Siemens exec dies in New York helicopter tragedy
Siemens Spain CEO Agustin Escobar, along with his wife and three children, died when a sightseeing helicopter plunged into New York’s Hudson River yesterday. Witnesses say they heard a bang, then saw the aircraft crash into the water without at least one of its rotor...
Tech4Good Award for GirlCode leader
GirlCode’s CEO and Founder, Zandile Mkwanazi, was awarded the Tech4Good award at the prestigious Wired4Women event. The Wired4Women awards honour exceptional women who are using technology to make a positive impact. Zandile was recognised in the Tech4Good category for...
WiFi 7 is on the fast track
The latest cross-industry report by the Wireless Broadband Alliance reveals that WiFi 6, 6E, and 7 top the list of wireless technologies that network operators, ISPs, device and chipset vendors, enterprises and other companies plan to deploy by the end of 2024 - ahead...
Counting the cost of fuel price hikes
Fuel price hikes have had a big impact on South Africans' daily lives, as consumers spend more at the pump but get fewer litres of fuel in total. It is no surprise then that Discovery Insure's latest Drive Trends Report finds many are taking fewer work trips per...
Security outsourcing set to surge
Company bosses are boosting their cybersecurity following an alarming increase in cyberattacks. A new study commissioned by Kaspersky shows that 82% of companies surveyed in South Africa suffered at least one cyber incident over the last two years. One of the main...
Successful reinvention is good for the bottom line
Only 20% of South African enterprises are succeeding at digital transformation - yet those that are totally reinventing themselves to remain competitive are reporting 22% stronger revenue growth than those companies that have had limited or failed transformations,...
European AR/VR spending to hit $8,4bn by 2027
According to the Worldwide Augmented and Virtual Reality Spending Guide published by International Data Corporation (IDC), European augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) spending will reach $8,4-billion by 2027, reflecting a 22,4% five-year compound annual...
New AWS chips take on foundation model training
Amazon Web Services has announced the next generation of two AWS-designed chip families - AWS Graviton4 and AWS Trainium2 - delivering advancements in price performance and energy efficiency for a broad range of customer workloads, including machine learning (ML)...
What COP28 could mean for Africa
The 28th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, more commonly referred to as COP28, brings together global leaders, experts, impacted communities, and decision-makers to continue efforts aimed at solving the world’s...
SA consumers hit hard by fraudsters
The scams deluge that flourished during the Covid-19 pandemic and proliferates yet today has heightened the public's fraud anxiety, according to a new consumer fraud study by SAS, and rampant fraud is also reshaping individuals' expectations about organisations'...
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Mobile technologies’ growing role in BPO
Business process outsourcing (BPO) has long since played a role in cutting costs for businesses. An 'on and off again' trend, BPO is now facing what industry specialists call a 'technology enabled transformation'. Cassie Lessing, MD of Strato IT Group, says that...
Make the move to the cloud safe
The cloud presents opportunities for companies to improve the availability and accessibility to data resources. Cloud storage is also more scalable, allowing companies to accommodate ever-growing data volumes easily and cost-effectively. While cloud-based data centres...
AI: it’s in your home
Artificial intelligence is far more accessible than you'd ever believe, writes Joanne Weng South Africa sales manager of Synology. The term 'artificial intelligence' has been dominating headlines and conversations. It is the technology that's about to change the way...
Datatec role for Marco de Lima
Datatec has announced the appointment of Marco de Lima as group strategy and corporate development director, reporting directly to the CEO. In his new role, effective immediately, De Lima will work closely with the CEO, Jens Montanana, to craft and implement...
MiX Telematics quarterly margin growth
Fleet and mobile asset management solutions company MiX Telematicseader has announced financial results for its second quarter and first half of fiscal 2019, which ended on 30 September 2018. Central to the continued growth trend is the addition of over 22 000 net...
Fujitsu to add NVMe to its storage portfolio
Fujitsu has unveiled plans for future purpose-built NVMe storage products, designed to complement its existing portfolio of Eternus DX hybrid and Eternus AF all-flash systems. The future ultra-high-speed storage systems will support Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe)...
Cyber risk ranked #1 for educational sector
Cyber threats are no longer a rarity, they are expected. With recent ransomware attacks such as WannaCry and NotPetya, the potential theft or leakage of data, particularly confidential information in an educational setting, should be top of the list in risk planning....
Why the CIOs/CISO positions is becoming more challenging
CIOs and CISO's across industries are regularly moving between positions and companies because of this common mistake, writes Pieter Engelbrecht, Aruba BU manager for sub-Saharan Africa. It's your worst possible nightmare. A hacker has breached the company's network...
SA academic wins global innovation award
A UNISA technology administrator has received the prestigious Turnitin 2018 Global Innovation Awards which recognizes educators, technology administrators, institutions, and students who are passionate about academic integrity and champion the innovative and effective...
Changes to the Datatec board
Datatec has announced the appointment of Maya Makanjee as an independent non-executive director of the company as well as a member of the remuneration committee and social & ethics committee, with effect from 1 November 2018. Makanjee is an experienced independent...
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Intermediate Software Engineer (Full Stack) – KwaZulu-Natal Durban
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Service Desk Agent – Gauteng Midrand
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Senior Project Manager (Remote)
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Junior Software Engineer
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Senior Compass Business Analyst at Private
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