SA’s key industries come under fire from DDoS attacks

South Africa has become one of the most targeted countries globally for distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against certain key industries, including financial and computer services. New data from NetScout’s Threat Intelligence Report for the second half of...

With sustained stress, workers turn to escapist behaviours

There has been a steady year‑on‑year rise in addictive behaviours among South African employees, reflecting how prolonged stress is reshaping the ways people cope, escape and self‑manage emotional pressure. Drawn from a five‑year analysis of Lyra Southern Africa’s...

SA has world’s highest cyberattack rate, identity visibility gap

South African companies have significant gaps in workforce password security, underscoring growing risks as they contend with rising cyber threats, increasing regulatory pressure, and limited visibility into user identities and access. This is according to a new study...

AI-enabled attacks drive ransomware surge

Cybercrime no longer functions as a series of isolated campaigns. Today, it operates as a system, with malicious hackers operating across an end-to-end life cycle and compressing the attack life cycle with shadow agents. This is the headline finding from the 2026...

Intel Foundry achieves major milestones

Intel has announced that its lead products on Intel 18A, Panther Lake (AI PC client processor) and Clearwater Forest (server processor), are out of the fab and have powered-on and booted operating systems. These milestones were achieved less than two quarters after...

Afreximbank to double intra-African trade financing

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) plans to double its financing of intra-African trade from $20-billion in 2021 to $40-billion by 2026. This is according to Haytham ElMaayergi, Afreximbank's executive vice-president: global trade bank, addressing the African...

Wits kick-starts national quantum technologies initiative

Wits University has led a national consortium that secured R54-million funding from the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) to co-ordinate a national quantum technologies initiative. Following on a proposal written by the consortium led by Professor Andrew...

Lenovo launches Smarter Tech solutions

At its annual global innovation event Tech World, Lenovo shared its vision for the evolution of collaboration across users, spaces, and devices to unlock unlimited possibilities in both real-world applications and the Metaverse. Lenovo unveiled new concepts,...

Netflix reverses subscriber slump, but faces a tough season

Netflix added 2,4-million subscribers in the third quarter of 2022, causing shares to surge 14% in after-hours trading. Francesca Gregory, thematic intelligence analyst at GlobalData, comments: "Netflix's latest results break the narrative of a subscriber slump and...

Ethereum investors on the rise

Ethereum's native token, Ether (ETH), has dipped by more than 60% year-over-year, trading below $1 300 last week. Nevertheless, the plunge has not discouraged crypto investors from buying the token. According to data presented by CryptoPresales.com, the number of...

Webb captures Pillars of Creation images

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured a lush, highly detailed landscape – the iconic Pillars of Creation – where new stars are forming within dense clouds of gas and dust. The three-dimensional pillars look like majestic rock formations, but are far more...

Half of SMBs are not worried about the risk posed by ex-employees

A recent global Kaspersky study on the behaviour of small and medium businesses during crises shows staff reductions may cause additional cybersecurity risks. Yet only 51% of organisations’ leaders are confident that their ex-emploees don’t have access to company data...

Why is there gender disparity in STEM research?

A study by Mangosuthu University of Technology (MUT) academics, comparing women's disparity in science research for five years in eight continental regions of the world, has identified four significant factors contributing to gender disparity in science, technology,...

Effectiveness of leaders, managers top of HR priority list

Leader and manager effectiveness is the most frequent top priority (60% of respondents) among HR leaders for 2023, according to a survey by Gartner. The survey of 860 HR leaders in July 2022 found the other top organisational priorities for HR leaders next year are:...

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How RPL empowers SA businesses

South Africa has come a long way since the first democratic elections in 1994, but in the field of education, many inequalities still remain, writes Gizelle McIntyre, director of The Institute of People Development. As the late Nelson Mandela once said, "education is...

Cutting through the connectivity and value added services noise

How can the business cut through the noise to find the best providers of connectivity, network and cloud services without wasting time, money and patience, asks Ralph Berndt, director: sales at Syrex. According to a 2015 survey by IDG and Datalink survey, technology...

