Tech sales under the lash as consumers curb spending

South Africa’s fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) market is proving resilient so far in 2026, although retailers and brands in the tech and durables (T&D) sector are experiencing a number of challenges. This is according to NielsenIQ (NIQ) South Africa, which has...

Roman space telescope begins its quest to the dark universe

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has begun a three-month, million-mile journey to its final orbit where it is hoped it will reveal the universe’s darkest secrets. The mission launched at 7:26 AM EDT Sunday aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch...

Crackdowns alone won’t stop online wildlife trafficking

A new major global review shows that platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube are fueling a fast-growing and difficult-to-track illegal wildlife trade. The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Dr Annette Hübschle, a co-author of the study, says closing...

Nvidia’s quarter was bigger than TSMC’s entire year

Nvidia generated more revenue in a single quarter than the company that manufactures its chips generated in the whole of last year. This comparison puts the scale of the result into sharp focus, says deVere Group CEO Nigel Green. Nvidia reported quarterly revenue of...

Secure USB drives come under attack

Kaspersky found that a secure USB drive was compromised with malicious code injected into its access management software. The drive was developed by a government entity in Southeast Asia to securely store and transfer files between machines in sensitive environments....

EMEA public cloud poised to reach $415bn

The Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) public cloud services (PCS) market, including infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), and software as a service (SaaS), is projected to generate $203-billion in revenue for 2024. That's according to...

AMD expands telco products, support

AMD has announced it will be expanding support of its growing 5G partner ecosystem spanning from core to radio access networks (RAN) applications, delivering additional new test capabilities and unveiling new 5G products. The AMD wireless telecom partner ecosystem has...

Absa finances three wind energy projects

Absa acted as a mandated lead arranger and lender for three Red Rocket Energy renewable energy projects which reached financial close on 23 February 2023. The projects comprise of two 140MW wind farms, which will both be located in the Western Cape, and one 84MW wind...

Acer ranks among top female-friendly companies

Acer has been included in Forbes' list of the World's Top Women-Friendly Companies in 2022. Forbes co-operated with the market research institute Statista in conducting an anonymous survey of nearly 85 000 women working in multinational companies around the world. The...

Blue Label Telecoms increases revenue, profits

For the six months ended 30 November 2022, Blue Label Telecoms has reported revenue of R9,8-billion, with an increase in gross profit of 13% to R1,54-billion (2021: R1,36-billion). The core businesses of the Blue Label Group continued to generate further growth in...

Ransomware persisted in 2022 despite improved detection

Although ransomware's share of incidents declined only slightly (4 percentage points) from 2021 to 2022, defenders were more successful detecting and preventing ransomware. Despite this, attackers continued to innovate with the report showing the average time to...

Global AI revenue set to boom

The global artificial intelligence (AI) market is forecast to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 21,4% from $81,3-billion in 2022 to reach $383,3-billion in 2030, according to research organisation GlobalData. The company's latest thematic report,...

Executives frustrated by payment failure rate

LexisNexis Risk Solutions has released the results of its "True Impact of Failed Payments Report" - a snapshot of cross-border payments performance on a global scale. The report assesses insights collected from 400 payment executives representing leading corporations...

New MD for Tarsus On Demand

Senzo Mbhele, currently head of innovation and employee experience at Tarsus Technology Group, has been appointed MD of Tarsus On Demand (TOD) effective 1 March 2023. This follows the resignation of Anton Herbst, former CEO of TOD and Tarsus Technology Group (TTG),...

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Big video needs fixed broadband commitment

Chris Mulley, principal architect at ZTE, urged operators at Broadband World Forum (BBWF) to embrace the future of fixed broadband (FBB) connectivity, in order to progress with future demands put to the industry. The prime theme in fixed networks is the demand for...

Minetech can turn SA’s mining industry around

Graham Schwikkard and Aaron Burton of Datta Burton & Associates, examine some of the challenges facing South Africa's mining sector - and how technology could help. The effect of disruptive innovation has affected many industries, but so far, mining has been slow...

Good time to dispose of old IT equipment

Local IT asset disposal (ITAD) specialist Xperien has urged companies to dispose of their off-lease, redundant and faulty IT equipment in a safe and ecologically responsible manner. The influx of new technology creates a corresponding and often overlooked increase in...

Revprint Tokai powers up with Xerox

Revprint Tokai, the all-in-one print and design shop located in Cape Town, has continued its digital printing expansion with a new Xerox Versant 80 press from Cape Office Machines, one of Bytes Document Solutions' longest-standing business partners in the Western...

Avaya simplifies UC with Equinox

Avaya has announced a new platform for business communications that fulfills the long-sought promise of unified communications. Avaya Equinox delivers streamlined, mobile-first communications within the applications and browsers employees "live in" for their work....

Make complex organisational processes simple

In this day and age, the ability to access and manage information or content digitally is critical to all business processes. Managing that content across the enterprise is even more valuable to ensure a competitive business and support organisation growth, writes...

Digital payments key to unlocking omni-channel retail

Technology today touches nearly every aspect of consumers' buying decisions, from researching which product to buy to paying for it. While this has transformed the retail sales experience compared to just a few years ago, merchants' priorities remain much the same:...

Travelstart deploys Interactive Intelligence solution

Travelstart has begun deploying the Interactive Intelligence PureCloud Engage solution to transform its customer communications. PureCloud Engage is an omnichannel customer engagement cloud solution based on microservice architecture running atop Amazon Web Services....

Satellite broadband terrestrial networks

Big technology and Internet solutions ensuresthat businesses are protected from costly downtime, missed trades, and delayed communications. Developments in satellite technology allow for reach beyond the limitations of terrestrial networks, helping to bridge the...

Western Digital redesigns iconic hard drives

Western Digital has introduced modern and innovative redesigns of its My Passport, My Passport for Mac, and My Book hard drive lines, which have been highly recognised leading sellers for more than a decade. In partnership with fuseproject, an award-winning industrial...

Senior Exchange Control Officer – Gauteng Midrand

Purpose To oversee the bank's foreign exchange operations, ensuring compliance with local and international exchange control regulations. Acting as an official point of contact on Exchange Control matters with the SARB Financial Surveillance Department attending to...

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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...

Junior IT Auditor at Forvis Mazars – Western Cape Century City

Forvis Mazars currently seeking a Junior IT Auditor to participate in client engagement teams, whereby he/she will be assessing, improving and evaluating our client's business and Information Technology (IT) processes and controls, predominantly in their IT...

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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...

Data Engineer (Contract)

The Group Data and Analytics Office is on the lookout for a skilled Ab Initio Data Engineer. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in data engineering, particularly with Ab Initio, and will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining the...

Financial Analyst Developer (SQL)

ENVIRONMENT:A dynamic Software Solutions Provider specializing in Financial Risk systems seeks the expertise of a Financial Analyst Developer (SQL) to join its Fund Data Services Team where you will conduct new feature analysis and drive development on the platform...

Security Platforms DevOps Engineer

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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