Urgent action needed to realise renewables promise
President Cyril Ramaphosa's remarks in his State of the Nation address (SONA) present an opportunity for the country to build its green energy capability further, and provide urgent load shedding relief to the economy, according to a spokesman for the wind sector....
Rise of DeepTech aligns technology with SDGs
In a newly-published research, the IDC Emerging Technologies team investigates the potential of DeepTech in Europe. IDC defines DeepTech as "a class of emerging technologies, built upon scientific and engineering innovation, whose primary focus is to address social...
Automated technology could be used to monitor ocean pollution
A new project from the University of Cape Town's (UCT) Department of Electrical Engineering hopes to identify sources of pollution in our waters through automated technology. Led by Professor Amit Kumar Mishra as the principal investigator, along with Associate...
Phishing subjects cater to different regions
Phishing is widespread around the world, but people in different regions respond to different triggers. This is one of the findings from KnowBe4's Q4 2021 top-clicked phishing report. "When comparing the results from the US phishing emails to those in Europe, the...
The cost of natural disasters is rising
Disruptive natural disasters are occurring more often around the world, with $343-billion in global weather and catastrophe-related economic losses reported in 2021 - but only 38% of natural peril losses were covered by insurance, although this is an improvement from...
Light at the end of the tunnel for consumer debt
With South Africa's annual consumer price inflation hitting 5,9% in December 2021 (the highest annual rate since March 2017) and the SARB (South African Reserve Bank) announcing a 25 basis point increase in the repo rate, consumers will really have to work carefully...
These are the phishing emails that get the most clicks …
Phishing emails that mimic HR announcements or ask for assistance with invoicing get the most clicks from recipients, according to a new study. The F-Secure study, "To Click or Not to Click: What we Learned from Phishing 80 000 People", tested how employees from four...
WHO stands with Neil Young as he exits Spotify
Musician Neil Young, who this week demanded that his music be removed from Spotify, has received support from the World Health Organisation. Young issued an ultimatum to the music streaming service after a Joe Rogan podcast on Spotify interviewed anti-vax icon Dr...
Huawei to launch integrated office products
Kathy Gibson reports - Huawei will launch new office products in South Africa over the coming months, adding laptops and printers to its existing monitor, tablet and smartphone line-up. Sun Jun, GM: Huawei Consumer Business Group, says the products will enable...
Acronis launches SA cloud data centre
Acronis has announced the availability of a new Acronis Cyber Cloud Data Centre in Johannesburg. One of the 111 new data centres being deployed wordwide by Acronis, the new facility gives service provider partners access to a full range of cyber protection solutions...
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Outsource customer management
The contact centre industry has reached a crossroads more significant than any other in its history and, this time, operators have no choices left. So says Zain Patel, operations director: Domestic at Merchants. “Contact centres were developed, four decades ago,...
Global Energy Innovations, Jasco partner
Global Energy Innovations (GEI) has signed a Master Distributor partnership agreement with Jasco to deliver GEI’s precision battery testing, monitoring and conditioning equipment and software to sub-Saharan Africa. The product offering includes the flagship EC-Series...
In-memory capabilities in IFS Applications 9
IFS, the global enterprise applications company, announces its plans for in-memory capabilities at IFS World Conference in Boston. Real-world scenarios using real-time data analysis in IFS Applications were run thousands of times faster through the use of in-memory...
XDSL launches Mega Continuity offering
XDSL is offering existing and new enterprise customers another first in South Africa – its Mega Continuity offering. It includes a full cabinet in its carrier-class data centre in Centurion, 100 Megabits per second (Mbps) fibre Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN)...
Save on your home security bills
Everyone knows that South Africans ensconce themselves behind huge walls and electric fences and deploy alarm systems installed at huge cost and backed by armed response companies. With the county’s astronomical crime rate this is understandable. Says Derick Roberts,...
Saracens rolls out Gemalto wristbands
Gemalto is supplying Saracens, one of the UK’s most successful rugby union clubs, with prepaid wristbands that offer fans speedy and secure contactless payment for food and drink at its Allianz Park stadium in north London. The pilot project marks the first step...
Cloud-based backup strategy in 15 minutes
Cloud-based backup services are an easy way for IT service providers to help clients achieve availability of their data, says Warren Olivier, Southern Africa regional manager at Veeam Software -- as well as an excellent first step into becoming a cloud provider. “In...
Zebra Technologies unveils WiNG Express
Zebra Technologies, a global leader in products and services that provide real-time visibility into organisations’ assets, people and transactions, is unveiling a new wireless local area network (WLAN) offering that is easy to manage and deploy without sacrificing...
2015: the year of a data dystopia
With news of the 2015 Oscar winners still ringing in our ears, there is something about this time of year that makes watching a good film particularly satisfying, says Brian Mitchell, senior product marketing manager at CommVault. However, even amidst so many great...
ProComm named Ruckus Wireless reseller
ProComm has been appointed as an official Ruckus Wireless Top Dog reseller and service partner of all Ruckus Wireless products in Zimbabwe, Botswana and Zambia – the first African Top Dog partner outside of South Africa. ProComm will offer the complete line of Ruckus...
Full Stack Developer (JavaScript, Angular) – Gauteng Pretoria
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Mid-Senior Backend SQL Developer – Western Cape Cape Town
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Junior Software Developer – Gauteng Bryanston
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SKA Mid – Controls Software Engineer at NRF National Research Foundation
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