Revenue to hit $1bn as quantum breakthroughs advance

Worldwide, quantum computing revenue is projected to total $1,1-billion in 2027, according to Gartner. “Nations and businesses have scaled spending in quantum literacy, patents, partnerships, and early use-case exploration,” says Gaurav Gupta, vice-president analyst...

Fuel price shock will hit supply chains hard, driving prices up

South Africa’s latest fuel price increase will put fresh pressure on already strained supply chains, says supply chain industry body SAPICS. The organisation warns that the cost impact is likely to extend far beyond the transport sector and into consumers’ pockets at...

SA must put jobs at the centre of its AI future

South Africans are embracing AI, but turning that appetite into economic opportunity will require trained educators, reliable Internet, affordable access, recognised skills pathways, scaling of existing financing models, and investment in the country’s own languages,...

SA’s data centre boom starts to raise questions

South Africa’s rapidly expanding data centre sector is highlighting a fundamental gap in how the country plans and regulates major digital infrastructure: there is no comprehensive public record of how many facilities are operating, where they are located, or how much...

COP29: Digitalisation key to driving climate action

Global tech and environment leaders at COP29 have endorsed a declaration on boosting climate action with digital technologies while cutting the environmental impacts of those same technologies. In total, endorsements representing over 1 000 governments, companies,...

AMD accelerates exascale computing with El Capitan

AMD is powering the world’s fastest supercomputer on the Top500 list. The El Capitan supercomputer, housed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), is powered by AMD Instinct MI300A APUs and built by Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). It is now the fastest...

TB R&D funding passes $1bn but falls short of goals

For the first time in history, funding for tuberculosis (TB) research and development (R&D) hit a billion dollars worldwide in 2021. This marked a significant milestone that nonetheless falls significantly short of what's needed to stay on track to end TB,...

$30bn pledged to bring the world online

Commitments worth $29,92-billion have been pledged since March to bring the world's hardest-to-connect communities online, according to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations specialised agency for ICT. The total commitments, coming in 578...

Privacy-preserving AI technique improves brain tumour detection

Intel Labs and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn Medicine) have completed a joint research study using federated learning - a distributed machine learning (ML) artificial intelligence (AI) approach - to help international...

Sharp decline for African smartphone market

Newly-released data from IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker shows that Africa's overall mobile phone market suffered a year-on-year (YoY) decline of 19,9% in Q3 2022 to total 42,2-million units. The feature phone market was down 20,1% YoY to 24,4-million...

New date set for analogue switch-off

The Broadcast Digital Migration is almost complete and a new analogue switch-off date, and end of dual illumination period, has been set for 31 March 2023. In making the announcement of her intention to switch off the analogue signal on that date, Minister of...

What will the future of work look like?

With global attention divided between many disruptors, the future of work is fraught with many unknowns, from where and how work will be done to how economic pressures will change job opportunities to how social, skills, and climate concerns will have a broad impact....

Smartphones set to become irrelevant in a 6G world

The launch of 6G will spur a further shift towards mixed reality devices and make smartphones irrelevant in the next fifteen years. According to GlobalData research, we are already seeing a shift towards mixed reality such as Meta's Quest Pro virtual reality (VR)...

SA sales reps spend just 27% of their time selling

Sales organisations are optimising technology for peak efficiency, addressing customers' increasing demands, and maximising rep productivity to drive success now. This is among the insights from Salesforce's fifth edition of its State of the Sales report that polled...

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Common myths about youth employability

A massive 60% of the population in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) is under the age of 25 and, of these young people, one in four is unemployed. Part of the reason for this is a lack of necessary technical skills for the 21st century workplace. But beyond that, there...

Open standards crucial for survival

The Internet of Things (IoT) is driving digital transformation across industries. That said, legacy infrastructure could be preventing organisations from successfully making this transition. This is the view of George Kalebaila, senior research manager at...

ID assurance, governance with RSA Via

curity Division of EMC, has announced new innovative identity assurance and identity governance capabilities in RSA Via. These new capabilities are designed to help organizations effectively balance security and user convenience as they assure identities and better...

€100 000 investment fosters engineering education

Schneider Electric has invested €100 000 towards developing 600 electrical and electronic engineering students at University of Johannesburg (UJ) over three years in the field of energy. An Access to Education Training Agreement signing ceremony was held at Schneider...

