Nvidia’s AI-driven triumph powered by strategic innovations
In a historic shift, Nvidia has taken Intel's coveted spot on the Dow Jones Industrial Average. For over two decades, Intel held its ground in this prestigious index after joining in 1999 alongside tech giant Microsoft and others. However, the advent of artificial...
Insurance industry embraces data analytics to improve risk management
The insurance industry is embracing technological advancements to enhance risk assessment, fraud detection, and customer insights. Insurance data analytics plays an essential role in improving decision-making and optimizing risk management, leveraging predictive...
Global shocks have impacted energy transition
After a decade of progress, the global energy transition has plateaued amid the global energy crisis and geopolitical volatilities. This is according to a new World Economic Forum report, Fostering Effective Energy Transition 2023, which report suggests that while...
Intel processors score high in MLCommons benchmark
MLCommons has published results of its industry AI performance benchmark, MLPerf Training 3.0, in which both the Habana Gaudi2 deep learning accelerator and the 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processor delivered impressive training results. “The latest MLPerf results...
Formal employment drops in Q1
According to the Quarterly Employment Statistics (QES, Q1:2023) survey released by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), total employment in the formal non-agricultural sector decreased by 21 000 in the first quarter of 2023, bringing the level of employment to almost...
Cyberthreats continue to build
Globally, the financial, telecom and energy sectors are coming under increasing cyberattack, according to the June 2023 edition of The CyberThreat Report from the Trellix Advanced Research Centre. The report analyses cybersecurity trends from the last quarter, with...
Challenging economy hits richest and poorest the hardest
The latest Experian Consumer Default Index (CDI), showed a return to the former trend of long-term deterioration, expedited by the rapid increase in living expenses experienced by South African consumers and exacerbated by the significantly intensified load shedding...
CIOs plan to grow their IT teams in 2023
A massive 81% of large enterprise (LE) CIOs plan to increase their IT headcount in 2023, according to a recent survey by Gartner. Only 14% expect their IT staff to decrease, and 5% expect their headcount to remain the same. "Attracting and retaining technology talent...
Generative AI, ESG to reshape big data and analytics
Emerging agendas that revolve around generative AI and environmental social and corporate governance (ESG) is expected to transform data utilisation approaches in the coming years. This is among the findings from the semiannual Big Data and Analytics Software Tracker...
WEF believes AI could revolutionise global healthcare
A new World Economic Forum report highlights the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare and the importance of public-private collaboration in driving its global adoption. Scaling Smart Solutions with AI in Health: Unlocking Impact on...
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ESET stands out in leadership awards
ESET has been awarded the highest designation in the Innovation, Product, Market and Overall Leader categories in the 2018 Kuppinger Cole Leadership Compass Enterprise Endpoint Security: Anti-Malware Solutions. The annual report by Kuppinger Cole examines the key...
Gemalto, Casio bring education into the 21st century
Gemalto has partnered with Casio, a leading manufacturer of consumer electronics products and business equipment solutions, to enable Casio to bring digital education into the classroom and beyond. The move will help Casio continue its leadership in classroom...
Velocity Group chooses HPE SimpliVity
The Velocity Group, a specialist South African ICT partner, is partnering with HPE SimpliVity to deliver hyperconverged infrastructure to its customer base. The announcement sees Velocity Group lead with HPE SimpliVity as a platform of choice when assisting customers...
Avaya and Afiniti bring AI to the contact centre
Avaya Holdings and Afiniti, a provider of AI-based behavioral pairing solutions, have announced a strategic partnership to improve enterprise customer experience and contact centre performance by integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into contact center routing...
Defining ourselves in a virtual world
SAP Africa's Head of Innovation and South Africa's Mars One candidate, Dr Adriana Marais, talks about taking back ownership of our identities in the digital world, through the compelling application of blockchain. We're bringing information and devices online at an...
Africa benefits from late mover advantage in the cloud
Established information technology markets - like the UK, Europe and even South Africa - often take cloud computing for granted as the ideal platform for innovation and global expansion. One reason could be that these markets gradually adopted cloud computing as and...
Data key to unlocking the mysteries of the universe
Human exploration has made leaps and bounds since man first landed on the moon in 1969. We have now entered a paradigm where data takes centre stage, writes Morne Bekker, country manager of NetApp South Africa. Of course creating a 3D map of over one billion stars,...
Roles (not jobs) rule in the digital era
It is true to say that much of our identity comes from our jobs. Our economy builds on these and the types of jobs that are in demand (and their distribution and compensation) are often a proxy for what society considers important. The trouble is, jobs as a term feels...
Paratus slashes data prices by 80%
Paratus Namibia, a privately-owned pan-African telecoms operator, has slashed its data prices by 83,4%, now offering what it says is the cheapest data bundles with the most affordable data at N$15.00 per gigabyte. The telecoms operator has decreased its data pricing...
Nerd academy programme launches in the Karoo
A nerd alert has been issued by the Karoo Tech Hub, an initiative run by video production company Piehole.tv in collaboration with ProcurementExpress.com. With an estimated 45% unemployment rate in the Eastern Cape, the tech hub has launched a free programme called...
Integration Architect – Gauteng Johannesburg
We are seeking an experienced Integration Architect with a strong background in telecommunications systems and protocols to join our team. The ideal candidate will design and implement integration solutions while ensuring alignment with industry standards such as Open...
Project Manager (Property Development) at Parvana Recruitment
About the client:This forward-thinking property developer is highly successful and growing rapidly building on the principles of design excellence, sustainability, and community enrichment, their developments boast beautiful and intuitively designed apartments...
Lead Developer
We are seeking a talented and experienced Technical Lead Developer to join our team. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in architectural design, modern web technologies, API integration, and security best practices. You will lead the development team in...
Junior Java Developer
Constructs and implements programs at Program and Application level and understands system functionality at application level. Specialises in Procedural programming languages and is proficient in at least one programming language. Understands and interprets technical...
Project Manager (Property Development) at Parvana Recruitment – Western Cape Cape Town
About the client:This forward-thinking property developer is highly successful and growing rapidly building on the principles of design excellence, sustainability, and community enrichment, their developments boast beautiful and intuitively designed apartments...
Lead Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg
We are seeking a talented and experienced Technical Lead Developer to join our team. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in architectural design, modern web technologies, API integration, and security best practices. You will lead the development team in...
Junior Java Developer – Remote Remote
Constructs and implements programs at Program and Application level and understands system functionality at application level. Specialises in Procedural programming languages and is proficient in at least one programming language. Understands and interprets technical...
Graduate Developer
We are looking for a Junior Developer to join one of our clients in delivering software solutions, services and skills to add business value to clients by using an adaptive approach that leverages the use of technology and architecture.Day to day you will be involved...
Project Manager
PROJECT MANAGER - CONTRACT POSITION - HYBRID. Our client, in the mining industry, has abovementioned vacancy to start in 2025 or sooner in need, for a Project Manager for the management of core delivery team of resources to focus on the delivery of functionality and...
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