Employees are the biggest cyber threat – and it will only get worse

South Africa experienced a 46% increase in insider cyber risk in 2026, surpassing the global average of 44%. What’s more, 63% of South African companies surveyed expect insider‑driven data losses to increase as growing numbers of disgruntled employees are resorting to...

Interconnected systems at risk of a digital pandemic

Are we ready for solar storms, submarine cable cuts, satellite disruptions, and extreme weather to disrupt communication networks and potentially trigger a “digital pandemic"? A new report – “When digital systems fail: The hidden risks of our digital world​" –...

CEOs are reshaping C-suite roles for the AI era

The accelerating pace of artificial intelligence (AI) is pushing CEOs to redesign how C-suite roles are structured to drive greater business impact across the enterprise. In the foreword of a new global study from the IBM Institute for Business Value, IBM...

Net salaries hold steady for now, but uncertainty looms

The PayInc Net Salary Index, which tracks the average nominal net salaries of approximately 2,1-million South African earners, edged higher in March 2026. Remaining above year-ago levels, the data points to a stabilisation in net salaries over the first quarter of...

Cybercriminals using Dropbox to target finance staff

A multistep phishing scheme aimed at employees that process financial documentation has been discovered by Kaspersky which says it begins when victims receive an email from the legitimate address of an auditing firm. This initial interaction is intended to make the...

Digital transformation spend could hit $4trn by 2027

Worldwide spending on Digital Transformation (DX) is forecast to reach almost $4-trillion in 2027, according to the latest update to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Digital Transformation Spending Guide. With artificial intelligence (AI) and...

First carrier-neutral data centre opens in Namibia

The new Paratus Namibia Armada data centre (DC) will launch in Windhoek in August 2022, opening its doors to both network operators and individual colocation tenants so they will not be bound to a single network service provider. Armada enables clients' freedom of...

Russia the most targeted country for data breaches

Russia reported the most data breaches in Q1 2022, with over 3,5-million incidences representing an 11% surge over Q4 2021. That increase saw it leapfrog the US as the most affected country globally, according to CryptoMonday analysis. Jonathan Merry, CEO of...

Nvidia accelerates data centre democratisation

Nvidia has become a founding member of the Linux Foundation's Open Programmable Infrastructure (OPI) project, while making its NVidia DOCA networking software APIs widely available to foster innovation in the data centre. Businesses are embracing open data centres,...

Afrinurse hackathon finds solutions to nursing challenges

Few occupations are as essential to a country's people as is nursing. Yet the nursing sector has seen very little innovation over the years, even as medical technology in hospitals steadily evolves. Looking to bring nursing into the 21st century, AfriNurse in...

If you are online, you are a cybersecurity risk

Kathy Gibson reports from All Things Cyber Security - Everyone has something that can be stolen - and we make a big mistake in not realising that all of us can provide access to lucrative cybercrime targets. This is the word from Professor Elmarie Biermann from the...

Floods, load shedding, war weigh on manufacturing confidence

Confidence levels across the manufacturing sector dropped 14 points to 29 in the second quarter, according to the latest Absa Manufacturing survey. "After a fairly upbeat set of results in the first quarter of 2022, additional headwinds have caused a decrease in...

Network automation unlocks massive growth opportunities across 5G

With the 5G network moving to the cloud, the network is now software-based and requires automation to succeed operationally and financially, according to research from Frost & Sullivan. The company's recent analysis finds that network automation enables all parts...

Greenest tech firms pave way for sustainable future

Thirty-eight of the world's 150 leading tech companies are on track to become carbon neutral by 2030, with several aiming to be carbon negative soon after, according to a report by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the World Benchmarking Alliance...

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Phoenix wins distribution of GFI Software

Phoenix Distribution has won distribution rights to GFI Software, a global software company that builds affordable and easy-to-use IT solutions that enable businesses to discover, manage and secure their networks. Simon Campbell-Young, CEO of Phoenix Distribution,...

Employers can help to address FASD

Global health organisations warn of the dangers of alcohol abuse during pregnancy, as drinking can cause a wide range of health problems that may continue well into adulthood, writes Rhys Evans, director of ALCO-Safe.

