In Scotland, NASA scientists search for clues about Mars’ past

This summer, NASA scientists headed to the Scottish Highlands to follow up on last year’s announcement of potential biosignatures on Mars and prepare for future research. The rocks and cliffs of Scotland’s Stoer formation offer a combination difficult to find on...

Patience and persistence key to job search success

New analysis shows that, on average, it takes around 15 months from the start of an active job search to beginning a new job role. In 2023, the average reached 17 months, while in 2025 it shortened to 14 months, according to the Pnet Job Market Trends Report for...

AI is changing enterprises, and already driving value

By Kathy Gibson - Artificial intelligence (AI) is starting to pay off for early enterprise adopters. More than half of companies that have implemented AI are now seeing a return on investment, with the most value reported by future-built organisations. This is the...

Tech giants raise the AI safety bar

The risks associated with artificial intelligence (AI) are back in the spotlight with the news that rogue agents have been responsible for multiple attacks on government sites in Australia and the US. Even the FBI has not been immune to attacks from autonomous agents....

Nvidia launches Cosmos World Foundation Model Platform

At CES 2025, Nvidia announced Nvidia Cosmos, a platform comprising state-of-the-art generative world foundation models, advanced tokenisers, guardrails and an accelerated video processing pipeline built to advance the development of physical AI systems such...

2024 vehicle sales decline, despite late-year recovery

December vehicle sales in South Africa rose for the third consecutive month, increasing by 2,5% compared to December 2023. This growth was primarily driven by an 8,2% rise in passenger car sales, with the rental industry continuing to play a significant role in the...

IBM launches RFP for water management solutions

IBM is accepting proposals for the next cohort of the IBM Sustainability Accelerator, which will focus on water management solutions. The program applies IBM technologies, such as hybrid cloud and artificial intelligence, and an ecosystem of experts to enhance and...

Antarctic sea ice reaches another record low

In February 2023, sea ice around Antarctica reached the lowest extent ever observed since the start of the satellite record in 1979. But despite several recent years of low extents, the long-term trend for sea ice in southern polar waters is essentially flat; it is...

Machine customers one of the biggest growth opportunities

Machine customers represent one of the biggest new growth opportunities of the decade - and business leaders must act now to create a path to entry to a business megatrend that will eventually be more significant than the arrival of digital commerce, according to...

SA moves to the decentralised cloud

Kathy Gibson reports - The cloud market is evolving as companies shift how they deploy services, with the biggest trend today being the move to the decentralised cloud. This is the word from Jon Tullett, associate research director: IT services sub-Saharan Africa at...

Conversational everything the new norm for customer comms

New research from Infobip reveals the growing trend towards conversational experiences for customer communications. The data, from 449-billion communications interactions on Infobip's platform across 2022, shows the rapid growth of interactions on chat apps such as...

Companies struggle to execute CX strategies

Only 40% of marketing executives in EMEA are "very confident" that their company's current customer experience (CX) strategies are capable of winning and retaining customers, according to an international CX study conducted by SAS and the CMO Council. And, with high...

Be alert when making digital payments

According to the latest Kaspersky Digital Payment survey, 23% of respondents from South Africa experienced financial losses associated with threats when using online banking and mobile wallet services - with the majority losing up to the equivalent of $1 000, and 9%...

Leverage ESG strategies to create value and build trust

"Business as usual" - with a sole focus on profitability - has become obsolete, and never before have companies been subject to as much scrutiny from society as they are now in the context of global climate and societal challenges. Organisations need to demonstrate...

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SA venture capital company aims to launch local start-ups

Helping start-ups to take off, a group of successful South African entrepreneurs has launched a venture capital (VC) company that doesn't just invest in early stage start-ups, but nurtures them through each phase of their business growth cycle, with the aim of scaling...

Social media liability insurance a must

A study by World Wide Worx and Fuseware has revealed that Facebook is being used by about 13-million South Africans, which is a quarter of the country's population. All these people have the means to write, publish and circulate articles and video recordings faster...

Why are banks struggling with big data?