Vigorous, dynamic app economy has new needs

In the fast paced and modern business environment, the software and technology needs of companies can change rapidly, often with little or no warning as the organisation needs to respond quickly to new market demands or disruption from competitors. Companies are being...

Welcoming a new era of business intelligence

IT industry veteran Dan Sommer, the senior director: market intelligence lead at Qlik, says that companies need to move beyond traditional BI and embrace the endless possibilities that connecting people with data and ideas will bring. Sommer was in South Africa to...

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6 reduces cloud complexity

SUSE has announced the general availability of SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6, the latest enterprise-ready technology for building Infrastructure-as-a-Service private clouds with less stress on IT staff and resources. Based on the OpenStack release Liberty, SUSE OpenStack...

CRS Technologies announces change in leadership

HR and human capital management (HCM) specialist CRS Technologies has announced that CEO James McKerrell has retired and will make way for Ian McAlister to serve as GM of the company. McKerrell has fulfilled the role of CEO of this leading HR and HCM solutions and...

Ricoh, Methis Software deliver data cleansing

Ricoh has teamed up with Methis Software, a partner in its developer programme, to offer /data.mill, a solution that automatically interrogates and corrects data inaccuracies quickly, simply and affordably, on a global basis. Companies need clean customer data which...

Smart Money Movement a boon for SMEs

Sage, the market leader for integrated accounting, payroll, and payment systems has launched a Smart Money Movement solution which offers small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) the ability to collect money, make payments, and reconcile effortlessly, through a...

SQL Developer – Gauteng Lynnwood Manor

Our client specializes in delivering innovative digital solutions that empower businesses to succeed in the fast-evolving global market. Their team is driven by creativity, collaboration, and a commitment to excellence. They are currently seeking an Intermediate SQL...

SENIOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPER – Western Cape Somerset West

Responsibilities/Tasks:Support existing and develop new functionality and components.Understand existing product and domain elements and work with business analysts to refine and implement new requirements.Refactor and improve the code to keep the product maintainable...

Backend Developer Team Lead – Western Cape Oakdale

As Backend Team Lead, you guide multiple developers and multiple projects. You will interface with all departments and stakeholders as you ensure the success of your projects and thedevelopment team as a whole. You are responsible for the success of your reports and...

Field Support Engineer

Join the iOCO Infrastructure Services Community: Where Work is an Adventure, Not Just a Job.We are seeking a Field Support Engineer who will provide on-site support for various systems, equipment, or software, ensuring that clients' technology operates smoothly and...

Mid-Senior Backend Developer (CPT Hybrid)

ENVIRONMENT:ARCHITECT, build and maintain high-performance and scalable web applications as the next Mid-Senior Backend Developer sought by a rapidly growing Digital Marketing Powerhouse. The ideal candidate will fit seamlessly into the team, taking responsibility for...

Java Developer (Expert) – 2867

Java Developer with Degree and 10 years+ experience in on premise virtualisation technology and manual / automated testing required for a reputable global companyProficient in core Java concepts, including object-oriented programming (OOP), multithreading, and...

Field Support Engineer – Gauteng Sandton

Join the iOCO Infrastructure Services Community: Where Work is an Adventure, Not Just a Job.We are seeking a Field Support Engineer who will provide on-site support for various systems, equipment, or software, ensuring that clients' technology operates smoothly and...

Mid-Senior Backend Developer (CPT Hybrid) – Western Cape Cape Town

ENVIRONMENT:ARCHITECT, build and maintain high-performance and scalable web applications as the next Mid-Senior Backend Developer sought by a rapidly growing Digital Marketing Powerhouse. The ideal candidate will fit seamlessly into the team, taking responsibility for...

Java Developer (Expert) – 2867 – Gauteng Pretoria

Java Developer with Degree and 10 years+ experience in on premise virtualisation technology and manual / automated testing required for a reputable global companyProficient in core Java concepts, including object-oriented programming (OOP), multithreading, and...

IT Support Engineer

We are and MSP and looking for Level 2 and Level 3 remote support engineers to join our team in Cape Town or Johannesburg. You will be supporting our customer base remotely, but from our offices. You will work with existing teams in each respective remote location to...

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