Steady growth puts digital trade firmly on the map

New experimental estimates show that digital trade is increasing significantly across the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in 2023, underscoring the importance of digital technologies in shaping international trade. Up to now, much of the...

Geopolitics creates inflationary pressures for SA

As the Middle East moves towards a fragile lull in hostilities, the economic shock caused by the conflict – supply chains perturbation, inflation etc - is already spreading to the global economy with oil-importing economies such as South Africa particularly exposed to...

Credit trends diverge as consumers navigate affordability

South African consumers are reshaping how they access and use credit as affordability pressures persist, according to TransUnion’s Q1 2026 South Africa Industry Insights Report. The report’s findings show that credit demand remained resilient, but diverging risk...

Small fibre operators outshine giants in ISPA survey

ISPA's Perception Survey gauges ISPs’ perceptions of fibre network operator (FNO) performance across a range of metrics - and the most recent results reveal smaller FNOs are outshining the established competition. South Africa’s official internet Industry...

Open source AI set to drive new innovation

Kathy Gibson reports from Red Hat Summit in Johannesburg –  Artificial intelligence (AI) has been the big IT buzzword for the last year and is ready to become a mainstream technology that can help organisations solve their IT and business challenges. Dion Harvey,...

Virtualisation is back in the spotlight

Kathy Gibson reports from Red Hat Summit in Johannesburg – Just a couple of years ago, few would have believed that virtualisation would be a pressing topic in 2024. “But virtualisation is back on the agenda - and it’s bigger than ever,” says Bruce Busansky,...

IT leaders increase protection for SaaS workloads

Companies are recognising the increasing need to protect their SaaS environments, according to Veeam Software’s new Cloud Protection Trends Report 2023. For example, nearly 90% of Microsoft 365 customers surveyed use supplemental measures rather than relying solely on...

Women shouldn’t be held accountable for closing the gender gap

According to research conducted by the World Economic Forum, it will take 98 years to close the gender parity gap in sub-Saharan Africa, and more than 130 years to achieve this goal globally. What’s more, with 2022 giving way to a range multi-layered and compounding...

Lenovo maintains PC market leadership

Lenovo Group has announced its second quarter results, with profitability improving year-on-year for the 10th consecutive quarter. During the quarter, Lenovo Southern Africa dominated the local PC market with a 24,8% market share and experienced business performance...

MTN Group, Microsoft in strategic African alliance

MTN Group and Microsoft have announced a strategic alliance agreement to accelerate digital and cloud transformation working towards a shared vision of driving Africa’s growth. The agreement is in support of MTN’s strategic intent of leading digital solutions for...

Elon Musk sticks to his guns on $8 blue tick fee

Elon Musk, the new owner is sticking to his guns that users pay an $8 fee to have a blue tick that verifies their account. This is according to Musk in tweets, rather than an official stance by the company. But insiders reveal that developers have been told to...

Watch Pat Gelsinger and Linus Torvalds talk open source

At Intel Innovation 2022, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger sat down with Linus Torvalds, the “godfather of open source” who created the Linux operating system. Their wide-ranging conversation covered the beginning of Linux, Torvalds’ advice for Intel and why he chose a penguin...

Make your voice heard in the Channelwise Awards survey

Voting in the Channelwise Awards survey has been extended to midnight on 11 November. The Channelwise Awards give the nation’s resellers the opportunity to vote for the vendors and distributors they feel went the extra mile for them during the past year. The survey...

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Jasco launches virtual hosted contact centre

Jasco, a company that delivers end-to-end best-of-breed solutions across the entire ICT value chain, has launched it's Hosted Virtual Contact Centre solution. The solution provides customers with access to a world-class contact centre solution, connectivity to the...

Why you need to integrate business solutions

Accounting, payroll, HR and payments are at the heart of any business, writes Anton van Heerden, executive vice-president and MD of Sage South & Southern Africa. By integrating this golden triangle of business processes and systems, organisations can reduce manual...

SMEs can get payment processing solution

A partnership between home-grown fintech-preneurs and one of South Africa's largest discount retailers is set to help small businesses by allowing them to transform their phone into a secure mobile point of sale (mPOS) terminal. They will be able to process debit and...

