Brain drain worsens SA’s significant skills gap
Kathy Gibson reports – The global digital economy is driving a growing need for IT skills – and this is exacerbating the many skills challenges facing the South African market. This is among the headline findings of the latest Institute of IT Professionals of South...
Digital initiatives still fail to meet expectations
On average, only 48% of digital initiatives enterprise-wide meet or exceed their business outcome targets. This is one of the findings from Gartner’s annual global survey of more than 3 100 CIOs and technology executives, and more than 1 100 executive leaders outside...
Webb reveals an exoplanet atmosphere as never seen before
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope just scored another first: a molecular and chemical profile of a distant world’s skies. While Webb and other space telescopes, including NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer, previously have revealed isolated ingredients of this broiling...
Black Friday sales growth tipped to be less buoyant
As retailers ramp up their November shopping deals and discounts, this year's Black Friday sales is expected to show some growth particularly among consumers seeking a bang for their buck under the mounting economic pressures. "Last year's Black Friday point-of-sale...
Partnering key to connecting 2,7bn unconnected people
Kathy Gibson reports - There are still 2,7-billion people that remain unconnected across the globe. An ecosystem of role-players will have to partner to bring reliable, stable connectivity to these underserved populations. Dr Liang Hua, chairman of board at Huawei...
Are you making some of these common cloud strategy mistakes?
A cloud strategy is a concise viewpoint on the role of cloud computing in the organisation. However, business and IT leaders continue to make 10 common mistakes when crafting their cloud strategy, according to Gartner. "A good cloud strategy should be a short and...
Ransomware accounts for 40% of total cyberattacks in Q3
One of the world's top private threat intelligence teams, Cisco Talos, has released its latest quarterly report examining incident response trends and global cyberthreats. "Today, more than ever - in an increasingly connected and digital age - cybersecurity is of the...
Geopolitical shocks to drive more political, economic relationships in 2023
The Covid-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war profoundly reorganized global structures and relationships in 2022, and will continue to drive additional uncertainty in the year ahead, according to a new S&P Global Market Intelligence report, A World Rebalancing....
Improved decision-making could support sustainable lending
Almost two-thirds (62%) of businesses believe that artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are radically transforming the way they do business. This is according to the 2022 Business and Consumer Insight Report conducted by Forrester Consulting on...
Power-efficient supercomputer adds muscle to scientific problems
A new supercomputer operated by the Flatiron Institute in New York City tops the latest Green500 List of the most power-efficient supercomputers in the world. The revised list, which ranks supercomputers based on the number of floating-point operations per second...
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Red Hat, Amdocs enable open innovation
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Decision Inc. transforms data analytics for Risk Benefit Solutions
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CallCabinet for Asterisk wins Best in Show
CallCabinet's compliant call recording solution for Digium's Asterisk was named "Best in Show" at the recent ITExpo East held in Fort Lauderdale, US. "The products and solutions nominated for the ITEXPO Best in Show Awards are a true reflection of the industry's most...
App puts power in the hands of fleet managers
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New SA country head for Zazoo
Zazoo a business unit of Net 1 UEPS Technologies, has appointed Tamara d'Onofrio as its country head for South Africa. Zazoo is an aggregation of innovative technology companies and a provider of payment solutions and transaction processing services. Its patented...
Enjoy home cinema picture quality with Epson laser projector
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MWeb, LG partner on Fibre House
MWeb has launched its Fibre House Campaign which will make use of LG Technology's Smart Technology products. The MWeb Fibre Home is a real home in Randburg, putting MWeb's FTTH (fibre to the home) on display as part of its current fibre awareness campaign. The power...
Eurotech, Red Hat simplify IoT
Red Hat and Eurotech have announced a collaboration to simplify IoT integration and accelerate implementations of IoT projects. The two companies have combined their complementary technologies with the intention of building an end-to-end architecture for IoT that will...
Integrated security key for sophisticated attacks
South African companies need to automate and integrate their IT security solutions to meet increasingly sophisticated threats, writes Intel Security's Trevor Coetzee. The trends and threats encountered by South African companies are largely those of our global...
Digital business needs software-defined data centres
Global big data revenues are expected to grow to just under $38-billion and cloud computing service revenues to more than $4-billion in 2016 resulting in local companies rethinking their data centre strategies. Matthew Lee, Regional Manager for Africa at SUSE, looks...
Mid Level Business Analyst – Gauteng Primrose
6 Months ContractBe a part of a consulting team, working at a client in the manufacturing industry.Our client, a consulting company focusing on business process engineering is in need of a Mid-Level Business Analyst.This is a hybrid position which requires working 1...
PHP Laravel Developer – Western Cape Cape Town
ENVIRONMENT:A prestigious digital command hub situated in Cape Town is in search of a skilled PHP / Laravel Software Developer with a strong stature to create software through code composition, rectify code issues, and oversee system testing and validation alongside...
Project Manager IT – Western Cape Cape Town CBD
Title: Senior Project Manager Industry: Financial Services Location: Cape Town Type: 12-month contractOverview:We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to join our team at a large financial services institution. The ideal candidate will have extensive...
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Mobile Application Developer – Gauteng Fairland
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