and as it continues to prove successful for cybercriminals more high profile business targets fall victim on an almost daily basis. Ransomware is...
WBX automates weighbridge process
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Citrix to launch Workspace for Google Cloud
Citrix Systems has announced plans to extend Citrix Workspace to Google Cloud, expanding the flexibility and choice companies have in transitioning to the cloud by enabling them to quickly and efficiently deliver apps to Google devices and operating systems and create...
Huawei SA launches free 5G training for ICT students
Huawei South Africa has launched a free 5G training course for ICT postgraduates at two Gauteng universities, with plans to expand the programme across the country. The inaugural event kicked off at Wits University in Johannesburg and at the University of Pretoria...
Edge computing brings IT closer to ‘home’
Edge computing is an IT architecture designed to put applications and data closer to the users or 'things' that need them. Whereas cloud computing drove the creation of mega data centres, edge computing brings distributed IT, with an exponential number of micro data...
Digital banks wary of losing the human connection
In their drive to be digitally relevant and hold market share, both traditional and digital banks run the risk of losing customers by reducing human interaction. This is the warning from Bardien Pienaar, GM at Merchants. He says that, in an environment where consumers...
SPECIALIST SYSTEMS ANALYST – 12 month contract – Remote Remote
As a Specialist Systems Analyst, you will play a pivotal role as a problem solver and visionary, facilitating business change within an agile environment as part of the End-to-End Analysis Competency. Your primary responsibilities will include defining, researching,...
IAM & IT Security Specialist at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
IAM & IT Security Specialist – Be the Guardian of Access! Are you a digital gatekeeper, an access guru, and a security mastermind? Do you love crafting rock-solid IAM solutions, troubleshooting like a pro, and keeping bad actors out of the system? If so, we want...
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IAM & IT Security Specialist at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Midrand
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Senior Test Analyst at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
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Senior Test Analyst at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Pretoria
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Intermediate Software Developer (Java) (CH1070)
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Performance Tester
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