Sustainable energy presents significant opportunities in SA
The majority of South African electricity is generated through fossil fuels, particularly coal, contributing to the rapid warming of the planet, extreme weather patterns, rising sea levels, and unprecedented harm to the natural world. “While this creates challenges,...
Deployment ‘gold rush’ ignites CNAPP market
The Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) market is on track to surge from $2,8-billion in 2024 to $7,7-billion in 2029 - expanding at a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 22% and growing nearly twice as fast as overall public-cloud...
Calls for advanced AI to be more inclusive, responsible
The AI Governance Alliance (AIGA) has released a series of three new reports on advanced artificial intelligence (AI), focusing on generative AI (GenAI) governance, unlocking its value and a framework for responsible AI development and deployment. The alliance brings...
Global IT spend to hit $5trn on 6,8% rise
Worldwide IT spending is expected to total $5-trillion in 2024, an increase of 6,8% from 2023, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. This is down from the previous quarter's forecast of 8% growth. While generative AI (GenAI) had significant hype in 2023, it...
Critical infrastructure sees most cyber incidents
A significant 18% of companies in the Middle East, Turkiye and Africa (META) region have experienced cyber incidents due to insufficient cybersecurity investment in the last two years. Alarmingly, critical infrastructure, oil & gas and energy organisations...
AI in banking set to hit $143bn by 2030
The global artificial intelligence in banking market size is expected to reach $143,56-billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 31,8% from 2024 to 2030. According to a new report by Grand View Research, AI's integration in banking offers personalised financial guidance,...
GenAI gains a foothold in smart cities
This year, 50% of APEJC cities and states in Asia Pacific (excluding Japan and China) will pilot GenAI to improve efficacy in community outreach and customer service, procurement, staff recruitment and training, and software development, according to a new IDC...
Keep your children safe from cyberthreats
With most children able to access or own a smartphone or tablet, the age at which they begin their acquaintance with the digital world and technology keeps decreasing. So it's crucial for parents to stay informed about the latest cybersecurity threats targeting...
Cyber attacks the top cause of business outages
Veeam Software has released insights from the company’s fifth annual Veeam Data Protection Trends Report. While companies say they will spend more trying to fend off cyber-attacks, the survey found IT leaders are feeling even less protected and more concerned about...
New CEO for Mimecast
Mimecast has announced the appointment of Marc Van Zadelhoff as CEO, as co-founder Peter Bauer steps down from the role. Bauer remains as a member of the board and will continue to be an active advisor. "I've loved leading Mimecast from our founding in 2003 to our...
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Obsidian confirms platinum sponsorship of DevConf ZA 2019
Open source technology and services Obsidian Systems has confirmed its Platinum Sponsorship of the DevConf ZA event in Cape Town on 26 March 2019 and in Johannesburg on 28 March 2019. The community-driven and developer focused DevConf ZA has been organised to provide...
Fujitsu reduces investment risk for service providers
With IT-as-a-service becoming more and more popular, Fujitsu today introduces the financial solution uSCALE, providing service providers with cloud-like sourcing options to increase their agility in responding to quickly changing customer needs, while reducing their...
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Unstoppable growth for Africa Code Week
Africa Code Week (ACW) 2018 exceeded all expectations by empowering 2,3-million youth across 37 countries with digital and coding skills - compared to 1,3 million youth engaged across 35 African countries in the previous edition. According to Cathy Smith, MD of SAP...
Insight Venture Partners invests $500m in Veeam
Insight Venture Partners has invested $500-million with strong participation from strategic investor Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) to accelerate the next phase of Veeam Software's growth. Veeam will leverage Insight Venture Partners' internal business...
60 000 FNB customers benefit from The Entertainer partnership
Just two weeks after the start of FNB's partnership with The Entertainer, over 60 000 FNB and RMB Private Bank customers have registered for the value-added service - and more than 10 000 deals have been redeemed to date. The partnership provides FNB Retail and RMB...
Machine Learning drives new feature for Pitram
New underground mining precision performance software, which uses machine learning to refine and enhance loading and haulage processes, is set to be launched by global mining software company, Micromine. The solution will be released in early 2019 as part of...
Trends 2019: digital with a purpose
It's that time of year again, where everyone from major consultancies to futurists try to predict what's to come in the world of business and technology. By Lee Naik, CEO of TransUnion As always, I like to throw my hat in the ring by looking at our own TransUnion...
It’s crucial that SMBs spot fake cloud ERP
Some predictions suggested cloud ERP would only arrive in 2020 or even as late as 2025. But it's already here and this rapid progress may have caught some vendors napping, particularly in the small-to-medium business (SMB) category, and they may have to surrender to...
De Bruyn is new operations director at Gabsten Technologies
Data management solutions specialist Gabsten Technologies has announced the appointment of Chris de Bruyn as their new operations director. De Bruyn has over 15 years of experience within the IT industry and two years of experience within Gabsten Technologies' own...
Salesforce Technical Architect
My client based in Cape Town (Northern Suburbs) is currently looking for a Senior Salesforce Technical Architect to join them on a permanent basis IT / Finance Responsibilities Present interval executive-level Salesforce platform demonstrations, and run through all...
Mid – Senior Developer
Our client is seeking a dynamic Mid to Senior Developer to maintain legacy items and potentially migrating them to other languages, facilitating team collaboration. Key Requirements Minimum 3 years of mobile application development experience.Proficiency in PHP and...
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Seeking an intermediate software developer to be part of an agile development team and fulfil a pivotal role in delivering quality software applications.Experienced in working in a team of highly skilled developers, business analysts and testers in order to produce...
Salesforce Technical Architect – Western Cape Cape Town Region
My client based in Cape Town (Northern Suburbs) is currently looking for a Senior Salesforce Technical Architect to join them on a permanent basis IT / Finance Responsibilities Present interval executive-level Salesforce platform demonstrations, and run through all...
Mid – Senior Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg Region
Our client is seeking a dynamic Mid to Senior Developer to maintain legacy items and potentially migrating them to other languages, facilitating team collaboration. Key Requirements Minimum 3 years of mobile application development experience.Proficiency in PHP and...
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ENVIRONMENT:A strong technical & ambitious Support Engineer is sought by a dynamic Internet Service & Network Specialist to be responsible for providing high-quality technical support to both technical and non-technical end users while supporting a wide range...
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Psybergate is an IT company that builds bespoke software solutions and provides highly skilled resources to its clients.We are looking for a Mainframe IDMS Database Administrator (DBA) to join our financial services client based in Sandton for a 12-months contract...
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ENVIRONMENT:A strong technical & ambitious Support Engineer is sought by a dynamic Internet Service & Network Specialist to be responsible for providing high-quality technical support to both technical and non-technical end users while supporting a wide range...
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Psybergate is an IT company that builds bespoke software solutions and provides highly skilled resources to its clients.We are looking for a Mainframe IDMS Database Administrator (DBA) to join our financial services client based in Sandton for a 12-months contract...
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