As delinquencies grow, lenders look to alternative credit data for help
As visibility into consumer risk provided by traditional credit data shifts, financial institutions worldwide are expanding their use of alternative data throughout the consumer lending journey, according to Lexis Nexis’ inaugural Global Consumer Lending Confidence...
Strong outlook for global sensor market
The global sensor market is well established, with hundreds of millions of sensors produced yearly. Yet the market remains in flux, with trends in future mobility, edge computing, AI, and digital healthcare continuously evolving and reshaping sensor technology...
Power of symmetry key in new quantum breakthrough
By taking advantage of nature’s own inherent symmetry, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have found a way to control and communicate with the dark state of atoms. This finding opens another door towards building quantum computing networks and...
Defining trends that will impact business in 2023
The year 2022 has been one of substantial change, especially in the workplace, where organisations of all shapes and sizes have had to navigate through the post-pandemic normal. From embracing the work-from-home phenomenon to improving how they attract and nurture...
Intel platform sets overclocking frequency record
The 13th Gen Intel Core desktop processor family has overtaken the longstanding processor overclocking frequency world record. In less than three months, the Intel Core i9-13900K has twice set the frequency overclocking world record. The ASUS overclocking team...
Decline expected for smart home shipments
Worsening macroeconomic conditions have led a reduction in the outlook for global smart home device shipments according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Smart Home Device Tracker. Worldwide shipments of smart home devices are now...
Macroeconomic pressures to weigh on wearables growth
While the wearables market inched forward with year-over-year growth of 1.7% in the third quarter of 2022 (3Q22), global shipments for the full year 2022 are forecast to decline 3,3% to 515,6-million units, marking the first full year of decline since 2013, according...
NFT sales slumped in December
The once-booming NFT market is down by nearly every trackable metric as nonfungible tokens continue struggling amid a crypto winter. The trading volume for NFTs across all sectors, from art to gaming, has plunged almost 90% year-over-year, pushing the global NFT sales...
Resilient SMEs will thrive in 2023
The past year has not held much for the SME sector to celebrate, but 2023 is expected to be a year of growth and recovery. By Garth Rossiter, chief risk officer of Lulalend 2022 saw the end of Covid-19-related restrictions but, at the same time, we also experienced...
2022 breaks records for crypto heists
Besides being one of the hardest years for the crypto market, 2022 was also a record year for crypto hacks. Last year alone, crypto thieves stole more than $3,5-billion worth of cryptos. According to data presented by CryptoPresales.com, more than $8,9-billion has...
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Gerox Trading is Bytes’ Concessionaire of the Year
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Obsidian offers Open Source monitoring with Icinga
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Customers take to VCE VxRail appliances
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Arcserve named fastest growing data protection vendor
Tarsus Cloud On Demand vendor Arcserve has been identified as the fastest growing provider of data protection solutions, according to Gartner – a global leader in technology research. Furthermore, in its most recent Magic Quadrant for Data Center Backup and Recovery...
Jacobson is new Xerox CEO
Jeff Jacobson has been appointed as the CEO of Xerox Corporation following the completion of the company’s planned separation into two publicly traded companies. Jacobson currently serves as president of Xerox Technology and will continue in his current role until the...
Intervate helps to digitise the gazetting process
The Government Printing Works (GPW) has seen a host of initial benefits from its digitisation and automation programme, with the foundation set for it to derive further value in the future. About the client The Government Printing Works (GPW) has a long history of...
Funding secured for sustainable energy
Global renewable energy developer Mainstream Renewable Power has signed $117,5-million equity investment from investors including IFC, the IFC African, Latin American and Caribbean Fund (ALAC) and the IFC Catalyst Fund, two funds managed by IFC Asset Management...
A success story of offline and online tutoring
South Africa's largest tutoring company this month reached a milestone by signing up its 10 000th learner, and clocking more than 150 000 tutoring lessons. That's good going for an idea that was shot down by a university professor as being doomed to failure, when its...
Big data: a secret weapon for SMEs?
According to Forbes magazine, 89% of business leaders believe big data will revolutionise business operations in the same way the Internet did. Naturally this does not only refer to big business, as small and medium sized companies are becoming more significant daily....
Curb unethical behaviour in a tough economic climate
Times are tougher, with the weak rand, rising cost of fuel and food coupled with the overall inflation meaning that many South Africans face ongoing financial stress. Such weak economic conditions can lead to an increase in unethical behaviour, conflict of interest,...
DevOps Consultant (Hybrid) – Gauteng Menlyn
Drive innovation as our next SAP DevOps Consultant! Be at the forefront of technology, blending SAP expertise with cutting-edge DevOps practices. Join a dynamic team and accelerate your career in a world-class automotive environment !! ESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:...
IT Service Desk Analyst
Provide first-level technical support to end-users via phone, email, and in-personInstall, configure, and maintain computer hardware, operating systems, and applicationsPerform routine maintenance on all computer systems and networksProvide hardware and software...
Aftersales & Continuous Support Administrator
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IT Service Desk Analyst – Western Cape Cape Town
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Our client is seeking for an Aftersales & Continuous Support Administrator to join their company.Purpose Of The Position:Providing administrative support to the aftersales & site services team, which may include tasks such as maintaining client databases,...
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Job Specifications: 10+ years of experience in designing/developing solutions/architecture on ITSM, LSD, CSM, CMDB, HRSD on ServiceNow Tool using industry best practices.Experienced in Requirement Gathering, Effort estimation, and Client interaction.Should have...
Master SAP Specialist : Finance Material
Well known and growing private hospital group requires a Finance Material Master SAP Specialist with 3 years' experience working with SAP FI, MM, contract management, AP SOI Automation, procurement PR, PO release strategy as well as 3 years' financial management...
Aftersales & Continuous Support Engineer
Our client is looking for a Aftersales & Continuous Support Engineer to join their company.Purpose of the position:Support the Aftersales Manager in technical/engineering and administrative tasks, such as managing aftersales & site service records, databases,...
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Master SAP Specialist : Finance Material – Remote Remote
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