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...

Roman telescope aims to travel 1m miles into space

This month could see the launch a new space telescope that aims to travel 1-million miles and record billions of galaxies. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope could launch from the Kennedy Space Station as early as 30 August aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy. The Roman...

Climate change is redrawing the malaria map in Africa

Malaria is the deadliest climate-sensitive infectious disease. Yet, researchers and public health officials have debated how climate change has shaped its spread. A new Nature study by an international team, including the University of Cape Town (UCT), resolved this...

Vehicle market shows signs of recovery

The latest TransUnion South Africa Vehicle Pricing Index (VPI) for Q4 2024 reveals a cautiously optimistic outlook for the country’s automotive sector, with improving economic conditions encouraging consumer confidence while affordability challenges continue to shape...

Teraco adds wind to sustainable energy mix

Teraco has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with South African-based integrated energy aggregator NOA to supply wind-powered renewable energy to its data centres. This follows last year’s announcement that Teraco had commenced construction on its own 120MW...

SABS warns about self-appointed regulators, watchdogs

The South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) has noticed an increasing trend of some associations and industry bodies trying to derail the credibility of the SABS and creating confusion by publishing misleading information about their authority to regulate or govern...

IBM, VMware collaborate to modernise workloads

Enterprises have embraced hybrid cloud to deliver agility and drive their digital transformation. This requires enterprises to be able to run workloads and applications across more than one environment, and often multiple clouds. Yet at the same time, many...

Online privacy, cybersecurity awareness on a decline

The world's online privacy and cybersecurity awareness is declining, according to new research by NordVPN. Based on 25 analysed markets with the highest numbers of responses, people globally performed best in recognizing various online risks and how to avoid them...

Threat actors get creative, HP study finds

Threat actors are chaining different combinations of attacks together like Lego bricks to sneak past detection tools, according to HP's quarterly HP Wolf Security Threat Insights Report. Based on data from millions of endpoints running HP Wolf Security, researchers...

Trend Micro, Interpol take down phishing platform

Trend Micro's close cooperation with global law enforcement authorities has led to another major win after the dismantling of a prolific phishing-as-a-service (PaaS) operation. Zaheer Ebrahim, solutions architect for Middle East and Africa at Trend comments: "Trend...

Surge in global cyberattacks

There has been a 8% surge in global weekly cyberattacks in the second quarter of 2023, the most significant increase in two years, highlighting how attackers have cunningly combined next-gen AI technologies with long-established tools like USB devices to conduct...

These are the top email scams to be wary of

Kaspersky experts have outlined the top four email scam themes and tactics currently prevalent in the Middle East, Turkiye, and Africa region (META). These scams highlight different social engineering techniques used by cybercriminals, however the objective remains...

Chandrayaan-3 positions India for lunar mining

Now that the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft has landed successfully on the south polar region of the Moon, India stands poised to become a leader in lunar mining. Shri Charan Padala, principal analyst in the thematic intelligence team at GlobalData, comments: "Moon's south...

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Everyone wants to know how they can grow their salary, how they can take their increase above the standard percentage point and take home more for their hard work. Fortunately, there are steps that anyone can follow that will help them to grow their salary and their...

Netstar helps nab high-value assets syndicate

Altron's subsidiary Netstar assisted in the successful arrest of a group of criminals within an hour of a robbery of high value assets that took place at premises in the Johannesburg CBD. Netstar's proprietary technology enabled Netstar to track the movements of the...

Software AG unveils new IoT solutions

Software AG has unveiled the latest version of its open, cloud-based Cumulocity IoT platform (Release 9), which builds on its distributed architecture with additional edge processing capabilities. Cumulocity IoT now includes enhanced high availability, multi-cluster...

Telkom offers new Samsung phones with FreeMe deals

The new Samsung S9 and S9 Plus smartphones will be available on Telkom's data driven FreeMe plans from 16 March 2018 in stores and online. Pre-orders for the device are open from today on the Telkom website. The Galaxy S9 and S9+ boast Samsung's most advanced camera...

Panda and BDO in strategic partnership

Cyber security firm Panda Security Africa and audit, advisory and tax firm, BDO South Africa, have formed a strategic cyber alliance to enable BDO to offer a managed security service to their clients, using Panda's next generation EDR solution. Predictions for 2018...

Sureswipe’s POS Lite benefits small retailers

For a small retailer or start-up to be successful and move to the next level, it's important that systems are in place to track inventory, recon and balance merchant batch closure, manage multiple store and staff sales and have immediate access to realtime data that...

ESET launches ESET Smart TV Security

ESET has launched ESET Smart TV Security, an advanced technology protection solution against targeted malware attacks on connected TVs and other devices with the Android TV operational system. According to statistics, there could be as many as 30-billion devices...

Huawei commits to African connectivity

Huawei has outlined its commitment to accelerate digital upgrade in emerging markets. The company will continue to cooperate with operators, local governments, and other industry partners on ICT infrastructure initiatives, expanding ecosystem partnerships to introduce...

Is your bitcoin safe?

Cryptocurrency has been in the news a great deal lately. The interest in Bitcoin and other forms of digital currency has sparked a great deal of interest and debate - to invest or not to invest seems to be the prevailing question. But it is not a perfect nirvana, and...

Nokia, Facebook expand fixed wireless access

Nokia and Facebook are working to accelerate the adoption of 60GHz fixed wireless access technologies to deliver gigabit services and connect more people, faster. The 60 GHz band allows high-speed broadband connectivity in urban or suburban areas, complementing...

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About the Role:As a Project Manager, you will play a pivotal role in steering the successful execution of software development projects through the entire Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). You will be responsible for meticulous project planning, resource...

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Our client is seeking a skilled Senior Software Developer to join their IT team. The ideal person will be responsible for developing and maintaining their .NET Web Forms application and C# services, ensuring the reliability and performance of their systems. This role...

Support Engineer at BMW Group – Gauteng Midrand

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Software Developer – Java (Senior) at Parvana Recruitment

About our client:Our client is a leading provider of telco, payments, retail software - they have a global client base with a strong R&D focus. They are great believers in continuous improvement and fast adapters to new tech and constantly changing business needs....

Senior Business Analyst

The Senior Business Analyst will lead the scoping and documentation of business requirements for strategic SCM projects, ensuring alignment between procurement planning and emerging digital solutions. Business Requirements Scoping and Documentation: Assist the unit...

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Are you passionate about coding and cloud technologies? Do you have a keen interest in the automotive industry? Our client, a cutting-edge leader in the automotive sector, is looking for a talented Python and Azure Software Engineer to join their dynamic team in...

Senior Business Analyst – Western Cape Cape Town CBD

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