Businesses face increasing threats
Businesses are facing increasingly sophisticated threats from ransomware groups, hacktivists, and individual attackers. The 2024 Arctic Wolf Security Operations Report sheds light on the key trends shaping the modern threat environment and provides actionable insights...
Satellites reveal abrupt drop in global freshwater levels
An international team of scientists using observations from NASA-German satellites found evidence that Earth’s total amount of freshwater dropped abruptly starting in May 2014 and has remained low ever since. Reporting in Surveys in Geophysics, the researchers...
BTG reports double-digit growth
UK-based Bytes Technology Group (BTG) has announced its financial results for the year ended 28 February 2023. "I am delighted to be reporting another positive set of results, with strong double-digit growth driven by contributions from all areas of the business,"...
Intel launches Agilex 7 FPGAs with R-Tile
Intel's Programmable Solutions Group today announced that the Intel Agilex 7 with the R-Tile chiplet is shipping production-qualified devices in volume - bringing customers the first FPGA with PCIe 5.0 and CXL capabilities and the only FPGA with hard intellectual...
Shaping the technologies of the future
A new method of controlling the shape of tiny particles about one-tenth of the width of human hair could make the technology that powers our daily lives more stable and more efficient, scientists claim. The process, which transforms the structure of microscopic...
South African consumers still resilient
Food is the biggest monthly expense for most of South Africa's taxi commuters. Despite high levels of unemployment - many are still able to make ends meet, either through a side hustle, a SASSA grant, or through family support. These are some of the recent insights...
Responsible regulation of generative AI needed
In a significant move towards shaping the future of artificial intelligence (AI), the US legislature recently held a ground-breaking presentation on regulating responsible AI. By De Wet Bisschoff, director of operations and sales at Accenture in Africa The session...
ChatGPT risks legal and compliance leaders must evaluate
Legal and compliance leaders should address their organisation's exposure to six specific ChatGPT risks, and what guardrails to establish to ensure responsible enterprise use of generative AI tools, according to Gartner. "The output generated by ChatGPT and other...
Borderless work model challenges employers
National lockdowns forced employers to invest in technologies that would allow their house-bound staff to continue working during the pandemic. "Post Covid, these advances have seen the emergence of new concepts in workforce management, from work-from-home to hybrid...
Western Europe hardcopy shipments decrease
Western European shipments of hardcopy peripherals declined 4,3% year over year to 4,1-million units in 1Q23, according to research by International Data corporation (IDC). There was improvement in product availability, enabling back-order fulfilment, but in some...
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What to do if you’ve been compromised
The personal details of millions of South Africans were recently leaked in the Deeds Data Breach -- including ID numbers, contact details, addresses, and income estimates. This has opened up the majority of South Africans to identity theft risk, which could ultimately...
Carriers can grow by improving CX
Huawei has called on telecom carriers in Africa to focus on providing customers with a great user experience to achieve new value-driven growth. Paul Michael Scanlan, chief technology officer of Huawei's Carrier Network Business Group, made the appeal in his keynote...
Deep-water installation starts on SACS
South Atlantic Cable System (SACS), the first submarine cable system across the South Atlantic is in the final stretch of its installation between Africa and South America. Angola Cables, the company overseeing installation and the operations of SACS, and NEC, a...
Cambium Networks enhances MSP solution
Cambium Networks has announced new solutions for managed service providers (MSPs). "MSPs design and operate WiFi connectivity in offices and school districts and in hospitality and retail locations," says Drew Lentz, co-founder of Frontera Consulting. "MSPs need...
New revenue opportunities for African telcos
Although Africa's largest telco operators are generally showing growth in their customer bases, it is public knowledge that revenue growth has somewhat stalled to as little as 1% year on year. This means that despite attracting an increased number of customers, the...
How trustworthy are local data backup providers?
Data is essential to the smooth operation of any business, and the protection and backing up of that data is just as critical. Most organisations have -- or should have - a data protection and business continuity policy in place. However, this needs to be underpinned...
Huawei’s Mate 10 Pro and Porsche arrive in SA
Huawei has launched is Huawei Mate 10 Pro and Porsche Design Huawei Mate 10 in South Africa. The AI phones that combine new hardware, the Kirin 970 chipset and a simplified EMUI 8.0 based on Android 8.0. "As we enter the age of intelligence, AI is no longer a virtual...
Altron partners with Tango Telecom
JSE-listed Allied Technologies (Altron) and Ireland-based Tango Telecom, a provider of data monetisation solutions, today announced a partnership to launch Data Retail Engine (Tango DRE) in Africa. Tango DRE enables African mobile operators to quickly launch and...
Orange adds SA PoPs
Orange has opened two very large-capacity IP and IPX Points of Presence (PoP) in South Africa. The facilities, which are located in Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa are operational from today and will enhance Internet and mobile connectivity in the region by...
Hetzner breach exposes need for cyber insurance
Last week, one of SA's largest hosting companies, Hetzner, was hacked, exposing hundreds of thousands of FTP passwords, domain names and bank account details, with the exception of credit card information. This has left South African organisations vulnerable to bad...
Agile Delivery Lead/Scrum Master
This position is a result of the establishment of a new engineering organisation focused on accelerating value creation through insights and machine learning. The organisation comprises three engineering squads that handle data ingestion, storage, and ML artefact...
Data Analyst at PnP
IntroductionTo provide and enforce organizational data standards, common vocabulary, reports, and the development and use of standardized data. By Developing/Managing rules in SAP Information Steward system.Duties & ResponsibilitiesEnsure business data definitions...
Intermediate DevOps Engineer (Remote) – Western Cape Westlake
ENVIRONMENT:PLAY a critical role as part of a rapidly growing Engineering function of a cutting-edge Tech Applications seeking the technical expertise of an Intermediate DevOps Engineer to ensure the high-performance of its infrastructure, cloud environments, and...
Agile Delivery Lead/Scrum Master – Western Cape Cape Town
This position is a result of the establishment of a new engineering organisation focused on accelerating value creation through insights and machine learning. The organisation comprises three engineering squads that handle data ingestion, storage, and ML artefact...
Data Analyst at PnP – Gauteng South Kensington
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Front End Developer at ALJ recruitment
I'm in the market for a fresh and sharp front-end resource. Technologies are mainly vanilla js and React with a backend api. The resource would need to work on a contractual basis strictly for paid time (hours worked when requested to do so) only. Desired Skills:...
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Position Title: Applications EngineerReporting to: Engineering Manager and the Managing DirectorIndustry experience requirement: Mechanical Engineering / Component Manufacturing We are looking for an experienced applications engineer who has a passion for serving...
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This role can be remote / Hybrid. ROLE OVERVIEW You will be shaping the direction of the platform and product and, in the process, create pioneering experiences for some of the world's largest brands - pushing the boundaries of what's possible using web technology....
Front End Developer at ALJ recruitment – Gauteng Johannesburg Region
I'm in the market for a fresh and sharp front-end resource. Technologies are mainly vanilla js and React with a backend api. The resource would need to work on a contractual basis strictly for paid time (hours worked when requested to do so) only. Desired Skills:...
Applications Engineer – Gauteng Edenvale
Position Title: Applications EngineerReporting to: Engineering Manager and the Managing DirectorIndustry experience requirement: Mechanical Engineering / Component Manufacturing We are looking for an experienced applications engineer who has a passion for serving...
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