AI drives mainframe innovation
Mainframe computers are already playing a pivotal role in supporting AI innovation, hybrid cloud strategies, and the acceleration of digital transformation, according to a new survey from the IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV), which adds that, with unmatched...
Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to work on proteins and AI
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024 to David Baker (half the prize) for work on computational protein design, and to Demis Hassabis and John M Jumper (sharing the other half) for protein structure prediction. Baker is...
The future according to VMware …
Kathy Gibson is at VMware Explore in Barcelona - The tech world is enjoying a flurry of game-changing new innovations following the dry period it experienced during the Covid era. "There are so many new technologies that have been launched over the last couple of...
Green hydrogen has great potential for SA, but requires collaboration
The national drive to a lower carbon future and greener economy will require large-scale collaboration, and success will necessitate enduring and resilient partnerships between sector leaders. This is the view of Fleetwood Grobler, president and CEO of Sasol, in PSG's...
African farmers keen on digital tools, but need their governments’ support
African farmers urgently need government support to increase their use of digital tools, according to a new survey conducted by Savanta ComRes on behalf of Vodacom. Over 200 farmers across South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania and Egypt were asked how they feel about...
Emerging markets to boost contactless mobile payment users past 1bn mark
A new study from Juniper Research has found that the total number of unique contactless mobile payment users will reach 1-billion globally by 2024 - rising from 782-million in 2022 and representing growth of 60%. The report identified increased investment in...
Inflation, rising costs to hamper digital transformation in healthcare
A total of 58% healthcare industry professionals globally believe that digital transformation initiatives - involving the implementation of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), big data, cloud computing, application programming interfaces (API)...
WAN spend to increase 44% by 2026
The WAN market will grow by around 44% - from $59-billion in 2021 to $85-billion in 2026 - for the largest 5 000 companies globally, says market research and consulting firm, TeleGeography. According to a new five-year market forecast from its WAN Market Size Report,...
VMware aims to have a fully subscription-based model
Kathy Gibson is at VMware Explore in Barcelona - As companies move to a hybrid cloud and multi-cloud operations model, the way they licence their software has to change too. Ian Jansen van Rensburg, director: solutions engineering and lead technologist at VMware South...
Surge in companies turning to digital twin technology
The number of companies that mentioned "digital twin" technology in their company filings increased by 43% in 2022 compared to 2020, according to GlobalData's Company Filing Analytics Database, with the technology, construction, oil and gas, and mining sectors the...
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Julius Solomon Specialist Labels takes silver and gold
Julius Solomon, Cape Town's original fabric label printing company, has upgraded its flagship Xerox Color 1000 (X1000) Press with gold and silver specialty dry inks in response to growing demand for metallic finishing on printed products such as swing tickets and...
Cartrack reaches 500K subscribers
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Google launches Play Movies in SA
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Mini PCs a growing business niche
Small form-factor PCs originally designed for home users are finding a growing market among small and medium-sized businesses looking for attractive, affordable and compact solutions for their offices That's the word from Diana Hughes, Asus product manager at Tarsus...
Poor camera choice and placement compromises security
Marc van Jaarsveldt, consultant for The Surveillance Factory, a video surveillance system-integrator, says that despite the exciting features of today's video surveillance cameras, poor solution design and poor camera placement compromises the end result and renders...
Sophos scoops award for mobile security
Sophos received the 2015 AV-TEST Best Android Security Award for Best Protection. Over a 12-month period and during six independent tests, Sophos Mobile Security for Android consistently achieved a perfect score for malware and threat detection. AV-TEST Institute is a...
Interactive Intelligence builds Fortune 500 momentum
Interactive Intelligence Group Inc. a global leader of cloud services for customer engagement, communications and collaboration, has reported key customer milestones, including more than 80 customer deployments at Fortune 500 companies. The company's cloud services...
Strong community can enhance customer loyalty
Competition for customer loyalty is fierce today and organizations are looking for every advantage. One of them can be a strong community that can be enhanced by community management tools, workflow enhancements and enhanced user-experience capabilities, says Rob...
Drive business value through an IoT platform
The Internet of Things (IoT) has the ability to transform the lives of citizens, providing tangible solutions to many of society's ills. That said, partnerships between the public and private sector will be key in ensuring that these are fully realised. "It is...
New CIO for MTN
MTN has appointed Benjamin Marais as its new chief information officer (CIO), effective 01 March 2016. Marais joins MTN from Discovery Health where he served in a similar role. Marais has a wealth of experience in the banking, health and digital space. A qualified...
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We're looking for a Full Stack .Net 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 successful person will be responsible...
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The position reports to the Engineering Manager Your mission, should you choose to accept it: Design and build solutions to assist our business users, and improve customer experienceArchitect and design solutions with fellow team membersResearching how solutions are...
Application Development Manager – JHB – Gauteng Springs
Hire Resolve is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Application Development Manager to join our team in Johannesburg. In this role, you will lead a team of developers and oversee the application development process.As an Application Development Manager, you will...
Senior Java Developer – Western Cape Stellenbosch
Full Stack Java Developer with minimum 10 years' Java development experience required to join the software development team for a FinTech company in Cape Town.Hybrid working model - 1 day/week in Stellenbosch office. Willing to consider candidates with valid working...
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Software Engineer Full stack – Western Cape Cape Town CBD
The position reports to the Engineering Manager Your mission, should you choose to accept it: Design and build solutions to assist our business users, and improve customer experienceArchitect and design solutions with fellow team membersResearching how solutions are...
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Reporting to the Projects and Planning Manager, the successful candidate will be responsible for project management of an allocated yacht ensuring production to required standard, deadline and quality. Duties will include pre contract planning and quote generation,...
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