Snapdragon X Series adds AI performance
At last week’s CES 2025, Qualcomm Technologies announced the Snapdragon X Platform. The 4th platform to join the Snapdragon X Series compute portfolio, the new chips are designed to deliver performance, multi-day battery life, and Copilot+ PC experiences. Utilising an...
Vodacom, Orange in DRC joint venture
Vodacom and Orange have joined hands to form a new rural towerco partnership in Africa, collaborating to build, own, and operate solar-powered mobile base stations in underserved areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The initiative will extend network...
Nvidia unveils generative AI platforms for all industries
Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang kicked off the Computex conference in Taipei, announcing platforms that companies can use to ride a historic wave of generative AI that's transforming industries from advertising to manufacturing to telecom. He described accelerated...
Taiwan brings in generative AI for English lessons
Teachers often report that students learning English tend to read and write better than they speak, as shyness and a lack of practice can hinder the ability to converse. Now, a chatbot funded by Taiwan's Ministry of Education and running on next-generation large...
Social media linked to youth mental health issues
Social media offers many benefits for young people, but there are indicators that it could also pose a risk of harm to the mental health and well-being of children and adolescents. That's the warning from US surgeon general Dr Vivek Murthy in a new advisory on social...
Most employees don’t achieve optimal performance
Only 41% of employees are currently performing optimally - consistently giving their best work in a way they are confident they can sustain over the next year. According to Gartner, post-pandemic, work has become "unbounded," with fewer constraints on when, where and...
Huge increase in human-driven cyber incidents
Security operations centre (SOC) analysts discovered more than three high-severity incidents with direct human involvement every day in 2022, according to research based on the analysis of incidents reported to customers of Kaspersky Managed Detection and Response...
Fixed-wireless an option as load shedding strains networks
South African companies are increasingly turning towards fixed-wireless networks as a backup or alternative to fibre and mobile broadband as record levels of load shedding puts telecoms networks under strain. These networks are showing resilience and delivering high...
Global EV market came close to 11m units in 2022
With the trend of electrification, connection, autonomous driving, and sharing in the automobile industry, the electronic vehicle (EV) market is growing fast. An EV overview from IDC's Worldwide Semiconductor Automotive Ecosystem and Supply Chain found that the...
African brands fall out of favour with Africans
Despite optimism with the progress of African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) and other initiatives to drive African initiatives, African brands regressed 20% from a 10-year high of 17% to 14% share of the Top 100 most admired brands in Africa. This is...
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Fueled by NetApp program expands
NetApp has announced the expansion of its Fueled by NetApp program, designed to help drive growth for service providers who are helping their customers on the path to digital transformation. With this announcement, service providers gain access to new consulting and...
SA’s risk managers are missing a trick …
South Africa's risk managers - in fact, risk managers worldwide - are missing a trick in the wake of recent ransomware attacks such as wannacry, Petya and NotPetya. The trick, as elegant as it is inexpensive to implement, is escrow; more specifically active software...
Projectors a ‘must-have’ in the modern workplace
Projectors are no longer considered a luxury, but a crucial part of productive and efficient businesses and classrooms. Far from the bulky, archaic devices that many of us remember from our school days, Epson's recently launched EB-1400, EB-1700 and EB-2000 projector...
Digital will dissolve traditional business borders
Digital technology has already significantly transformed business operations and processes. Its effects are being felt in virtually every industry, in both public and private sectors and society as a whole. According to Pierre Aurel, special projects manager at e4,...
Management changes at Cisco
Cisco has announced the appointment of David Meads as vice-president for its Africa and Middle East operations. In the current era of digital disruption, Meads, in this newly created role, will oversee the execution of Cisco's strategy in these two regions, ensuring...
Aptronics engineer first with Veeam certification
Johan Grové, an solutions expert at Johannesburg-based Aptronics, has become the first Veeam Certified Architect in South Africa. Veeam Software recently introduced the advanced course for system engineers, Veeam Certified Engineer (Advanced: Design and Optimisation...
In2IT is SA’s ‘Most Innovative Technology Firm’
In2IT, an ICT managed solutions provider, have recently been named SA's most innovative 'tech' firm by Global Brands. The award acknowledges performance excellence. This was done by identifying the efforts of key players striving for distinction in the fields of...
New CEO for Project Isizwe
Dudu Mkhwanazi has been appointed as the new CEO of Project Isizwe, the company behind Free WiFi in Tshwane. "Project Isizwe is lobbying for ubiquitous, government subsidised internet access within a walking distance of every South African", says Mkhwanazi. The...
Seacom celebrates eight years
Teams at Seacom offices across Africa celebrated the company's eighth anniversary on 23 July by assisting communities and organisations that are in need of aid. Getting out of the office to spend time uplifting people in need of support has become an annual...
Local cloud evangelist to rejoin Velocity Group
The Velocity Group, a specialist South African ICT partner, has announced that Jonathan Kropf a former founding member of the business is returning to the company in the capacity of director, to assist in building a Hybrid Cloud practice for the group. Kropf more...
Specialist Solution Architect – Gauteng Johannesburg
Define Detailed ScopeIdentify Issues & GapsDefine and document access and securityComplete Application Documentation.Complete list of all known issuesCurrent BOW (All registered asks for 2024, strategic initiatives like Attakama)Short / Medium technical / solution...
Intermediate Full Stack Developer (NestJS, TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js) (CPT/Remote) – Western Cape Cape Town
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Project Manager – Western Cape Cape Town Region
My client based in Cape Town (Northern Suburbs) is currently looking for a Senior Project Manager to join them on a fixed term contract IT / Finance Responsibilities Effectively manage software implementation and business transformation projects aimed at affecting...
Senior Java Developer LW – Gauteng Pretoria
Development and maintenance of platform/application Review and present the proposed system solution to the IT Project Manager / Leader and User Management or System Owner Develop systems solutions in line with quality and delivery requirements Preparation of...
Data Engineer (SAS & SQL) – Gauteng Sandton
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Pre-Sales Solutions Architect
We are looking a Pre-Sales Solutions Architect who will actively drive and manage the technology evaluation part of the sales process and act as an integral member of the Sales team, working as the key technical advisor. The candidate must be able to articulate...
Technical Services (Manager) at Construct Executive Search
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Senior Java Developer
Spring into Action! Are you a Senior Java Jedi with Spring in your step and Kafka on your mind? Do you thrive on scaling mountains of data while keeping bugs at bay? We're on the hunt for a code-slinging pro to help us tackle high-stakes banking projects, where your...
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