In Africa, the time for talking is over
Kathy Gibson reports from AfricaCom – Too often, African leaders and policy makers talk about the opportunities we could grasp – but fail to take the action needed to make those opportunities a reality. The importance of broadband connectivity in today’s economy...
Collaboration key for African connectivity
Kathy Gibson reports from AfricaCom – Africa is a land of opportunity, gifted with young people with great passion. Mohamed Madkour, vice-president: ICT strategy and marketing at Huawei, shares that Africa’s development in terms of connectivity has been impressive,...
Satya Nadella says AI golden age has arrived
The artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT is capturing the world's imagination, having amassed 1-million users in just five days after its recent launch. It is one of a dozen AI-driven so-called "killer apps" that will transform human productivity and the...
Interoperability key to realise metaverse value
The Defining and Building the Metaverse initiative, launched by the World Economic Forum in May 2022, has released initial findings in two briefing papers - the first research of its kind on the metaverse. The initiative combines the expertise of more than 150...
Plan to unlock Africa Free Trade Area potential
African heads of state and global CEOs at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting backed the launch of the first of its kind report on how public-private partnerships can support the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). AfCFTA: A New Era...
Global IT spend forecast to grow 2,4% in 2023
Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $4,5-trillion in 2023, an increase of 2,4% from 2022, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. This is down from the previous quarter's forecast of 5,1% growth. While inflation continues to erode consumer purchasing...
IT leaders feel increasingly unprotected
Companies are challenged with more complex hybrid IT environments and are raising budgets to fend off cyberattacks as well as keep up as production environments continue to diversify across various clouds. The result is that IT leaders feel they aren't sufficiently...
How to boost security resilience
Most organisations around the world have experienced a cybersecurity incident that impacts business - so building resilience is a key concern for business leaders. A new Cisco cybersecurity study, Security Outcomes Report, Volume 3: Achieving Security Resilience, with...
Microsoft to lay off 10 000 workers
Microsoft is gearing up to lay off about 10 000 employees, equivalent to just shy of 5% of its workforce. According to the company's Securities and Exchange (SEC) filing yesterday, the cutting of about 10 000 employees by the end of the third fiscal quarter of 2023 is...
About $24bn of BTC permanently lost
The value BTC that is lost due to these forgotten passwords and private key loss stands at around $24-billion - or about 1,45-million BTC. This is according to research by BitcoinCasino.com, which adds there is no way to recover these lost funds. So crypto owners must...
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Huawei joins Smart Africa
Huawei has joined the Smart Africa Alliance as Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) advisor and Platinum member at the Smart Africa Board Meeting. The partnership with the Smart Africa Alliance is one of Huawei's efforts to drive digital transformation in...
EMC reports improved earnings for Q2
EMC reported second-quarter 2016 financial results. Second-quarter consolidated revenue was $6 billion. GAAP earnings per weighted average diluted share was $0.29 in the second quarter, up 16% year over year. Non-GAAP¹ earnings per weighted average diluted share in...
Total data erasure and hard drive destruction
An increasing number of government regulations, industry standards and internal risk mitigation policies require organisations to sanitise storage media prior to disposal or reuse. Xperien has now introduced a hard drive degausser and physical destroyer, specifically...
African opportunity for pioneering Fintechs
While traditional banking institutions across the globe grapple with implementing technological innovation matching that of the fintech sector, Tim Nuy, executive director of Frankfurt-listed Fintech company MyBucks, believes that Africa presents Fintechs with...
Bringing it all together
Running a digital business is complicated, and it's not easy for management to get a full picture of what's going on in the entire enterprise. BusinessObjects Cloud is the new software as a service (SaaS) offering from SAP that offers a new range of analytics...
Cloud opportunities by design
Business by Design, SAP's complete cloud-based business solution, offers a major opportunity for South Africa partners. Mark Timms, head: sales and channel partner general business and partner operations, points out that the South African market, along with the rest...
Cloud offers quick success for HR
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Data availability drives digital business
Businesses are looking to their value-added resellers to help them make the difficult and complex digital transformation journey – but it is by no means an easy journey, says Simon Carpenter, chief technology advisor at SAP Africa. “We also need to help customers...
What SAP’s HANA Cloud Platform offers resellers
The days of segmenting partners into "types" are long gone - today, resellers offer a variety of products and services. In fact, only 16% of resellers focus on one model exclusively. "So partners today sell, implement and develop their own solutions," says Erich...
SAP aims to partner on cloud solutions
SAP may not be traditionally known for its channel partnering, but the company is driving a channel-centric go-to-market for its applications and cloud services. In fact, about 80% of SAP's business is currently to SME customers - and this is delivered through 12 000...
Data Architect – Gauteng Johannesburg
Looking for a data-driven adventure? Join South Africa's leading mobile network provider as a Data Architect! Your mission: Design and implement cutting-edge data solutions that power our mobile network. What's in it for you? Enjoy 24 days of annual leave, a hybrid...
Senior C# Developer Back-End
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Senior ServiceNow Developer
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Infrastructure/Cloud Engineer at Reverside
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Senior Full Stack Java Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg
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