Financial institutions are ideally positioned to reap a host of benefits from big data, given their access to multiple streams of information, writes Gary Allemann, MD of Master Data Management. However, most banks are still standing at the edge of the big data wave,...

Veeam aims to dominate Office 365 backup and availability

Last year, more than 205-billion emails were sent each day and this will rise by 5% in 2016, which proves that email remains a cornerstone of modern communications and its importance cannot be underestimated. With this, Veeam Software has announced that initial...

Governments struggle with outdated systems

The legacy of enterprise management systems used by parastatals and State Owned Enterprises (SOE) is renowned for its exorbitant software development and implementation costs as a result of inadequate IT requirement scoping and current legacy solutions pricing...

Digitising customer documents key to transformation

Organisations need to embrace digital processes or risk being left behind by more agile competitors. In a time of tight IT budgets, it would be a mistake to prioritise other projects over digital transformation initiatives because of the advantages to be gained....

SA pays tribute to black business pioneers

On 28 October, black business people of previous decades will reunite to be celebrated by their peers as well as South Africa's current generation of business leaders. The "Tribute to Black Business Pioneers" brings together black business people of the 50s, 60s and...

Lexmark positioned in Leaders category

Lexmark International has been recognised as a Leader in document workflow services by leading IT market research and advisory firm IDC in its IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Document Workflow Services Hardcopy 2016 Vendor Assessment Report. Lexmark has been named a leader...

Cape Town based social enterprise takes on the world

Lumkani, the 2015 South African winner of The Venture, a global competition for social entrepreneurs initiated by luxury whisky producer Chivas Regal, may soon be rolling out its technology in the slums of Bangladesh. Bangladesh is one of the countries with a large...

Helping girls realise the scope of STEM careers

It is said that over 50% of the fastest-growing jobs are related to science, technology, engineering or maths (STEM). Not only that, but 1-million more STEM professionals will be required over the next decade than are currently being produced. If that isn't a reality...

Full Stack Developer – Gauteng Centurion

Background & ResponsibilitiesThis role is for a client in the information technology sector, providing, integrating and enabling internal & financial systems to their growing client base of small and large businesses. Responsibilities will include the...

Data Engineer – Western Cape Cape Town

My client in the Investment Sector is looking for a Data Engineer to join their Data Science & Quantitative Analytics team. You will be handling database architecture, data flow and data processes- integrating 3rd party systems for investment research and business...

Systems Administrator at Financial Intelligence Centre

To support and maintain new and existing server infrastructure and software services. KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS Support and Maintenance • Support all server infrastructure and applications for the different server environments. • Support cloud platforms including but not...

Database Administrator Mainframe DB2

Database Administrator Mainframe - DB2In this role, you will be responsible for overseeing and providing comprehensive support for mainframe DB2 databases, ensuring their continuous availability, optimal performance, robust security, and data consistency to...

Business Analyst (Product Owner)

My client in the Investment Sector is looking for a Business Analyst to join their Analytics team focusing on Investment Compliance. Must have completed Post Graduate Degree (Computer Science/Information Systems/Maths/Stats/Business Science/Actuarial) with experience...

Database Administrator Mainframe DB2 – Gauteng Braamfontein

Database Administrator Mainframe - DB2In this role, you will be responsible for overseeing and providing comprehensive support for mainframe DB2 databases, ensuring their continuous availability, optimal performance, robust security, and data consistency to...

Business Analyst (Product Owner) – Western Cape Cape Town

My client in the Investment Sector is looking for a Business Analyst to join their Analytics team focusing on Investment Compliance. Must have completed Post Graduate Degree (Computer Science/Information Systems/Maths/Stats/Business Science/Actuarial) with experience...

Junior Project Manager at Financial Intelligence Centre

To plan, execute and finalise projects for the organisation within the predetermined time frames , using the FIC Project Management methodology under close guidance by the Project Manager or PMO Manager.KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS • Manages the delivery of small to medium...

Technical Data Business Analyst

ENVIRONMENT:Identify, gather, analyse and document user stories and translate into high level technical specifications and designs as the next Technical Data Business Analyst wanted by a leading Independent Asset Management Firm. You will take ownership of the...

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