How resilient is your organisation against a cyberattack?
Kathy Gibson reports from Africa Tech Festival - As we move towards a digital-everything world, cybersecurity, cloud security, and cyber resilience is more important than ever. Ayanda Peta, CISO at Africa Rainbow Minerals, points out that most organisations are...
From Boomers to Zoomers, boost Black Friday sales
With the world’s most famous sales day fast approaching, new research from Infobip highlights how different generations want to communicate with businesses and brands ahead of Black Friday - with 86% of all generations expecting targeted and relevant communications,...
Network International commits R500m for local payments platform
Network International, has announced that its cloud-based, integrated payment suite for merchants, banks, fintechs and MNOs will be hosted and operated in South Africa from June 2023. The new digital payments platform, which is configurable and customisable, currently...
Data sovereignty and compliance issues influencing IT decisions
New survey results from IDC show that data sovereignty and compliance are now an important factor in shaping IT selection and design decisions. Almost half the respondents (48%) to IDC's Cloud Pulse 2Q22 survey say that data sovereignty and industry compliance have...
China smartphone market lowest in a decade
According to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, 285,8-million smartphones shipped in China in 2022, down 13,2% year-on-year (YoY) to below the 300-million mark for the first time in 10 years. In 4Q22, the market declined 12,6% YoY to 72,9-million units....
Malware software service finally unmasked
Check Point Research (CPR) has spotted a live software service that has been helping threat actors bypass EDRs (Endpoint Detection & Response) protection for over six years. Named "Trickgate", the service has customers including well-known actors such as Cerber,...
AI, Big Data to impact pharma industry in 2023
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Big Data will be the two most impactful technologies for the pharmaceutical industry for the fourth year in a row in 2023, according to a survey by GlobalData. The research organisation says that 39% of healthcare industry...
Shareholders give Alviva buyout the thumbs up
The biggest deal in the South African IT industry came a step closer to fruition on Friday when 93% of the eligible shareholders in Alviva voted overwhelmingly in favour of a buyout of the group by Tham Investments and DY Investments 3. In June last year, the...
Which way will the economy go in 2023?
The year started with many uncertainties - some old, some new - which could result in different macroeconomic scenarios playing out for South Africa during 2023. PwC South Africa, in its first South Africa Economic Outlook report for 2023, reviews PwC’s current...
Companies urged to do more about data privacy
Saturday, January 28th was Data Privacy Day, an international event that aims to promote awareness of privacy and data protection best practices. However, cybersecurity experts are warning that a growing volume of cyber threats are putting the data of consumers and...
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DSG & Nandos win in the 2016 CCMG awards
Digital Solutions Group (DSG), a market leader in on-demand customer experience management, secured the win in the hotly contested Best Outsourced Partnership Category at the 2016 Annual CCMG Awards. The company was also a finalist in the Best Contact Centre category...
Managed services: the tonic for SA’s healthcare delivery
A flourishing healthcare sector that embraces all citizens is an essential foundation for South Africa to achieve sustainable prosperity and growth, writes Peter Mills, head of systems integration sales at T-Systems South Africa. In reality: there are many challenges...
Horses for courses’ when migrating a contact centre to the cloud
The rapid growth of data speeds and connectivity options in South Africa have enabled local businesses to take advantage of cloud solutions, and many companies are doing just that, writes Sadiq Munshi, product development manager at Jasco Enterprise. Contact centres,...
Seacom launches direct-to-corporate services in Kenya
Seacom has extended its corporate market offering, under its Seacom Business initiative, to the East African region by providing Internet connectivity and cloud services directly to corporates in Kenya. Seacom is moving into this segment to provide corporate...
SAP Sports One turns one
SAP Africa is celebrating the one-year anniversary of the SAP Sports One solution. The global adoption of SAP's sports enhancement technologies has been nothing short of remarkable with clubs and organisations like McLaren, the Women's Tennis Association, Manchester...
New Xerox app translates documents in the cloud
In an ever more globalised world, there is an increasing demand for effective translation services, yet despite this, getting printed documents translated can be difficult. However, thanks to the new Xerox Easy Translator Service, obtaining a translated copy of a...
DVT heralds Western Cape expansion with new premises
Software and solutions company DVT has opened the doors to its new 2 000 square metre premises in Cape Town's fast-growing Northgate Island precinct, heralding the start of a massive expansion drive that will see the company more than double its headcount in the next...
CA rleads in application release automation
CA Technologies has been positioned by Gartner in the Leaders quadrant of its inaugural "Magic Quadrant for Application Release Automation". The report evaluated CA Release Automation, which provides advanced capabilities to help organizations manage a complex and...
Keys to an effective cyber-security strategy
The potential threat posed by cyber-crime is, by now, pretty well understood. What's less well understood is how to put a strategy in place that is robust and flexible enough to cope with a constantly changing threat landscape and, even more critical, will help the...
Net1 invests in India’s MobiKwik
Net1 has signed a subscription agreement with One MobiKwik Systems in India. MobiKwik is India's largest independent mobile payments network, with over 32-million users and 100 000 retailers. MobiKwik's current shareholders include Sequoia Capital, Tree Line Asia,...
Data Engineer at Ntice Search
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Data Engineer at Ntice Search – Mpumalanga Middelburg
Job Title: Data EngineerLocation: Middelburg, MpumalangaJob Type: Full-TimeWant to be a part of aleading manufacturer in the steel industry that is renowned for commitment to innovation and excellence. They are looking for a highly skilled Data Engineer to join their...
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