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...

Herotel brings Amazon’s Leo satellite services to SA

Kathy Gibson reports – Herotel has signed a distribution agreement with Amazon to bring its Leo Constellation satellite service to South Africa. Set to go live in 2027, South Africa will be among one of the first countries in the world to connect to the low earth...

Social media the top culprit as deepfake fraud grows

Deepfake attacks are growing, and costing people more. Scial media is the main culprit

Muse highlights privacy, copyright issues in AI training

Copyright and privacy issues under the spotlight as Meta withdraws Muse feature

IBM Cloud first to deploy Intel Gaudi 3

IBM is the first cloud service provider to make Intel Gaudi 3 AI accelerators available to customers, a move designed to make powerful artificial intelligence capabilities more accessible and to directly address the high cost of specialised AI hardware. For Intel, the...

Beware of SAPS impersonation scam

Since 2023, global reports have painted a picture of South Africa being transformed into a hotbed for fraud, with scammers and fraudsters going to great lengths to carry out elaborate schemes that are convincing enough to transform even the most vigilant person into...

Analysts warn of Bitcoin downturn

FBS analysts project a looming downturn for Bitcoin as the market players await the upcoming Federal Reserve's key rate cut in 2024. This tendency signals the rising probability of the BTCUSD's closing bullish trend as rate hikes frequently influence risk assets such...

Be careful sharing personal data with chatbots

Following the news of new ChatGPT functionality - custom GPTs can now be added to the dialogues with the original ChatGPT - Kaspersky experts have stressed the importance of exercising caution in sharing sensitive data with AI chatbots. "As GPTs can use external...

Dynamic strategy sees Netflix sentiment soar

Netflix's sentiment soared in 2023, fueled by strategies including a new advertising plan, the introduction of paid sharing options, and a dynamic expansion into the gaming sector - underpinned by a remarkable increase in monthly active users (MAUs) and the successful...

Decline, then growth, forecast for campus switches

Well in excess of $100-billion will be spent on campus switches over the next five years, according to a new report from Dell'Oro Group, which says that after three strong years in campus switch sales it foresees a significant correction in 2024, followed by a...

African gains boost Vodacom results

Vodacom has announced that, for the quarter ended 31 December 2023, group revenue increased 26,8% to R38,9-billion, positively impacted by the acquisition of Vodafone Egypt. Group service revenue growth including Vodafone Egypt on a pro-forma basis was 8,8%, at the...

Digital assets revenue to hit $80bn this year

After a 37% plunge in 2022, the global digital assets market - including cryptocurrencies, NFT, and DeFi - soared by 127% last year and hit $60,1-billion in revenue. The rebuilt confidence in digital assets is expected to continue driving growth this year, with the...

Shrinking Moon causing earthquakes that could affect landing

As NASA continues to make progress toward sending astronauts to the lunar South Pole region with its Artemis campaign, data from a NASA-funded study is helping scientists better understand this strategic part of the Moon. The study presents evidence that moonquakes...

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Secure data across hybrid and multi-cloud environments

Security has always been one of the biggest concerns when moving data into the cloud, with public cloud often perceived as the least secure option. Nevertheless, the benefits of a hybrid environment have been made clear, and organisations have started to adopt public...

Hospitality Industry 4.0 still needs the human touch

While the Fourth Industrial Revolution presents immense opportunity for particularly the hospitality industry, the people-centred nature of these businesses will likely see human capital remaining an equally integral component to organisational success. "The Fourth...

Intentionally insecure: poor security practices in the cloud

So far this year, there have been five documented cases of organisations exposing their private data due to misconfigured S3 buckets or cloud databases. By Lori MacVittie, principal threat evangelist at F5 Networks Wait, let's fix that: due to intentionally configured...

Farmers will benefit from agritech disruption

Technology is changing the face of agriculture by enabling farmers to increase production, reduce costs and streamline activity across the entire agricultural value chain to help ensure that long-term food security is maintained. Termed 'disruptive technologies'...

Infrastructure considerations if you want happier customers

When it comes to choosing an infrastructure to support a big SAP HANA workload, you have choices. By Jim Holland, country manager for Data Centre Group at Lenovo Southern Africa The right solution can act like an invisible workhorse, allowing your IT team to focus on...

Backup as a service can save you when the cloud goes down

As companies and individuals come to rely on the public cloud for an increasing range of services, from infrastructure to applications, they often assume that no additional backups are necessary. Nothing could be further from the truth, argues Michael Davies, CEO of...

Trend simplifies security for Microsoft Azure environments

Trend Micro has announced the availability of highly optimised security solutions for Microsoft Azure workloads for its customers in sub-Sahara. The Trend Micro Deep Security suite takes into consideration that a customer needs to approach cloud security differently...

WASPA’s inaugural board begins its term

South Africa's Wireless Application Service Providers' Association (WASPA) recently amended its Constitution to better equip the non-profit industry association to represent the interests of its members while also pursuing a mobile consumer protection mandate. WASPA's...

Data Analyst (Engineering/Construction) – Gauteng Fordsburg

Our client, a national civils, engineering and construction company specialising in medium to large scale projects, seeks to employ a Data Analyst to join this progressive and expanding professional team.Please note that certification in Data Analytics, Data...

Systems Administrator – IT – Gauteng Johannesburg

Hire Resolve's client, a leading insurance institution, is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Systems Administrator to join their dynamic team in Marshalltown GP. In this critical role, you will improve the ICT team's performance by overseeing, securing, and...

Cross Platform Mobile Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg Region

Opportunity to Join a human-centric tech and design agency that partners with global and local brands to create innovative, user-first digital solutions as a cross platform mobile developer. Key Requirements Minimum 3 years of mobile application development...

PROJECT MANAGER (SMALL TO MEDIUM MULTIPLE PROJECTS)

Based East Rand. Join large manufacturing, wholesale & retail Group that supplies the local SA market as well as selected African and European markets. In addition to multiple sales & wholesale Branches around South Africa there are many retail outlets where...

Senior Software Engineer (SAP BW4HANA ) at The Foschini Group

Package & RemunerationJOB DESCRIPTION Key Responsibilities: Provide on-going support of the existing BPC Embedded Reporting, Data Services and BW systems SAP BEX Query Design and Analysis for Office reporting Working closely with other development teams Develop...

Software Quality Engineer I (Contract)

Use the automation framework and pre-defined test tools to inspect, analyze, design, develop and implement re-useable automated test assets to quality assure the solution and its architecture to ensure the overall quality of the solution whilst aligning to the...

Technical Architect at Sabenza IT

Senior Enterprise Architect (9 - 12-month Contract)Dept: TaxLocation: Gauteng (PTA)Description:An Enterprise Architect (EA) plays a crucial role in an organization by designing and overseeing the implementation of comprehensive IT infrastructure strategies. Here are...

Senior Network Engineer

ENVIRONMENT:If you thrive on tackling complex technical challenges, a dynamic IT solutions company is looking for you to join their team as a Senior Network Engineer. In this role, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, maintaining, and troubleshooting...

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