What kind of salary increase can you look forward to?
South Africans can look forward to an average salary increase of 6% in 2024/2025. This is the word from Dr Mark Bussin, master reward specialist and executive committee member of the South African Reward Association (SARA), who says: “There is a glimmer of hope...
Google, ALX host hardware hackathon
Google has partnered with ALX South Africa to kick-off the sub-continent’s first Hardware Hackathon on 1 November at ALX’s hub in Braamfontein. Looking to foster innovation in the hardware and networking industry, the initiative is part of Google’s broader outreach...
How to ensure a hack-free festive season
While businesses slow down for the traditional holiday period, cybercriminals ramp up their operations taking full advantage of the skeletal staff and increased online activity. Last year, 66% of South African organisations across all industries reported downtime...
On Black Friday, SA shoppers splurged on consumer goods
Mobile payments led the way this Black Friday, with 70% of total transactions driving sales, versus 30% on desktop, according to leading payment gateway PayFast. The average basket size was R1 255, slightly higher than 2021, which recorded an average of R1 208 per...
Smart grids could drive big savings
The cost savings from smart grid deployments will exceed $125-billion globally in 2027, increasing from just over $33-billion in 2022. This 279% growth will be driven by rising energy prices, with smart grid technologies playing a critical role in increasing network...
The state of confidential computing
In today’s data-driven ecosystem, Intel has called for greater adoption of confidential computing as a standard cloud model. Today, data is often encrypted at rest, in storage and in transit across the network, but not while in use in the processor and memory....
Majority of merchants say PayPal an avenue for fraud
Customers like to use PayPal because they only need to remember one login instead of their credit card number, expiration date, security code, and billing address. However, while PayPal is one of the most widely-used payment methods, it has become a top target for...
Bitcoin investors poised for the rate hike unwind
Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies will continue to hold their current price ranges until the end of the year, before the ‘crypto winter’ thaws in the spring of 2023 when inflation will have peaked and central banks unwind their rate hikes. This is the prediction of Nigel...
China’s consumer VR shipments to reach 7m units in 2026
According to a recent IDC forecast, consumer standalone VR shipments in China increased by 166,2% year-over-year in the first half of 2022. China standalone VR in 2022Q1 reached 229 thousand units shipped, while 2022Q2 had almost 273 000 units shipped. The VR...
Snoopy hitches a ride to space aboard Artemis I
Snoopy has been selected as the zero-gravity indicator for NASA’s Artemis I flight test because of the inspiration and excitement the character has provided for human spaceflight for more than 50 years. NASA has shared an association with Snoopy creator Charles M...
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Silver Banana goes to town with Xerox
Silver Banana, one of Cape Town's best known digital printers, has upgraded its CBD operations with a new Xerox Versant 80 press from Cape Office and Bytes Document Solutions. The upgrade aims to greatly improve turnaround time, quality and reliability for walk-in and...
Customer functionality enriches TFG online experience
TFG (The Foschini Group) is enriching the world of online shopping with tech-savvy enhancements to their ever-growing online shopping mall, currently encompassing their @home, Duesouth, Duesouth Escapes, Totalsports, hi and Sportscene stores. TFG aims to customise...
Dell’s Pandora gaming laptop available now
Drive Control Corporation (DCC) has launched the gaming-centric Dell Inspiron 15 7559 laptop, also known as the "Pandora", in South Africa. "Gamers know that performance usually comes at a hefty price," says Terence Narayanan, Dell consumer product specialist at DCC,...
Connected chiller offers smart monitoring
Johnson Controls has launched a Connected Chiller offering that adds remote monitoring and analysis tools into its warranty and service offerings. The offering addresses a key customer challenge, giving organisations with chillers greater control, improving...
MPT opens branch in Namibia
Master Power Technologies, power solution and data centre specialist, has recently opened a branch in Windhoek Namibia, as part of its plan for growth in Africa. The operation officially opened on 1 March 2016 This office will compliment the Master Power branches...
T-Systems debuts HANA Migration Factory for Africa
As consumer expectations continually increase in the digital era - organisations are compelled to more aggressively transition to a world where "all is mobile, all is cloud and all is secure". However, this journey of digital transformation can leave a CIO with the...
CiTi launches women in business initiative
The Cape Innovation and Technology Initiative (CiTi), an incubator for local tech and tech-enabled entrepreneurs in Cape Town, launched its Women in Business programme with a bang. CiTi welcomed a group of 41 successful applicants who own and operate a diverse mix of...
How is banking fraud committed?
As more and more banks migrate banking services to mobile, enterprising and sophisticated (often globalised) criminal networks have devised ever ingenious ways to use mobile phones to separate customers from their money. This is according to Tjaart van der Walt,...
Correlsense expands into Africa
Correlsense, an Israeli enterprise application performance management (APM) company, has announced a new strategic marketing partnership with DJT Group, trading as ASG Africa, to provide its SharePath software in South Africa. The partnership is a direct continuation...
Customer insights for financial services
Accenture and Avanade have announced a solution dedicated to helping financial services firms transform their customer experience through greater personalisation in a digital world. Developed in collaboration with Microsoft and built on top of Microsoft Dynamics CRM...
After Hours Systems Support Technician (CH1037) – Remote
Our client, in the Fintech industry, is looking for an After-Hours Support Technician to work fully remote from their home office. This role is critical in ensuring that their systems remain secure and operational outside of regular business hours. The main function...
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Experience with Financial systems. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather and analyze project requirements. Design, develop, test, and maintain Java-based web applications. Implement front-end components using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to create a seamless...
Systems Administrator
Role: Systems Administrator (DevOps)Location: Illovo, JohannesburgWe are looking for a dynamic and driven System Administrator to join our client, a successful ISP/Telco. You will be working within the Digital Transformation team, alongside DevOps and Cloud Engineers....
Business Analyst
Are you a seasoned Business Analyst with a knack for transforming data into actionable insights? We're looking for an experienced professional to join our dynamic team in the iGaming sector.About the Role:As a Business Analyst at our company, you will play a pivotal...
Support and Intermediate Software Developer – Gauteng Midrand
Job Description Reporting to the Development Team Manager, the Developer is responsible for building, enhancing and maintaining applications and/or systems, in the area of responsibility, to enable business plans and long-term objectives using the identified...
After Hours Systems Support Technician (CH1037) – Remote – Western Cape Stellenbosch
Our client, in the Fintech industry, is looking for an After-Hours Support Technician to work fully remote from their home office. This role is critical in ensuring that their systems remain secure and operational outside of regular business hours. The main function...
Java Developer (Senior) LM – Gauteng Johannesburg
Experience with Financial systems. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather and analyze project requirements. Design, develop, test, and maintain Java-based web applications. Implement front-end components using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to create a seamless...
Systems Administrator – Gauteng Johannesburg
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Business Analyst – Gauteng Johannesburg Region
Are you a seasoned Business Analyst with a knack for transforming data into actionable insights? We're looking for an experienced professional to join our dynamic team in the iGaming sector.About the Role:As a Business Analyst at our company, you will play a pivotal...
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