Blockchain once again the darling of venture capitalists
After a significant slowdown last year, blockchain has again become an attractive sector for VCs in 2024, with the total value of deals outperforming 2023 figures two months before the end of the year. AltIndex.com says blockchain companies raised $10-billion in...
Two-phase liquid cooling the future of GPUs
As of 2024, single-phase direct-to-chip (D2C) cooling dominates the high-end GPU thermal management market, according to new research from IDTechEx – however, with the increasing thermal design power (TDP), two-phase D2C cooling will be required and is expected to...
AMD adds Zen 4 to Epyc embedded processors
AMD has launched the 4th generation AMD Epyc Embedded 9004 Series processors, powered by Zen 4 architecture to provide technology and features for embedded networking, security/firewall and storage systems in cloud and enterprise computing as well as industrial edge...
OEMs launch 4th Gen Intel Xeon systems
On 10 January 2023, Intel officially launched its 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors (code-named Sapphire Rapids) for data centre customers around the globe. All major original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and original design manufacturers (ODMs) are now...
Leverage economics, sustainability of cloud in the digital era
Kathy Gibson reports - The move to cloud is recognised as necessary for most organisations, but the journey to cloud is complex and can be challenging. IDC held its Cloud and Datacentre Roadshow in Johannesburg today (15 March 2023) to examine some of the challenges...
Economic activity slowdown mirrored in lower transactions
After two consecutive months of encouraging growth, the BankservAfrica Economic Transactions Index (BETI) fell in February 2023, signalling the country's deteriorating economic activity. "At an index level of 131, the BETI for February slipped to October's level and...
Icasa regulations set to bring data relief
It's World Consumer Rights Day on 15 March and South Africa's Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) is reminding the country's voice and data users of their new rights under the pro-consumer amendments to the End-User and Subscriber Service Charter (EUSSC)...
The next-normal state of the email landscape
After analysing data from more than 10-billion bulk emails from 2020 to 2022, the Everlytic Email Marketing Benchmark Report 2022 has discovered seismic shifts in user behaviour and engagement as the world returned to normal post-Covid. Unpacking insights, trends,...
Hybrid workers exercise more, sleep longer, eat better
A new study has revealed that hybrid working is leading to a healthier workforce, with more time being dedicated to exercise, sleep and healthy eating. Research among more than 2 000 hybrid workers by IWG reveals that the time saved by reduced commuting has led to...
Seacom goes live on Equiano subsea cable
Following its landing in Cape Town in August last year, Seacom has today gone live with express connectivity on the Equiano subsea cable connecting the Mother City to Lisbon, Portugal which it says is the fastest direct route between the two continents. "This launch...
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Bringing quality content to Africa
Fastly, the edge cloud platform that powers fast, secure, and scalable online experiences for the world's most popular businesses, continues to grow and expand rapidly, now adding Africa to its fast-growing global network reach. Privately-owned global network service...
Remote working could be the answer to grid-lock
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Will bots ever take over customer service?
Driverless cars, 3D printers and smart homes have arrived, and nobody is surprised any longer about pronouncements that artificial intelligence has come close to matching human capabilities, even surpassing it in some ways. Still, there are certain areas of life and...
SA’s Synthesis is AWS partner
SA-based Synthesis Software Technologies has achieved Advanced status as an AWS Partner Network (APN) Consulting Partner, having made a significant investment in developing the technical resources and AWS expertise to deploy and manage customer solutions on the AWS...
Fujitsu adds people to digital transformation
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Add value to employees this Workers Day
In the run up to Workers Day, commemorated annually on 1 May as a celebration of South African workers and the contributions they make toward the well being of the country, Manpower South Africa analyses the importance of implementing a feasible solution to the high...
What is credential stuffing?
Employees who don't take security policies seriously pose a significant threat to corporate systems. Martin Walshaw, senior engineer at F5 Networks explains why. We've all heard about the myriad of security breaches over the past year, resulting in the exposure of...
Global partner program from OutSystems
OutSystems has unveiled its new Global Partner Program, which connects systems integrators, technology consultants, and resellers with its industry-leading low-code development platform. The new alliance programme builds on the current OutSystems partner programme and...
IoT-enabled field service management from IFS
IFS has announced major updates to its IFS Field Service Management product. The latest version of IFS Field Service Management (5.7) is available now and includes a number of enhancements including: * Embedded IoT capabilities - The new version offers embedded...
Information security must be automated
Security must be automated and integrated to keep up with the fast-changing, ever-growing risk of cybercrime, says Fortinet. Paul Williams, country manager: southern Africa at Fortinet, says global cyber-attacks have become highly sophisticated and increasingly...
Project Manager at Financial Intelligence Centre – Gauteng Pretoria
FIC is an equal opportunity employer. Preference will be given to suitably qualified AFRICAN FEMALES applicants in line with our Employment Targets and our commitment to diversifying our workforce.To manage the activities and output related to multi-disciplinary...
Business Systems Analyst – Western Cape Constantia
Business Analyst with minimum 2 years' experience as part of an IT delivery team, preferably in Financial Services Industry, required for an Asset Management Company based in Constantia, Cape Town. Minimum requirements: Relevant tertiary qualification requiredMinimum...
SNR Software dev C#.Net – Gauteng Bedford
Senior Backend Developers and Intermediate developers This position focuses on scaling large systems using a microservice approach. Experience with Linux is advantageous and will complement your expertise in building and managing complex, distributed applications Tech...
Server Support / LAN Administrator (SvW)
Purpose of the Job:Install, configure and upgrade servers and related hardware and software in a LAN, WAN and stand-alone environment to ensure optimal and efficient functioning. Support equipment in a operating system environment, from implementation through to...
Solutions Architect Specialist (Server Virtualisation) (Contract) (JHB Hybrid)
ENVIRONMENT:WORK on an exciting project in a 4-month Contract role as your technical expertise as a Solutions Architect Specialist with at least 4-5 years Server Virtualisation – preferably VMware – is sought by a dynamic Joburg-based Software Solutions Specialist....
Junior Infrastructure Solutions Architect
As the Jnr Infrastructure Solutions Architect, your role will entail providing infrastructure architecture related services to the business community. As a champion for innovation and change, you will provide technical guidance based on established patterns and...
Server Support / LAN Administrator (SvW) – Gauteng Johannesburg
Purpose of the Job:Install, configure and upgrade servers and related hardware and software in a LAN, WAN and stand-alone environment to ensure optimal and efficient functioning. Support equipment in a operating system environment, from implementation through to...
Solutions Architect Specialist (Server Virtualisation) (Contract) (JHB Hybrid) – Gauteng Bryanston
ENVIRONMENT:WORK on an exciting project in a 4-month Contract role as your technical expertise as a Solutions Architect Specialist with at least 4-5 years Server Virtualisation – preferably VMware – is sought by a dynamic Joburg-based Software Solutions Specialist....
Junior Infrastructure Solutions Architect – Remote Remote
As the Jnr Infrastructure Solutions Architect, your role will entail providing infrastructure architecture related services to the business community. As a champion for innovation and change, you will provide technical guidance based on established patterns and...
Junior Infrastructure Solutions Architect
Gather and compile technical requirements. Drafting and maintenance of solutions architecture diagrams. Logging of requests for architecture deployments and tracking of requests logged to ensure timeous delivery thereof. Functional testing of deployments to ensure...
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