Women embrace AI and narrow the workplace gender gap

South African women are narrowing the artificial intelligence (AI) skills gap with their male counterparts. This is according to the Pnet Job Market Trends Report for August 2026, based on an analysis of 1,5-million jobseeker profiles. Men account for around two...

Businesses win when women gain workplace flexibility

When businesses give women access to professional workspaces closer to home, they gain stronger collaboration, networking and performance in return. This ties into this year’s National Women’s Day theme, “Empower Woman, Empower the Nation”, to life, according to...

AI infrastructure boom shifts from chip race to supply-chain race

AI infrastructure spending has entered a new phase, says GlobalData, with demand outpacing semiconductors, memory, and power capacity despite record earnings across the technology ecosystem. This earnings season reveals that capital investment, geopolitics, and...

As AI adoption grows, more security alerts are ignored

Security operations centres are facing mounting pressure from growing alert volumes, increasingly sophisticated AI-powered attacks, and persistent staffing constraints. According to Prophet Security's Second Annual State of AI in Security Operations Report, presented...

Banks double down on risk technology transformation

Having navigated the coronavirus pandemic’s disruption, the banking industry faces a new era of volatility and uncertainty. Soaring interest rate and liquidity risks have toppled eight banks since 2023. Credit risk looms large amidst geopolitical tensions and the...

SA-made AI chatbot improves childhood development

An AI-powered chatbot developed locally by Tregter and the Do More Foundation will be featured at the BRICS Youth Innovation Summit scheduled to take place in Cape Town in April this year. The Eat Love Play Talk (ELPT) chatbot is designed to effectively collect data...

AMD completes 4th Gen EPYC family

AMD has announced availability of the new AMD EPYC 8004 Series processors, completing the 4th Gen AMD EPYC CPU family of workload-optimised processors. The new processors bring the "Zen 4c" core into a purpose-built CPU, enabling hardware providers to create energy...

Intel unveils glass substrates for more powerful compute

Intel has announced one of the industry's first glass substrates for next-generation advanced packaging, planned for the latter part of this decade. This breakthrough achievement will enable the continued scaling of transistors in a package and advance Moore's Law to...

Digital technology directly benefits 70% of SDG targets

More than two-thirds of the UN's targets for sustainable development can benefit directly from digital technologies, according to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), organisers of SDG Digital taking...

Broadband Commission urges collaboration to accelerate SDGs

The Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development called for a joint global effort to achieve universal and meaningful connectivity by 2030. According to the commission, the collaborative effort must ensure that people around the world are not only connected, but...

Pig butchering scammers use fake cryptocurrency trading pools

Sophos has released findings on a major shā zhū pán (pig butchering) operation using fake trading pools of cryptocurrency - also known as liquidity pools - to steal more than $1-million. The report, "Latest Evolution of 'Pig Butchering' Scam Lures Victim in Fake...

Mustek reports R10,13bn revenues

Mustek has announced a 13,7% increase in revenue for the year ended 30 June 2023, taking it to R10,13-billion. The gross profit percentage decreade to 13,9% from last year's 14,3%. Headline earnings per share were 375,18 cents, up 5%; and basic earnings per share were...

Young scientists compete for top honours

This year's Eskom Expo for Young Scientists International Science Fair (ISF) is set to be a global showcase of talent, featuring participants from 35 regions across South Africa, alongside international learners from 10 countries. From 3 October to 6 October 2023, a...

Maths competition winners announced

ASSAf (Academy of Science of South Africa), representing the DSI (Department of Science and Innovation) and NRF (National Research Foundation), have announced the winners of the SA IYBSSD School Competition, which was launched on 14 March 2022, on the UNESCO...

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Cryptocurrency craze drives new DDoS tactics

As the world of cryptocurrencies continues to grow exponentially, distributed denial of service (DDoS) attackers have a new set of targets, namely the exchanges that power cryptocurrency trades, as well as the computer systems used to 'mine' cryptocurrencies. This is...

Genasys, Hitachi Consulting to deliver Insurance in a Box

Genasys Technologies is working with Hitachi Consulting on its Insurance in a Box solution. Genasys will be providing the core policy administration system that has been combined with Hitachi Consulting's integration accelerator framework and advanced use of...

Node Africa selects Workonline as upstream provider

Node Africa, the East African provider of bespoke cloud infrastructure solutions, has chosen privately owned global Network Service Provider Workonline Communications as its IP transit provider. Workonline is one of the top three ASN's in Africa and one of Africa's...

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,...

Full Stack Java Developer (Expert) 2248 – Gauteng Pretoria

Full Stack Java Developer ESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:- Technical:o Angular frameworko Javao Kafkao HTML5, Typescript and CSSo Unit testingo Integration Testingo RESTful API (Swagger, Open API)o Microservices architectureo Docker/ Kuberneteso Object-oriented...

Mid to Senior C# Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg Region

Our client is looking for an experienced C# Developer with expertise in VB.NET and desktop/web applications for a hybrid role based in Johannesburg. Key Requirements 5+ years' experience overall.BSc/ BTechNETC# (Desktop/Web)MS SQLCrystal ReportsShould you meet the...

Field Support Engineer

We are seeking a proactive and skilled Field Support Engineer to join our team. You'll responsible for providing on-site technical support, maintenance, and troubleshooting for hardware, software, and network systems at client locations. The ideal candidate will...

Business Intelligence Developer

Our client is looking for a seasoned BI Developer who will be involved in data modelling, dashboard creation, and providing insights to clients. Responsibilities: Design, build and deploy BI solutions.Evaluate and improve existing BI systems.Collaborate with teams to...

Automation Engineer (Remote)

The automation engineer role is aimed not only at the company's internal requirements, but also at providing automation projects and efficiency improvements for the company's customers which will be scoped individually as required.Responsibilities include:- Detailed...

Field Support Engineer – Gauteng Sandton

We are seeking a proactive and skilled Field Support Engineer to join our team. You'll responsible for providing on-site technical support, maintenance, and troubleshooting for hardware, software, and network systems at client locations. The ideal candidate will...

Business Intelligence Developer – Gauteng Rosebank

Our client is looking for a seasoned BI Developer who will be involved in data modelling, dashboard creation, and providing insights to clients. Responsibilities: Design, build and deploy BI solutions.Evaluate and improve existing BI systems.Collaborate with teams to...

Automation Engineer (Remote) – Western Cape Cape Town

The automation engineer role is aimed not only at the company's internal requirements, but also at providing automation projects and efficiency improvements for the company's customers which will be scoped individually as required.Responsibilities include:- Detailed...

Application Support Engineer

ENVIRONMENT:Our client is a leading provider of cloud Contact Center and Customer Experience (CX) solutions in Southern Africa, delivering advanced technology to a diverse and dynamic customer base. They are looking to appoint a skilled, experienced, and dedicated CX...

Software Engineer

Software Engineer, Port Elizabeth , Salary Market related. Requirements: Good Knowledge of PLC Software Systems (Siemens Simatic S7, Siemens TIA, WinCC) Allen Bradley, Mitsubishi, ABB advantageousSet up & configure various network devices (Drives, Remote I/O,...

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