Customer service defines customer experience

Nobody can deny that we are now in the age of the customer, writes Juan Bezón, chief commercial officer of PCCI Group. Through online and mobile channels they are well informed and this information allows them to compare and choose the most convenient provider/vendor....

Sabbaticals a new retention tool

South African companies are increasingly offering top executives paid sabbaticals as part of their remuneration packages, in an effort to lure and retain top talent. "In the past, sabbaticals - or the request for one - were frowned upon and were rare outside of...

Cloud monitoring from CA Technologies

To help IT operations executives adopting cloud and hybrid IT infrastructures maximize the value of their resources, CA Technologies has announced new capabilities in CA Unified Infrastructure Management (CA UIM). Adding support for performance monitoring of Docker...

Risk, business continuity management can add value

Too many companies see risk management and business continuity management as compliance issues, something they need to do to keep both shareholders and regulators happy. A much better approach, says ContinuitySA Advisory Manager, Junita van der Colff, is to view risk...

Power outages shake SMEs’ confidence and stability

This year looks set to be another one where South Africans are made to come to terms with load shedding, writes Brandon Bekker, MD of Mimecast South Africa. Amazingly, the looming power cuts have replaced crime to become the number one threat SME businesses fear -...

CSR critical for a positive company culture

In the constantly evolving business environment, corporate social responsibility (CSR) has fast become integral piece of the puzzle for running a successful business or brand. In a world where people want to make a difference more than ever and want their employers,...

Reach new heights with the cloud

Organisations from the public sector to the private sector are undergoing a fundamental shift with the advent of cloud computing.  The shift is disrupting the traditional way of working and the old way of thinking, writes Dr Werner Vogels, chief technology officer of...

Cyber-security is an ongoing battle

The 'Nigerian Prince' or '419' email scams we've all seen take advantage of the age-old premise: people can be greedy and gullible. Or to put it more positively - people are intrinsically positive about the motives of others and are not on the lookout for scammers and...

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ENVIRONMENT:SERVE as the incident owner and manage the end-to-end lifecyle of the ticket until resolution as the next 1st Line Support Engineer sought by a dynamic Internet Service & Network Specialist. You will provide a single point of contact for customers to...

Senior Systems Administrator – Gauteng Pretoria

We are seeking a versatile Senior Systems Administrator to ensure the seamless operation, security, and efficiency of our organization's IT landscape. This role involves managing and supporting various operating systems, network protocols, cloud services, and security...

Specialist Support Engineer – Gauteng Johannesburg Region

Work as part of a DevOps team, leverage specialist analysis & testing tools, frameworks, techniques and practices to elicit, define and organize business requirements. Translate & document business requirements into user stories & specifications (Cross...

Business Data Analyst

Business Requirements specificationDocument business, data requirements and business processesStakeholder management and communicationData mapping analysis and interpreting data sets Minimum Requirements:Matric /Grade 12Tertiary qualification (degree/diploma)...

Data Warehouse Manager

Calling all Data Warehouse Managers.Data Warehouse Manager manages the daily activities of the team responsible for the design, implementation, maintenance, and support of data warehouse systems and projects. Oversees data design and the creation of database...

Business Data Analyst – Western Cape Cape Town

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Data Warehouse Manager – Gauteng Centurion

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Solutions Architect – SAP HCM

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...

Network Development Manager

JOB TITLE: Network Developer (Durban) Responsible for the implementation of the retail network growth strategy ; optimisation of current vs long term plan network with respect to cost structure, volumes and offer development. ResponsibilitiesManagement of the EXISTING...

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Looking for strong Graduate Software Engineers who has graduated with a BCOM Science, Information Technology Degree or Honours. Permanent Opportunities available in Pretoria, Headoffice - Fintech/IT/Banking Office Based, Pretoria, Menlyn MainHybrid after 6 months...

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