These are the key automotive trends for 2025
Gartner has highlighted several trends set to shape the automotive sector in 2025, as the industry faces regulatory pressure on emissions and intense growth from China. “Software and electrification will remain the two main drivers of the automotive sector’s...
Experts warn of risks around Trump’s meme coin frenzy
Donald Trump launched the $TRUMP meme coin this weekend, and its skyrocketed by over 300% in less than 24 hours. As of Sunday morning, $TRUMP hit a market cap of $5,81-billion, marking the former president’s bold foray into digital assets and merchandise sales ahead...
Fraud still a big problem for banking customers
Although banks appear to be making greater efforts to resolve some types of consumer disputes internally, banking fraud related to current accounts and Internet banking remains high on the list of complaints to the Ombud for Banking Services South Africa (OBS). Two...
The challenges facing generative AI
Implementing generative AI comes with a multitude of challenges for enterprises including identifying suitable use cases, vendor selection, and addressing ethical considerations. Concerns regarding privacy, content generation, copyright infringement, and data leakage...
IaaS revenue tumbles but outlook is positive
Infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) revenue growth dropped 9% between Q4 2022 and the first quarter of 2023, but is likely to bounce back later this year as cyclical trends return and organisations work through their cloud challenges. This is the view of market...
AppSec teams struggling to keep up with vulnerabilities
Application security (AppSec) teams are stuck in a catch-up cycle, unable to keep up with the increasingly rapid, agile development pace - and playing security defence via an endless and unproductive vulnerability chase. This is one of the key findings from a new...
Air transport industry looks to digitalise as baggage mishandling nearly doubles
Airlines and airports are facing a surge in baggage mishandling rates amidst the growing number of passengers, with the number of mishandled bags almost doubling from 2021 to 2022 to 7,6 bags per thousand passengers. This is according to SITA's 2023 Baggage IT...
IT industry wakes up to ESG
Kathy Gibson reports - What is your carbon footprint? In a world where climate change and decarbonisation is a big issue, this is an important question for everyone to ask themselves, says Adam Simon, global MD and chief financial officer of Context. "Most people...
Salaries lag private pension payments
The average salary in South Africa has weakened amid the underperforming economy, high unemployment rate, soaring inflation and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to BankservAfrica's Five-year Review of Take-home Pay and Private Pensions in South Africa...
Humanity should be a top priority for business leaders
The Covid-19 pandemic triggered a seismic shift in the way we work - it shone a spotlight on employee's challenges and springboarded platforms for them to voice their unhappiness. Today, people culture can no longer be put on the backburner, especially with the rise...
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EOH Cloudera offers Apache Hadoop training
With a wave of big data hitting South Africa, companies are fast realising the enormous benefits of using big data to address ever growing business challenges. Built on Apache Hadoop and the latest open source technologies, Cloudera Enterprise can help solve the...
Kaspersky Lab extends Bug Bounty Program
Kaspersky Lab has announced the extension of its Bug Bounty Program, which encourages qualified individuals and organisations to submit reports on vulnerabilities and bugs found in its products. Initially launched in August 2016, in partnership with leading bug bounty...
PPPs best for delivering healthcare in Africa
Increased spending on healthcare in the public and private sectors across the African continent has resulted in improved health indicators and life expectancies. "But the progress of this improvement is extremely slow and not commensurate with the increase in...
RDB Consulting achieves ISO 20000 certification
Database outsourcing consulting specialist RDB Consulting has been accredited with the prestigious ISO/IEC 20 000 IT service management certification, an acknowledgement of its outstanding commitment to service excellence, standards and global best practices. The...
Rectron to distribute Acronis in SA
Rectron has been appointed as an official partner to Acronis in South Africa. Acronis produces backup, disaster recovery and secure file sync and share solutions, of which Rectron will distribute its cloud backup solution for business. "This is a particularly exciting...
Toshiba broadens security portfolio
Toshiba South Africa has announced Toshiba Mobile Zero Client (TMZC), the first mobile zero client solution based on standard laptops that enables companies to perform all IT-based tasks with all data stored away from a set device, offering IT teams unrivalled levels...
Citrix increases footprint in Africa, strengthens in SA
Citrix is increasing its footprint in Africa through an expansion in distribution operations, and that its channel in East and West Africa will now be managed and supported by Citrix South Africa. A key part of this initiative is the appointment of Drive Control...
Time to move to a “product paradigm”?
It is time for software development to move from its long-standing "project paradigm" to something much closer to how business actually works. In the process, the venerable project management office will morph into something quite different. By Jaco Viljoen, Agile...
Software AG extends IoT with Cumulosity
Software AG recently acquired Cumulocity, which will bolster the Internet of Things (IoT) capability of the company, unlocking more potential for many of their clients globally. "With this acquisition we will be able to embed award-winning IoT solutions into our...
SA’s credit card fraud regulations among the best
Credit card fraud is still rife in South Africa, but merchants and customers using credit cards still have some comfort in the knowledge that their transactions are protected by the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). The key tenets of PCI DSS is...
IT Security Architect – Gauteng Pretoria
Gijima Staffing Solutions is responding to a tender: We are seeking an IT Security Architect is responsible for designing and implementing robust security architecture frameworks that protect the organization's IT systems and data from potential threats. This role...
Software Developer TT
Role:Design and develop robust, testable, and maintainable software solutions. Document software, in particular business rules and key technical decisions. Research and make suggestions on how to improve our existing systems. Analyse, diagnose and resolve software...
IT Engineer – Kathu
The company is looking to hire professionals, that is passionate to resolve IT related problems, as well as creating an enhanced customer experience for the company's clients. The candidate must have project management skills as well as time management skills in order...
Integration developer
INTERMEDIATE INTEGRATION DEVELOPER This position involves leading projects focused on the transfer and integration of large volumes of data across various enterprise systems, ensuring efficient andreliable data flow. Key Responsibilities:Design and implement...
Data Analyst – Client experience
Automate the calculation and reporting of consolidated Customer Experience performanceCollect, automate, analyse and continuously provide client experience measurement feedbackAnalysing client experience measurements and behavioural dataQuantitative and qualitative...
Software Developer TT – Gauteng Pretoria
Role:Design and develop robust, testable, and maintainable software solutions. Document software, in particular business rules and key technical decisions. Research and make suggestions on how to improve our existing systems. Analyse, diagnose and resolve software...
IT Engineer – Kathu – North West Rustenburg
The company is looking to hire professionals, that is passionate to resolve IT related problems, as well as creating an enhanced customer experience for the company's clients. The candidate must have project management skills as well as time management skills in order...
Integration developer – Eastern Cape Port Elizabeth
INTERMEDIATE INTEGRATION DEVELOPER This position involves leading projects focused on the transfer and integration of large volumes of data across various enterprise systems, ensuring efficient andreliable data flow. Key Responsibilities:Design and implement...
Data Analyst – Client experience – Western Cape Cape Town
Automate the calculation and reporting of consolidated Customer Experience performanceCollect, automate, analyse and continuously provide client experience measurement feedbackAnalysing client experience measurements and behavioural dataQuantitative and qualitative...
.NET Backend Developer
Job Title: .NET Backend DeveloperLocation: JohannesburgContract type: ContractHybrid Our client is looking for a .NET Backend Developer to join our client. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with .NET technologies, a passion for building scalable and...
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