Transnet on track with R129bn recovery

Transnet will spend more than R129-billion over the next five years to restore the organisation’s sustainability and credibility. This is the word from group chief executive Michelle Phillips, addressing delegates at the SAPICS Conference in Cape Town. Phillips told...

Voyager 1 on track to reach one light-day from Earth

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Cisco partners with Jozi My Jozi on inner city revitalisation

Kathy Gibson reports form Johannesburg - Cisco and Jozi My Jozi today launched a new partnership aimed at harnessing technology to help develop the Johannesburg inner city. The new initiative, Masibambisane, is part of Cisco’s global 40 Communities social impact...

New battery factory drives industrialisation, job creation

Kathy Gibson reports - Actom has opened a new assembly line for locally-assembled LiFePO₄ battery energy storage systems (BESS). Yesterday, the company also announced that is expanding manufacturing capacity for its high voltage equipment. These moves are significant...

Run apps anywhere with extended AOS

Kathy Gibson reports from Nutanix .Next in Washington DC – In a multi-cloud, hybrid cloud world, organisations shouldn’t be constrained as to what cloud they can use to run their workloads. Rajiv Ramaswami, president and CEO of Nutanix, points out that his company has...

AFHRI recovers on the back of marginally lower interest rates

The results of the Altron FinTech Household Resilience Index (AFHRI) for the fourth quarter of 2024 have been released, confirming a modest improvement in the financial position of South African households - mainly due to three cuts of 25 basis points each in the repo...

AI PCs set to dominate

A new forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC) shows shipments of artificial intelligence (AI) PCs - personal computers with specific system-on-a-chip (SoC) capabilities designed to run generative AI tasks locally - growing from nearly 50-million units in...

Election drives DDoS attacks against Poland

Changes in political leadership can cause disruptions in many areas. One notable area is in the cyberspace, where DDoS attacks often spike with a change of the guard. These spikes often result from hacktivist and other groups opposing the viewpoints of newly elected...

The future of healthcare lies in digital solutions

Healthcare systems around the world are being put under increasing strain every year. Key challenges they face include overburdened medical staff and a steady rise in patients with chronic health conditions that require high levels of care. Digital health has long...

These are the top priorities for customer service, support leaders

Reimagining self-service, piloting employee-facing GenAI, and exploring new offerings in the customer journey analytics (CJA) market will be top priorities for customer service and support leaders in 2024, according to Gartner. A Gartner survey of 246 customer service...

Meta drives move to label AI-generated content

Meta is working with industry partners on common technical standards for identifying AI content, including video and audio. Nick Clegg, president: global affairs at Meta, says in the coming months, images that users post to Facebook, Instagram and Threads will be...

Vodacom to appeal Please Call Me judgement again

Vodacom is launching another appeal against the 2022 judgement handed down it the Please Call Me matter. The Supreme Court of Appeal yesterday (6 February) dismissed Vodacom's appeal in the case of Vodacom (Pty) Ltd versus Makate (Please Call Me matter). "Vodacom is...

Microsoft to build own data centre

Microsoft has announced its intention build a data centre campus in Centurion. In March 2018, Microsoft became the first hyperscale public cloud provider to provide services from data centres in Africa. The new data centre is part of the company's intention to build...

Airlines, airports increase IT spend

SITA's 2023 Air Transport IT Insights report finds that both airports and airlines saw IT spend increase year on year into 2023, reaching an estimated $10,8-billion and $34,5-billion respectively, with over two-thirds of airport and airline CIOs expecting continued...

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Cisco, Swarm, UTStarcom join DSA

The Dynamic Spectrum Alliance (DSA) has announced that Cisco Systems, Swarm Technologies and UTStarcom have joined the Alliance, as more and more companies are introducing wireless technologies that enable the full range of narrowband and wideband applications by...

