The top priorities for HR leaders in 2025
Leader and manager development remains the number one priority in 2025 for HR leaders for the third consecutive year, according to a new survey by Gartner. The continued focus on manager development comes as managers report feeling overwhelmed by their...
Mining industry embraces sustainability strategies
Mining companies are increasingly adopting sustainable strategies such as low-carbon smelting and advanced recycling programmes to reduce their environmental impact and boost efficiency – and these innovations optimise resource use and lower operational costs by...
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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Bytes Systems Integration recertified as Cisco Gold Partner
Bytes Systems Integration (SI) has been recertified as a Cisco Gold Partner in South Africa. Patrick Hastings, divisional MD at Bytes SI, says the recertification is particularly pleasing because it comes in after Cisco introduce several tough new criteria over the...
Google Shopping could shift SA e-commerce landscape
Google Shopping has delivered excellent results for global brands and with a South African launch immanent, Clicks2Customers Tich Savanhu and Andrew Smit, look at what local brands should be doing to ensure they are not left behind when the virtual doors open. What is...
Africa needs more software developers
Over the last year, all eyes have been on Africa's technology sector. And for a very good reason: infrastructure growth is booming, writes Brett Parker, MD of SAP Africa. Between 2010 and 2016, seven new undersea cables brought fast data connections to the continent,...
Fujitsu cloud IoT platform accelerates enterprise IoT
The Fujitsu Cloud Internet of Things (IoT) Platform is helping simplify and accelerate the design, delivery and management of high performance IoT-based solutions - and is now available in the Europe, Middle East, India and Africa region, as part of the Cloud Service...
How investigators used data to catch a ‘ghost’
A "ghost" wreaked havoc in South Africa's insurance industry for eight years by hitting different insurers with fraudulent claims worth over R2 million. Ghost was the codename used by the South African Insurance Crime Bureau (SAICB) in their investigation into this...
Preserving your standby generator investment
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T-Systems, BMW power ConnectedDrive locally
Recognising that today's premium car drivers expect to be connected to the outside world 24/7, BMW South Africa (BMW SA) and T-Systems SA have partnered to continue with the evolution of the popular BMW ConnectedDrive service. Since 2014, all BMW models have been...
Big data and the consumer engagement model
Jonathan Holden, group executive of operations, and Phumla Tshabalala, managing executive of contact centres at Innovation Group, discusses the implications of big data and the associated impact on the customer engagement model. Big data is an immense collection of...
Keep your business afloat in a tough economy
Smart importers could reduce their cost of goods by as much as 40%, thereby undercutting competition while growing their own profit margin. According to Renier Nell, a master tax practitioner and director of accounting and tax firm Innovative Accounting Solutions,...
Harness behavioural psychology to enhance user experience
Over the past several years, behavioural psychology has attracted a great deal of interest outside of academic circles, writes Jason Ried, founder and MD of Fuzzy Logic. With one of its main sub-fields, behavioural economics, now influencing the strategies of major...
Senior ServiceNow Developer
Job Summary: Our client is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior ServiceNow Developer to join their dynamic IT team. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of ServiceNow's platform, be proficient in developing custom applications, and have...
Full-Stack Developer
We are seeking a talented Senior Full-Stack Developer with expertise in C# .NET, BI Development, and CRM Dynamics 365 to join our dynamic team. As a Senior Full-Stack Developer, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining software applications...
Infrastructure/Cloud Engineer at Reverside
Job Title: Infrastructure/Cloud EngineerJob Summary:We are seeking a skilled and experienced Infrastructure/Cloud Engineer to join our dynamic IT [Email Address Removed] Infrastructure/Cloud Engineer will be responsible for a deep understanding of cloud computing...
Senior C# Developer Back-End – Gauteng Centurion
REQUIREMENTS: Relevant Degree or Diploma required or relevant real-world experienceMinimum 4 years relevant work experience is requiredExperience with MS Team Foundation Server (TFS) would be advantageousSolid experience writing back-end software using C++ and C#...
Senior ServiceNow Developer – Remote Remote
Job Summary: Our client is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior ServiceNow Developer to join their dynamic IT team. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of ServiceNow's platform, be proficient in developing custom applications, and have...
Full-Stack Developer – Gauteng Roodepoort
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Infrastructure/Cloud Engineer at Reverside – Remote Remote
Job Title: Infrastructure/Cloud EngineerJob Summary:We are seeking a skilled and experienced Infrastructure/Cloud Engineer to join our dynamic IT [Email Address Removed] Infrastructure/Cloud Engineer will be responsible for a deep understanding of cloud computing...
Senior Systems Administrator (CH1042)
Our client, in the Payments and Lending industry, has an opening for a Senior Systems Administrator. The Senior Systems Administrator will be responsible for the physical and virtual server environments.We are looking for an IT all-rounder with some exposure to most...
Technical Support Specialist
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Project Manager Agile SDLC
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