Businesses win when women gain workplace flexibility

When businesses give women access to professional workspaces closer to home, they gain stronger collaboration, networking and performance in return. This ties into this year’s National Women’s Day theme, “Empower Woman, Empower the Nation”, to life, according to...

AI infrastructure boom shifts from chip race to supply-chain race

AI infrastructure spending has entered a new phase, says GlobalData, with demand outpacing semiconductors, memory, and power capacity despite record earnings across the technology ecosystem. This earnings season reveals that capital investment, geopolitics, and...

As AI adoption grows, more security alerts are ignored

Security operations centres are facing mounting pressure from growing alert volumes, increasingly sophisticated AI-powered attacks, and persistent staffing constraints. According to Prophet Security's Second Annual State of AI in Security Operations Report, presented...

Roman telescope aims to travel 1m miles into space

This month could see the launch a new space telescope that aims to travel 1-million miles and record billions of galaxies. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope could launch from the Kennedy Space Station as early as 30 August aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy. The Roman...

Technology has changed business travel forever

New research from International Workplace Group (IWG) highlights the value of technology for business travel and in the changing flexible workplace - and underlines business travel's changing nature and frequency. The report – Hybrid Horizons - was conducted among...

MTN, SAPS swoop on suspected OTP scan syndicate

MTN South Africa, in collaboration with Crime Intelligence, Commercial Crimes and other Crime Prevention units of the South African Police Services (SAPS), have arrested key individuals believed to be involved in a one time PIN (OTP) scam syndicate. The arrest...

Cybercriminals get smart in dealing with evolving defences

The cyberthreat landscape and organisations' attack surface are constantly transforming - and cybercriminals' ability to design and adapt their techniques to suit this evolving environment continues to pose significant risk to businesses of all sizes, regardless of...

Americans uncomfortable with AI in healthcare

There is significant discomfort among Americans with the idea of artificial intelligence (AI) being used in their own healthcare for issues such as screening for skin cancer and monitoring a patient's vital signs, according to a new Pew Research Center survey...

Sarcoe, NPA partner to fight corruption

The South Africa Regional Centre of Excellence in Integrity (Sarcoe) and South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) have agreed a Memorandum of Understanding for Sarcoe to design and deliver a pilot training course for up to 15 of the NPA's investigators and...

Businesses must adapt go-to-market strategies for younger generations

Generational shifts are disrupting traditional business buying behaviours and necessitate re-evaluating go-to-market strategies, according to Forrester's latest "Younger buyers have changed the business buying landscape" report, which adds that Millennials and Gen Z...

Enterprise cloud journeys now becoming multicloud

Multicloud is the new reality in enterprise technology, says a study from 451 Research which was commissioned by Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. The study collected information from 1 500 respondents at enterprises - organisations with more than 1 000 full-time employees...

Scientists reveal roadmap to combat future coronaviruses

The Centre for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota has released the Coronavirus Vaccines Research and Development Roadmap (CVR) - a major global strategy to develop broadly protective vaccines against continually emerging...

New National Minimum Wage gazetted

Employers need to be aware of the new higher National Minimum Wage rates from 1 March and to take these rates into account when they engage in collective bargaining agreements, writes Dhevarsha Ramjettan, partner at Webber Wentzel. New National Minimum Wage (NMW)...

Google services targeted as phishing attacks surge

Kaspersky has highlighted the surge in attempts to access phishing resources mimicking Google services. In January 2023, experts witnessed a 189% increase in attempts worldwide, (compared to December 2022), with the trend set to continue in February. Such phishing...

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Arbor Networks debuts virtualised internal network traffic analysis

Arbor Networks, the security division of NETSCONetScoutUT, has introduced version 2.2 of Arbor Networks Spectrum, to the African region. Arbor Spectrum v2.2 is a high performance network traffic analysis platform integrating Netflow, packet and threat intelligence...

Keep productivity in call centres up this festive season

The lead up to the holiday season can be daunting for those in the retail industry, particularly for contact centres who bear the brunt of the increased workload, and often heightened tempers. While managing this period might seem overwhelming to the staff and...

Protecting your personal credentials

It starts with innovative password selections, says Martin Walshaw, senior engineer at F5 Networks. Data is the lifeblood of our business lives and is of paramount importance to corporations everywhere. Yet, we have recently seen another set of personal information...

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

When faced with the potential losses involved in load shedding or general electricity outages because of poorly maintained infrastructure, many businesses in South Africa have made the investment in their own power management solutions. Central to these solutions is...

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...

Azure Infrastructure and Security Specialist LW

Essential Skills Requirements5 years of professional experience in the implementation and support of IT architectures in Azure Advanced experience in implementing and administering Microsoft Products, especially Active Directory, KMS, and PKI together with common...

QA Test Analyst

Our Client is looking for a QA Test Analyst to join their teamArea/Location: Menlyn Maine, PretoriaRole Overview:Must have experience testing on C# Platforms and willing to work on a Manual Testing platformConduct testing of new and existing software before it goes...

Senior IAM Engineer

The IAM Engineer will provide subject matter expertise and execution of the Organization's Identity Management landscape, including SSO and MFA. Functions will include delivering and operating solutions and integration towards provisioning, federation, authentication...

SAP Human Capital Solutions Architect – Western Cape Cape Town

SAP solution design and/or implementation. Designing complex architecture and ensure successful implementation. Providing guidance on the SAP ECC HCM, Success Factors and SAP Business Technology Platform and tools. Integrating SAP ECC HCM, Success Factors and SAP...

Senior Network Engineer – Hirscmann – Limpopo Lephalale

The Network Engineer will be responsible for designing, implementing, managing and maintaining Hirschmann (MACH4002, MACH100, MS4128-5, MACH104, MS30-2402, MAR1040, MSP40-00200, RS40, RS20, RS30) and related network infrastructure of our clients. The Network Engineer...

Azure Infrastructure and Security Specialist LW – Gauteng Pretoria

Essential Skills Requirements5 years of professional experience in the implementation and support of IT architectures in Azure Advanced experience in implementing and administering Microsoft Products, especially Active Directory, KMS, and PKI together with common...

QA Test Analyst – Gauteng Pretoria

Our Client is looking for a QA Test Analyst to join their teamArea/Location: Menlyn Maine, PretoriaRole Overview:Must have experience testing on C# Platforms and willing to work on a Manual Testing platformConduct testing of new and existing software before it goes...

Senior IAM Engineer – Western Cape Cape Town

The IAM Engineer will provide subject matter expertise and execution of the Organization's Identity Management landscape, including SSO and MFA. Functions will include delivering and operating solutions and integration towards provisioning, federation, authentication...

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