Enterprise risk management processes still undervalued by execs
Business risks are increasing globally in volume and complexity - regardless of geography - but business leaders are not sufficiently investing in their organisation’s risk oversight despite the hazards posed to business models by not doing so. This is according to...
Microgrids step up to mitigate IT power issues
Gartner predicts that through 2027, Fortune 500 companies will shift $500 billion from energy operating expenditure (opex) to microgrids to mitigate chronic energy risks and AI demand. “We are seeing warning signals that electricity demand is outstripping supply due...
SA banks unlock growth in complex conditions
2022 tested the resilience of the South African economy, which began with momentum as the disruptive phase of the Covid-19 pandemic eased. After rallying in the third quarter, StatsSA reported that GDP declined by 1,3% in the fourth quarter, elevating recessionary...
Evolving usage and tight budgets hinder thin clients
Faced with an ongoing transition towards alternative devices and challenged budgets, global shipments of thin client devices declined 24% YoY in the fourth quarter of 2022, according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Client Device Tracker. Full year shipment...
Dogecoin doesn’t dodge the crypto bullet
Despite being criticised as risky and speculative investments - and often created as a joke - meme coins continue gaining traction fuelled by their growing online communities. Having said that, though, the original meme coin - Dogecoin - is still underperforming in...
New pledge to eradicate polio in Africa
In a bid to foster a healthy population, African leaders have come together to reiterate the need to actively direct resources and efforts to curb the spread of polio on the continent after their previous success was hampered by the Covid-19 outbreak. The African...
Africa comes under cyber attack
Kathy Gibson reports - Africa is experiencing three-times more than the global average when it comes to cyberattacks. "It is when rather than if organisations will be attacked," says Pankaj Bhula, regional director: Africa at Check Point. Over the last month, Angola,...
A future aircraft design, supercomputed
The picture featured here is not hypermodern art. Generated by NASA's high-performance computers, it shows a Transonic Truss Braced Wing (TTBW) aircraft concept being tested in a virtual wind tunnel, showing how its wings interact with the air around them. In this...
Learnership scams add to youth unemployment woes
Learnerships are South Africa's most powerful skills development mechanism, but they could be playing an even greater role in eradicating youth unemployment if it were not for some dishonest learners defrauding the system by enrolling for multiple learnerships at the...
South Africans have spent more than 24bn hours on Spotify
Yesterday (13 March) marked the fifth anniversary of Spotify going live in South Africa, providing the soundtrack to many people's lives, recording some major milestones, and helping thousands of artists and creators find an audience for their craft. To celebrate the...
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New MDS channel consultant for Kyocera
Marcell Otto, a 13-year IT industry veteran and specialist within the managed document solutions space, has been appointed as Kyocera Document Solutions South Africa's MDS channel consultant. He will work closely with channel partners to maintain and expand on...
The contact centre generation gap
Bruce von Maltitz, co-founder and joint-CEO of 1Stream, discusses the generation gap that is increasingly apparent in the business environment, and how contact centres can evolve to make the most of it. There is a growing repository of literature focussed on the...
Security transitions to all-digital solutions
If your goal is to have all-digital security in just five years, Eckart Zollner, head of business development at the Jasco Group, says there is a smart way to do it. There are a lot of analogue CCTV solutions out there - they account for over 60% of the current...
Jordan’s power utility runs on IBM Cloud
Jordan Electric Power Company (JEPCO) has selected IBM Cloud to transform and modernise its IT infrastructure. Founded in 1938, JEPCO is responsible for distributing and retailing electricity in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Its customer base accounts for...
Progress OpenEdge 11.7 available now
AIGS has announced the latest release of Progress OpenEdge - the application development platform that simplifies delivery of mission-critical business applications. The 11.7 release, available immediately, includes capabilities to ensure higher availability of...
