PC shipments tank as memory crunch bites

Worldwide PC shipments fell 4,9% year-over-year in Q2 2026 to 68,2-million units, according to IDC — the first decline after nine consecutive quarters of growth. A persistent memory chip shortage drove the reversal, pushing vendors to pull inventory forward as far as...

AI, cross-border trade reshape e-commerce in SA

AI could soon choose what we buy, sustainability has shifted from nice-to-have to non-negotiable, and second-hand shopping is rapidly becoming mainstream, according to DHL’s E-Commerce Trends Report 2026. Based on survey findings from 29 000 online shoppers and 5 800...

How air transport industry plans to move 10bn passengers a year

It really sounds like a frequent flyer’s dream: Borders cleared in 10 seconds; weather delays cut by 65%; lost luggage down 90%; AI continually driving efficiency. But all this is becoming reality, says the SITA Impact Report 2025, documenting a year of customer-led...

Euclid space telescope marks a milestone in cosmic history

The European Space Agency’s Euclid space telescope has discovered 31 of the most ancient quasars ever found - and two of these giant and dazzling galaxy cores, powered by gargantuan black holes, are the earliest quasars yet observed in cosmic history. They shone with...

SSE set to outpace SD-WAN revenue

The Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) market is projected to reach nearly $16-billion by 2028, representing a 13% compound annual growth rate (CAGR). Security Service Edge (SSE) revenue is expected to maintain a robust double-digit CAGR and outpace SD-WAN's...

Altron’s Robbie Venter has died

Robbie Venter, who led the Altron group from 2001 to 2017, has died. The son of Altron founder Bill Venter, Robbie Venter was 64 years old at the time of his death. Robbie was a talented tennis player, and won a tennis scholarship to the University of California in...

SA hit with wave of browser extension threats

Kaspersky researchers have analysed what risks innocent-looking browser extensions pose to users and the activities of cybercriminals hiding threats under add-ons. In the first half of 2022, more than 24 000 South African users were affected by threats, hiding in...

Russians step up VPN downloads

VPN downloads reached 215-million in H1 2022, according to the Global VPN Adoption Index created by Atlas VPN. The most significant shift in the market was recorded in Russia, where nearly one-fourth of the population downloaded VPN services. Prior to H1 2022, VPN...

Financial institutions complete migration to hosted data centre

Fifteen major South African financial institutions have successfully migrated their sensitive business data and hosted systems to Teraco, in a single co-ordinated move has been described as a major technical feat. The move involved 10 of South Africa’s small- to...

Collaboration applications continue global growth surge

A new forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC) shows that worldwide revenues in the collaboration applications market grew 28,4% year over year in 2021 to $29,1-billion. This growth was driven by a series of factors including companies expanding...

Bolstering building blocks and silicon shields

As the global chip shortage drags on, Taiwan’s semiconductor industry remains front and centre for the world economy. Despite the US passage of the Chips and Science Act to bolster competitiveness, US chipmakers still face a long road ahead in their aim to overtake...

Backdoor malware skyrockets in Africa

According to Kaspersky Security Network data for corporate users, the number of backdoor computer malware detected in Q2 2022 in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria increased significantly compared to the previous quarter, hitting new records and posing challenges to...

Southern Africa sees strong growth for desktops as notebooks decline

The southern Africa personal computing device (PCD) market, made up of desktops, notebooks, workstations, and tablets, experienced a year-on-year (YoY) decline of 3,7% in the first half of 2022, according to industry analysis conducted by International Data...

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Modern business telephony key to efficiency

There has not been much innovation in telephony since the VoIP revolution, but every telephone service provider is still claiming to have the best quality at the cheapest rate. With all this competition in the market, what is the real differentiator in today’s highly...

Testing to mitigate the risk when disaster strikes

South African-based companies know the impact that external factors can have on data centres all too well. Whether it be man-made such as load shedding or forces of nature like the frequent Highveld thunderstorms, companies can never take their business continuity...

