PMI dips to 43.8 amid election uncertainty, sluggish demand
The seasonally adjusted Absa Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell below 50 points in May 2024. The headline PMI fell to 43.8 points from 54 points in April. The drop was despite another month of no load-shedding, although local power outages remain frequent, and the...
Webb finds most distant known galaxy
Over the last two years, scientists have used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to explore what astronomers refer to as Cosmic Dawn - the period in the first few hundred million years after the big bang where the first galaxies were born. These galaxies...
In MEA, PC shipments grow as tablets slip
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) personal computing devices (PCD) market, which is made up of desktops, notebooks, workstations, and tablets, experienced a slight year-on-year decline of 1,5% in the first quarter of 2022, according to the latest industry analysis...
These are the top privacy trends
As the number of privacy regulations worldwide continues to grow, organizations should focus on five privacy trends to help meet the challenges of protecting personal data and meeting regulatory requirements, according to Gartner. "By year-end 2024, Gartner predicts...
Obstacles ahead for SA’s economy
Local economic growth is facing a myriad of headwinds this year including a weaker global environment weighing on export potential, a tightening of domestic monetary policy, a further rise in electricity load-shedding, a series of big fuel prices increases, and the...
Digital transformation acceleration comes with trade-offs
With highly distributed architectures and a broader threat landscape resulting from an ongoing digitisation of previously physical experiences, organisations are turning to a variety of solutions to help manage complexity and address widening IT skills gaps. However,...
SAP Africa sets up Africa’s first AppHaus
SA Africa has revealed plans to set up its first African AppHaus in Cape Town. The SAP AppHaus Network is a community of SAP partners that are united in the belief that innovation requires a creative environment, a multi-disciplinary team of designers, domain experts,...
CMOs should look beyond digital for differentiation
Marketing teams that are effective at scaled judgment and empathetic influence are more likely to report revenue growth, according to Gartner, In fact, marketing teams who implemented these skills were 11% more likely to report organisational revenue growth in 2021....
Regional displacement tracking scales up
More than 8-million people are internally displaced in Ukraine due to the war, and a further 6,5-million have fled to safety across international borders. In response, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) is scaling up the use of its Displacement...
Government sector increasingly targeted by cybercriminals
Research based on the analysis of incidents reported to customers of Kaspersky Managed Detection and Response (MDR) has revealed that the share of critical incidents experienced by organisations increased from one-in-ten (9%) in 2020, to one-in-seven (14%) in 2021....
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Catalysing Africa’s app economy
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The power of data
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Connection Telecom, Teraco partnership grows
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VMware positioned as leader by Gartner
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New dye-sublimation printers from Epson
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The hospital of the future
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NetApp announces new appointment
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Ricoh rolls out Oracle solution
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Large company located in Pretoria looking to fill this urgent role:ContractHybrid (2/3 days at the office)ESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:· Strong conceptual skills· Strong knowledge in in software engineering with a focus on cloud architectures· Very strong knowledge...
Cyber Security Specialist – Gauteng Midrand
Seeking an experienced and highly skilled Cyber Security Senior Specialist to oversee and manage the cyber security initiatives within the financial services, insurance, and lending sector. The ideal candidate should have a deep understanding of cyber security...
User Experience Designer at Accenture – Western Cape Cape Town
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Field Support Engineer – Mpumalanga Secunda
iOCO Infrastructure Services Invites You to Explore Possibilities.We are seeking a Field Support Engineer to join our team. As a Field Support Engineer they will be responsible for troubleshooting hardware and software issues, installing and configuring systems and...
Software System Designer II – Gauteng Randburg
To translate business, other stakeholder requirements and user stories into system requirement and act as a link between business analyst, other requirements stakeholders and the software teamTo translate overarching end to end design into detailed designs and provide...
2442- Java Developer (Senior) – Gauteng Pretoria
Large company located in Pretoria looking to fill this urgent role:ContractHybrid (2/3 days at the office)ESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:· Strong conceptual skills· Strong knowledge in in software engineering with a focus on cloud architectures· Very strong knowledge...
NATURAL Application Senior Developer at Accenture
To efficiently code, debug and unit test complex programs. This includes new development and or modifications to existing programs on a Supply Chain system. Compile designs for simple to moderate to complex programs. To investigate user requests in order to determine...
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Use the automation framework and pre-defined test tools to inspect, analyze, design, develop and implement re-useable automated test assets to quality assure the solution and its architecture to ensure the overall quality of the solution.Key ResponsibilitiesReinforce...
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