WEF charts a path to equitable AI
The World Economic Forum has released a new report outlining how AI can drive inclusive economic growth and societal progress. While AI has the power to reshape economies and societies, ensuring that its benefits are shared equitably remains a major challenge...
Global IT spend set for 9,8% growth in 2025
Worldwide IT spending is expected to total $5,61-trillion in 2025, an increase of 9,8% from 2024, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. “While budgets for CIOs are increasing, a significant portion will merely offset price increases within their recurrent...
Intel launches Agilex 7 FPGAs with R-Tile
Intel's Programmable Solutions Group today announced that the Intel Agilex 7 with the R-Tile chiplet is shipping production-qualified devices in volume - bringing customers the first FPGA with PCIe 5.0 and CXL capabilities and the only FPGA with hard intellectual...
Shaping the technologies of the future
A new method of controlling the shape of tiny particles about one-tenth of the width of human hair could make the technology that powers our daily lives more stable and more efficient, scientists claim. The process, which transforms the structure of microscopic...
South African consumers still resilient
Food is the biggest monthly expense for most of South Africa's taxi commuters. Despite high levels of unemployment - many are still able to make ends meet, either through a side hustle, a SASSA grant, or through family support. These are some of the recent insights...
Responsible regulation of generative AI needed
In a significant move towards shaping the future of artificial intelligence (AI), the US legislature recently held a ground-breaking presentation on regulating responsible AI. By De Wet Bisschoff, director of operations and sales at Accenture in Africa The session...
ChatGPT risks legal and compliance leaders must evaluate
Legal and compliance leaders should address their organisation's exposure to six specific ChatGPT risks, and what guardrails to establish to ensure responsible enterprise use of generative AI tools, according to Gartner. "The output generated by ChatGPT and other...
Borderless work model challenges employers
National lockdowns forced employers to invest in technologies that would allow their house-bound staff to continue working during the pandemic. "Post Covid, these advances have seen the emergence of new concepts in workforce management, from work-from-home to hybrid...
Western Europe hardcopy shipments decrease
Western European shipments of hardcopy peripherals declined 4,3% year over year to 4,1-million units in 1Q23, according to research by International Data corporation (IDC). There was improvement in product availability, enabling back-order fulfilment, but in some...
False declines carry big risks
Friction at checkout remains a major challenge for businesses, many of which are doing everything they can to reduce cart abandonment and ensure a great customer experience. At the same time, banks face their own challenges as they are the last defence for both...
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VMware reports Q1 results
VMware has announced financial results for fiscal 2018 first quarter. Revenue for the first quarter was $1,74-billion, an increase of 9% from the first quarter of 2016. License revenue for the first quarter was $610million, an increase of 7% from the first quarter of...
ICON comic and games convention coming soon
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Xperien launches hard drive shredder truck
Xperien has launched the first mobile hard drive shredder plant in Africa. It is a fully equipped PoPI compliant truck that provides on-site degaussing and destruction facilities. The company recognised the demand for versatile data destruction and has introduced a...
Fibre the best thing for suburbs since the lightbulb, says Otel
High-speed fibre optic broadband access is the most promising suburban development since electricity. "Fibre's the best thing since lightbulbs began lighting up homes," says Rad Jankovic, CEO of independent telecommunications provider, Otel. Companies like Otel are...
Leadhome simplifies real estate
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Internet infrastructure security guidelines for Africa
The Internet Society and the African Union Commission unveiled a new set of Internet Infrastructure Security Guidelines for Africa during the African Internet Summit this week. The guidelines will help Africa create a more secure Internet infrastructure and are set to...
Algorithms at work in the contact centre
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SWARM supports Starbucks Rewards launch in SA
Cape Town-based SWARM Loyalty, a specialist developer of mobile loyalty and customer marketing applications, has helped Starbucks South Africa deliver its much-anticipated loyalty programme, Starbucks Rewards. SWARM Loyalty is a company within Dynamic Technologies....
Dell’s Inspiron for AIO and gaming
Dell has launched two new all-in-ones (AIO) and a new gaming desktop to round out its popular Inspiron PC product line. The new line-up includes the Inspiron 27 7000 All-in-One (AIO), the Inspiron 24 5000 All-in-One (AIO) and the new Inspiron Gaming Desktop -- the...
Fujitsu launches Esprimo K557 all-in-one
Fujitsu has launched the Esprimo K557, a versatile all-in-one desktop PC - with a streamlined design that looks at home in even the most visible locations such as shared office spaces, reception desks and classrooms. The newest model introduces a clean, clutter-free...
IT DevOps Engineer
Fully remote position or in office if preferred. 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,...
Senior System Engineer
Purpose To advance the maturity of the SKA Mid Dish through assembling, integrating and verifying the SKA Mid Dish systems and products while applying systems engineering leadership and recognised engineering competence and skills across multiple domains, teams and on...
Software Engineer (C/C++ or Golang) (Stellenbosch Hybrid) – Western Cape Stellenbosch
ENVIRONMENT:A leading provider of cutting-edge Telecommunications Solutions seeks the coding talents of a Software Engineer, who is keen to become part of its Fibre Front End (FFE) team and would like to grow, contribute and excel in all aspects of its Fibre Front End...
IT DevOps Engineer – Western Cape Cape Town CBD
Fully remote position or in office if preferred. 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,...
Senior System Engineer – Western Cape Cape Town CBD
Purpose To advance the maturity of the SKA Mid Dish through assembling, integrating and verifying the SKA Mid Dish systems and products while applying systems engineering leadership and recognised engineering competence and skills across multiple domains, teams and on...
Systems Engineer (Stellenbosch Hybrid)
ENVIRONMENT:JOIN a leading provider of cutting-edge Telecommunications Solutions as their next Systems Engineer. Your core duties will span several areas and responsibilities, including pre-sales project preparation, solution design, system integration and testing,...
QA Test Analyst
Role:Conduct testing of new and existing software before it goes into production.You will plan, design, and build sophisticated automated text fixtures and systems for the client's products and programmes.You will work on the automation quality assurance efforts for...
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ENVIRONMENT:DESIGN, develop & implement cutting-edge software solutions as your coding talents as a Junior Software Engineer is sought by a fast-growing FinTech company in Joburg to join its team. Your duties will range from the development of entirely new...
Systems Engineer (Stellenbosch Hybrid) – Western Cape Stellenbosch
ENVIRONMENT:JOIN a leading provider of cutting-edge Telecommunications Solutions as their next Systems Engineer. Your core duties will span several areas and responsibilities, including pre-sales project preparation, solution design, system integration and testing,...
QA Test Analyst – Gauteng Pretoria
Role:Conduct testing of new and existing software before it goes into production.You will plan, design, and build sophisticated automated text fixtures and systems for the client's products and programmes.You will work on the automation quality assurance efforts for...
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