Nvidia pushes the envelope on AI performance
Kathy Gibson reports – The era of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is just getting started, with massive innovations and developments still to come. Carlo Ruiz, vice-president: enterprise solutions and operations at Nvidia EMEA, believes these innovations...
Data centre gains importance in an AI world
Kathy Gibson reports – The world we are in relies on data, and everything we do creates data in one form or another. This is the word from Karsten Winther, president: Europe, Middle East and Africa at Vertiv, who says this is driving the need and growth for data...
Warning about possible flare-up of Gameredon attacks
Russian cyberattacks against Ukraine have nearly tripled during the last year, and Ukrainian Defence Minister, Oleksii Reznikov, says he is concerned that Russia will renew this offensive to coincide with the anniversary of the all-out war. Ukraine's National Security...
New acting head for Eskom
Eskom as announced that chief financial officer (CFO) Calib Cassim will act as group chief executive (GCE) with full delegation of authority with immediate effect and until further notice. Cassim was appointed as Eskom's CFO in November 2018 after serving as acting...
Cisco, Thabo Mbeki Foundation to build research and skills development centre
Cisco has partnered with the Thabo Mbeki Foundation to design the technology architecture for the Thabo Mbeki Presidential Centre, a living library, museum, and technological and educational hub, located in Riviera, Johannesburg. The centre will serve as a space of...
Stress on CISOs puts companies at risk
A new survey has found that the vast majority (94%) of CISOs are stressed at work, with 65% admitting work-related stress issues are compromising their ability to protect their organisation. Cynet's "Implications of Stress on CISOs 2023 Report" surveyed chief...
Sustainable inkjet gains popularity
Kathy Gibson reports - Print is enjoying a comeback in South African organisations - and, as sustainability becomes a bigger issue, they are leaning towards inkjet technology. These are among the results from a recent Epson survey, which found that 43% of South...
Load-shedding in the crosshairs of Budget 2023
Budget 2023 announced incentives worth R9-billion for businesses and households to invest in renewable energy, including solar power generation. South Africa has one of the best solar generation profiles in the world and solar power can go a long way to help reduce...
What the solar incentive means for SA
During the delivery of the 2023 Budget Speech yesterday (22 February), Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana announced a series of tax incentives to promote self-generation and renewable energy. As the country's energy crisis unfolds, South Africa experienced over 200...
Start of 2023 sees PC sales plummet
Notebook and desktop unit sales plunged in the first four weeks of 2023 - falling by −44% and −23% year-on-year respectively - on the back of low consumer confidence and muted business investment, according to global research organisation Context. "Revenues also fell...
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Vox launches Vobi, drives down telephony costs
Integrated ICT and connectivity provider, Vox, has launched Vobi, a mobile softphone that allows users to make and receive calls from their mobile phones, using the Vox Telecom network, for better rates than those offered by the operators. "For 20 years the mobile...
Fujitsu launches highly available, secure PRIMERGY
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Zoona wins at African entrepreneurship awards
Zoona, an African mobile payments business that helps communities thrive, by enabling emerging entrepreneurs to provide much needed financial services in their communities, has accepted an award for Social Entrepreneurship at the Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship...
Attacks on cloud services prove costly
Successful attacks against cloud platforms and infrastructure can be prohibitively expensive. The Dyn cyber attack that took place in October, for example, in which multiple denial-of-service (DoS) attacks targeting systems operated by DNS provider Dyn, rendered major...
Vodacom launches Business Booster for SMEs
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Backup Exec 16 launches in SA
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A guide to mobile app community management
By now, most businesses understand the true purpose of an app within the business mix - apps should align with the objectives of a business to achieve an end goal. Following on from this, many businesses have found that a well-managed app community - much like a...
Workonline further unlocks European access
South African service provider Workonline Communications now also offers its customers a connection to the NL-ix peering fabric in Amsterdam, as well as peering on this themselves. NL-ix is a distributed Internet Exchange (IX) with over 100 interconnected datacenters...
Aspect Software wins Ventana innovation award
Aspect Software, a leading provider of fully-integrated consumer engagement, workforce optimisation, and self-service solutions has announced that Aspect Via is a 2016 Ventana Research Technology Innovation Award winner for Customer Excellence. The Ventana Research...
Kaspersky Lab releases corporate social responsibility report
Kaspersky Lab has announced the release of its second Corporate Social Responsibility Report. The report profiles the company's technological, educational, and charitable initiatives, which are helping communities grow stronger and are making our world a better place....
Software Developer – Western Cape Kraaifontein
Senior Software Developer - Supply Chain Industry - Remote Our client is a leading national Supply Chain company and is looking to employ a full stack developer that is able to develop a full stack digital freight market place system from scratch. Experience in Supply...
Team Lead: Developer, Full Stack Engineer – Gauteng Pretoria
Our Client is looking for a Team Lead: Developer, Full Stack Engineer to join their teamArea/Location: Menlyn Maine, PretoriaRole Overview:As the Team Lead for Full Stack Development, this position encompasses both technical and leadership responsibilities. You will...
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Senior DB administrator (PostgresSQL) at Council for Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)
Fixed-term contract for 12 months Minimum requirements Bacherlor's degree in information technology, computer science, mathematics, information systems or related fields with at least three years' experience as a Data Scientist.Knowledge of and experience in the...
Software Testers (2) at Council for Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)
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Financial Analyst Developer (SQL)
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Responsible for providing specialist, high-level technical advice and support for the installing, testing, tuning, optimising, diagnosing problems, repairing, upgrading and maintaining both externally and internally supplied hardware and system software such as...
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Data Engineer (Contract) – Gauteng Randburg
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Senior DB administrator (PostgresSQL) at Council for Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) – Gauteng Pretoria CBD
Fixed-term contract for 12 months Minimum requirements Bacherlor's degree in information technology, computer science, mathematics, information systems or related fields with at least three years' experience as a Data Scientist.Knowledge of and experience in the...
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