AI makes critical thinking a workforce priority

A new global study from the IBM for Business Value points to a disconnect between the skills chief human resource officers (CHROs) say AI requires and those employees prioritise. While 71% of CHROs identify the ability to supervise, validate and override AI outputs as...

Today’s data centre build-out dwarfs previous infrastructure investments

Kathy Gibson reports from Vertiv Week in Zagreb – Artificial intelligence (AI) is driving the biggest infrastructure build-out in human history – bigger than the railroads or the Industrial Revolution. “People assume AI is a bubble, but it is showing no signs of...

Negative sentiment drives call for data centre transparency

Kathy Gibson reports from Vertiv Week in Zagreb – With data centres experiencing massive growth around the globe, the industry needs to do a better job of telling people the benefits they offer humanity at large. Worldwide, uncertainty about possible risks posed by...

Growing energy demand will limit ambitious climate goals

The global economy is on the cusp of a major shift where most of future global energy demand growth will come from emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs). The new realities of meeting this demand alongside the need for energy security, resilience and...

Meerkat, UCT unravel the secrets of a giant radio galaxy

The discovery of a rare giant radio galaxy, “Inkathazo”, will help astronomers further understand the largest structures in the universe. Published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, the discovery by University of Cape Town (UCT) researchers and...

ITU and global organisations look to close the AI skills gap

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft, the East Africa Community and Cognizant are among more than 25 organisations from around the globe that will serve as founding contributors to the AI Skills Coalition - an initiative of the International Telecommunication Union...

Cybercriminals getting more creative with phishing attacks

More and more IT- and online services-related email subjects are being utilised as phishing strategies by cybercriminal, according to KnowBe4’s latest quarterly global phishing report. The results of the Q1 2023 report include the top email subjects clicked on in...

AI predictions may give time to prepare for solar storms

Like a tornado siren for life-threatening storms in America’s heartland, a new computer model that combines artificial intelligence (AI) and NASA satellite data could sound the alarm for dangerous space weather. The model uses AI to analyse spacecraft measurements of...

Smart packaging market will soar in the next decade

The role of packaging has evolved over time - from simply protecting and identifying a product, to driving sales via enticing graphics – and smart packaging is the latest iteration of this, utilising technology including sensors, indicators, and wireless communication...

Retailers need to look after existing customers

Salesforce’s Shopping Index data shows the first quarter of 2023 was a mixed bag for digital commerce with consumer loyalty shifting as prices rose and shoppers chose brands based on product pricing and the value of promotions rather than product availability and...

Smart homes in Europe and North America on upward curve

The number of smart homes in Europe and North America reached 120,5-million in 2022, according to new research from Berg Insight. North America is the leading market in terms of penetration and 39,2% of all households in the region had at least one smart home product...

Marketing contingency plans are more important than ever

Eighty-one percent of marketing leaders have established a contingency plan to respond to disruptions, but only 21% follow these plans as marketers weather the storm of continued economic and geopolitical uncertainty. This is according to a Gartner survey of nearly...

The state of Kubernetes security in 2023

Despite Kubernetes still being a relatively young technology, adoption rates have soared over the past several years as the container orchestration platform has become the cornerstone for many digital transformation initiatives. Even as organisations settle in with...

AI now driving the development of autonomous vehicles

Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are moving from virtual tests to early development phases worldwide in commercial spaces like ride-hail services, freight logistics, and mobile retail, says GlobalData, and both consumer and commercial vehicles are leveraging realtime data to...

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The journey from baker to developer

One person's journey from kneading dough to writing code, creating disruptive new products and services at a Cape Town based innovation firm, shows young people what's possible when it comes to crafting a career in technology. "Never give up." That's the advice...

Redstor rallies to fight ransomware

Ransomware attacks are becoming more prevalent and end users within small-to-medium business segment and education are particularly susceptible. It is for this reason that Redstor has embarked on an online campaign to raise awareness around the severity of this...

Avoidance a tool in fight against cyber-crime

Cyber-crime will become an increasingly common threat to South African companies and individuals, according to Grant Thornton. In the future, one alternative to offset potentially catastrophic consequences, although against conventional wisdom and hype, might be to...

