CEOs want to ramp up their AI spending as FOMO kicks on

AI is exceeding most CEOs’ expectations and their optimism is growing. Cisco’s latest study shows that 67% now worry they’re underinvesting in the technology — up from 57% last year — with nearly two thirds (64%) of those surveyed now seeing AI adoption as mandatory...

Women face higher levels of burnout as stress levels climb

South African employers are facing a growing workforce resilience challenge as new data reveals that women are increasingly bearing the burden of workplace stress, burnout and mental health crises. A comprehensive analysis by Lyra Southern Africa of 67 419 Employee...

SA companies are shunning public cloud for AI workloads

South African organisations are shifting AI workloads out of the public cloud faster than their counterparts anywhere else in the world, according to new global research commissioned by Cloudera. The Great AI Re-Architecture Survey, conducted by Wakefield Research...

AI-driven cybercrime moves into operational mainstream

AI, infostealers, vulnerabilities, ransomware, and geopolitical conflict are reshaping organisational risk and compressing the time defenders have to respond, according to Flashpoint’s latest 2026 Global Threat Intelligence Report: Midyear Edition. The threat...

Lower inflation boosts February take-home pay

The real take-home pay, measured in the BankservAfrica’s Take-home Pay Index (BTPI), saw an encouraging rise in February as the sharp slowdown in inflation through 2024 continues to have a positive effect on salary earners’ purchasing power. While supporting...

Big changes ahead for payments industry

There is an urgent need for decisive action to ensure profitable and sustainable long-term growth in the payments industry.Boston Consulting Group (BCG)’s 22nd annual Global Payments Report, titled Fortune Favors the Bold. It emphasises the strategic imperative for...

Nvidia takes a new stride in its AI strategy

Developers now have a new AI-powered steering wheel to help them hug the road while they drive powerful large language models (LLMs) to their desired locations with the Nvidia NeMo SteerLM which lets companies define knobs to dial in a model's responses as it's...

Cisco, DCDT expand digital acceleration program

The Department of Communications and Digital Technologies and Cisco have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), launching a new phase of the Cisco Country Digital Acceleration (CDA) Program in South Africa. The memorandum was signed between the Department of...

Standards make the world a better place

Every year, the work of International and National Standards Bodies and the experts who contribute to the development of standards, is celebrated on World Standards Day, observed on 14 October. This year, the worldwide theme is "Our Shared Vision for a Better World"....

Google, CTSC partner to train girls on AI and robotics

In line with the International Day of the Girl Child, the Cape Town Science Centre (CTSC) partnered with Google to offer training on Artificial intelligence (AI) and Robotics to South African girls between the ages of 10 and 13. The training, which is aimed at...

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...

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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...

How to modernise your organisation

Changing with the times is hard, yet critical. But many companies are failing to get there. What can they do differently?  There is no question that companies need to transform their technology stacks, both to improve their competitiveness and to remain relevant in...

Diversified fraud prevention with Kaspersky

Kaspersky Lab has released a new generation of Kaspersky Fraud Prevention solutions, comprising two standalone products. Kaspersky Advanced Authentication, aims to prevent account compromise scenarios when developing digital channels; Kaspersky Automated Fraud...

C# Developer – Gauteng Centurion

About the Role Our client is seeking experienced and motivated C# Developers to join their team.You will focus on building microservices that leverage gRPC for efficient communication and deploying them within a Kubernetes (k8s) cluster. Additionally, you will work on...

Solutions Architect at The Foschini Group

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)

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...

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...

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