Younger investors reshape market trends
The World Economic Forum’s Global Retail Investor Outlook 2024 confirms a sustained shift towards younger retail investors. Spanning 13 economies, including South Africa, the research finds that 30% of Gen Z start investing in early adulthood – compared to 9% of Gen X...
AI startup speeds disease research
About 15% of the world’s population — more than 1-billion people — are affected by neurological disorders, from commonly known diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s to hundreds of lesser-known, rare conditions. BrainStorm Therapeutics, a San Diego-based startup,...
SA makes top 10 for interest in crypto
The pervasive influence of cryptocurrency has continued to captivate nations worldwide in 2023. The advent of digital currencies and blockchain technologies has sparked a surge of interest, prompting countries to explore and embrace the potential of this...
Prolific ransomware groups switch on remote encryption for attacks,
Some of the most prolific and active ransomware groups, including Akira, ALPHV/BlackCat, LockBit, Royal abd Black Basta, are deliberately switching on remote encryption for their attacks. In remote encryption attacks, also known as remote ransomware, adversaries...
Top Chinese companies bet big on AI
By 2027, the Top 2000 companies in China will allocate over 50% of their core IT spend on AI initiatives, leading to double-digit increase in rate of product and process innovations. During the IDC FutureScape China event in Beijing, IDC local analysts also revealed...
Enterprise WLAN declined in Q3
The enterprise segment of the worldwide wireless local area network (WLAN) market declined 5,2% year over year to $2,5-billion in the third quarter of 2023 (3Q23), according to results published in the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly WLAN...
Big five tech giants break stock value records
After losing hundreds of billions of dollars in 2022, the third-hardest year for the tech sector since 2008, the tech giants showed impressive performance in 2023, helping them grow their stock values more than ever. According to data presented by Stocklytics.com,...
GenAI adoption a top issue for legal, compliance, privacy leaders
Rapid generative AI (GenAI) adoption is the top-ranked issue for the next two years for legal, compliance and privacy leaders, according to a recent survey by Gartner. In a September 2023 survey of 179 legal, compliance and privacy leaders, 70% of respondents reported...
Termination notice sent to VMware partners
VMware partners around the world have received notice that their existing partner contracts will be terminated from 4 Febuary 2024. Selected partners will attain partner status under the new VMware by Broadcom umbrella. In the absence of more information, rumour is...
GlobalData reveals top five GenAI trends for 2024
Generative AI (GenAI) made significant progress in 2023, showcasing its prowess in crafting remarkably authentic content spanning text, imagery, and music. The evolution of this technology transcended traditional boundaries, infiltrating realms such as creative arts,...
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Moving the Africa Free Trade Area agreement ahead
A total of 44 African nations signed the landmark African Continental Free Trade agreement earlier this year, with only 12 out of the required 22 countries ratifying the accord, but policy makers say there is time enough - and practical solutions - to move the process...
Addressing critical gaps in Africa’s youth entrepreneurship
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What’s causing today’s IT security gap?
What's stopping global businesses from protecting their assets despite significant investments in cyber security programmes? That's the question we asked ourselves when trying to determine what the reasons are behind the dangerous gap in modern IT security. By Simon...
Liquid Telecoms invest in Egyptian network
Pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom has announced that it is investing 8-billion Egyptian Pounds ($400m US Dollars) in Egypt over the next three years. This is part of a major partnership with Telecom Egypt which includes network infrastructure and data centres....
Better security with Westcon and F5
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Digital transformation spending to hit $2trn by 2022
Worldwide spending on the technologies and services that enable the digital transformation (DX) of business practices, products, and organisations is forecast to reach $1,97-trillion in 2022, according to a new update to the International Data Corporation...
Predictions around digital transformation
International Data Corporation (IDC) has unveiled IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Digital Transformation 2019 Predictions, identifying two DX groups based on specific trends and attributes. Leaders in transformation (the digitally determined) are those organisations that...
Enterprises are entering the third era of IT
Digital business is maturing, from tentative experiment to application at massive scale – and CIOs must evolve their thinking to be in tune with this new era of rapid increases in the scale of digital business. Gartner’s annual global survey of CIOs showed that the...
Regional DX spend to reach $40bn
The Middle East, Turkey, and Africa (META) region will see annual spending on digital transformation (DX) initiatives cross the $20-billion mark by the end of this year, according to the latest insights from International Data Corporation (IDC). The global technology...
The case for vendor neutral data centres
Vendor neutral data centres are set to change not only the Internet, but how businesses and their strategic partners work together. This is the opinion of Jan Hnizdo, MD of Teraco Data Environments, who says that vendor neutral data centres are essentially places of...
Solutions Architect at The Foschini Group – Western Cape Cape Town
Package & RemunerationJOB DESCRIPTION Key Responsibilities: Collaborate closely with stakeholders to gather and analyse business requirements, ensuring a deep understanding of the organization's needs and objectives. Develop comprehensive solution designs that...
ServiceNow Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg
At iOCO, we're more than just a company; we're a dynamic team committed to pioneering solutions that matter, driving business agility, and ensuring digital resilience for our clients.We're looking for a ServiceNow Developer to assist with the ServiceNow support and...
Solutions Architect at The Foschini Group
Package & RemunerationJOB DESCRIPTION Key Responsibilities: Provide architectural and design leadership across solutions produced/consumed in/by the division. Collaborate with business architect and Business Analysts with business stakeholder engagement. Provide...
Technical Lead
Psybergate is an IT company that builds bespoke software solutions and provides highly skilled resources to its clients.We are looking for a Techical Team Lead to join our financial services client based in Sandton.What you will be doing: Program and Project Delivery:...
Solutions Architect at The Foschini Group – Western Cape Parow East
Package & RemunerationJOB DESCRIPTION Key Responsibilities: Provide architectural and design leadership across solutions produced/consumed in/by the division. Collaborate with business architect and Business Analysts with business stakeholder engagement. Provide...
Technical Lead – Gauteng Midrand
Psybergate is an IT company that builds bespoke software solutions and provides highly skilled resources to its clients.We are looking for a Techical Team Lead to join our financial services client based in Sandton.What you will be doing: Program and Project Delivery:...
Senior Software Engineer at The Foschini Group
Package & RemunerationJOB DESCRIPTION Key Responsibilities: Design, code, test and implement APIs and applications in multiple frameworks and stacks. Work with architecture and engineering team members to build components and APIs for the enterprise Qualifications...
UX/UI Designer at Sabenza IT
Are you ready to unleash your creativity in the thrilling world of fantasy gaming? We're on the hunt for a talented and passionate UI/UX Designer to join our dynamic team. This is your chance to work within a fast-paced, collaborative environment that merges the magic...
Senior Software Engineer at The Foschini Group – Western Cape Parow East
Package & RemunerationJOB DESCRIPTION Key Responsibilities: Design, code, test and implement APIs and applications in multiple frameworks and stacks. Work with architecture and engineering team members to build components and APIs for the enterprise Qualifications...
UX/UI Designer at Sabenza IT – Western Cape Cape Town CBD
Are you ready to unleash your creativity in the thrilling world of fantasy gaming? We're on the hunt for a talented and passionate UI/UX Designer to join our dynamic team. This is your chance to work within a fast-paced, collaborative environment that merges the magic...
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