Marketing organisations lag in GenAI adoption
Twenty-seven percent of chief marketing officers (CMOs) report that their marketing organisation has limited or no GenAI adoption in marketing campaigns, according to a survey by Gartner. A survey of 418 marketing leaders conducted in July through September 2024 found...
Youngsters can’t live without gadgets, but have little safety guidance
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SA Entrepreneur of the Year competition revived
Despite a few harrowing years marked by lockdowns, persistent infrastructural problems, the ongoing energy crisis, and muted economic growth, South Africa's entrepreneurs have continued to show their mettle - and the relaunch of the Business Partners Entrepreneur of...
Chinese smartphone market declines
According to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, 65,7-million smartphones shipped in China in 2Q23, a narrower decline of 2,1% compared to the same period last year. In the first half of the year, the Chinese market saw 130,9-million shipments, down 7,3%...
Webb snaps detailed image of actively forming stars
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured the "antics" of a pair of actively forming young stars, known as Herbig-Haro 46/47, in high-resolution near-infrared light. To find them, trace the bright pink and red diffraction spikes in the featured image until you...
Macroeconomic, geopolitical conditions pose severe risks
With the world facing growing economic instability and political tensions, volatility in geoeconomic and geopolitical relations between major economies are likely to result in global upheavals over the next six months, according to a new survey of the World Economic...
Intel adds AI reference kits
Intel now offers a set of 34 open source AI reference kits to the community, the result of a years-long collaboration with Accenture, enabling developers and data scientists to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) faster and more easily. Each kit includes model code,...
IaaS cloud networking starting to gain in importance
The importance of networking to and within cloud environments has grown significantly for enterprise customers as more and more applications, workloads, and data are moved to the cloud, with IDC estimating that worldwide revenue for public cloud-based infrastructure...
Curro about to set local robotics on fire
Curro Durbanville High School will help ignite National Science Week when it hosts the World Robot Olympiad (WRO) Western Cape Regional competition next weekend (Saturday 5 August). Teams of learners from different schools across the province are set to take part in...
Ransomware attacks on the increase in SA
While the beginning of 2023 saw a decline in the number of ransomware attacks in Q2, some regions saw an upward trend - with South Africa experiencing a 10% increase in attempts on individual and corporate users, according to Kaspersky Security Network data....
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New gas monitoring standards in coal mining
A relentless research and development (R&D) regime at Monitech Mining Monitoring Systems, a South African industry leader in mining safety and monitoring solutions, has resulted in an incessant rejuvenation of its Hazardous Area Control System, which has become...
Spammers cash in on Blockchain
While cryptocurrency holders search for new investment opportunities and ways to increase their savings, and enthusiasts look to learn more about the benefits of going cashless, malicious users are also looking for ways to capitalise on the popularity of the...
New financial director for BDS
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Pinnacle signs up Mellanox
Pinnacle has signed a new distribution partnership with leading supplier of end-to-end Ethernet and InfiniBand intelligent interconnect solutions and services for servers, storage, and hyper-converged infrastructure -- Mellanox Technologies. In September 2017 Pinnacle...
Improving internal processes through digitalisation
In this, the second of our series on digitalisation, we examine how smaller businesses can use this to improve their internal processes. By Jannie Pretorius, professional services manager at Elingo And while this can be quite an intimidating path for these businesses...
Hidden dangers for children on the Internet
Although the Internet is an incredible place for children to learn, play games and experience new things, it exposes them to a world of risks. Chat rooms, IMs, gaming and social media sites can also put them in danger, from exposing them to predators and inappropriate...
DVT to sponsor DevConf 2018
Software development and testing company DVT has announced that it is a Platinum sponsor of the DevConf 2018 conference, to be held in Johannesburg and Cape Town in March next year. The annual event is a community-driven, developer-focused, one day conference that...
Predictive analytics for fraud
There is an enormous pool of data, much of it without barriers. The potential to mine data for practical application is now not only possible, but critical as a business driver. Moreover, Big Data has an important role to play in predictive analysis and its particular...
DRS appoints two new directors
IT solutions and services provider, Dynamic Recovery Services (DRS), a Cognosec AB company. has appointed two new directors. Nastassja Poorter has joined the company as enterprise sales director, while Jonathan Cooke has joined as commercial sales director. Poorter's...
Encryption is like beer goggles
Encryption has become key to protecting the privacy of electronic communication -- and for certain transactions, encryption is a legal requirement -- but it's a bit like beer goggles; it makes everything look a lot rosier than it is. With between 50% and 70% of online...
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Our client is seeking a Senior Power BI Reports Support Engineer to join their team. Position is a work from home position and the primary client is in the UK time zone.Successful candidate will be responsible for investigating the root cause of Power BI report...
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Microsoft Windows Server Engineer at Tipp Focus Group
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Microsoft SharePoint Administrator at Tipp Focus Group – Western Cape Cape Town CBD
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