BT-SA, Cambium Networks announce partnership

Bridging Technologies SA (BT-SA) is pleased to announce its new partnership with WiFi solutions expert Cambium Networks. BT-SA has provided longstanding support to networks and to infrastructure throughout South Africa and are delighted to be working alongside Cambium...

CFOs must ask critical IT investment questions

Chief financial officers (CFOs) need to take a more active role in the digital transformation of today's companies. With an increase in shadow IT, where departmental staff bring technologies on board without consulting the IT department, the CFO should be asking...

Temp workers still need to fight for permanancy

Despite the Constitutional Court ruling on Temporary Employment Services (TES) of placed workers being deemed employees of the client, employees should not have an automatic expectation of being transferred onto the books of the client. This is the word from Advocate...

SearchInform road show an SA success

SearchInform, together with South African partners Condyn and Secnovate, held an Insider Risk and Fraud Executive Briefing 2019 in Johannesburg and Cape Town. The speakers introduced the original concept based on a holistic approach to human-related threats...

Bringing AI to the data centre

South African businesses, especially those involved in data centre management should start adopting and embracing AI now if they still want to continue to be relevant. Jim Holland, country manager for Data Centre Group at Lenovo Southern Africa, explains the...

Inverters for smaller installations bring power to the people

Energy supply will continue to cause chaos in our homes and places of work. To alleviate this, smaller business and home users can make an investment in solutions that improve the reliability of energy supply to their critical devices such as lights, computers, cell...

The need to leave no-one behind with AI

Early September in Cape Town means one thing - and it's not the rites of spring. It's something bigger: the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa, which will draw 1000-odd business executives, academics, politicians and celebrities from around the world. And with a...

Don’t fake it to make it …

Securing a suitable career path is undeniably one of the most difficult decisions one must make in life - especially in the South African environment where opportunities are hard to come by. With the reality of background screening steadily becoming a compulsory...

ImagePress C910 meets graphic arts needs

Canon Europe has launched the new imagePress C910 printer series, designed to meet the light production needs of both commercial printers and large corporate print departments, as well as SMEs wanting to cost-effectively produce a range of high quality, personalised...

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We are looking for a motivated Junior Software Engineer to join our client based in Johannesburg on a permanent basis. In this role, you will work closely with senior developers to design, develop, and implement high-quality software solutions. This is an excellent...

SAP FICO Consultant (2360) KG – Gauteng Pretoria

WHAT WILL BE YOUR ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES?Fair knowledge across all SAP modules Initial focus on master data. Ability to assist with problem identification and possible solution by means of skills such as code debugging. The following functional skills are...

Junior Software Engineer – Remote Remote

We are looking for a motivated Junior Software Engineer to join our client based in Johannesburg on a permanent basis. In this role, you will work closely with senior developers to design, develop, and implement high-quality software solutions. This is an excellent...

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ENVIRONMENT:MANAGE, monitor, plan and organise the App testing of applications according to a test strategy, master test plan and quality standards as the next Analyst Programmer wanted to join the team of a reputable Multinational company. You will review and/or...

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Intermediate SQL DeveloperJOB DESCRIPTION Develop complex T-SQL queries, Stored Procedures and Triggers.Assist in the design of the relational database architecture for new development projects.Develop new / alter existing SQL objects based off a set of...

Intermediate SQL Developer – Gauteng Pretoria

Intermediate SQL DeveloperJOB DESCRIPTION Develop complex T-SQL queries, Stored Procedures and Triggers.Assist in the design of the relational database architecture for new development projects.Develop new / alter existing SQL objects based off a set of...

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Provision of Software, Database, Operating Systems and End User Support to Customers via a Call Centre Service. All logged problems to be resolved within agreed Service Level Agreements.Real-time monitoring of Customer installations and proactive problem resolution...

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Hire Resolve's client, a leading skills development institution, is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Software Developers to join their dynamic team in Midrand GP. In this critical role, the individuals in these positions will be responsible for developing,...

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