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

PC shipments tank as memory crunch bites

Worldwide PC shipments fell 4,9% year-over-year in Q2 2026 to 68,2-million units, according to IDC — the first decline after nine consecutive quarters of growth. A persistent memory chip shortage drove the reversal, pushing vendors to pull inventory forward as far as...

DDoS attacks show contrasting patterns across southern Africa

A new NetScout Threat Intelligence Report, for July to December 2024, reveals a complex and contrasting distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack landscape across southern Africa. According to the report, South Africa, Mauritius and Angola were among the most...

How employees are becoming threat actors

The adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) is accelerating across the business landscape as organisations aim to reap its potential benefits. However, recent incidents involving AI leaking corporate data show that embracing AI comes with a risk, as employees using...

How GenAI will go mainstream in 2024

Generative AI (GenAI) was a groundbreaking development last year, with the emergence of popular chatbots such as OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Bard taking the technology world by storm. However, using the large language models (LLMs) powering these chatbots has...

Digital skills thought to be key to better pay

According to a recent Kaspersky survey, over half of employees surveyed in the Middle East, Turkiye and Africa (META) region feel the lack of digital skills when working on computers and other digital equipment. If they had better digital skills, employees think they...

Large language model market heading for $35bn

The global large language model market size is anticipated to reach $35,43-billion by 2030 and it is projected to grow at a CAGR of 35,9% from 2024 to 2030, according to a new report by Grand View Research. The increasing demand for Natural Language Processing (NLP)...

X shares the most data with third parties

In a revealing study of 100 popular apps, new research from Surfshark highlights that X (Twitter) shares data with third parties the most, while Facebook and Instagram collect significant amounts of user data. Out of the 10 social media and messaging apps analysed,...

Cisco, OECD launch digital wellbeing research initiative

Cisco has signed a research collaboration with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) that aims to help promote a responsible use of technology as well as fairness, inclusion and equitable access in a global digital economy. Cisco and the...

What 2024 has in store for crypto

Bitcoin saw in 2024 on a high note, touching a 21-month peak and the approval of spot exchange traded funds (ETFs) for Bitcoin. "Bitcoin ETFs are significant as they open the way for greater institutional investment and adoption. The first licences for crypto asset...

Africa under the spotlight in Vodafone, Microsoft partnership

Vodafone and Microsoft have announced a new 10-year strategic partnership that leverages their respective strengths in offering scaled digital platforms to more than 300-million businesses, public sector organisations, and consumers across Europe and Africa. The...

Critical infrastructure blackouts top SA business risk for 2024

Cyber incidents such as ransomware attacks, data breaches, and IT disruptions are the biggest worry for companies globally in 2024, according to the Allianz Risk Barometer. The closely interlinked peril of Business interruption ranks second. Natural catastrophes (up...

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SAP gains IATA One Order certification

SAP has become the first IT vendor that has achieved IATA ONE Order Certification for Order Management with its SAP Commerce Cloud travel accelerator solution. The e-commerce solution from SAP, now compliant with the industry standard, provides the technology to help...

FICO eases analytics, optimization models

FICO has announced a community version of FICO Xpress Insight, a decision support application that enables data scientists to rapidly deploy any advanced analytic or optimisation model as a powerful business application. Across industries, data scientists create...

Next-gen cybersecurity from Sophos Central Management

Sophos has announced that the next-gen Sophos XG Firewall is now available through Sophos Central, bringing Sophos' complete portfolio of cybersecurity solutions into a single, cloud-based management platform. Sophos partners and customers are now able to manage their...

Disaster recovery is dead …

We live in fast times. So fast in fact that a recent Google study showed that over half of users will abandon a website if it takes longer than three seconds to load. Any online business knows if the website goes down, users will simply check out the competition and...

High-touch on-site training for developers

HyperionDev, the UK and South Africa-based ed-tech start-up now offers software engineering and full stack web development on-site training. Offered part-time and full-time, these high-touch bootcamps are set to kick off on the company's new Cape Town and Gauteng...

Trends that shape payroll and HR management

The world of business is changing quickly, and with trends like the gig economy, global employment and cross-border collaboration on the rise, you can imagine the scale of regulatory and legislative changes taking place. It should be obvious, then, how important...

How to succeed in modern day mentorship

It is no secret that securing the right mentorship can benefit the next generation by passing on the wisdom of seasoned workers, despite the changes that are constantly taking place thanks to digitalisation. Some of us might think about mentorship as the typical scene...

LG debuts Hybrid Watch

Alongside the LG V40 ThinQ, LG has announced its first hybrid smartwatch, the LG Watch W7, a wearable device that combines mechanical movement with digital functionalities. As the first LG wearable to run the new Wear OS by Google platform, the LG Watch W7 is designed...

Growth opportunities for African telecoms operators

While the telco industry may have seen its traditional revenue streams decline further in 2018, thanks in part to the popularity of over-the-top (OTT) services such as WhatsApp that offer low-cost alternatives to messaging and voice calling, the industry is still set...

CTC,Nokia advance use of AI/ML powered 5G mMIMO

CTC and Nokia have jointly demonstrated advanced machine learning innovations for 5G RAN mMIMO optimisation, under a strategic cooperation agreement signed in October 2018. The ML-powered mMIMO algorithms will improve 5G RAN coverage and capacity and provide higher...

Software Engineering – Application Developer – Gauteng Centurion

Our client is seeking a talented Mid-Level Application Developer to join their innovative technology team. As a key member of the development group, you'll design and build sophisticated applications using COBOL on IBM Mainframe platforms.Key ResponsibilitiesDesign...

SENIOR SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR – SAP BASIS – Gauteng Centurion

SENIOR SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR - SAP BASIS PURPOSE Responsible for the administration of all SAP environments and instances, ensuring their optimal performance and availability. Administration includes configuration, transport management, monitoring, tuning and...

BI Consultant at Parvana Recruitment – Western Cape Cape Town

About our client:Over the past 20 years, our client has built a stellar reputation in the development and system integration space. Through their extremely ethical values, they have earned the trust and respect of their clients. They prioritise finding effective...

Senior Software Engineer – Western Cape Stellenbosch

ENVIRONMENT:A full-service digital agency based in Reading, UK, The Hague, Netherlands and Stellenbosch, South Africa who strategizes, designs, and develops digital solutions for the private and public sectors is seeking to employ a Senior Software Engineer who will...

Intermediate Full Stack Developer (Onsite) – Western Cape Cape Town

ENVIRONMENT:Our partner is a globally acknowledged business consulting firm with expertise in enterprise resource planning, corporate performance management, business intelligence, financial and costing principles, shared services, and employee performance management....

Project Manager

Project Manager - Water Infrastructure Projects A leading infrastructure development company is seeking an experienced Project Manager to oversee large-scale water sector projects. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing the installation,...

Customer Support technician

To provide exceptional IT support services and guidance , ensuring clients maintain high levels of efficiency and productivity . Act a s a formal representative and brand ambassador for the company.Maintaining excellent relationships and upholding the company's...

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