Private partnerships sought to save Post Office
Treasury support is being sought in forming a task team to pursue private financial and operational partners for the South African Post Office (SAPO). “This will enable serious consideration of privatisation scenarios as a preferential option to further funding from...
AI fuels explosive growth in shared cloud infrastructure
According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Infrastructure Tracker: Buyer and Cloud Deployment, spending on compute and storage infrastructure products for cloud deployments - including dedicated and shared IT environments -...
IITPSA names 2022 President’s Awards finalists
The Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa (IITPSA) has announced the finalists for this year's annual IITPSA President's Awards. The awards, which have recognised the local IT industry's leading lights for over 30 years, include the Visionary...
Spammers use Agent Tesla stealer for targeted campaigns
Kaspersky has uncovered an unusual spam email campaign that targeted businesses worldwide. Mimicking emails from vendors or counterparty companies, the attackers tried to steal the login data from the affected organisations by applying notorious Agent Tesla stealer....
5G service revenue tipped to reach $315bn
A new study from Juniper Research has found operator-billed 5G service revenue will reach $315-billion in 2023; rising from $195-billion in 2022. This represents growth of over 60% in a single year. The research predicts this increase in revenue will be driven by the...
Productive spending, not revenue, is the problem
The Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) will once again highlight the government's fiscal framework for the next three years. The fiscal framework is a framework that gives effect to the national executive's macro-economic policy and it includes, among others,...
Improved tax collections likely to be consumed by failing state bodies and infrastructure
The Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) is expected to reveal an improved budget deficit and debt ratios for the 2022/23 financial year as a result of better than expected personal tax collections, lower levels of refunds and higher commodity prices. By Waldo...
Bridging the digital gap for township tech SMMEs
Tarsus On Demand is partnering with the SAtion ecosystem and Microsoft to offer a free, day-long business development workshop for 40 small, micro and medium enterprises (SMMEs) based in townships in and around Johannesburg. The workshop, which takes place on November...
Gates Foundation calls for locally-led R&D proposals
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced a series of initiatives and a call for proposals to advance locally-led innovation that supports work by scientists and researchers in developing economies. The announcement was made at the Grand Challenges Annual...
Digital is embedded in business growth strategies
A massive 89% of board directors say that digital business is now embedded in all business growth strategies, according to a new survey from Gartner. However, just 35% of board directors report that they have achieved or are on track to achieving digital...
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Tigo pays out again to Pesa users
Tanzanian digital lifestyle company, Tigo, has announced another quarterly payment of $2,1-million (Tshs 4,4-billion) to its 4,6-million Tigo Pesa users, the seventh time in a row that the company is distributing profit to its mobile financial services users. Tigo...
Embrace BYOD strategically, says CRS Technologies
Research shows that the bring your own device (BYOD) trend is not only here to stay, but will, in fact, grow in significance in next few years. Human capital management and HR experts at CRS Technologies believe that businesses ought to conduct a thorough cost and...
Tips for your first job interview
The beginning of the year means many school leavers and graduates are now looking to enter the workplace. Workforce solutions provider Manpower South Africa's MD Lyndy van den Barselaar explores various ways that the youth can prepare for their first interview. "An...
New year’s resolutions for secure IT
Resolutions. Everyone makes them but not everyone sticks to them. But when it comes to IT security, organisations cannot afford to be complacent. Martin Walshaw, senior engineer at F5 Networks, points out some changes that are truly worth making this year. Resolution...
Chas Everitt pioneers Virtual Agent
Chas Everitt International is set to implement the Virtual Agent, a new all-in-one data solution, at a national level. It has already begun its roll-out of the database technology at branches across the country. The Virtual Agent is in phase one of its development,...
Regulator approves BT, EE merger
The UK Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) has given unconditional approval for fixed-line incumbent BT to acquire the UK's largest mobile operator, EE. At the end of its year-long examination of the deal, the CMA concluded: "The evidence does not show that this...
Experts share insights on modernising process-centric solutions
On 5 February 2016, business transformation solutions provider Ovations will be hosting an event where experts from Nedbank, IBM South Africa and Ovations will be presenting insights around innovative ways to modernise process-centric solutions in business. "The...
Visibility key to preventing intrusions
The news lately has been full of reports of high-profile attacks on large organisations aimed at compromising or stealing sensitive customer information. Despite the increase in prevalence of data breaches, the majority of enterprises in South Africa are simply not...
Storage, virtualisation efficiencies for tradebridge
Value added transaction switch company tradebridge has successfully completed another effective technology implementation with Datacentrix. The most recent in a string of projects involves a storage replacement and virtualisation solution upgrade to help the...
Alcatel OneTouch scoops CES honours
During the 49th International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), TCL Communication's Alcatel OneTouch was recognised twice at an awards ceremony for the 2015-2016 Global Top Brands hosted by International Data Group (IDG). Alcatel OneTouch was among both the Global...
Junior Technical Test Analyst at Sintrex Integration Services – Western Cape Bellville
Core Outputs Contribute to the Technical Testing function (manual and automated) to meet testing requirements Perform software testing (Front end, Back end Testing and Data Validations) to complement existing UI Testing Ability to operate independently while...
Mid / Senior Software Engineer & Architect
Join a tech start-up improving lives in Africa by providing affordable solar-powered electricity and smartphones through a network of agents and merchants.The young, hardworking team values flexibility and output over office hours, emphasizing cost-efficiency and...
Technical Support Technician
Our client in Solar / Renewable Energy industry is currently looking to employ a Technical Support Technician based in Rosebank, Johannesburg.A wonderful career opportunity awaits you.Requirements:Proven experience as a Technical Support Technician, or in a similar...
Mid / Senior Software Engineer & Architect – Western Cape Cape Town
Join a tech start-up improving lives in Africa by providing affordable solar-powered electricity and smartphones through a network of agents and merchants.The young, hardworking team values flexibility and output over office hours, emphasizing cost-efficiency and...
Technical Support Technician – Remote Remote
Our client in Solar / Renewable Energy industry is currently looking to employ a Technical Support Technician based in Rosebank, Johannesburg.A wonderful career opportunity awaits you.Requirements:Proven experience as a Technical Support Technician, or in a similar...
BI Developer (C#)
8 month contract, will be renewed Job Purpose:The key role of the BI Developer: Creating and maintaining data-driven applications that help businesses make better decisions. Provide dashboard and reporting solutions that meet the demands of the organization. Tasks...
Senior Data Engineer
Our client is looking for a Snr Data Engineer to design data across the full range from fast/clean ETL streams through to automation. Key Responsibilities: Design, build and operationalize large-scale enterprise data solutions and applications using one or more of AWS...
BI Developer (C#) – Gauteng Paulshof
8 month contract, will be renewed Job Purpose:The key role of the BI Developer: Creating and maintaining data-driven applications that help businesses make better decisions. Provide dashboard and reporting solutions that meet the demands of the organization. Tasks...
Senior Data Engineer – Gauteng Johannesburg
Our client is looking for a Snr Data Engineer to design data across the full range from fast/clean ETL streams through to automation. Key Responsibilities: Design, build and operationalize large-scale enterprise data solutions and applications using one or more of AWS...
Senior Network Engineer
The Senior Network Engineer will be responsible for designing, implementing, managing and maintaining Huawei, HPE Aruba SD-WAN networking, Huawei Wireless Controller, Huawei Wireless Indoor, Huawei Wireless Outdoor and Palo Alto Firewalls network infrastructure of our...
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