FakeUpdates retains security threat lead
Check Point Software Technologies has released its Global Threat Index for January 2025, which highlights FakeUpdates’ continued threat in the cyber landscape and playing a crucial role in facilitating ransomware attacks. In the January Index eight African countries...
Banking leads European cloud spending growth
Public cloud services spending in Europe will total $221-billion in 2025 and will reach $373-billion by 2028, recording a five-year (2023-2028) compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 20%. According to the Worldwide Software and Public Cloud Services Spending...
Conversational AI capabilities drive contact centre market
Worldwide contact centre (CC) and CC conversational AI and virtual assistant end user spending is projected to total $18,6-billion in 2023, an increase of 16,2% from 2022, says Gartner. "Near-term investment growth rates for CC and CC conversational AI and virtual...
Developers look to OpenUSD in the era of AI and industrial digitalisation
From smart factories to next-generation railway systems, developers and enterprises across the world are racing to fuel industrial digitalisation opportunities at every scale - and vital to this is the open-source Universal Scene Description (USD) framework, or...
Global fintech funding falls … but it’s not all bad news
The first six months of 2023 have proven difficult for the global fintech market with both total funding and the number of deals dropping - from $63,2-billion across 2 885 deals in H2 2022 to $52,4-billion across 2 153 deals in the first half of 2023, according to...
The dangers of collaboration tools exposed
South African businesses are failing to provide dedicated training on collaboration tools even though almost all of them (93%) have experienced a threat via their chosen tools, according to new research from Mimecast exploring the state of the collaboration tools...
These are the drivers for CDP adoption
A new Juniper Research study has identified the two leading markets driving customer data platform (CDP) adoption this year: retail and digital media enterprises. Together, they will account for $1,5-billion of global spend in 2023; exceeding 70% of the global market...
FNB customers continue to embrace PayShap
FNB customers continue to embrace PayShap, a realtime payment solution that facilitates payments of up to R3 000, for low-value payments with 62% of all PayShap payments made by them under R500 - and of these, 27% are below R100, making them completely free. "Even...
Most businesses with AI lead new use cases with it
A massive 55% of organisations that have previously deployed AI always consider AI for every new use case that they are evaluating, according to a new Gartner survey. More than half of organisations (52%) report that risk factors are a critical consideration when...
Key genAI announcements affect global IT economies
Key generative AI (genAI) announcements made in recent weeks have the potential to significantly threaten cloud platform rivals and reshuffle the industry's AI ecosystem, while directives by national governments will impact global IT economies. This is according to...
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5 000 African programmers to be trained
Five thousand young African computer programmers will be trained between 2018-2022. The US Bureau of Labour Statistics forecasts that employment of software developers is projected to grow 24% from 2016 to 2026, much faster than the average for all occupations....
Budgeting for security in 2018
The industry at large has tightened its belts this year, and as we head into 2018 if 2017 has taught us anything then it is that we can't afford to skimp on cybersecurity. In fact, in 2017 so many businesses have had to make do with fewer resources to combat a much...
Hacking public WiFi
Public WiFi is great in so many ways. It costs nothing, saves on mobile data, and is often faster when it comes to downloading. However, as much as we love the convenience, hackers love public WiFi too, and for different reasons. Nastassja Poorter, enterprise sales...
Black Friday isn’t that great for retailers
Black Friday isn't yet as important to all sellers as you might expect. This is the message being relayed by the experts from Optiseller, which used this year's Black Friday as an opportunity to look at how some of the largest sellers on eBay UK performed on what is...
Mobile app aids Deeds Office process
Software as Service company e4 has launched DeedScanner, a mobile app that works with its Case Management Workflow solution, Deeds, to better manage the flow and status of lodged documents. Clive Bredenkamp, development manager at e4, says that DeedScanner enables a...
Xerox showcases VersaLink B400 printer
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Priorities for SME survival in the next 6 months
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Embracing ‘the open’ solution
By its nature, open source software is built around collaboration and drives innovation thanks to the contributions of the collective. But there is a difference between programme development and the implementation of a truly 'open' solution that not only builds...
Accommodate niche applications
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The future of consumer banking
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Web WordPress Developer – Western Cape Cape Town Region
A rapidly growing e-commerce business looking for a talented Web WordPress Developer with a passion for e-commerce and WooCommerce to manage multiple websites for the company and a few external clients. Key Requirements 5+ years' experienceBachelor's Degree /...
Technical Business Analyst
The South African Sugar Association (SASA) has a permanent vacancy for a Technical Business Analyst, based in Mount Edgecombe.Autolab a division of the South African Sugar Association, has a permanent opportunity available for a Technical Business Analyst based in...
IT DevOps Engineer
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Medical Database Manager & Patient Navigator
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Senior Full-Stack Developer
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SAP HANA Systems Administrator at Tipp Focus Group – Western Cape Cape Town CBD
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IT Support Specialist (Tier 2) at Parvana Recruitment – Western Cape Cape Town
About our client:Our client, with 15+ years of experience, maintains a startup's energy. They prioritise client and staff relationships, fostering innovation and collaboration in an Agile environment. As a Microsoft-aligned organisation with proven Azure capabilities,...
Senior Systems Engineer – Western Cape Western Cape
A well-established business is seeking to appoint a Senior System EngineerQualification:B.Tech (Eng) with 13+ years of relevant experienceB.Eng/B.Sc (Eng) with 9+ years of relevant experienceM.Eng with 7+ years of relevant experiencePhD/D.Eng with 5+ years of relevant...
Full Stack Developer (Angular & C#) at Reverside – Gauteng Gauteng
Job Title: Full Stack DeveloperJob Summary:Reverside is seeking a skilled and experienced Full Stack Developer to join our dynamic IT team. This role will focus on building a strong foundation for application monitoring, observability, and AIOps within our team. The...
SAP Basis Administrator at Tipp Focus Group
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