SA enterprises are embracing GenAI
Kathy Gibson reports – South Africa’s largest enterprises are well on the way on their generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) journeys. This is according to the South African Generative AI Roadmap for 2024 survey by World Wide Worx, commissioned by Dell...
Identity cyberattacks on the rise in MEA
There is a global identity crisis emerging as cybercriminals double down on exploiting user identities to compromise enterprises worldwide, according to IBM's latest 2024 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index, and the MEA (Middle East and Africa) region is no exception....
South Africans using digital payments big target for scammers
According to the Kaspersky Digital Payment survey, 35% of respondents from South Africa faced phishing scams when using online banking or mobile wallet services. Forty three percent have personally encountered fake websites, and 59% experienced scams (via texts or...
Big gaps found in workplace cybersecurity best practices
A significant 44% of employees haven’t gone through employer-arranged cybersecurity training, according to a survey commissioned by NordLocker. This is a worrying statistic because the same study reveals that 77% of professionals handle confidential data at work. The...
SAICA cautions taxpayers on SARS auto assessments
The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) has advised taxpayers issued with an auto assessment from the South African Revenue Service (SARS) to carefully examine it before treating it as correct. For the first time following the introduction of...
Inkjet MFPs on the rebound
Revenues from sales of inkjet multifunction printers (MFPs) through European distributors have surged in recent weeks, but not enough to result in year-on-year growth in printer sales for Q2 2022, according to market researcher Context. "Although revenues from almost...
Location key for workers on the go
Regus has interviewed more than 44 000 business people in over 100 countries and found that while working on the go is very normal, only a handful of limited activities can be carried out effectively anywhere. Specifically, half (49%) of respondents report that cafes...
European development banks invest in African infrastructure fund
Development finance institutions from the UK and the Netherlands - British International Investment (BII) and FMO - have announced a joint commitment of $116-million to African Infrastructure Investment Fund 4 (AIIF4) aimed at taking the fund to its $500-million...
Consumers pay up as data breach costs reach all-time high
Data breaches are costlier and higher-impact than ever before, with the global average cost of a data breach reaching an all-time high of $4,35-million. This is one of the findings of IBM Security’s annual Cost of a Data Breach Report. With breach costs increasing...
Microsoft, SITA open new innovation centre
Kathy Gibson reports – The State IT Agency (SITA) today launched the Microsoft SITA Ndivho Innovation Centre that, combined with an SMME development programme, aims to unlock efficiencies in service delivery and create opportunities for new services. Lucas Mogashoa,...
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ArchiMate modelling language freely available to SA firms
The third major revision to the ArchiMate Enterprise Architecture (EA) modelling language represents an enhanced way for technology professionals to visually depict EA strategy and transformation. The ArchiMate 3.0 Specification, an Open Group standard, was developed...
VMware reports second quarter results
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Why you should avoid misusing sick leave
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Interim statement from Datatec
Datatec has published an Interim Management Statement (IMS) covering the period from 1 March 2016 to 30 June 2016. The Group has had a sound trading start to the year, with improved gross margins, in a tough global macro environment marked by continuing volatility in...
9th BIT adds database DevOps to its armoury
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Fired up for change and ready to build business
Change is the only inevitable in business. Systems, processes, people and the market is a constantly evolving and any credible business must be flexible and agile enough to deal effectively with change. Executive leadership at people and enterprise focused ICT company...
Veeam reports record Q2 results
Veeam Software has announced a 38% year-over-year (YoY) growth in total bookings revenue for Q2 2016. Growth in quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) total bookings revenue was even higher, 40 percent, further indicating Veeam's 1H'2016 success in delivering availability...
Bytes People Solutions collaborates with Lithium Technologies
Bytes People Solutions recently announced its collaboration with Lithium Technologies to sell, implement and integrate Lithium Response for customer service environments. "We're extremely excited to welcome Lithium into our range of product offerings," says Dr...
Sophos delivers enhanced partner programme for MEA
Sophos has announced a new partner programme for resellers in the Middle East and Africa (MEA), to help channel partners achieve their growth objectives with competitive margins, dedicated marketing and sales support, deal registration protection, sales tools,...
Converged solutions can drive innovation
Businesses that move towards hyperconverged solutions are most likely to close the skills gap, release big data and drive innovation, according to a research report by VCE, the converged platforms division of EMC. In addition, says Mr Barry Cashman, EMEA...
Senior Oracle Cloud Database Engineer (LW2509) – Gauteng Midrand
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BI Business Analyst (JHB)
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