Stablecoins rise to hold 8% of crypto market cap
While crypto investors often seek the thrill of high-risk, high-reward opportunities, many are increasingly turning to stablecoins to weather market volatility. This shift in preferences combined with regulatory clarity, growing institutional interest, and the rise of...
Valid accounts come under attack
Valid accounts were increasingly being leveraged as an initial attack vector in 2024, representing 31,4% of cases. Public-facing applications still hold the top position with 39,2% of cases. These findings were reported in the recent Kaspersky Incident Response...
Get paid for space, power use when upgrading your storage
Pure Storage has come up with a novel way to help customers make the decision to keep their storage on-premise: they’ll pay them for the space and power that the systems will use. This means customers are effectively paying for just the consumption of storage capacity...
Hybrid work flexibility underpins employee experience
While 90% of businesses see the enablement of hybrid and remote work as having a positive impact on their bottom line, fewer than half (48%) of organisations strongly agree that employees have access to the technology they need to work well both at home, and in the...
Global shocks not holding African markets back
The Absa Africa Financial Markets Index 2023 reveals there has been continued progress in developing financial markets across Africa in the past year, with many AFMI countries taking steps to bolster their resilience against global market shocks. Now in its seventh...
Business health declines despite better GDP
The Experian Business Debt Index (BDI), which reflects the overall health of businesses in the economy, declined in Q2 to 0.445 from a slightly upwardly revised 0.740 in Q1. This decline was less than anticipated considering the better than forecasted outcome for Q2...
Resilience drives cybersecurity investments
Business resilience as a key driver for cybersecurity investments, according to the second Nixu Cybersecurity Index. Based on a survey of over 370 northern European organisations, the Index reveals both encouraging progress and increasing concerns. Alarmingly, 50% of...
Enterprise use of GenAI set to surge
By 2026, more than 80% of enterprises will have used generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) application programming interfaces (APIs) or models - and/or deployed GenAI-enabled applications in production environments - up from less than 5% in 2023, according to...
SA economy continues to ‘muddle along’
September reflected another month of weakened economic activity indicating bleak prospects for the economy's growth in the third quarter, according to the latest BankservAfrica Economic Transactions Index (BETI) data. "The BETI slipped marginally to an index level of...
Bryanston pupil scoops top awards at Eskom Expo
A young scientist from Bryanston High School in Johannesburg has made waves in the world of science and technology through her remarkable achievements at the Eskom Expo International Science Fair (ISF) with her research project that aims to help farmers produce major...
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Accelerating your digital transformation
Businesses that harness the power of digital are experiencing massive advantages, with growth and efficiency benchmarks often leaping by double- and even triple-digit advances. But while the attainment of digital clearly bears a lot of fruit, getting to that stage is...
Insuretech a boon for early adopters
Soon, there may be facial recognition tech that predicts whether your client is a smoker or not. And soon, your clients will play a bigger role in administering their investments and policies, but they will need even more professional advice as they navigate this...
LG enters medical tech industry
LG Electronics South Africa (LG) has entered the medical technology industry. The organisation will now produce a clinical review monitor, a display compliant with DICOM Part 14 for clinical review applications, as well as surgical monitor for the medical field....
PoPI and GDPR a forgotten essential in HR
The Protection of Personal Information Act (PoPI) in South Africa and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the European Union, have shone a light on the importance of protecting valuable personal information. However, while the focus has predominantly been...
Sophos makes email security smarter
Sophos Email Advanced claims to be the first email protection solution to offer predictive security with active threat protection (ATP), anti-phishing email authentication, and outbound scanning and policy support. SophosLabs research discovered that 75% of malware in...
DiData, Britehouse shine at Microsoft partner awards
Dimension Data has won the 2018 Microsoft Modern Workplace Transformation Partner of the Year Award, while Brtiehouse, a division of Dimension Data, has won South Africa Partner of the Year. Steve Joubert, group executive: partner alliances at Dimension Data, says:...
Westcon-Comstor partners with Zyxel on PoE
Westcon-Comstor Sub-Saharan Africa and vendor partner Zyxel, are enabling small and medium sized enterprises to take advantage of a full digital infrastructure at a fraction of the cost with a wide range of unmanaged, smart managed, and managed Power over Ethernet...
Who will GDPR regulators be looking at?
When it comes to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), many of you may be feeling a bit like Scrooge, the miserable character from Charles Dicken's Christmas Carol, during the festive period. By Gregg Petersen, regional vice-president at Veeam You can't get...
Cloud-based training benefits can’t be ignored
Despite the fact that Africa's e-learning market doubled from 2011 to 2016, reaching $513-million, the continent's three biggest economies, South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya, are not yet moving their training applications to the cloud en masse. By Matthew Barker,...
Collaboration key for building organisational resilience
Today's world is volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous. In such an environment, future planning is difficult, if not impossible. As a result, organisations are increasingly focusing on becoming resilient; that is, to be able to anticipate, adapt and respond both...
Automation Tester (Senior/ Lead)
We are looking for Test Automation Engineers to join our team at both Senior and Lead levels.This will be an initial contract position.The ideal person will be based in Cape Town (the position is hybrid), but we're also considering people from elsewhere in South...
Solutions Architect at The Foschini Group – Western Cape Parow East
JOB 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 encompass architecture,...
Automation Tester (Senior/ Lead) – Western Cape Cape Town
We are looking for Test Automation Engineers to join our team at both Senior and Lead levels.This will be an initial contract position.The ideal person will be based in Cape Town (the position is hybrid), but we're also considering people from elsewhere in South...
Software Engineer : Business Solutions at The Foschini Group
JOB DESCRIPTION Key Responsibilities: Design, code, test and implement APIs and applications. Work with architecture and engineering team members to build components and APIs for the enterprise. Qualifications and Experience: Have a relevant tertiary qualification...
Innovation Project Manager
Innovation Project Manager - Shape the Future in Cape Town | EppingKey Requirements:Project Management qualification with demonstrated experience managing complex technical projectsMinimum 5 years' experience in pharmaceutical/FMCG or regulated industry...
Software Engineer : Business Solutions at The Foschini Group – Western Cape Cape Town
JOB DESCRIPTION Key Responsibilities: Design, code, test and implement APIs and applications. Work with architecture and engineering team members to build components and APIs for the enterprise. Qualifications and Experience: Have a relevant tertiary qualification...
Innovation Project Manager – Remote Remote
Innovation Project Manager - Shape the Future in Cape Town | EppingKey Requirements:Project Management qualification with demonstrated experience managing complex technical projectsMinimum 5 years' experience in pharmaceutical/FMCG or regulated industry...
Senior Software Engineer (SAP BW4HANA ) at The Foschini Group
JOB DESCRIPTION Key Responsibilities: Provide on-going support of the existing BPC Embedded Reporting, Data Services and BW systems SAP BEX Query Design and Analysis for Office reporting Working closely with other development teams Develop reports, dashboards and...
Data Engineer (Fully remote)
The core advanced data engineering skillset is a comprehensive combination of technical expertise, platform knowledge, and problem-solving abilities required to build, maintain, and optimize robust, scalable, and efficient data systems.Data Architecture and Design-...
Senior Software Engineer (SAP BW4HANA ) at The Foschini Group – Western Cape Parow East
JOB DESCRIPTION Key Responsibilities: Provide on-going support of the existing BPC Embedded Reporting, Data Services and BW systems SAP BEX Query Design and Analysis for Office reporting Working closely with other development teams Develop reports, dashboards and...
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