Econz Wireless pilots timecard GPS for Marltons

Econz Wireless has signed Marltons Pet Care Products and Accessories to track their national sales team with Econz Timecard GPS. Marltons is a leader in the pet products industry (excluding food). The local pet care industry (including food) is estimated at R5-billion...

Strike lead generation gold with data mining

It is not news that the world these days is drowning in data. It permeates our lives in expected, and even some unexpected, ways. Every time you do something electronically, whether it is transacting with your credit card, watching television, sending an e-mail, or...

CA joins Linux Foundation Open Mainframe Project

CA Technologies has become  a founding Platinum member of The Linux Foundation’s new Open Mainframe Project. The project is designed to create a collaborative environment among top industry leaders and academic institutions to drive both improvements and enterprise...

Tick-tock – Intel’s Skylake ‘tock’ is here

Broadwell, Intel’s fifth generation processor, is out and generation six, Skylake, is officially here as of August 2015. In line with Intel’s tick-tock strategy, the Broadwell ‘tick’ saw the processer die shrink from 22nm to 14nm. With the Broadwell series Y, U, H and...

BT’s ‘cloud of clouds’ for global collaboration

BT has announced the global availability of three new cloud-based solutions that enable customers to easily integrate collaboration tools and services from disparate technology platforms and different vendors. Freedom of choice, security and great user experience...

Suidwes Agriculture rolls out integrated ERP

Suidwes Agriculture, one of South Africa’s largest South African agricultural companies, has announced that it will partner with Datacentrix to upgrade to an integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) system that will better support the organisation’s growth...

Truedialer takes care of ‘Out of Office’

Truecaller has launched a new caller availability feature in its Truedialer app that could eliminate one of the most tedious features of managing your phone, work and personal communications – remembering to turn on your ‘out of office’ message or ‘do not disturb’...

TiAuto gets full visibility, better performance

When looking to improve the health of its IT systems, in particular its virtualised server environment, South African automotive leader TiAuto managed to amass extensive concrete business and financial benefits with the simple implementation of a performance and...

Senior Java Developer

Leading Corporate and Investment Bank seeks an experienced FULL STACK DEVELOPER - JAVA & ANGULARNB: this is a 4 day per week in the office role with the offices based in Sandton Min of 5-10 years java experience.Strong back end and front end development...

Mid Software Developer at Accenture

Are you ready to be part of a transformational journey that will reshape the digital landscape of Africa? A leading Pan-African telecommunications company is launching a groundbreaking Software Engineering Centre of Excellence (COE); dedicated to building...

Senior Java Developer – Gauteng Sandown

Leading Corporate and Investment Bank seeks an experienced FULL STACK DEVELOPER - JAVA & ANGULARNB: this is a 4 day per week in the office role with the offices based in Sandton Min of 5-10 years java experience.Strong back end and front end development...

Mid Software Developer at Accenture – Gauteng Midrand

Are you ready to be part of a transformational journey that will reshape the digital landscape of Africa? A leading Pan-African telecommunications company is launching a groundbreaking Software Engineering Centre of Excellence (COE); dedicated to building...

Project Manager

ENVIRONMENT:A cutting-edge company focused on Cloud Solutions is actively seeking a Project Manager to play a crucial role in implementing processes and enhancing the overall customer lifecycle and experience. The Project Manager will be responsible for assessing and...

UX / UI Designer at Accenture

Are you ready to be part of a transformational journey that will reshape the digital landscape of Africa? Accenture has partnered with a leading Pan-African telecommunications company and has launched a groundbreaking Centre of Excellence (COE); dedicated to building...

Application Senior Developer at Accenture

Net Application Developer (Mid-Senior)Hiring RequirementsJob DetailsMain Responsibilities/Tasks:Design and DevelopWork with team members to gather and interpret user/system requirements into design specificationsDesign, build, assemble, and configure application or...

Project Manager – Western Cape Cape Town

ENVIRONMENT:A cutting-edge company focused on Cloud Solutions is actively seeking a Project Manager to play a crucial role in implementing processes and enhancing the overall customer lifecycle and experience. The Project Manager will be responsible for assessing and...

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