Supply chain GenAI shows productivity gains at individual level
Generative AI (GenAI) is being deployed by 72% of supply chain organisations, but most are experiencing middling results for productivity and ROI, according to a survey by Gartner. Productivity gains from the use of GenAI for individual, desk-based workers are not...
January breaks temperature records
January 2025 was the warmest month on record globally, despite an emerging La Niña. Typically, La Nina conditions are expected to reduce temperatures around the world – something that hasn’t happened this time around. Surface air temperature and sea surface...
How does Africa stack up when it comes to business travel?
In the dynamic world of business travel, South Africa is wrestling with economic pressures, rising inflation, an evolving aviation industry, and emerging trends that are drastically reshaping the landscape. Bonnie Smith, GM of FCM, shares some insights on how South...
Introducing the sustainable CTO
By Greg Lavender - Humanity is at a critical point in history. We face the convergence of two major forces: sustainability and digitalisation. As we approach 2030 - the target date set by both the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the US...
Ransomware the most widespread malware as a service
The Kaspersky Digital Footprint Intelligence team has presented a new study that reveals ransomware as the most widespread malware as a service (MaaS) over the past seven years. The study is based on research conducted on 97 malware families that have been distributed...
What the threat of US sanctions means for SA businesses
By Richard Firth - American economist Thomas Sowell once said: "The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics." While...
TikTok leaps ahead to challenge social media giants
The "Big Five" social media platforms in South Africa have been shaken up, as TikTok leaps past Instagram into second place, and challenges the dominant social network, Facebook, in several segments. This is one of the key finding of the South African Social Media...
Cyberattacks surge in Kenya, SA, Zambia
The number of cyberattacks on businesses in Kenya, South Africa, and Zambia increased by 76%, according to Liquid C2's latest cyber security report "The Evolving Cyber Security Landscape in Africa 2022". Featuring research, analysis, and findings across the three...
Even pet feeders are used for cybertheft
Kaspersky researchers have examined several popular smart pet feeders available on online marketplaces and have discovered that some of them have vulnerabilities, allowing to secretly spy on victims, steal data including camera and microphone recordings, gain access...
Senior citizens targeted in crypto scams
With cryptocurrency adoption increasing over the years, the number of both attempted and successful crypto scams have simultaneously increased. Similar to many scams, elderly individuals find themselves to be targeted the most - however, with the average elderly...
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Can your business thrive in Africa in 2017?
Rapidly increasing populations and massive potential for further growth makes Africa the most attractive destination for business expansion in 2017. African consumers are more discerning, tech-savvy and demanding. Business opportunity in Africa is booming, writes...
TerraPay wins cross-border transfer approval
Mobile payments switch TerraPay has obtained regulatory approval from South African Reserve Bank to launch cross-border money transfer services in South Africa. This makes TerraPay the fifth company to be licensed as a category three Authorised Dealer in Foreign...
You could be saving on business travel
Misconceptions around low-cost travel options might be preventing your company from saving thousands of rands, says Kirby Gordon, head of sales and distribution at FlySafair. The needs of domestic business travellers are, for the most part, fairly straight forward....
HPE Aruba simplifies WiFi for SMEs
Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, has announced a new WiFi solution designed to give small businesses secure and reliable business-grade Wi-Fi with easy to set-up APs and an intuitive mobile app. The HPE OfficeConnect OC20 is a cost-effective wireless...
Next generation of Kaspersky Private Security Network
Kaspersky Lab is introducing its next generation of Kaspersky Private Security Network, a private version of Kaspersky Security Network that allows enterprises to boost their detection speed with access to real-time global threat intelligence from 80-million sensors,...
Digital transformation priorities for African telcos
After nearly two decades of uninhibited growth and profitability, African telecoms operators (telcos) are facing the converging forces of digital disruption, writes Mariam Abdullahi, telco industry lead at SAP Africa. Some of the factors contributing to this are:...
Shadow IT could be why businesses “wannacry”
There are mixed opinions about implementing unauthorised, IT applications (apps) within the organisation, a practice known as Shadow IT. Simeon Tassev, MD and QSA at Galix Networking, examines the issue. Opinion on Shadow IT is divided into two camps. Some believe...
Collaboration opens up metadata platform
20th Century Fox, Panasonic and Samsung announced a partnership to create an open, royalty-free dynamic metadata platform for High Dynamic Range (HDR) through an associated certification and logo programme, tentatively called HDR10+. The three companies will form an...
Government must walk its SME talk
Government faces two key issues: severe and worsening unemployment on the one hand, and a growing gap between what the fiscus needs and the tax it can collect. Taking decisive action to grow the SME sector has the potential to resolve, at least partially, both issues,...
How to move your SME into the cloud
Cloud computing is transforming the way companies interact with their customers, with 93% of South African companies currently either implementing or planning the initial phase of their cloud strategy. Whether we know it or not, we are already reliant on the cloud....
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REQUIRED TO HAVE: Grade 12 with Maths and ScienceTertiary qualification in IT technical fieldCandidate should have a minimum of 10+ years of experience in ICT, with at least 7 years in Unix/Linux System administrationExperience in administering enterprise-scale...
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