AI could help the world achieve SDGs
Just 17% of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) targets are on track for 2030, with nearly half making minimal or moderate progress, and over one-third stalled or in some cases regressing. This emerged during a World Economic Forum of over 1 400 business leaders,...
Current talent management efforts inhibit optimal performance
Organisations are struggling to deliver on talent needs - and employee and organisational performance are suffering as a result, says Gartner. A June 2024 Gartner survey of 190 HR leaders revealed that 41% agree their workforce lacks required skills; 50% agree their...
Closing the cybersecurity gender gap can improve cyber resilience
Women still only make up a quarter of the workforce in cybersecurity, a striking gap compared to a 39% participation rate in the general workforce. At the same time, the global cybersecurity workforce would need to grow by 80% to meet current demand, according to a...
SA women are ditching inflexible workplaces
First came the Great Resignation, and now we have the Great Breakup, where female professionals, executives and senior leaders unsatisfied with a complete 9-to-5, five-days-a-week return to the office are seeking greener pastures at more flexible companies, or opting...
Chad Baker is new MD of First Distribution
First Distribution has brought back Chad Baker as its MD, 22 years after he left the company. Baker started his ICT career with First Distribution in 1995, serving as the national sales manager for four years. He has been in the industry in a number of executive...
Ransomware still a top cyber risk, but new threats emerging
Ransomware remains a top cyber risk for organizations globally while business email compromise incidents are on the rise and will increase further in the 'deep fake' era. At the same time, the war in Ukraine and wider geopolitical tensions are a major concern as...
Fraudsters threaten to turn Festive Season cheer to frustration
With the festive season fast approaching, South Africa has been slowly aligning itself with the rest of the world in heralding the start of the festive season shopping spree with its Black Friday shopping event. While the origins of Black Friday in South Africa can be...
AdvancedIPSpyware targets organisations worldwide
In a recent crimeware report, Kaspersky experts described AdvancedIPSpyware, a backdoored version of legitimate Advanced IP Scanner tool used by network admins to control local area networks (LANs). The malicious tool affected a broad audience with victims in Latin...
Fears over inflation, business slump haunt outlook
Nearly three quarters of business are wrestling with increased costs, the highest proportion of respondents reporting increased cost pressures for the last decade and over one in three are worried about decreased income. This is according to the latest edition of the...
Scammers are most likely to impersonate DHL
A new Check Point Research (CPR), Brand Phishing Report, for Q3 2022 highlights the brands which were most frequently imitated by criminals in their attempts to steal individuals' personal information or payment credentials during July, August and September. While...
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Ericsson and KPN demo C-RAN small cells
Ericsson and telecommunications operator KPN have inaugurated a C-RAN small cell solution in a bus stop on the Rembrandtplein in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Today, operators are challenged to provide sufficient capacity to meet increasing traffic demands, particularly in...
Audit: a key step toward a world class contact centre
Structured and formalised contact centre assessment, audit and benchmarking can leave 'blood on the floor', but it's critical in helping contact centres move toward world class status writes Chris Bell, Territory Manager at Interactive Intelligence. A benchmarking...
Monitored alarm systems to top 39m
According to a new research report by Berg Insight, the number of monitored alarm systems in Europe is forecasted to grow from 8,4-million in 2015 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4% to reach 10,6-million in 2020. In North America, the number of monitored...
First DevConf coming to SA soon
South African software developers and programmers are set to get their first major developer conference in years, when the inaugural DevConf is staged in Johannesburg next month. DevConf, expected to attract over 350 professional software developers and programmers,...
Insurer offers new services with the help of Oracle
Maitland, a global independent third-party fund administrator has launched its new investor servicing retirement and life products to the South African market with the help of Oracle FlexCube Investor Servicing. “This is the first critical delivery of the...
Canon expands imageFORMULA cheque scanner range
Canon Europe has launched four new imageFORMULA cheque scanners, the CR-190i II and CR190i II UV, and the CR-135i II and CR-135 II UV. These high performance devices extend Canon’s cheque scanner range and provide a wider choice for banks, retailers and financial...
Gartner positions Sophos as a leader
Gartner has once again named Sophos as a Leader in its 2016 Magic Quadrant report for Endpoint Protection Platforms (EPP), a position Sophos has held since 2007. In the report, Gartner identifies four primary stages in the security lifecycle: setting policy,...
Alcatel solutions target SMBs
Today’s small and medium businesses (SMBs) want communication technology that facilitates business growth that is created by smarter working employees who deliver customer satisfaction. The latest enhancements, to the Alcatel-Lucent OpenTouch Suite for SMBs, enable...
Meatco deploys Sage X3
Meat Corporation of Namibia (Meatco) has implemented the Sage X3 business management solution as part of its strategy to streamline its business by consolidating, automating and integrating its systems and processes. The new system offers tight integration with...
TruTeq expands, opens office in Australia
Mobile network technology company, the TruTeq Group, recently established an international division and has opened its international heaquarters in Brisbane, Australia. Tjaart van der Walt, TruTeq Group CEO and International MD comments: “Since inception in 2001,...
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....
PHP Developer – Gauteng Woodmead
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...
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Technical Tester (Test Automation)
My client based in Cape Town (Northern Suburbs) is currently looking for a Technical Tester (Test Automation) to join them on a fixed term contract IT / Finance Responsibilities Develop, execute, and maintain test plans, test cases, and test scriptsPerform functional,...
SAP Human Capital Solutions Architect
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SAP Systems Specialist (Material Management)
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