AMD looking to power the next generation of GenAI
AMD has announced the latest accelerator and networking solutions that it says will power the next generation of AI infrastructure at scale: AMD Instinct MI325X accelerators; the AMD Pensando; Pollara 400 NIC; and the AMD Pensando Salina DPU. AMD Instinct MI325X...
SA auto market adapts to economic challenges
There was a 6% decline in new vehicle sales and a 6,1% drop in total vehicles financed in the second quarter of the year compared to the previous quarter, according to the latest Vehicle Pricing Index (VPI) from TransUnion. Despite this, the market is showing signs of...
Africa emerges from holiday season with low Covid toll
Africa is emerging from the New Year travel season without a significant upsurge in Covid-19 for the first time since the start of the pandemic. A total of 20 552 new cases were recorded in the first three weeks of January 2023, a 97% slump compared with the same...
ISPs call for easier access to licencing
South Africa's ICT sector could make a bigger contribution to GDP and BEE if the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) issued an "invitation to apply" (ITA) for individual electronic communications services (IECS) and individual electronic...
Young scientists aim to use data analytics to improve life
Using data analytics to help combat disease, create intelligent transport systems with self-driving vehicles and smart cities, and improve the quality of manufactured goods - these are just some of the research areas to be explored by the first cohort of Masters...
Scammers target the unemployed
The Department of Employment and Labour has noted with concern of yet another scam titled "youth employment program" that make unrealistic promises to the unemployed. The department does not have a youth employment programme but, with unemployment in South Africa at...
Electronic offender monitoring market booms
The number of offenders participating in Electronic Monitoring (EM) programmes in Europe, North America and Latin America amounted to about 50 000, 371 000 and 96 000 respectively during 2021. Berg Insight estimates that the number of daily users will grow to 77 000...
Access to emerging technologies will drive creativity, community, data privacy
Following several years of constant global instability, people are gaining greater access to emerging technologies -- including AI, web3, and tokenisation -- advancing the next generation of creativity, community and data privacy. In turn, businesses and leaders...
Digital fingerprinting deters identity attacks
Add AI to the list of defenses against identity attacks, one of the most common and hardest breach to prevent. More than 40% of all data compromises involved stolen credentials, according to the 2022 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report. And a whopping 80% of all...
Smartphone shipments suffer largest-ever decline
Worldwide smartphone shipments declined 18,3% year over year to 300.3 million units in the fourth quarter of 2022 (4Q22), according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. The drop marks the...
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Trend Micro signs up Obscure Technologies
Trend Micro South Africa has signed up Obscure Technologies as a distributor of its full suite of security products in the SADC region. Obscure Technologies is a specialised security distribution business, primarily focused on brand and channel development, says...
Emirates offers LinkedIn Learning courses on ice
Emirates has partnered with LinkedIn to provide select LinkedIn Learning courses on ice, its award-winning inflight entertainment (IFE) system. Emirates is the first international airline to make these courses available on board. The new offering on ice is available...
In store analytics: Key to Black Friday success?
Christmas is getting earlier and earlier every year and nothing symbolises the start of the Christmas shopping season better than Black Friday. While most of us are not that diligent, according to a recent survey, a growing number of consumers are beginning to start...
Oracle unveils services to simplify cloud adoption
Oracle has launched a new family of offerings designed to enable organizations to easily move to the cloud and remove some of the biggest obstacles to cloud adoption. These provide CIOs with new choices in where they deploy their enterprise software and a natural path...
Ericsson, Qualcomm in African Gigabit Class LTE first
Ericsson and Qualcomm Technologies are the first to successfully demonstrate over-the-air Gigabit Class LTE in Africa using licensed spectrum. To put that speed in perspective, Gigabit Class LTE means up to one billion bits of information delivered to a mobile device...
Khonology grooms future fintech leaders
Khonology is changing the lives of many young people in South Africa, it has developed an innovative platform that empowers graduates to enter the highly competitive fintech market and successfully land a job at a company. The Services SETA accredited Khono City...
Keep shopping malls and shoppers safe
With the annual holiday season fast approaching and shopping malls nationwide preparing for the usual end of year deluge, the safety and security of both tenants and consumers plays a critical part in the effective management of South Africa's retail environment....
Combating financial payment fraud using EFT
It is strange to think that one of the most used methods of transacting online - through a credit card - is actually not designed for the purpose. Security features such as the hologram, PIN and magnetic strip have all evolved over the course of 30 years to make...
The Carlyle Group Acquires CMC Networks
Global Alternative Asset Manager The Carlyle Group has announced that it has agreed to acquire a majority share of CMC Networks, a Pan-African provider of managed connectivity solutions for global telecoms providers. Investec Equity Partners, who was represented by...
GE wins project management award for Medupi
GE's Steam Power Systems has been awarded the Global Project Excellence Gold Award by the International Project Management Association (IPMA) for their work on South Africa's Medupi Power Plant. "Our team has been working with Eskom on the Medupi Power Plant since...
Senior Security Engineer – Western Cape Woodstock
As a Secure Application Specialist, you will work collaboratively with the entire Technology team, although this may extend to other teams and other other systems, to drive our internal information security program and cyber resilience goals. You'll help us scale our...
IT Desktop Support at Ntice Search
Job Opportunity: IT Desktop Support TechnicianLocation: Pinetown A position has arisen with a leader in packaging for an IT Desktop Support Technician. This role is crucial in managing IT desktop support tasks and ensuring efficient service delivery. If you are...
Cobol Developer
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ENVIRONMENT:A vibrant IT Support company in Cape Town is in search of an ambitious and proficient 2nd Line Systems Engineer to become a part of its team. The ideal candidate should have demonstrated experience as a 2nd Line Systems Engineer, emphasizing expertise in...
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The main purpose of your role as ERP and Systems Administrator is to offer IT related support to all employees. To control and co-ordinate the Information System's technical and support function by monitoring and maintaining the ERP systems in respect of breakdown and...
IT Desktop Support at Ntice Search – KwaZulu-Natal Durban
Job Opportunity: IT Desktop Support TechnicianLocation: Pinetown A position has arisen with a leader in packaging for an IT Desktop Support Technician. This role is crucial in managing IT desktop support tasks and ensuring efficient service delivery. If you are...
Cobol Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg
Leading bank requires the skills of an experienced Cobol developer6 month renewable contractCobol IMS experience essential Desired Skills: Cobol ims Learn more/Apply for this position
2nd Line Systems Engineer – Western Cape Cape Town
ENVIRONMENT:A vibrant IT Support company in Cape Town is in search of an ambitious and proficient 2nd Line Systems Engineer to become a part of its team. The ideal candidate should have demonstrated experience as a 2nd Line Systems Engineer, emphasizing expertise in...
ERP Specialist – Gauteng Houghton Estate
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