Challenges and benefits of hybrid cloud migration

In the quest to remain competitive within the market, businesses are introducing more and more innovative applications to improve processes and efficiency, writes Martin Walshaw, senior engineer at F5 Networks. However, maintaining this progress requires companies to...

InnoTech aims to boost more tech startups

InnoTech, the incubator programme for ICT start-ups in Telkom's Cape Town FutureHub, is in its second year at the Woodstock Bandwidth Barn and is looking to turbo-charge the next intake of applicants into the market place. Michelle Matthews, head of ED and innovation...

How to unlearn the traditional workplace

The notion of what defines a workplace is evolving with the new millennium, writes Brendan McAravey, country manager of Citrix South Africa. For example, on any given day, a company can have less than 50% office utilisation, as employees may be offsite attending a...

Anti-corruption measures welcomed

It is expected that 2016 will see a change in the way government spends public money – particularly wasteful expenditure as a result of fraud, corruption and mismanagement. Aligned with government’s goal of saving R25 billion per year by 2018/2019, one of the most...

Sentiment analysis empowers the public service

What is government doing to tap into the wealth of data generated through social media channels? It is time for a mind-set change, embracing predictive analytics and big data, to bolster proactive governance and service provision, writes Kroshlen Moodley head of...

Rwanda pushes forward for cashless society

The Government of Rwanda has announced a collaboration with MasterCard to fast-track the country’s move to include 90% of its citizens in the financial mainstream, as set out in its Vision 2020 strategy. In a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signed by the CEO,...

When it comes to negligence, ignorance is no defence

Legislation is drafted to address the problems faced in society at a particular time, writes Rhys Evans, director of ALCO-Safe.As time passes and the nature of the problem changes, so too must the legislation adapt to keep up with this change. It is for this reason...

Full Stack Engineer (C# & SQL

Back and Front End development Assist with various development projects Minimum Requirements:Tertiary QualificationAt least 5 Years Software Development experienceTechnologies required: C#, SQL, SSIS Desired Skills: Software Development C# SQL Learn more/Apply for...

Network Engineer (Hirschmann)

The Network Engineer will be responsible for designing, implementing, managing and maintaining Hirschmann (MACH4002, MACH100, MS4128-5, MACH104, MS30-2402, MAR1040, MSP40-00200, RS40, RS20, RS30) and related network infrastructure of our clients. The Network Engineer...

Informix DBA

Minimum DBA skills and experience: System Analysis & Design skills - The Oracle and Informix DBA must take an active role in the analysis and design of new database systems.Knowledge of data flow diagrams, data dictionary techniques, CASE tools,Entity-relation...

Agile Master (Senior)

Guiding your team(s) and the organisation in its Scrum adoption. Guiding your team(s) and the organisation on Agile/Scrum best practices. Implementing Scrum according to the Scrum Guide. Collaborating with Product Owners and colleagues across multiple sites/locations....

PHP Developer

The successful candidate will join an existing team of developers and will focus on the design, development and maintenance of several systems which primarily use PHP and MySQL. Projects currently include the development of a network security monitoring and reporting...

Full Stack Engineer (C# & SQL – Western Cape Cape Town

Back and Front End development Assist with various development projects Minimum Requirements:Tertiary QualificationAt least 5 Years Software Development experienceTechnologies required: C#, SQL, SSIS Desired Skills: Software Development C# SQL Learn more/Apply for...

Network Engineer (Hirschmann) – Limpopo Lephalale

The Network Engineer will be responsible for designing, implementing, managing and maintaining Hirschmann (MACH4002, MACH100, MS4128-5, MACH104, MS30-2402, MAR1040, MSP40-00200, RS40, RS20, RS30) and related network infrastructure of our clients. The Network Engineer...

Informix DBA – Gauteng Johannesburg

Minimum DBA skills and experience: System Analysis & Design skills - The Oracle and Informix DBA must take an active role in the analysis and design of new database systems.Knowledge of data flow diagrams, data dictionary techniques, CASE tools,Entity-relation...

Agile Master (Senior) – Gauteng Pretoria

Guiding your team(s) and the organisation in its Scrum adoption. Guiding your team(s) and the organisation on Agile/Scrum best practices. Implementing Scrum according to the Scrum Guide. Collaborating with Product Owners and colleagues across multiple sites/locations....

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