Look out for these trends in 2025
2025 is set to be a transformative year for businesses in South Africa with industries navigating new challenges and opportunities driven by global trends, technological advancements, and market dynamics. From shifts in how people work, to tariffs, and emerging risks,...
AI key in fighting new cyberthreats
During 2024, the world saw cyberthreats evolve faster than before primarily due to the rise in the number of and popularity of AI tools. These tools assist cybercriminals in refining and making attack tactics more sophisticated and more difficult to recognise, while...
The costly reality of an increasing cybersecurity skills gap
An estimated 3,4-million professionals are needed to fill the global cybersecurity workforce gap, according to Fortinet's 2023 Global Cybersecurity Skills Gap Report, which adds that the number of organisations experiencing five or more breaches jumped by 53% from...
Ransomware: paying the price … twice
Ransomware attackers extorted $456,8-million from victims in 2022 - 40% down from $765,6-million in the previous year but, before glasses are clinked in celebration, there are some significant caveats to consider. The recent hack of Euler Finance where $135-million in...
Closing the gender gap in the STEM-ICT arena
The gender gap in the science, technology, engineering, maths and ICT (STEM-ICT) field appears to be closing in South Africa, with more girls than boys participating in the Institute of IT Professionals SA (IITPSA )schools Talent Search for the second consecutive...
Calls for AI training to pause
Non-profit organisation Future of Life Institute has issued an open letter calling for a six-month moratorium on artificial intelligence (AI) training. Well over 1 200 people have already added their signatures to the letter, including Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon...
NASA missions study extremely rare gamma-ray burst
On Sunday 9 October 2022, a pulse of intense radiation swept through the solar system so exceptional that astronomers quickly dubbed it the BOAT – the brightest of all time. The source was a gamma-ray burst (GRB), the most powerful class of explosions in the universe....
New threat actors target banks, government
Kathy Gibson reports - Cyberthreats hit South Africa with a bang in January, and have been tailing off for the balance of the first quarter. Carlo Bolzonello, threat intelligence specialist and country lead South Africa at Trellix, points out that government is the...
Slight upswing for salaries in February
Take-home pay tracked in the BankservAfrica Take-home Index (BTPI) showed a slight recovery in February 2023. The latest data on the number of salaries paid during the month also suggests the local job market is stabilising. "The average nominal take-home pay rose to...
New wave of online shoppers offers huge potential
A new generation of over 1-billion digital native consumers are emerging in eight fast-growing countries in the next decade creating new areas of growth for companies, according to a new global commerce study by Accenture. Living in Bangladesh, Egypt, Ethiopia, India,...
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Infotech announces Urbanise acquisition
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Dell EMC launch integrated partner programme
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New horizons for EES
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Lexmark wins 2017 Colour Printer/MFP award
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Sophos positioned in Leaders’ Quadrant
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Obsidian partners on SDN, microservices, containers
Obsidian Systems, in association with industry partners the Docker Inc, Microsoft Azure, Atlassian, SUSE and HPE will together host a technology-focused network and information session in Cape Town on 21 February and Johannesburg on 23 February. Riedwaan Bassadien...
Banks must evolve to meet consumers’ needs
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Claims process transformation underpins insurance
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SD-WAN takes on the cloud
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Senior Software Developer (C++, Delphi) (CH1012)
Our client in the financial services industry is looking for a Senior Software DeveloperThe Senior Developer will part of an inhouse development team that produce software solutions. The developer work together with a team of business analysts and other developers to...
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DATA ANALYST
JOB TITLE - DATA ANALYSTJob Advert Summary: Guided by Senior Data Analyst/Data Scientist, this role will be responsible for sourcing and transforming a wide range of data across the business into formats that can be used by end users to develop differentiating...
Software Quality Engineer
We are looking for both intermediate and Senior Software Quality Engineers to join our Johannesburg based team. The role requires strong Automation Testing experience, as well as Manual experience. You'll use the automation framework and pre-defined test tools to...
Lead Business Analyst at QES
Hiring : Lead Business Analyst Retail/Supply chain / Lead BA / contract / Cape Town / Fully onsite My client based in Cape Town is currently sourcing for a Lead BA to join their team on an independent contract basisWe are seeking a proficient and experienced Business...
Senior Software Developer (C++, Delphi) (CH1012) – Gauteng Arcadia
Our client in the financial services industry is looking for a Senior Software DeveloperThe Senior Developer will part of an inhouse development team that produce software solutions. The developer work together with a team of business analysts and other developers to...
Senior Cloud Networking Engineer (CH1040) – Western Cape Stellenbosch
Our client in the banking industry is looking for a Senior Cloud Networking Engineer to join their team at their head office in Stellenbosch.The successful candidate will join the Technology Platforms department which oversees all infrastructure and systems within AWS...
DATA ANALYST – Gauteng Sandton
JOB TITLE - DATA ANALYSTJob Advert Summary: Guided by Senior Data Analyst/Data Scientist, this role will be responsible for sourcing and transforming a wide range of data across the business into formats that can be used by end users to develop differentiating...
Software Quality Engineer – Gauteng Johannesburg
We are looking for both intermediate and Senior Software Quality Engineers to join our Johannesburg based team. The role requires strong Automation Testing experience, as well as Manual experience. You'll use the automation framework and pre-defined test tools to...
Lead Business Analyst at QES – Western Cape Woodstock
Hiring : Lead Business Analyst Retail/Supply chain / Lead BA / contract / Cape Town / Fully onsite My client based in Cape Town is currently sourcing for a Lead BA to join their team on an independent contract basisWe are seeking a proficient and experienced Business...
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