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
According to a recent Kaspersky survey, 91% of parents surveyed in South Africa use gadgets to entertain and occupy their children while traveling or to gain some free time for themselves. Indeed, half (50%) of children in South Africa receive their first personal...
AI reveals large-scale images in Peruvian desert
Researchers at Yamagata University in Japan have harnessed AI to uncover four previously unseen geoglyphs -- images on the ground, some as wide as 1 200 feet, made using the land's elements -- in Nazca, a seven-hour drive south of Lima, Peru. The geoglyphs -- a...
Civic ID apps set for growth as governments seek efficiency
A new study from Juniper Research has found that platform revenue from civic identity apps will surpass $17-billion by 2027, rising from $11-billion in 2023 - a growth of 62%. This growth comes as governments look to streamline identity systems, making them easier to...
Travelers brave delays, congestion
With the northern hemisphere summer rush around the corner, travel concerns around delayed flights, surging airfares, and congestion in the airport are not putting travelers off air travel. Preliminary findings from the 2023 SITA Passenger IT Insights released today...
Social media analytics market to reach $43,25bn by 2030
The global social media analytics market size is expected to reach $43,25-billion by 2030, expanding at 27.,1% CAGR from 2023 to 2030, according to a study conducted by Grand View Research. The market for social media analytics is expanding owing to the rising usage...
Hints of a new gravitational wave murmur detected
Evidence of elusive low-frequency gravitational waves has been revealed by a European team of scientists studying data collected over two decades. The results, which include analysis carried out by astronomers at the University of Birmingham and Manchester, are...
Consumers don’t trust AI, as fear outweighs excitement
Despite the hype, many consumers admit they don't trust artificial intelligence (AI), with a significant proportion also cynical about the benefits it brings. Research conducted by Herbert Smith Freehills reveals that just 5% of UK consumers are unconcerned about the...
Call for generative AI guardrails, responsible design
Researchers are cautiously optimistic about where generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) will lead humanity, but "we must develop more guardrails". This is according to Pascale Fung, chair professor in the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering of Hong...
Healthy growth for unified communication
Worldwide revenues in the Unified Communications & Collaboration (UC&C) market grew 7,2% year over year to $15,4-billion in the first quarter of 2023 (1Q23), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Unified Communications and...
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Kids online safety: do you have questions?
Parents are naturally very busy - juggling work, life and looking after their families, with a key focus on making sure their family and children are safe at all times. However, in today's connected and digital world, when it comes to keeping children safe online, it...
IaaS: easy when you know how
Migrating to cloud infrastructure is far easier than expected, according to the majority of experienced Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) users surveyed by Oracle. But like other cloud technologies before it, IaaS adoption has been held back in some quarters by...
Spectra Graphics launches digital business with Xerox
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Retail and the omni-channel prophecy
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Device safety under the spotlight
In a fast-moving technological world, where a mobile phone and laptop computer practically dominates everyday life, more emphasis should be placed on the primary need-to-knows to safeguard two of the modern world's most prized possessions. Asharaf Rogers, technical...
Local cloud services: read the fine print
When your data is stored locally, within the data centre of a reputable cloud services partner, you might think that it's as safe as it could be. Not necessarily so, says Riaan Terblanche, solutions architect at First Technology Digital. Terblanche refers to a...
Using blockchain to reinvent asset management
Blockchain is one of the most discussed and intriguing technologies out there today, writes Bas de Vos, director of IFS Labs at IFS. I won't go into the specifics too deeply on how it works since that has been covered by many other sources. Suffice it to say that it...
Typo bolsters digital production with Xerox and XBC-IT
Typo Colour Printing Specialists, one of Johannesburg's leading commercial printing, finishing and binding companies, has significantly upgraded its digital printing capabilities with a new Xerox Versant 2100 press from Bytes Document Solutions' (BDS) authorised...
Certified Lead Implementer course from ContinuitySA
ContinuitySA will be offering a five-day certification course for Lead Implementers of a Business Continuity Management System based on the ISO 22301 standard. The course is certified by PECB, the global certification body. To be held at ContinuitySA's Midrand campus,...
Virtual cards extend financial inclusion
It's never been simpler to shop online. Flowers, sneakers, food, diplomas - you name it, you can buy it online. Except you can't, if you don't have a credit card. Two in three black teens in the US make purchases online, so retailers are aggressively growing their...
Full Stack Developer (Automotive) – Eastern Cape Sidwell
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Data Scientist at Parvana Recruitment
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Microsoft Dynamics CRM Developer
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Systems Analyst (SQL Essential) at Parvana Recruitment
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