How AI is enabling ROI for financial services
Kathy Gibson reports from the Microsoft AI Tour – The financial sector is one of the world’s biggest technology users and has been among the leaders in the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI). But, before they can reap the benefits of AI, financial organisations...
How to make practical and useful AI
Kathy Gibson reports from the Microsoft AI Tour – Artificial intelligence (AI) is not some magic wand that will take over the world of work – and it’s certainly not smarter than people. That is word from Scott Hanselmann, vice-president: developer community at...
Ethernet switch growth continues strong
The worldwide Ethernet switch market grew revenues 31,5% year over year in the first quarter of 2023 (1Q23) to $10-billion. The total worldwide enterprise and service provider (SP) router market recorded $4,1-billion in revenue in 1Q23, a 14,1% annual increase. These...
Money muling, forged documents top SA fraud risks
The South African fraud landscape has increased significantly over the past three years, with impersonation fraud, money muling and forged documentation being the most significant challenges the Southern African Fraud Prevention Services (SAFPS) have had to deal with....
DBSA comes under ransomware attack
The Development Bank of Southern Africa Limited (DBSA) has confirmed that it was subjected to a ransomware attack by a malicious threat actor on about 21 May 2023. Based on preliminary investigations, the DBSA believes the threat actor to be Akira, a Russian...
Regtech spend surges as AI, ML unlock efficiencies
Spend on regtech by financial institutions and other industries will increase by 124% between 2023 and 2028 globally, from $83-billion in 2023, according to a new study from Juniper Research. Increasingly complex regulatory requirements are driving corporates to adopt...
These were the major initial vectors of ransomware attacks in 2022
A new Kaspersky report has showed that the majority of ransomware attacks in 2022 started with exploitation of public-facing applications, data from compromised user accounts and malicious emails. According to the IT Security Economics report, more than 40% of...
New Tatooine-like multi-planetary system identified
An international team of astronomers has announced the second-ever discovery of a multiplanetary circumbinary system. Circumbinary systems contain planets that orbit around two stars in the centre instead of just one, like in our Solar System. Circumbinary planets...
Telkom results a mixed bag
Loadshedding, constrained consumer spending and dynamic competition, against the backdrop of a sluggish economy with persistent inflationary pressures, have weighed on Telkom's annual results for the year ended 31 March 2023. As it transitions to next-generation...
ESG an emerging focus for human resources
The latest report from the International Bar Association Global Employment Institute (IBA GEI) states that employers and governments across the world are paying greater attention to sustainability and the promotion of ethical business. Based on data from lawyers in 55...
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Citrix and the future of SD-WAN
Brendan McAravey, country manager at Citrix South Africa, examines what the Cisco acquisition of Viptela means for the direction of SD-WAN. For those that haven't been following the rapidly growing SD-WAN market, Cisco's acquisition of Viptela may seem to have come...
Preparing for Jobs that don’t exist yet
With the development of IT technologies, the job market is being transformed, across all industry sectors. Automation of manual tasks is the most obvious change, but big data, blockchains and crowd funding may be the real game changers, enabling established and new...
Steady focus needed for turbulent times
Last month, Trading Economics reported that South African manufacturing production had declined 0.8 percent year-on-year, following an upwardly revised 4,2% drop in April, which was the highest since July of 2014. According to the report, "production of petroleum,...
SA’s unemployment an opportunity for stability
The quarterly employment survey recently released by Statistics South Africa announced a net quarterly decrease of 48 000 (-0,5%) jobs between December 2016 and March 2017 - this while South Africa's unemployment rate already sits at an all-time high of 26,5%. For...
Nology introduces Yealink’s CP960 IP conference phone
The local availability of Yealink's CP960 IP conference phone for medium to large meeting rooms promises to enhance business audio conference call experiences and allow call participants to concentrate on the business at hand, rather than fretting about audio quality...
F5 is Web Application Firewall magic quadrant
F5 Networks has been positioned by Gartner in the Leaders quadrant of its Magic Quadrant for Web Application Firewalls (WAFs). "Application Security Manager--our WAF--has always been one of F5's most popular products. Scores of customers have relied on it to protect...
Aurecon opens Tshwane recycling facility
Aurecon has partnered with the City of Tshwane in support of its road to sustainability initiative which strives for a clean and green City and also aligned to the objectives of the National Development Plan 2030. This initiative involves minimising the amount of...
POPI adds a dimension to data protection
Whether one has totally embraced South Africa’s Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act or not – or truly understands the legal responsibilities it enforces upon businesses and organisations, there is no denying it has altered the scope of data protection,...
Hybrid business accelerator opens in Atlantis
An innovative business accelerator that seeks to thrust youth living in Atlantis, in the Western Cape, into economic inclusion, has opened. Symbiosis Innovation and Accelerator Centre (Symbiosis), the re-purposed former South African Manufacturing Technology...
No more excuses for not moving into the cloud
With Microsoft recently making the big announcement that it will be opening cloud data centres in South Africa next year, there has never been a better time for small businesses to take the plunge and take their business into the cloud. Not only will it dramatically...
Demand Analyst – Gauteng Houghton Estate
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Senior Developer Power Apps / .Net Full Stack
Phase one: Support and add features to a Power Bi Dashboard, advise on our data models and structures. Help with moving our data into the data lake. Support and help manage more junior dev, work with business to understand requirements and design and build a...
IT DevOps Engineer
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IT Risk Manager
Audit assurance and compliance Implementing & Automating Risk management processes Reporting of IT Risks Develop Reporting templates Manage the Risk Acceptance and review process – provide input and quality assurance Implement Third Party Risk Management framework...
Senior Developer Power Apps / .Net Full Stack – Gauteng Johannesburg Region
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IT DevOps Engineer – Western Cape Cape Town CBD
Fully remote position or in office. The position reports to the DevOps Engineering Manager Your mission, should you choose to accept it: Terraform to manage Cloud Infrastructure, Chef to manage virtual serversBuilding and deploying systems for metrics, monitoring, and...
IT Risk Manager – Western Cape Cape Town
Audit assurance and compliance Implementing & Automating Risk management processes Reporting of IT Risks Develop Reporting templates Manage the Risk Acceptance and review process – provide input and quality assurance Implement Third Party Risk Management framework...
Systems Implementation Project Manager
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Systems Implementation Project Manager to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for managing the implementation of new systems and technologies. You will work closely with our clients and internal teams to...
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