Proactively defend your network
Cyber attacks occur with increasing speed and sophistication. Advanced persistent threats (APTs) that are tailored to infiltrate a network and target specific information are a reality, and are only going to become more pervasive. In today's world of the Internet of...
Empower employees for the digital age
As businesses continue to introduce new digital tools and services within their organisations, for the benefit of both customers as well as employees, they are faced with a host of new opportunities and challenges. Among the challenges is the need to effectively...
Play Minecraft to prevent robots taking your job
Technology has deeply embedded itself within the modern workplace, enabling companies of all sizes to use innovation to disrupt the market, tackle challenges, take up opportunities and create demand for their offerings. Moreover, newer technology trends such as...
FNB adds augmented reality
FNB has introduced augmented reality (AR) and FNB TV on the FNB banking app. The eBucks Partner locator on the FNB App uses AR technology to help customers find nearby eBucks retail partners, and FNB TV to help customers navigate banking easily with video clips that...
AccTech is Sage’s top-performing partner
Local business solutions provider and Sage Premier Business Partner AccTech Systems, has won the 'SADC Sage 300 Partner of the Year Award' at the Sage Business Partner Awards 2017 for Africa. The awards ceremony, held during the Sage Summit Tour in Johannesburg...
Intermediate Software Developer
Intermediate Software DeveloperJoin a cutting-edge, award winning tech company in Africa! R 400,000 - R 605,000 per annumAre you ready to accelerate your career in IT?J The largest monitoring specialist company in Africa, is looking for an Intermediate Software...
SOFTWARE ENGINEER (LEVEL-3) – Cape Town – Hybrid
Hire Resolve is searching for a talented Software Engineer (Level 3) to join their dynamic team in Cape Town. This position offers a hybrid work model, allowing for flexibility while maintaining collaboration with an innovative team. As a Level 3 Software Engineer,...
Application Support Technician – Remote Remote
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Donor-funded Lesotho Project Manager at Landell Mills – Remote Remote
Irrigated Horticulture Support Services Activity (Horticulture, Training, Gender, and Social Development (HTGSD) Consultant) The Market Driven Irrigation Horticulture (MDIH) Project, part of the MCC Lesotho II Compact, aims to increase rural incomes through commercial...
Technical Project Manager – Western Cape Brooklyn
We are looking for a highly technical Project Manager who knows their way around projects in offshore oil & gas. Is this you?You're technically qualified with experience in complex projects in the Marine Mining, Oil and Gas, Marine Infrastructure or Heavy...
Intermediate Software Developer – Remote Remote
Intermediate Software DeveloperJoin a cutting-edge, award winning tech company in Africa! R 400,000 - R 605,000 per annumAre you ready to accelerate your career in IT?J The largest monitoring specialist company in Africa, is looking for an Intermediate Software...
SOFTWARE ENGINEER (LEVEL-3) – Cape Town – Hybrid – Western Cape Cape Town
Hire Resolve is searching for a talented Software Engineer (Level 3) to join their dynamic team in Cape Town. This position offers a hybrid work model, allowing for flexibility while maintaining collaboration with an innovative team. As a Level 3 Software Engineer,...
Fullstack Developer
Join a leading engineering consulting firm at the forefront of innovation and sustainability. As a Full Stack Developer, you will have the opportunity to work on exciting projects, harness your skills in front-end and back-end technologies, and accelerate your career...
C++ Developer (Germany/Remote)
ENVIRONMENT:THE coding talents of a forward-thinking C++ Developer is sought by a global provider of leading Data Visualization Software. Applicants will require a solid theoretical background & a vivid interest in elegant algorithms, have to be fluent in German...
Intermediate IT Engineer (Crypto Engineer)
SUPER EXCITING OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN THE CRYPTO ENGINEERING ARENA.ROLE: Crypto EngineerLOCATION: Pinelands, Cape Town (office based)COMPANY: The company was established several years ago to meet the demand for affordable cryptography solutions accessible to all...
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