Fraud attacks escalate faster than business defences

South African businesses are facing an unprecedented and rapidly evolving threat from fraud, with two-thirds (66%) reporting a surge in losses over the past year, according to new research commissioned by Experian. The study, conducted by Forrester Consulting, reveals...

January salaries rise ahead of expected Budget relief

The PayInc Net Salary Index, which tracks the nominal net salaries of an estimated 2,1-million salary earners in South Africa, increased marginally in January 2026, offering some good news to earners. However, attention now turns to tomorrow’s National Budget, with...

Hubble Telescope identifies one of the darkest known galaxies

In the vast tapestry of the universe, most galaxies shine brightly across cosmic time and space. Yet a rare class of galaxies remains nearly invisible - low-surface-brightness galaxies dominated by dark matter and containing only a sparse scattering of faint stars....

Africa closes the gap as cloud adoption accelerates

Over the past decade, cloud has evolved from a flexible infrastructure backbone to a driver of innovation. And cloud maturity across Africa has accelerated dramatically - most organisations have moved beyond basic adoption to strategic optimisation, closing the gap...

Intel Foundry opens new frontier in chipmaking

Intel Foundry has reported a key milestone in advanced semiconductor manufacturing with completed assembly of the industry's first commercial High Numerical Aperture (High NA) Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) lithography scanner at the chipmaker's Hillsboro, Oregon R&D...

Globally, companies push for zero-trust

Worldwide, 63% of organisations have fully or partially implemented a zero-trust strategy, according to Gartner. For 78% of organisations implementing a zero-trust strategy, this investment represents less than 25% of the overall cybersecurity budget. A fourth quarter...

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter captures video of record flight

The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter's black-and-white navigation camera has provided dramatic video of its record-breaking 25th flight, which took place on 8 April. Covering a distance of 704m at a speed of 5,5m per second, it was the Red Planet rotorcraft's longest and...

AMD claims fastest and greenest HPC titles

AMD powers the fastest and the most energy-efficient supercomputers in the world, according to the latest Top500 and Green500 lists. Oak Ridge National Laboratory's (ORNL) Frontier system submitted its very first score to the Top500 list of 1.1 exaflops, making it the...

HPE switches on AI supercomputer in France

Recalling the French linguist who deciphered the Rosetta Stone 150 years ago, Hewlett Packard Enterprise has now switched on a tool to unravel customers' knottiest problems. The Champollion AI supercomputer takes its name from Jean-François Champollion (1790-1832),...

These are the supply chain leaders in 2022

Gartner has released the results from its annual Global Supply Chain Top 25, identifying leading supply chains and highlighting their best practices. "Nineteen companies achieved the highest possible environmental, social and governance (ESG) score this year,...

Biometrically authenticated remote mobile payments set to boom

A new study from Juniper Research has found that the value of biometrically authenticated remote mobile payments will reach $1,2-trillion globally by 2027; rising from $332-billion in 2022. These transactions use biometrics, typically facial and fingerprint...

Home-grown brands win back in African rankings

Against a backdrop of internal focus as a consequence of an urgent rebuilding of economies devastated by the Covid-19 pandemic and the acceleration of AfCFTA's goal of driving greater intra-African trade, Brand Africa has unveiled the 12th annual Brand Africa 100:...

Genius Brands revealed in Gartner Digital IQ Index

Gartner has released its list of Genius Brands within the latest Gartner Digital IQ Index, identifying the best-in-class brands across 15 industries. Only 3% of the 1 337 brands indexed were categorised as "Genius" this year. "CMOs have gone to extremes over the past...

Cloud solutions key for SME success

South Africa's small-to-mid size enterprises (SMEs) face unprecedented pressure to transform their operations with agility and speed to keep up with the pace of change and adapt to business, industry and market challenges. According to the findings of a whitepaper,...

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Huawei partners with Rapid Response

Huawei has signed an exclusive agreement with Rapid Response, the mobile app that transforms a mobile phone into an emergency panic button. The agreement will see the app embedded within Huawei phones as a native service that links users to emergency service...

Destroy data with MAXXeGUARD

Local IT asset sisposal specialist Xperien has launched MAXXeGUARD, a mobile, low-noise shredder that can be used in every office environment to destroy a wide range of digital media quickly and securely. Xperien CEO Wale Arewa says data theft from digital media is...

