Public sector pay gap puts cybersecurity at risk
A significant pay gap between private sector and UK government cybersecurity roles is jeopardizing national security by hindering the public sector's ability to attract and retain top talent. Naoris Protocol analysis shows pay for key roles in cyber security can be...
SA claws its way up the digital wellbeing rankings
Surfshark’s Digital Qality of Life Index (DQL) 2024 ranks South Africa 66th in the world – six places better than last year. The Digital Quality of Life Index is an annual study that ranks 121 countries by their digital wellbeing based on five core pillars: internet...
Old vulnerabilities gain in popularity
An old vulnerability in Microsoft Office is gaining popularity among attackers who target both regular users and companies, Kaspersky has found. Since the beginning of the year, the exploitation of CVE-2017-11882 has increased by nearly 500%, impacting thousands....
Load shedding impacts waste management
The effects of loadshedding on South Africa's economy and SMMEs have been immense. And, according to Mpendulo Ginindza, president of the Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA), the waste management industry is no exception - with several challenges...
European enterprise networking market defies slowdown
According to the latest tracker data recently published by the International Data Corporation (IDC), the European Networking market grew by 32,6% year on year in Q1 2023, continuing its extremely strong performance throughout 2022 and defying expectations of a slower...
Meta launches new genAI tool, opens access to all
Meta and Microsoft have introduced the next generation of the open source large language model Llama. Llama 2 is free for research and commercial use, with the support of a broad set of companies and people across tech, academia, and policy. The launch sees the...
Encouraging uptick for the BETI in June
After months of sideways movements, the BankservAfrica Economic Transactions Index (BETI) recovered in June 2023 providing an encouraging outlook for South Africa's economy in the second quarter. "The BETI increased in June 2023 to an index level of 133.6 compared to...
Worldwide IT spend set for 4% growth
Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $4,7-trillion in 2023, an increase of 4,3% from 2022, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. As CIOs continue to lose the competition for IT talent, they are shifting spending to technologies that enable automation and...
Intel, Asus agree to take NUC products forward
Intel has agreed to a term sheet with Asus, agreeing to manufacture, sell and support the Next Unit of Compute (NUC) 10th to 13th generations systems product line, and to develop future NUC systems designs. "Our NUC systems product team delivered unique products that...
Global IaaS public cloud services revenue passes $100bn
The worldwide infrastructure as a service (IaaS) market grew 29,7% in 2022, to total $120,3-billion, up from $92,8-billion in 2021, according to Gartner. Amazon retained the top position in the IaaS market in 2022, followed by Microsoft, Alibaba, Google and Huawei....
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Identity ecosystem must learn from banks’ example
There are clear parallels between the development of financial services and identity verification ecosystems, but the identity ecosystem has to take urgent steps to catch up with the banking ecosystem. By Marius Coetzee, MD of Ideco The recent high-profile identity...
DCC to distribute Dell EMC’s Alienware
Drive Control Corporation's (DCC) distribution of the Alienware PC gaming series represents an important move in a marketplace that continues to show noteworthy growth. The PC gaming market is a core focus for Dell EMC and the company expects it to grow over the next...
Encryption, key management for Google customers
Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, today announced it is providing Google Cloud Platform customers with the ability to manage and maintain full control of their encryption keys on Google Cloud Platform. Gemalto's SafeNet Luna...
SaaS to transform the insurance industry
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Making child’s play out of entrepreneurship
Ask any child what they want to be when they grow up and they'll likely say a fireman, a nurse, a doctor or an astronaut. Becoming an entrepreneur and starting their own business is not usually top of mind for children. Yet, it's been estimated that, in five years'...
Celebrating outstanding SA solutions
Microsoft has announced the winners of the 2017 Partner of the Year Awards at a gala function that took place last week Tuesday at Sandton Convention Centre. These annual awards recognise the cream of the crop in terms of Microsoft partners, who have demonstrated...
Small businesses can punch above their weight
IoT and ERP is a powerful combination that gives African SMEs the agility to enter large supply chains and compete head-on with the big guys, says Deirdre Fryer, Product Manager for Africa at Syspro Africa. Stop for just a minute and take a look at your office...
Telkom offers new Huawei Mate 10 devices
The new Huawei Mate 10 Pro and Huawei Mate 10 Porsche Design devices are available on Telkom FreeMe contracts. The devices are available on FreeMe 1GB, 2GB, 5GB, 10Gb, 20GB, and Unlimited for both new and existing Telkom subscribers, on prepaid, post-paid and hybrid...
How to master the multi-cloud landscape
Overcoming reticence and an aversion to change is pivotal to benefiting from the multi-cloud world, says Martin Walshaw, Senior Systems Engineer at F5 Networks. The artist John Constable once said that "we see nothing 'til we truly understand it". This is a timely...
Howler takes care of matric Ragers
As matrics prepare to wrap-up their final exam and celebrate the end of 12-years of school at the annual Rage Festival in Durban this December, their safety is the number one concern for their parents. Event-technology platform Howler, the festival's cashless partner,...
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Our client is seeking a developer with AWS or related Cloud experience that enjoys working with IaC (Infrastructure as Code), CI/CD Pipelines, Serverless (Lambdas, EventBridge etc), NodeJS, REST APIs, PostgreSQL etc. Key Requirements Relevant bachelor's degree (B.SC...
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