South Africans under increasing attack by fraudsters

A massive 68% of South Africans have been targeted by email, online, phone call or text messaging fraud in the last three months, with 13% saying they had become victims. Among those who said they were targeted, the most common reported schemes were phishing, where...

Solar Orbiter gets world-first views of the Sun’s poles

Thanks to its newly tilted orbit around the Sun, the European Space Agency-led Solar Orbiter spacecraft is the first to image the Sun’s poles from outside the ecliptic plane. Solar Orbiter’s unique viewing angle will change our understanding of the Sun’s magnetic...

Joburg is still Africa’s top data centre location

Johannesburg officially confirmed its position as Africa’s digital infrastructure powerhouse. The new Cushman & Wakefield 2025 Global Data Centre Market Comparison ranks Johannesburg as the continent’s leading data centre market and places it in the top 10...

IBM unveils scalable, fault-tolerant quantum roadmap

IBM is on track to deliver scalable quantum computing by the end of this decade. Scientists from the IBM Quantum Data Center in Poughkeepsie, New York, believe they have cracked the science for quantum error correction and will be able to build the world’s first...

Intel Arc A580 graphics available worldwide

Intel Arc A580 desktop graphics is immediately available worldwide from partners. The new product fills the middle of the Intel Arc discrete graphics product stack for gamers and creators, delivering advanced gaming performance at 1080p high settings on popular modern...

Another decline for worldwide PC shipments

Worldwide PC shipments totaled 64,3-million units in the third quarter of 2023, a 9% decrease from the third quarter of 2022, according to preliminary results by Gartner. While the third quarter's results mark the eighth consecutive quarter of decline for the global...

SaaS, virtual set to dominate network security market

Demand for software-as-a-service (SaaS)- and virtual-based network security is anticipated to represent 51% of the $33-billion total network security market revenue in 2026, according to a Dell'Oro report. “Since the arrival of the first network security appliances in...

Limited IP resources leave smaller ISPs vulnerable

Over the last few years, Internet service providers (ISPs) have invested heavily in ramping up and fortifying their security infrastructures. Despite the sophisticated security infrastructure that ISPs have put in place, the sheer number of attacks has left smaller...

New MD for Westcon-Comstor Africa

Westcon-Comstor Sub-Saharan Africa has announced the appointment of Vincent Entonu as MD for its Africa region. Effective 1 March 2022, Entonu will be tasked with daily oversight of the global distributor's African region while providing executive management local...

Dark matter study proposes how to measure what we cannot see

Pictures of the Milky Way show billions of stars arranged in a spiral pattern radiating out from the centre, with illuminated gas in between. But our eyes can only glimpse the surface of what holds our galaxy together. About 95% of the mass of our galaxy is invisible...

Remote work creates a gap in security practices

As the threat landscape evolves and cyber-attacks become increasingly more sophisticated, many organisations have surprisingly not implemented security solutions that ensure best-in-class connectivity and security for remote employees. This is among the findings from...

Regional ICT spending set to hit $229bn

Overall spending on information and communications technology (ICT) across the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa (META) will top $229-billion this year, an increase of 2,7% over 2021 as the market continues to rebound from the turbulence of the last two years....

Supply chain frontline workers settle on hybrid working

A massive 61% of supply chain leaders believe that the acceleration of remote work due to the pandemic will create a permanent hybrid work model, even at the frontline, according to Gartner. The annual Gartner Future of Supply Chain survey of 983 supply chain leaders...

Oracle invests R15m in African startups

Oracle has announced support of over R15-million for tech startups in Africa to help accelerate their digital initiatives with the latest cloud technologies and business resources. Led by Oracle for Startups, the multinational cloud computing company will provide...

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How to unlearn the traditional workplace

The notion of what defines a workplace is evolving with the new millennium, writes Brendan McAravey, country manager of Citrix South Africa. For example, on any given day, a company can have less than 50% office utilisation, as employees may be offsite attending a...

Anti-corruption measures welcomed

It is expected that 2016 will see a change in the way government spends public money – particularly wasteful expenditure as a result of fraud, corruption and mismanagement. Aligned with government’s goal of saving R25 billion per year by 2018/2019, one of the most...

Sentiment analysis empowers the public service

What is government doing to tap into the wealth of data generated through social media channels? It is time for a mind-set change, embracing predictive analytics and big data, to bolster proactive governance and service provision, writes Kroshlen Moodley head of...

Rwanda pushes forward for cashless society

The Government of Rwanda has announced a collaboration with MasterCard to fast-track the country’s move to include 90% of its citizens in the financial mainstream, as set out in its Vision 2020 strategy. In a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signed by the CEO,...

When it comes to negligence, ignorance is no defence

Legislation is drafted to address the problems faced in society at a particular time, writes Rhys Evans, director of ALCO-Safe.As time passes and the nature of the problem changes, so too must the legislation adapt to keep up with this change. It is for this reason...

Why network segmentation reduces risk

Organisations need to move back to the days of segmented networks, with the addition of advanced ASIC powered internal segmentation firewalls, to gain full visibility of network traffic and combat growing threats inside their networks, says John Ward, systems...

Vodacom Business helps companies ride the digital wave

South African businesses can adopt a fully digital mind-set to their enterprise mobility with Vodacom Business’s inclusive ICT offering for managed enterprise digital transformation. Growing competitiveness for the customer and pressure on businesses’ running costs...

Aspect adds workforce chatbot

Aspect Software has announced Aspect Mila, a new interactive assistant that redefines how contact centre supervisors and agents interact with workforce applications and each other. Aspect Mila is an integration of Aspect® CXP and Aspect natural language understanding...

Avaya, Reflex bring hybrid cloud to SMBs

Avaya has announced a strategic alliance with Reflex Solutions, one of three certified Avaya Experts in South Africa, to deliver the advanced capabilities needed for digital business to midmarket companies in South Africa. The agreement will see Reflex provide unified...

Stakeholder risk must become a board issue

Corporate South Africa has gradually been coming to terms with the concept of stakeholder-inclusive governance, as introduced by King III. King IV (now in draft form) looks set to continue this model. Stakeholder inclusivity offers a good model for ensuring corporate...

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A leading company within the Interior Design and Construction sector has an opportunity available for a Workspace/ FitoutProject Manager, based in Cape Town.Duties and Responsibilities:Manage the fitouts of commercial spaces from start to finishCoordinate internal...

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Company in Pretoria looking to fill this urgent role.Contract HybridESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:JAVA EE / JAVA (Java 17)Spring BootRESTful servicesAWSAngularJsSQL (Postgres)ADVANTAGEOUS SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:ATC (Atlassian) tools knowledge and experience (Confluence,...

BI Tester – Western Cape Cape Town

We are seeking a detail-oriented and experienced BI Tester to join our dynamic team. The successful candidate will play a critical role in ensuring the accuracy and reliability of our Business Intelligence (BI) solutions through comprehensive testing processes. What...

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