NetFlorist makes online payments easy

NetFlorist, South Africa's largest online floral and gifting service, has partnered with MasterCard to offer customers a more seamless, secure online shopping checkout process with the digital wallet service MasterPass. With an average of between 1 500 and 2 000 daily...

LG unveils home entertainment strategy

Speaking at a roundtable at IFA 2015 in Berlin, a top official of LG Electronics (LG) revealed the company's plan to sell five times as many OLED TVs as it did in the first half with the aim of making LG OLED the new standard of TV by the end of the year. With a goal...

Oman Air selects Vivaldi for card payments

Financial and business intelligence solutions provider Accelya has announced that Oman Air has selected its Vivaldi card payments solutions to streamline its card management process. From Accelya's Vivaldi suite, Oman Air will use Vivaldi CardClear, Vivaldi...

Microsoft debuts customer engagement upgrades

Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled new capabilities it will deliver later this calendar year with Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2016, the latest release of its customer engagement solution. The most comprehensive upgrade ever for Dynamics CRM includes advancements in...

ARM serious about preventing child abuse

Violence against children via the Internet is a growing scourge that will continue to affect more young people around the world unless action is taken, and better measures put in place. With this in mind, specialist security distributor, African Risk Mitigation (ARM),...

Customer experience drives digitisation

The world of technology remains saturated, as always, with on-trend buzzwords, writes Jiten Lala, head of sales: solution and portfolio at T-Systems in South Africa. The cloud "revolution" is here to help connect the Internet of Everything (IoT); while Big Data stacks...

Q-KON SA and Sonus boost Skype for Business

Sonus Networks' NaaS IQ network controller, part of the Sonus Software Defined Networking (SDN) solution, has been successfully integrated with Microsoft's Skype for Business. "This partnership, made possible via the Skype for Business SDN Interface, will definitely...

Rectron Finance will help resellers add value

Rectron, and finance solution providers FinYou and Activos Capital, part of ClearGroup Holdings, have launched Rectron Finance. The new business-to-business and business-to-consumer solution offers a convenient and easy way for customers to apply for finance quickly,...

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Yearning for More in Your Career? iOCO Infrastructure Services Invites You to Explore Possibilities.We are seeking a Field Support Engineer to join our team and provide on-site technical support and assistance to clients or customers. You'll play a crucial role in...

Junior Azure Developer – Gauteng Menlyn

Looking for an exceptional candidate with the below: At least 2 years + experience doing .NET, C# Development.Advanced .NET platform knowledge.Experience with Microsoft web technologies:o Blazor o Web API.o API Gateway - Ocelot for Micro Services will be...

Support Engineer at FLOWGEAR – Western Cape Die Wingerd

Intermediate Support Engineer Monthly CTC: R30K - R 45KAs a Support Engineer, you'll be responsible for providing technical support to our customers. You're someone who has worked with databases, built a few Postman collections and done some scripting in Bash,...

Senior Software Developer – Western Cape Woodstock

The Software Engineer/Tech Lead will work collaboratively with the Merchant Journey team to drive development of merchant onboarding and dashboard. How you'll be making a difference: Work alongside the team and be a part of the full software development life...

SAP ABAP Developer (Expert) 0742 – Gauteng Pretoria

SAP ABAP Developer ESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:Experience in the following module: SAP ABAPProblem Solving capabilitiesAbility to work as part of a team with the Agile Working MethodologyLevel 1 process integration knowledge across multiple SAP Modules.Level 1...

INTERMEDIATE SOFTWARE ENGINEER

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ITC Support Technician (CH990)

Our client, a medium-sized Engineering company based in, [URL Removed] specialising in the design, development, integration, implementation and support of complex hardware and software systems across the globe 24x7.Primarily based in Stellenbosch, South Africa, we...

Senior Front End Developer

Looking a Senior Developer with at least 5 - 6 years as a Front-end Developer or a similar role working, with the following technologies: React NativeTypeScriptC#JavaScriptExperience with SQL Server beneficialExperience with inclusion and integration of native IOS and...

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Client Details:Our client is a leading provider of telco, payments, retail software - they have a global client base with a strong R&D focus. They are great believers in continuous improvement and fast adapters to new tech and constantly changing business needs....

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