Kemp offers load balancing as a service

Kemp Technologies has announced its OpenStack Load Balancing-as-a-Service (LBaaS) plugin, giving customers the power to manage and orchestrate advanced application delivery services in their private cloud environments. With OpenStack adoption growing rapidly -...

Carlton Hair launches mobile loyalty app with SWARM

Carlton Hair, South Africa's largest and most prestigious hair salon group, will launch a new digital loyalty app that offers clients easier, faster and safer access to their loyalty rewards at any Carlton Hair salon across the country. Designed by Cape Town-based...

Live Print brings printing to life with Xerox

Live Print, a full service walk-in and e-commerce print shop, has expanded its product portfolio with a new Xerox C70 digital press from Bytes Document Solutions, Xerox's largest distributor worldwide. The company recently opened its doors at Salt Rock's Tiffanys...

Altech Alcom Matomo rolls out Namdeb network

Namdeb Diamond Corporation (Namdeb), a joint venture between the Namibian Government and De Beers, has enhanced safety and security at its mines through the implementation of an integrated digital communications network from Altech Alcom Matomo (AAM), a division of...

Eutelsat expands broadband offering in Africa

Eutelsat Communications has unveiled the next step in its broadband strategy for Africa with the order of a new-generation High Throughput Satellite that will increase reach and access; helping to bridge the digital divide gap in Africa. To be launched in 2019, the...

Kenyan bank partners with SimbaPay

The Co-operative Bank of Kenya has partnered with SimbaPay, a digital money transfer provider, to offer international money transfer services to the bank's customers in the Diaspora. Co-operative Bank accounts receiving the funds will be credited instantly. The...

Sage launches unified Global Partner Programme

Sage is simplifying, harmonising and globalising its partner relationships with its new Global Partner Programme, providing partners with enhanced benefits and incentives. As the world's leading small and medium business accounting, payments and payroll solutions...

Senior Database Administrator at M&M Consulting

Roles and Responsibilities: Database AdministrationProvide administration of database systems including installation, upgrades, configuration, migration, consolidation, monitoring, tuning, and maintenanceTesting new versions of the database management system (DBMS)Set...

Finance and Data Analyst

Purpose of role:Create financial data modelsBuild Business Information, data modelsAnalyze finance and data business trendsInterpret and visualize dataFinancial data management & Data processingBuild automation data models for finance and operations teams...

Intermediate Test Analyst

Responsibilities/Tasks:Analyse/ assimilate project documentation to build a thorough understanding of the business and technical requirements of systems to be tested. These typically include business requirements, functional specifications, process/data flow diagrams...

Solutions Analysts (Business / Systems Analyst)

Our client is looking for a Solutions analyst who will work alongside their other analysts. The main tasks will include performing detailed requirements analysis, documenting processes and performing some user acceptance testing. The incumbent should have a natural...

Front-end Developer

We're looking for a Front-End Developer to join our team! As part of our dynamic and growing organization, you'll have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects and collaborate with a talented team of developers.The ideal candidate would need to be able to...

Data Analyst

Position: Data AnalystHire Resolves client is seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Data Analyst to join their team in Pretoria, Gauteng. The successful candidate will be responsible for analysing data, generating insights, and developing data-driven strategies...

Graduate: Investment Data Analyst

Job Title: Graduate: Investment Data AnalystArea: Northern Suburbs, Cape TownSalary: Market-related Headline:Kickstart your career in Investments by combing your IT skills with your investments passion and get involved in Operations by providing technical support...

Senior Systems Engineer (Work From Home in US hours)

Senior Systems Engineer (Remote/WFH/US Hours) One of our clients is a leading technology consulting and services firm providing the business community with managed infrastructure, cloud services, 24x7 helpdesk, custom application development, social media and software...

Junior support engineer at Adapt IT

Introduction The candidate will be responsible for the day-to-day 3rd level support and since this is a 24x7x365 environment, he/she will also be expected to do standby duty. As this is a very busy environment and continuous delivery is expected. The ability to work...

Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Quality from the start - get involved in the user story definition process and write test scenarios upfront.Bring a QA perspective to planning sessions and ensure test effort is taken into consideration.Work close with developers to ensure that quality is considered...

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