Digital nomads fuel Cape Town’s property boom
The successful conclusion of the inaugural Nomad Week, hosted by the City of Cape Town, underscored Cape Town’s strategic move to position itself as a global hub for remote workers. While concerns have been raised about the impact of this trend on local affordability,...
Hybrid work promotes healthier, more productive staff
According to new research, hybrid workers take fewer sick days, are less stressed and enjoy improved levels of health and well-being. A study of more than 2 000 hybrid workers by International Workplace Group, the world’s largest operator of flexible workspaces, found...
Nedbank Hackathon aims for an inclusive future for SMEs
Financial inclusion is the cornerstone of meaningful and sustainable small business growth in South Africa. For the country's SMEs to successfully expand, create employment opportunities, and further South Africa's economic development, tailored, digitally-advanced...
Leadership changes at Seacom
Seacom has announced a number of significant changes within its executive leadership team. Lucas Malamule Ndala has been appointed as the new group chief financial officer, succeeding Richard Schumacher, who takes on the role of chief wholesale and strategic alliances...
Quantum AI the next big thing in the AI evolution
Quantum artificial intelligence (AI) is emerging as the next big advancement in AI development, using quantum mechanics to propel capabilities beyond current limits. With a notable 14% three-year CAGR increase in patent filings from 2020 to 2022, quantum AI has vast...
Tough conditions won’t stop Saffers this Black Friday
Despite the cost of living crisis impacting South Africans this year, Black Friday sales are expected to remain buoyant as consumers take advantage of the deals on offer. "Last year, BankservAfrica logged a total of 1.2 million transactions worth over R1 billion on...
African fintech growth could unlock greater economic prosperity
Africa is one of the fastest growing fintech markets with revenue forecasted to grow 13-fold to $65-billion by 2030. In addition to the revenue opportunity, fintechs play an important role in developing the region's economy and improving the lives of African people by...
Last chance to vote for 2023’s top vendors and distributors
At midnight tomorrow (16 November), voting will close for the 2023 survey for this year's Channelwise Awards - the most sought-after and prestigious independent awards in the South African IT distribution channel. We're giving channel players an extra 24 hours to cast...
Fast cyberattacks hinder effective defender response
Telemetry logs were missing in nearly 42% of the attack cases studied by Sophos, according to its Active Adversary Report for Security Practitioners. In 82% of these cases, cybercriminals disabled or wiped out the telemetry to hide their tracks. The report covers...
Business vehicles at bigger risk of hijacking
Tracker's vehicle crime statistics for the period January to June 2023 reveal that hijackings still dominate, accounting for 55% of all national vehicle crime incidents versus theft at 45%. However, while the hijacking to theft ratio for personal vehicles is...
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CA technologies updates mainframe solutions
CA Technologies has announced updates to its mainframe solutions that are designed to accelerate modernisation and integration initiatives, allowing enterprises to leverage mainframes as strategic enablers of digital transformation and to drive revenue growth. The new...
What is fileless malware?
Fileless malware has become a significant threat, and what makes this kind of malware particularly nasty is how difficult it is to detect. By Indi Siriniwasa, vice-president of Trend Micro SSA Because these attacks are so sneaky and hard to find, it makes the malware...
Eaton wins top accolade
Power management company Eaton Africa's operations manager Eugén Ranft won the "Distinguished Industry Award" at the inaugural Africa International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management. The award is presented to practitioners recognised by...
Nutanix extends Beam to enterprise private cloud
Nutanix has announced new updates to Beam which extend its cost visibility and optimisation capabilities into on-prem deployments. With these new updates, Nutanix customers can get full visibility and insight into the entirety of their infrastructure environment,...
Mustek opens new Western Cape offices
Mustek will begin operating from its new corporate office premises at Atterbury's Richmond Park development, the site of the biggest land restitution in the Western Cape. One of the largest property developments in Cape Town, Richmond Park's 300,000m2 of greenfield...
Liquid Telecom wins service provider award
Liquid Telecom has won the award for African Service Provider of the year at the 2018 MEF annual conference, which took place in Los Angeles this week. The award recognized Liquid Telecom's leadership in the development and delivery of global, regional, retail, and...
Kaspersky Lab moves to secure cryptocurrency exchanges
The role of cryptocurrencies in online financial transactions is growing rapidly - not only for investors, but also for cyber-criminals, who have netted nearly $10-million using fraudulent schemes in the last year. To safeguard the evolution from a constantly...
Establishing an engaged organisation
During these uncertain economic times with competitors lurking around every corner, no business can afford to lose momentum in the market. Unfortunately, disengaged employees can negatively impact the growth and long-term success of an organisation. Ian McAlister,...
Digitally preserving our cultural heritage
South African art galleries and museums hold a myriad of history, cultural heritage and even hidden treasures. And while the generations of today still have the opportunity to experience these treasures in the flesh, there may come a time where our fragile cultural...
Blue chips choose refurbished over new
South Africa's refurbished electronics market is flourishing as corporates change their business models. Business leaders are fast realising that there are ways to become more profitable by simply changing their attitudes and purchasing habits. Xperien CEO Wale Arewa...
Systems Engineer (Azure/Cloud) on-site (contract) (TB) – Gauteng Johannesburg
The Systems Engineer: Microsoft Cloud Services is responsible for ensuring the stable operation of the IT server infrastructure across the entire organisation in order to maintain high levels of availability and security. The role is responsible for the...
Scrum Master
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IT DevOps Engineer
Fully remote position or in office if preferred. The position reports to the DevOps Engineering Manager Your mission, should you choose to accept it: Terraform to manage Cloud Infrastructure, Chef to manage virtual serversBuilding and deploying systems for metrics,...
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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 Data Engineer to join our financial services client based in Sandton for a 12-months contract role.What you will be doing The...
Senior Software Developer
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Scrum Master – Gauteng Centurion
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IT DevOps Engineer – Western Cape Cape Town CBD
Fully remote position or in office if preferred. The position reports to the DevOps Engineering Manager Your mission, should you choose to accept it: Terraform to manage Cloud Infrastructure, Chef to manage virtual serversBuilding and deploying systems for metrics,...
Data Engineer – Gauteng Parkwood
Psybergate is an IT company that builds bespoke software solutions and provides highly skilled resources to its clients.We are looking for a Data Engineer to join our financial services client based in Sandton for a 12-months contract role.What you will be doing The...
Senior Software Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg Region
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