Digital identity wallets becoming mainstream
Gartner is predicting that by 2026, at least 500-million smartphone users will be regularly making verifiable claims using a digital identity wallet (DIW). Identity verification (IDV) in the form of a user taking a picture of their identity document and a selfie is...
Hardcopy peripherals shipments continue to decline
Worldwide shipments of hardcopy peripherals declined 1,5% year over year to nearly 19,2 million units in the second quarter of 2024 (2Q24), according to International Data Corporation’s (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Hardcopy Peripherals Tracker. The global shipment value...
Decrease in technology use by marketers
Marketers report utilising just 42% of the breadth of capabilities available in their martech stack overall, down from 58% in 2020, according to a new survey by Gartner. Gartner surveyed 324 marketers in May and June 2022 to determine the state of marketing technology...
Intel reports breakthrough in quantum chips
The Intel Labs and Components Research organisations have demonstrated the industry's highest reported yield and uniformity to date of silicon spin qubit devices developed at Intel's transistor research and development facility, Gordon Moore Park. This achievement...
SWIFT paves way for global use of CBDCs and tokenised assets
SWIFT has successfully shown that Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) and tokenised assets can move seamlessly on existing financial infrastructure - a major milestone towards enabling their smooth integration into the international financial ecosystem. The...
New fund a game-changer for township business inclusion
The Gauteng Provincial Government, the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and the SA SME Fund have launched the SMME Crisis Partnership Fund, a R300-million debt fund for small businesses based in Gauteng townships. There are more than 2-million formal and...
Entries for Digital Twin Hackathon now open
Wits University's digital incubation hub, Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct, and the embass of the Netherlands have called for entries for their Digital Twin Hackathon - open to 15 students from South Africa and 15 students from the Netherlands. The Digital...
How cellular connectivity could tackle rising power demands
Cellular technology is key to digitalising the energy sector, and could help to tackle a growing demand for electricity. This is among the findings of Ericsson's Connected Energy Utilities report, released in partnership with Arthur D Little. As energy costs and...
Employers look overseas for skills as brain drain continues
The number of South African employers reporting they are recruiting ICT skills overseas has increased dramatically in the past year - up from 38% to over 50%. This is a key finding in the 2022 JCSE-IITPSA ICT Skills Survey - the 12th to carried out by Wits...
27m South Africans are not credit active
More than 27-million consumers were considered to be either credit unserved or underserved in South Africa at the end of March 2022. However, according to the global TransUnion study, "Empowering Credit Inclusion: A Deeper Perspective on Credit Underserved and...
More News Today
Second VMware Online Technology Forum on 25 November
VMware has announced its second VMware Online Technology Forum, a free online event to allow customers and prospects to explore new developments in unified the hybrid cloud and other software-defined technologies, helping them deliver applications and services at...
Africa’s rapid network expansion possible through collaboration
2015 has brought renewed investment in IT & networking infrastructure with the focus remaining on Africa and its global investors to deliver, regardless of the downturn and recovery process. This is especially relevant to telecoms carriers, with the majority...
The advantages of cloud application control
Since the turn of the millennium, the web security market has become dominated by large vendors and has seen no real product development. Often, brand design has been made a priority over the development of new functionality. The result has seen the web security...
Predictive analytics minimises risk associated with aging assets
It's common knowledge that an aging asset infrastructure is of major concern in the power industry, and this infrastructure is even more stressed when you consider the growing populations and urbanisation trends that demand increased generation capacity, writes...
Wizardz Tyger Valley makes magic
Wizardz Tyger Valley, the independently-owned print and design store located at the heart of Cape Town's northern suburbs, has recorded its highest ever monthly turnover since the introduction of a new Xerox Colour C70 printer supplied by Cape Office Machines and...
Sustainable solutions are important for business
Buildings are the key to a cleaner and greener future, and Bidvest Facilities Management aligns itself with this statement. The company participated in the recent annual Green Building Convention (GBCSA), aimed at leading the sustainability journey in the South...
Software AG adds predictive analytics, IoT standards
Software AG has announced the availability of the Apama Streaming Analytics platform Release 9.9. Apama is a market-leading platform for streaming analytics and intelligent, automated action on fast-moving big data. It combines event processing, messaging, in-memory...
A winning company culture key for success
CEOs like to say that their employees are the business, but a healthy business actually adds up to more than the sum of the skills and talents of each individual it hires, writes Johan Botes, group CEO of Consilia Technology. Underlying the success (or failure) of the...
Smart metering catalyst to achieving smart city vision
Smart cities are best defined as urban ecosystems that leverage technology and connectivity to deliver services to citizens, writes Martin Vergunst, business solutions executive at T-Systems South Africa. They touch on almost every aspect of public life: basic service...
Balancing affordable IT with always-on business
The connected landscape has seen the success of the modern business largely determined by the effective application of technologies. Warren Olivier, regional manager of Veeam Southern Africa, looks at how companies need to balance customer and employee engagement with...
Field Support Engineer – Gauteng Johannesburg
ENVIRONMENT:A prominent industrial IoT company in South Africa that specializes in AI-augmented solutions for digital productivity, workplace safety, and employee healthcare is currently in search of a Field Support Engineer. The role involves the installation and...
1st Line Support Engineer (CPT) (EE)
ENVIRONMENT:SERVE as the incident owner and manage the end-to-end lifecyle of the ticket until resolution as the next 1st Line Support Engineer sought by a dynamic Internet Service & Network Specialist. You will provide a single point of contact for customers to...
Senior Systems Administrator
We are seeking a versatile Senior Systems Administrator to ensure the seamless operation, security, and efficiency of our organization's IT landscape. This role involves managing and supporting various operating systems, network protocols, cloud services, and security...
Specialist Support Engineer
Work as part of a DevOps team, leverage specialist analysis & testing tools, frameworks, techniques and practices to elicit, define and organize business requirements. Translate & document business requirements into user stories & specifications (Cross...
1st Line Support Engineer (CPT) (EE) – Western Cape Cape Town
ENVIRONMENT:SERVE as the incident owner and manage the end-to-end lifecyle of the ticket until resolution as the next 1st Line Support Engineer sought by a dynamic Internet Service & Network Specialist. You will provide a single point of contact for customers to...
Senior Systems Administrator – Gauteng Pretoria
We are seeking a versatile Senior Systems Administrator to ensure the seamless operation, security, and efficiency of our organization's IT landscape. This role involves managing and supporting various operating systems, network protocols, cloud services, and security...
Specialist Support Engineer – Gauteng Johannesburg Region
Work as part of a DevOps team, leverage specialist analysis & testing tools, frameworks, techniques and practices to elicit, define and organize business requirements. Translate & document business requirements into user stories & specifications (Cross...
Business Data Analyst
Business Requirements specificationDocument business, data requirements and business processesStakeholder management and communicationData mapping analysis and interpreting data sets Minimum Requirements:Matric /Grade 12Tertiary qualification (degree/diploma)...
Data Warehouse Manager
Calling all Data Warehouse Managers.Data Warehouse Manager manages the daily activities of the team responsible for the design, implementation, maintenance, and support of data warehouse systems and projects. Oversees data design and the creation of database...
Business Data Analyst – Western Cape Cape Town
Business Requirements specificationDocument business, data requirements and business processesStakeholder management and communicationData mapping analysis and interpreting data sets Minimum Requirements:Matric /Grade 12Tertiary qualification (degree/diploma)...
View more career listings on our Careers Section