Aspect Software opens up enterprise chatbot

Aspect Software is making its Aspect Mila personal assistant chatbot available on leading workforce collaboration and messaging platforms such as Slack, Microsoft Teams and Facebook Workplace. Announced last year, Mila provides contact centre and enterprise employees...

Sophos debuts phishing attack simulator

Sophos has launched Sophos Phish Threat, an advanced phishing attack simulator and training solution that is fully integrated with the company's cloud-based security management platform, Sophos Central. With centralised management and automated campaign analysis,...

NetApp celebrates SolidFire acquisition

One year ago today, NetApp closed its acquisition of SolidFire, fueling the advance of the next-generation data centre that is transforming IT for enterprises and services providers. NetApp SolidFire solutions deliver data center infrastructure that operates with the...

Being proactive to protect goods in transit

The transport and logistics sector faces a unique challenge when it comes to securing goods end-to-end throughout the transport process, writes Laurence Smith, executive at Graphic Image Technologies. While areas like warehouses are fairly straight forward to monitor,...

Closing the software development skills gap in SA

In CNN Money's 2017 job rankings, mobile app developers came out on top, beating in-vogue, emergent fields like data science, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence, as well as literally every other profession from other industries. And it's certainly not the...

2017: A year of discontent and disruption?

With the arrival of the 17th year of the third millennium, many welcome the fresh start a new year brings after a tough 2016, writes Aaron Burton, Datta Burton & Associates. It is also an opportunity to take stock of the previous year, learn from it, and use that...

Building cyber resilient businesses from the inside out

Juniper research has predicted that the rapid digitisation of consumers' lives and enterprise records will increase the cost of data breaches to $2,1-trillion globally by 2019, almost four times the estimated cost of global breaches in 2015. Some 4,2-billion people...

Senior BI Developer at Resourgenix – Gauteng Sandton

Job Title: Senior BI Developer Location: Johannesburg (Hybrid) About Us:Join our innovative team and transform data into impactful insights!Key Responsibilities: Transform Needs: Turn business requirements into technical specs.Build Solutions: Design and deploy...

Fullstack TypeScript/JavaScript Developer (LM) – Gauteng Pretoria

Development and maintenance of the BEDARFS KOSMOS application (predicts the long-term parts and vehicle volumes for every part used across the GROUP Group). Interaction with GROUP Munich and other external partners through workshops, meetings, calls and emails....

Junior IT Engineer

1-2 years experianceMust have valid driver license and own transport.Salary R7000 - R10 000 depending on experience.Company cellFuel allowance will be provided, and monthly maintenance will be added to package (R1000) for use of their own vehicle.First 3 months will...

Senior PHP Developer

Contract to perm opportunityFull time in office based in Sandton Job Summary: We are looking for a skilled PHP Developer with expertise in Laravel to join our innovative team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for developing and maintaining high-quality web...

Software Developer

12 month contract with possible conversion to permfull time in office based in Sandton Job Summary: We are seeking a talented Full Stack Developer with expertise in .NET Core and React to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have a passion for developing...

Junior IT Engineer – Remote Remote

1-2 years experianceMust have valid driver license and own transport.Salary R7000 - R10 000 depending on experience.Company cellFuel allowance will be provided, and monthly maintenance will be added to package (R1000) for use of their own vehicle.First 3 months will...

Senior PHP Developer – Gauteng Sandown

Contract to perm opportunityFull time in office based in Sandton Job Summary: We are looking for a skilled PHP Developer with expertise in Laravel to join our innovative team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for developing and maintaining high-quality web...

Software Developer – Gauteng Sandown

12 month contract with possible conversion to permfull time in office based in Sandton Job Summary: We are seeking a talented Full Stack Developer with expertise in .NET Core and React to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have a passion for developing...

General Project Manager at Innovative Staffing Solutions

Tasks Implement and evaluate processesIdentify quality control issues and suggest solutionsImplement strategies and coordinate different service/vetting and support departmentsContribute to budget and organizational plansOversee day-to-day operationsSet policies and...

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