A 24-hour snapshot of Black Friday shopping trends
Black Friday 2024 delivered a day of exciting deals and shopping activity, performing well above a typical shopping day and marginally higher than the levels in 2023, according to early insights from BankservAfrica. Tracking the 24-hour results, BankservAfrica...
Syspro extends global footprint with UK acquisition
Syspro has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire long-standing partner, NexSys, a specialist provider of digital manufacturing and distribution software in the UK, and part of Alternative Investment Market (AIM) listed K3 Business Technology Group. The...
So who’s going to recycle solar panels in 30 years’ time?
With more than R2,2-billion worth of solar panels imported into South Africa during the first half of 2022, and the pace of imports set to increase dramatically as the country's energy crisis mounts, the overlooked problem of recycling these panels could result in an...
The challenges facing women in the tech industry
A new global survey to coincide with International Women's Day reveals that parity for women in technology-related positions and industries is still a way off, and suggests that Covid-19, along with a skills shortage, has had a major role to play in blocking women's...
Cybercrime tops supply issues, inflation as 2023’s biggest business risk
Cybercrime has for years been one of the biggest risks to organisations, compromising sensitive data and causing brutal financial losses and - despite other headwinds and challenges the business sector faces in 2023 - it still remains the number one threat to...
Power, security bring new opportunities for Mustek
Alternative energy is a big opportunity for IT distributor Mustek, which today announced its interim results for the half-year ended 31 December 2022. Hein Engelbrecht, CEO of the Mustek group, says the green energy opportunity is already contributing about 10% to the...
Misconception on data protection responsibility can increase vulnerability
The latest Arcserve annual global study has found that 43% of IT decision-makers (ITDMs) falsely believe that cloud providers are responsible for protecting and recovering data in the public cloud. This misconception of data protection responsibility, the company...
SA credit card spend bounces back post-Covid
Aimed at identifying and understanding shifts in consumer spending behaviour during and after the Covid-19 pandemic, Visa and Discovery Bank have released their collaborative Spendtrend23 report, which reveals that South Africans' spending via credit card has bounced...
Raising awareness about stalkerware
In commemorating International Women's Day in 2023, societies around the world reflect on the local, national, and global gender issues relevant to their work and contexts. It is an opportunity to raise awareness about issues that disproportionately affect women, and...
Google empowers women in Africa
Google celebrated International Women's Day yesterday (8 March) by announcing three new initiatives aimed at empowering women entrepreneurs in Africa and providing them with the resources they need to succeed. The initiatives include the Google for Startups...
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SA’s Hyperli launches new online deal marketplace
Hot on the heels of Groupon's exit from the South African market, newly-formed Hyperli has launched a newly-curated online marketplace focused on delivering relevant deals to South African consumers. Collective online buying has been part of the South African psyche...
Shamoon rebooted?
It seems that the Shamoom cyber-attacks have returned, according to this blog post co-written by Raj Samani, chief technology officer: EMEA at Intel Security, and Christiaan Beek. We have recently received notifications and samples from impacted organisations in the...
Vodacom debuts uncapped Fibre-To-The-Home plans
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Enhancing productivity, transparency in IT support
For local enterprises of all sizes, employee productivity and staff motivation are two of the biggest stumbling blocks on the path to growth and sustainability. Within the IT support environment, in particular, businesses often suffer from a lack of transparency, and...
Filmmaker Gareth Pon punts WD’s My Cloud EX4100
An independent South African filmmaker, photographer and creative consultant, Gareth Pon is best known as Africa's Top Instagrammer. Having spent the last few years investigating the potential of mobile photography while growing his worldwide network of friends and...
Xero predicts AI will transform accounting
Technological innovation is transforming the accounting profession, with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning set to have a big impact over the next few years. Cloud-based accounting software Xero was one of the first platforms to see the potential that...
Decision Inc delivers value, ROI for food retailer
Decision Inc has implemented SAP BPC at one of Africa's biggest food retailers, assisting more than 500 users across HR planning, financial planning and financial consolidation. The solution has seen a reduction in budgeting and planning down from months to days. The...
F5 Networks a 10-time leader in Application Delivery Controllers
F5 Networks has again been positioned by Gartner in the Leaders quadrant of its Magic Quadrant for Application Delivery Controllers (ADCs), published August 29, 2016. "We would like to congratulate F5 on celebrating a decade in the Leaders quadrant, providing our...
All the winners of the African Entrepreneurship Award
BMCE Bank of Africa has announced the winners of the second edition of the African Entrepreneurship Award, which allocates $1-million each year. The award ceremony, chaired by President Othman Benjelloun, was held on 5 December to compensate the most significant and...
The City of Tshwane wins award for TshWi-Fi TV
The City of Tshwane's mission to be the most connected city on the African continent continues to garner international acclaim! This time the City's TshWi-Fi TV project is a winner in the FIRE Africa Awards 2016, presented last night - 6 December 2016 - in...
Business Analyst at QES – Western Cape Bellville
My client based in Cape Town (North) is currently looking for a Technical Business Analyst to join them on an independent contract basis Cape Town Nort / Hybrid / 12 month Contract A Senior Technical Business Analyst is responsible for bridging the gap between...
Software Support Engineer – Digital Mining Tecnology
Job purpose: Product Support Engineer / software support to provide technical services and product support to customers using products in the Digital Mine portfolio.Required Skills-Experience with Linux administration, Microsoft Server, IIS and SQL Server-Coding...
Retail Solutions Architect
12-Month ContractHybrid working in Dublin, Ireland We are looking for a Blue Yonder Transport Management Systems Solution Architect to join a leading global brand on a large project in Dublin, Ireland. Desired Experience & Qualification Proven experience working...
Mobile developer
Intermediate mobile developers Proficiency in .NET Core for robust application development.Experience with Flutter or other mobile development frameworks.Strong aptitude for learning and adapting to new mobile technologies and concepts.2-3 years of relevant...
ServiceNow Senior Technical Specialist (Developer)
ENVIRONMENT:A Johannesburg-based software engineering and data science consultancy, with a global development footprint, serves a diverse clientele ranging from large enterprises to emerging startups across South Africa, the Middle East, and the United States, is...
Software Support Engineer – Digital Mining Tecnology – Remote Remote
Job purpose: Product Support Engineer / software support to provide technical services and product support to customers using products in the Digital Mine portfolio.Required Skills-Experience with Linux administration, Microsoft Server, IIS and SQL Server-Coding...
Retail Solutions Architect – Remote Remote
12-Month ContractHybrid working in Dublin, Ireland We are looking for a Blue Yonder Transport Management Systems Solution Architect to join a leading global brand on a large project in Dublin, Ireland. Desired Experience & Qualification Proven experience working...
Mobile developer – Gauteng Bedford
Intermediate mobile developers Proficiency in .NET Core for robust application development.Experience with Flutter or other mobile development frameworks.Strong aptitude for learning and adapting to new mobile technologies and concepts.2-3 years of relevant...
ServiceNow Senior Technical Specialist (Developer) – Western Cape Cape Town
ENVIRONMENT:A Johannesburg-based software engineering and data science consultancy, with a global development footprint, serves a diverse clientele ranging from large enterprises to emerging startups across South Africa, the Middle East, and the United States, is...
Security Analyst
The purpose of this role is to work as a Microsoft 365 Certified: Fundamentals, Cloud Security Analyst - Tier 2 being tasked with contributing to the technical aspects of the global organisation MXDR team to ensure that they are in line with the company's growth....
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