SA youth fly the flag high at Türkiye science fair
Research projects by South African young scientists that aim to enhance our understanding of exercise physiology, and present a viable alternative for sealing wounds, will be showcased at this year’s İzmir International Innovation Science Energy Engineering Fair...
Blackwell ups the ante on training performance
In MLPerf Training 4.1 industry benchmarks, the Nvidia Blackwell platform has delivered impressive results on workloads across all tests - and up to 2,2x more performance per GPU on LLM benchmarks, including Llama 2 70B fine-tuning and GPT-3 175B pretraining. In...
Smart gas meter penetration reaches 38% in Europe
The installed base of smart gas meters in Europe amounted to 45,9-million units in 2021, equal to a penetration rate of 38%, according to a new report from Berg Insight, which says the installed base will continue to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of...
Manufacturers less confident in the face of new challenges
Manufacturer confidence levels remained low in the fourth quarter of the year amid a challenging outlook, according to the Q4 Absa Manufacturing Survey. Overall business confidence during the quarter remained unchanged at 26 points, after two consecutive quarterly...
Fraud surges as digital transactions dominate worldwide
Digital transactions dominated the global marketplace in the first six months of 2022, as the pandemic-driven trend of consumers migrating to online interactions became commonplace behaviour. This is the headline finding from LexisNexis Risk Solutions' Global State of...
African fintech revenues on track to hit $30bn by 2025
As the fastest-growing start-up industry in Africa, African fintech raised over $1,3-billion in 2021 alone. According to McKinsey research, the success of fintech companies is being fueled by several trends, including increasing smartphone ownership, declining...
Mobility-as-a-service set for massive growth
A new study from Juniper Research has found that MaaS (mobility-as-a-service) will generate revenue of $92-billion globally by 2027, up from $20-billion in 2022. Growing by 357% over the period, the main drivers will be the cost and convenience of MaaS solutions and...
Prepare to defend against crimeware and financial threats in 2023
In 2023, we will observe a great demand for malware loaders on the darknet: instead of developing their own malicious samples, attackers will opt for ready-made services with enhanced detection avoidance. Moreover, due to increasing regulations imposed on...
SA wins 15 medals at the BRICS Future Skills Challenge
South Africa's best future-forward digital skills are comparable to those of top candidates from Brazil, Russia, India and China. This is according to the results of the BRICS Future Skills Challenge, an online multi-day competition hosted by China this month. South...
Employers value procurement and supply professionals
The CIPS Procurement Salary Guide 2022: South Africa paints a clear picture of just how valuable procurement and supply professionals have become to organisations in an increasingly volatile and uncertain world. As the war in Ukraine escalates, inflation spikes,...
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Streaming Netflix locally just got a whole lot easier
South Africans can now take movie nights at home to a new level thanks to Westcon-Comstor Southern Africa's vendor partner Linksys and the streaming service Netflix. Linksys has made smooth streaming and sharing with fast connection speeds a local reality with its...
Profiling your customers through big data
In this era of big data, there are increasing opportunities for collection, processing and analysis of vast and complex data sets, which can reveal insight for organisations into their customers; insight such as demography, behaviour, transaction trends, economics...
Risks in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Martin Walshaw, senior engineer at F5 Networks, looks at some of the unintended consequences of the Fourth Industrial Revolution that we might be heading towards. You haven't been feeling well this week. You make an appointment with your doctor, who's actually a...
Technology enhances healthcare, one step at a time
A multitude of new technologies have arrived on the scene in the past few years - offering the promise of revolutionising the healthcare industry and enhancing patient care in many of different ways, writes T-Systems SA's Johann Joubert. Many healthcare providers -...
E-commerce for small business owners
E-commerce is a tool that every business can take advantage of - from a single entrepreneur running a small business by himself to an enterprise with a larger number of employees. This is because it now encompasses a spectrum of payment systems; from paying via an...
Lorge celebrates three decades
2016 is a significant year for Lorge, marking 30 years in the business and still going strong. Brothers, Mike and Tony Lorge, who saw a need for business and accounting software solutions, founded the company in 1986. Over the years, the company has grown at a steady...
Code advice for tech startups
South African tech entrepreneurs that are struggling with getting their software systems (mobile, web or IoT) to a global standard, have the opportunity to sit down with a senior engineer or UX designer at Jozihub's App.Clinic sessions. App.Clinic @ Jozihub is a...
Met Office chooses cloud for weather services
The UK's Met Office has turned to CA Technologies (NASDAQ:CA) to underpin the next generation of innovative, mobile and cloud-based weather services. The UK's national weather service will use CA API Management to securely share its data with business partners,...
KEMP helps to overcome application headaches
IT developers continue to face application performance issues, including applications that go offline and are unavailable, which impact negatively on operational efficiency. Experts in application delivery controllers and server load balancer technology, say they have...
ContinuitySA Mozambique expands data centre
ContinuitySA has expanded its existing data centre in Maputo by installing one of its mobile data centres as a permanent extension to the existing brick-and-mortar data centre. The mobile unit, housed in a specially adapted container, more than doubles the company's...
IT Technician (Automotive) – Eastern Cape Kariega
Senior certificate with,Comptia A+ or Comptia N+ or relevant IT Diploma.Experience: Relevant experience in PC hardware, PC operating Systems, PC Networking hardware and LAN hardware and all PC peripheralsWilling to work shiftsOwn transportPreference given to residents...
C# Developer
8 month contract, will be renewed Job Purpose: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 include planning, developing, and...
Senior Data Developer (Azure)
iOCO is seeking a highly skilled Senior Data Developer to join our innovative team. The ideal candidate will have 5 years of experience in developing and maintaining software and applications, with expertise in utilizing Azure Stack technologies. This individual will...
Lead Industrial IoT Software Engineer
My client based in Maitland, Cape Town is currently looking for a Lead Industrial IoT Software Engineer to join them on a permanent basis IT / Finance Responsibilities Maintain and Operate an IoT platform on Amazon Web ServicesDevelop new solutions for the food...
Business Analyst
Kloof - We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Business Analyst in the Software Development space. If you are a driven and meticulous professional with a passion for turning business needs into actionable insights?Join a forward-thinking organization...
Business Intelligence Developer
Our client is seeking a dynamic Business Intelligence Developer to play a critical role in shaping the future of their data services and business strategy. Key Responsibilities: Design and develop data models to create meaningful analytics.Support and maintain...
C# Developer – Gauteng Paulshof
8 month contract, will be renewed Job Purpose: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 include planning, developing, and...
Senior Data Developer (Azure) – Western Cape Cape Town
iOCO is seeking a highly skilled Senior Data Developer to join our innovative team. The ideal candidate will have 5 years of experience in developing and maintaining software and applications, with expertise in utilizing Azure Stack technologies. This individual will...
Lead Industrial IoT Software Engineer – Western Cape Maitland
My client based in Maitland, Cape Town is currently looking for a Lead Industrial IoT Software Engineer to join them on a permanent basis IT / Finance Responsibilities Maintain and Operate an IoT platform on Amazon Web ServicesDevelop new solutions for the food...
Business Analyst – KwaZulu-Natal KwaZulu-Natal
Kloof - We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Business Analyst in the Software Development space. If you are a driven and meticulous professional with a passion for turning business needs into actionable insights?Join a forward-thinking organization...
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