Elastic supply chains key in addressing global risks
Chief supply chain officers (CSCOs) must proactively embrace a geopolitically elastic supply chain strategy to support their organisations’ growth objectives, according to Gartner. An elastic supply chain capability - which can expand or contract supply in response to...
HPE plans to go after Mike Lynch’s estate for $4bn
HPE is not giving up on its claim against Mike Lynch, the Autonomy founder who died last month when his yacht sank. The company says it will continue to pursue a claim of up to $4-billion in civil fraud damages from Lynch’s estate. Lynch had been acquitted of fraud...
Cellular IoT gateway market reached $1,15bn in 2021
Berg Insight has found that than 4,5-million cellular IoT gateways were shipped globally during 2021, at a total market value of approximately $1,15-billion. Annual sales grew at a rate of 14% as demand recovered following the Covid-19 pandemic. The industry...
Teraco completes hyperscale data centre expansion
Teraco has completed first phase of JB4, its new hyperscale data centre addition to the Bredell Campus in Ekurhuleni. The new facility supports the growing demand by enterprises and cloud providers for data centre capacity. JB4 offers highly resilient and secure...
PMI sees slight improvement
The seasonally adjusted Absa Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rose from 48.2 index points in September to 50 in October. This is slightly better than the average recorded during the previous quarter (49.6). However, the Transnet strike and faltering global demand...
Anton Herbst exits long career in IT distribution
Industry veteran Anton Herbst, currently CEO of Tarsus On Demand (TOD) and Tarsus Technology Group (TTG) has resigned his positions at the group with effect from 31 January 2023. Gary Pickford, currently chief commercial officer of Tarsus Distribution, will take on...
Most employees regard AI as a co-worker
Despite the popular belief that organisations derive value from artificial intelligence (AI) at the expense of the individuals they employ, and that AI-powered automation can lead to the displacement of workers, 60% of employees view AI as a co-worker and not a job...
Tablet, Chromebook shipments still in decline
Worldwide tablet shipments were down 8,8% year over year in the third quarter of 2022 (3Q22), totaling 38,6-million units, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. This was the...
Public cloud spend set to hit $600bn next year
Worldwide end-user spending on public cloud services is forecast to grow 20,7% to total $591,8-billion in 2023, up from $490,3-billion in 2022, according to the latest forecast from Gartner. This is higher than the 18,8% growth forecast for 2022. “Current inflationary...
5G set to transform CCaaS
A new study from Juniper Research has found that the total number of calls handled by CCaaS (contact centres-as-a-service) platforms will near 48-billion by 2027; rising from 20-billion in 2022. This growth of 135% will be driven by leveraging 5G networks to implement...
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ZACR supports African Internet Summit
The ZA Central Registry's (ZACR's) commitment to deeper African Internet engagement continues with its sponsorship of the Africa Internet Summit (AIS) of the African Internet Operators Group (AfNOG). Taking place this week in Gaborone, Botswana until 10 June 2016, the...
Xerox makes inkjet more affordable
Despite the promise of inkjet technology, many print providers struggle with embracing it because of cost and other challenges. At drupa, Xerox plans to change all of that. "Xerox is disrupting inkjet. Come see what it looks like today and what it will do for our...
Citrix, Microsoft align on digital transformation
As businesses today face tectonic shifts within the global economy, success is increasingly defined by the ability to optimise the information surrounding people, organisations and devices. Citrix and Microsoft have unveiled an expansion of their strategic partnership...
Aspect set to reduce long-term debt
Aspect Software, a leading cloud provider of fully-integrated consumer engagement, workforce optimisation, and back-office solutions, today announced that its strategic action to facilitate its long-term growth, product innovation and ongoing pivot towards becoming...
EMC takes all-flash market by storm
EMC has announced a series of all-flash customer and market share milestones as enterprises around the globe continue to turn to EMC as their leading provider for all-flash storage solutions to address a multitude of enterprise needs for consolidated and mixed...
Riverbed makes Magic Quadrant again
Gartner has once again positioned Riverbed Technology as a Leader in its 2016 "Magic Quadrant for WAN Optimisation," marking Riverbed's ninth consecutive year in the Leaders position. Riverbed is also named a Leader in Gartner's 1 February 2016 Magic Quadrant for...
Sophos debuts enterprise malware removal tool
Sophos has launched Sophos Clean, the latest addition to its Enduser protection portfolio of advanced malware detection, remediation and removal software. The signature-less technology uses progressive behaviour analytics, forensics and collective intelligence to...
New partner programme from Lexmark
Lexmark has launched its new Connect Partner Programme to meet the changing needs of its channel partners and address the shifting dynamics of the market. This new programme is designed to support partners selling to customers who are increasingly looking to adopt a...
Are negative interest rates the new abnormal?
A move toward negative interest rates by central banks across the world could affect the sustainability of money market funds, the tightening of lending conditions and result in money being kept 'under the mattress'. Speaking today at the annual Nedgroup Investments...
Malawi gets ultra-capacity with Radwin
Skyband, Malawi's leading ISP, has deployed the Radwin JET Beamforming point-to-multipoint (PtMP) solutions in the licensed 3.x GHz band to serve major corporate customers including banks and government organisations in Blantyre and Lilongwe. Skyband is a...
Application Developer – Gauteng Centurion
Join an innovative team in Pretoria as an Application Developer! Our client seeks a skilled professional with around 4 years of solid experience to craft and maintain software components using C#, MS SQL, ASP.Net, HTML, JavaScript, jQuery, and TypeScript. You'll be...
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Software Quality Engineer II (SQE I)
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IT Technician – Eastern Cape Gqebera
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Software Quality Engineer II (SQE I) – Gauteng Sandton
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Principal Software Engineer – Gauteng Sandton
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You will play a critical role in migrating our on-Prem workloads to our databases hosted on OCI (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure), Azure and AWS platforms. As a Cloud Database Engineer, you will design and implement cloud-based database solutions that meet the needs of...
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