NHI needs to be secured against cyberattacks
The centralised electronic health record (EHR) system, proposed as the cornerstone of South Africa's National Health Insurance (NHI), is a critical step towards a more modern, digitised healthcare system. However, it also presents an unprecedented, national-scale...
Cassava to build Africa’s first AI factory in SA
Cassava Technologies plans to build Africa’s first AI factory — a powerful and secure data centre facility powered with Nvidia AI computing technology. The AI Factory is intended to give African businesses, governments and researchers access to AI computing capacity...
Enterprise-startup relationship key to creating more African unicorns
Known for its innovation, Africa is making headway in becoming a launchpad for novel new high-tech companies. According to BCG, between 2015 and 2020, there was a 46% growth in companies attracting and securing funding. The problem, however, is nurturing an...
IT spend in Europe set for 9% growth
IT spending in Europe is projected to total $1,1-trillion in 2024, an increase of 9,3% from 2023, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. IT spending in Europe is on pace to surpass $1-trillion by the end of 2023. "Despite a conflated economic situation, IT...
Ford celebrates 100 years in SA
Ford Motor Company is celebrating 100 years in South Africa with a R5,2-billion investment in its local operations for production of the first-ever Ford Ranger Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV). The company is also launching an expanded product range that will...
Tarsus on Demand helps SMEs on their digital journey
Tarsus On Demand has launched a digital business hub marketplace, Tarsus on Demand, designed to empower SMEs on their digitalisation journey by addressing their unique challenges and helping them to leverage opportunities within the digital landscape. Senzo Mbhele, MD...
SA businesses follow a cloud smart strategy
Kathy Gibson reports from VMware Explore - As multi-cloud and cloud smart strategies become the de facto choice for organisations around the globe, VMware reports encouraging growth in South Africa. And, despite the uncertainty of the Broadcom acquisition in the...
Data sovereignty a key concern as cloud accelerates
Kathy Gibson reports from VMware Explore - As organisations move more of their mission-critical workloads to the cloud, the issue of data sovereignty and privacy is becoming more relevant than ever. To address concerns, VMware launched its Sovereign Cloud offering...
E-commerce poised to capture 41% of global retail sales
With Black Friday on the horizon it is as good a time as any to explore retail trends - and the Boston Consulting Group has just released new research exploring e-commerce trends from the beginning of the pandemic to the present. After tremendous acceleration...
A day without the Internet would cost $43bn
The Internet has become such an integral part of our daily lives that we often do not even think about how much we rely on it. But if the Internet were to go down globally for even just a single day, the economic impact would be enormous. Such interruption of online...
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Top tips for protecting your Smart TV
The final few months will likely be a busy time of year for people and cybercriminals will be no different as they continue to look for weak spots in networks. It's holiday time, and maybe you've invited friends over and you plan to sit back and watch the latest...
Cloud computing: understanding future tech today
Cloud computing is a powerful enabler of growth and innovation. It provides access to the advanced infrastructure needed to run sophisticated applications, and the flexibility of increasing or decreasing capacity to meet a business' demands. By Basha Pillay, executive...
Simplifying the process of selling online
Online marketing and digital commerce have opened up new and exciting opportunities like never before. Quite easily, though, these opportunities can turn into obstacles when trying to coordinate multiple systems, channels and campaigns. By Nick Durrant, MD of...
VAST Networks enables seamless WiFi onboarding
VAST Networks has engineered Hotspot 2.0, a IoT platform that onboards consumer devices to a wireless network to ensure uninterrupted high-speed connectivity. Traditionally, to connect to a WiFi service, new users would be directed to a captive portal that requires...
CA offers DevOps on SAP cloud
CA Technologies has signed an OEM agreement with SAP to integrate and embed services to offer its DevOps solutions on SAP Cloud Platform. The combined offering will enable businesses to improve quality and accelerate development and delivery capabilities for SAP...
How to pay less for a computer, components
The weak rand and poor economic situation has already raised the spectre of hefty price increases for IT products. Now, a shortage of Intel processors - which are at the heart of more than 90% of the world's laptops - is adding to the likelihood that South Africans...
The danger of buying insurance without risk management advice
Risk management is perceived by most people as simply buying insurance. As a result, many companies take out insurance assuming they will be protected from the risks that they face, which is a rapidly eroding model that doesn't take stock of risks that are in fact...
Axiz Digital makes it easy to sell cloud services
Business partners can now leverage from the unique integration between Axiz and IBM to sell SaaS and cloud products. "This is in line with Axiz transformation of distribution through our Advanced Technologies division," says Jacques Malherbe, chief technology officer...
Logicalis Australia acquires CNI
Datatec's Australian subsidiary, Thomas Duryea Logicalis, has acquired Computer Network Integration (CNI), a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner based in Melbourne. CNI has been a focussed Microsoft Azure partner since 2012 and is known for its technical expertise,...
Paratus upgrades mobile data LTE network
Paratus has successfully concluded the first phase of the upgrades to its Mobile LTE Data network. The operator has confirmed that phase two will commence during November 2018 when the equipment arrives from the vendor manufacturing line. The upgrade has increased...
Senior Full-stack Developer (CH1079) (FULLY REMOTE) – Western Cape Stellenbosch
Our client is an innovative cloud-based company that leverages its software to address the legal contracting, compliance, and legal practice challenges faced by listed companies and multinationals.They are seeking a Full-Stack Developer who is able to build robust...
Technical Project Manager
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Systems Administrator: Networks at The University of The Western Cape
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Systems Administrator: Networks at The University of The Western Cape – Western Cape Bellville
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