Vodafone, Google expand relationship
Vodafone and Google have announced a 10-year strategic expansion of their existing partnership to bring new services, devices, and TV experiences to millions of Vodafone's customers across Europe and Africa, supported by Google Cloud and Google's Gemini models. The...
The Zen in setting up workplaces for Gen Z
Gen Z is an age group that has never known a time without the Internet; they’ve shared their life milestones on Instagram and are now moving to the beat of TikTok trends; their appetite for digital is unprecedented; globalisation and economic uncertainty have been a...
Many adverse surgical outcomes for women could have been avoided
Women in Africa have double the risk-adjusted odds of having a severe complication or death after non-obstetric, non-gynaecological elective surgery when compared to international rates. This is according to a study conducted by a team from the University of Cape...
Load shedding will cost retailers big in lost Black Friday sales
South African retailers are expected to generate around R17,3-billion in additional sales over the Black Friday promotional period, representing around 6,7% growth over the Black Friday period in 2021. The number is forecast to be R5,4-billion lower than it would have...
Embracing risk the only option during uncertain times
Although 79% of C-suite leaders and senior executives surveyed expect a recession, only 35% believe they are very prepared for it. This is among the findings of Aon's 2022 Executive Risk Survey, "Making Better Decisions in Uncertain Times", which clearly shows that...
Altron to sell ATM hardware, support business to NCR
Altron has announced its intention to sell the ATM hardware and support business portion of its Altron Managed Solutions division to NCR. The NCR retail hardware and support business remains under Altron Managed Solutions. The sale sees ownership of the business going...
Consumer breaches decline, but threats to data remain
The newest data from NordVPN's Dark Web Monitor feature shows that the number of breached companies remains high, but the number of users affected by those leaks has decreased 18 times since 2019. However, with the data of nearly two-thirds (62%) of Dark Web Monitor...
Good and bad news for salaries
Despite a host of negative factors that impacted the economy, the average nominal BankservAfrica Take-home Pay Index (BTPI) ticked marginally higher in September 2022. The average nominal South African salary (after deductions), recovered slightly to R15 063 in...
African fintechs attract record investment
Fintech startups in Africa grew 81% in 2021, with South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya emerging as key hubs on the continent. This is according to a Mastercard white paper titled 'The Future of Fintech: Rapid Growth Attracts Smart Capital', which also found that the...
Optical networks the future of connectivity
Kathy Gibson reports - Optical networks have seen huge improvements in cost and capacity over time - with most of that coming with the invention of fibre. Submarine networks are responsible for connecting the planet, says Vladimir Kozlov, CEO and founder of...
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Trend leads in security for sixth year
Trend Micro has once again affirmed its leadership in the global server security market, according to industry analyst firm IDC. In a market sized at over $800-million in 2014, Trend Micro has grown its revenue share for server security to 30,3%, outpacing both the...
RS Components debuts ARM mbed platform
RS Components (RS), the trading brand of Electrocomponents, is strengthening its ARM mbed portfolio with the latest mbed innovations for connected, low-power, security-conscious projects. The mbed OS addresses key Internet of Things (IoT) development challenges, and...
Encouraging growth for production printers
The worldwide production print market continues to show year-over-year growth in unit shipments, gaining 9,9% in the third quarter of 2015 (3Q15). According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Production Printer Tracker, unit shipments...
Large format printers slip again
According to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Large Format Printer Tracker, large format printer (LFP) shipments declined -4% when compared to Q3 2014. "The third quarter is often the slowest quarter of the year in the global...
Switch market sees slight growth, routers decline
The worldwide Ethernet switch market (Layer 2/3) exceeded $6,1-billion in revenue in the third quarter of 2015 (3Q15), an increase of 2% year over year and a healthy increase of 6,1% quarter over quarter. Meanwhile, the worldwide total enterprise and service provider...
Get full value from conferences
Getting back to serious work in the New Year means getting the diary for the next 12 months into some sort of order. A key issue here is what conferences to attend, where and why, writes Auguste Coetzer, director: executive search at Talent Africa. As costs remain...
Five big data trends for 2016
With the New Year upon us, financial institutions and businesses will be looking to leverage big data analytics as one of the means to overcome the current tough economic conditions. Yudhvir Seetharam, head of analytics at FNB Business, says the use of big data has...
Ensure a positive experience in the contact centre
Jim Freeze, senior vice-president of Aspect Software, offers five tips for customer service success. Most of us will have been at the receiving end of bad customer service, and it is normally something that you do not forget too quickly. However, it may not purely be...
Millennials guiding the always-on business
With more millennials joining the workforce and expecting a seamlessly connected environment, companies need to ensure that operations are conducive to an always-on approach. According to Warren Olivier, regional manager for southern Africa at Veeam, changing business...
Infortrend appoints CSSi as African distributor
Infortrend has announced the official appointment of CSSi (Computer Storage Services) as the distributor for its award-winning range of storage devices. During 2015, Infortrend was ranked first In terms of IOPS and speed performance records, as assessed by the Storage...
Principal Software Engineer – Gauteng Sandton
Our client in the banking industry is looking for a Principal Software Engineer to be the custodian of technical thought leadership within Group Technology (GT) environment by providing expertise, guidance and advice that relates to the integration of solutions across...
Cloud Database Engineer (Advanced) 2510 TT
You will play a critical role in migrating our on-Prem workloads to our databases hosted on OCI (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure), Azure and AWS platforms. As a Cloud Database Engineer, you will design and implement cloud-based database solutions that meet the needs of...
Solution Architect
We are seeking a Solution Architect who will actively provide the technical lead and architecture solutions to have the sales department benefit both the customer and company. The Solution Architect will support the sales team by providing the "technical close“ of the...
Cloud Database Engineer (Advanced) 2510 TT – Gauteng Pretoria
You will play a critical role in migrating our on-Prem workloads to our databases hosted on OCI (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure), Azure and AWS platforms. As a Cloud Database Engineer, you will design and implement cloud-based database solutions that meet the needs of...
Solution Architect – Gauteng Midrand
We are seeking a Solution Architect who will actively provide the technical lead and architecture solutions to have the sales department benefit both the customer and company. The Solution Architect will support the sales team by providing the "technical close“ of the...
C# Development Team Lead
Join our dynamic tech team as a C# Development Team Lead! Lead innovative projects, mentor top talent, and shape the future of cutting-edge software. Minimum Requirements: Relevant tertiary qualification in Information Technology or Computer/Engineering Sciences and/...
Senior Project Manager (Engineering) at GIBB
GIBB Mining is a multi-disciplinary engineering design and project management enterprise, specialising in innovative and sustainable techno-economic holistic solutions for mining projects, from concept stage to commissioning and handover. Here you will find an...
C# Development Team Lead – Gauteng Johannesburg
Join our dynamic tech team as a C# Development Team Lead! Lead innovative projects, mentor top talent, and shape the future of cutting-edge software. Minimum Requirements: Relevant tertiary qualification in Information Technology or Computer/Engineering Sciences and/...
Senior Project Manager (Engineering) at GIBB – Remote Remote
GIBB Mining is a multi-disciplinary engineering design and project management enterprise, specialising in innovative and sustainable techno-economic holistic solutions for mining projects, from concept stage to commissioning and handover. Here you will find an...
Postillion Systems Engineer
Job Purpose:Support and maintenance of Switching applications and Terminal applicationsKey Responsibilities: Terminal Products, Switching Products and Key ManagementMentor junior team members.Maintain existing switching productsAssist customers with integration into...
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