Monitor market continues to recover
The global PC monitor market ended the second quarter of 2024 with 5,9% growth in unit shipments compared to the same quarter a year ago, marking the third consecutive quarter where YoY growth was positive and indicating a recovery of the market, according to IDC’s...
Epson sets up new regional operations
Epson Middle East FZCO has been set up as a new sales company headquartered in Dubai, serving the Middle East, Türkiye, Africa, and Central & West Asia (META-CWA) region. The company will offer Epson’s printing, scanning, visual display, manufacturing and...
Vodacom breaks 2Gbps barrier on its commercial network
Vodacom has achieved 2,4Gbps throughput on a live site, which it believes is a first for South Africa. The trial made use of a commercial smartphone and was conducted through the commercial base stations which serve Vodacom's Midrand campus. The record throughput...
Travellers embrace mobile messaging and payments
A big majority of consumers (95%) desire a personalised experience in chat for booking updates, especially for flight delays, late check-ins and upgrades. This is one of the findings from a Clickatell survey, Chat Commerce Trends Report: Travel Edition, which uncovers...
Foldable phone shipments set to reach 41,5m in 2026
International Data Corporation (IDC) expects worldwide shipments of foldable phones, including flip and fold form factors, to reach 13,5-million units in 2022. This represents an increase of 66,6% over the 8,1-million units shipped in 2021. An updated IDC forecast...
Crypto is on the up in Africa
Despite the global crash in cryptocurrencies, sustained uptake of innovations in non-fungible tokens (NFTs), decentralised finance (DeFi), Web 3.0 and the aetaverse in Africa is convincing investors that early adopters of these technologies are well positioned to...
Shoprite Group almost doubles solar capacity
Over the past 12 months, the Shoprite Group has increased its installed capacity of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems by 82% to 26,606 kWp. The 143 674m2 of solar panels at 62 sites, is equivalent to the size of 20 soccer fields. This is enough to power the equivalent...
Infected Tor Browser installer distributed through popular YouTube channel
Kaspersky researchers have uncovered an ongoing malicious campaign distributed via YouTube channel with more than 180 000 subscribers. Cybercriminals spread malware to collect users' personal data and obtain full control over the victim's computer by placing a link to...
Businesses are still introducing security risk into cloud environments
While cloud computing and its many forms (private, public, hybrid cloud or multi-cloud environments) have become ubiquitous with innovation and growth over the past decade, cybercriminals have closely watched the migration and introduced innovations of their own to...
Compute, storage cloud infrastructure spend on upward trajectory
Spending on compute and storage infrastructure products for cloud deployments, including dedicated and shared IT environments, increased 22,4% year over year in the second quarter of 2022 (2Q22) to $22,6-billion. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC)...
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Data Centre Central 2015: bridging the gap
Top-level decision makers wanting to gain greater insight into the country's most pressing complex data centre challenges, from real-life economic, engineering and regulatory issues, should mark off 29 October 2015 on their calendars to attend the second Data Centre...
Training steady as apprentice intake drops
The artisan industry seems to be in a nosedive, with apprentice intake arguably heading for a significant drop for the year as company's cut back due to continued pressures in the mining and commodities markets. However, some artisan training companies, such as...
How is SDN disrupting the way businesses develop technology?
While many businesses acknowledge that the benefits of SDN are too big to ignore, there are challenges to overcome, says Gary Newe, technical director at F5 Networks. You must have read so much about software-defined networking (SDN) by now that you probably think you...
Soft skills boost competitive edge
The rules for remaining competitive in business are changing every day, yet some companies are still not embracing new trends and methods. It has long been said that the magic recipe for a successful business is talented, knowledgeable staff combined with innovative...
SUSE and Huawei debut SAP HANA appliance solution
SUSE and Huawei are collaborating to include SUSE Linux Enterprise Server as the operating environment in Huawei's new SAP HANA Appliance Solution. The combination of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Huawei's SAP HANA appliance will speed up real-time data analysis...
What to look for in a mobile enablement partner
South Africa's mobile messaging market is a fiercely contested space, it is therefore important that organisations examine their mobile channel requirements carefully to obtain optimal value in the future, writes Jacques Swanepoel, COO of Cellfind. The mobile phone is...
Professional lead generation boosts sales
In order to make sales, a business has to have qualified leads, and the best way to do this is thorough lead generation, or the process of establishing interest in products or services among a specific target market. Generating leads involves a process. There are ways...
Network Platforms links Hetzner and Teraco
Network Platforms has developed a robust and scalable fibre infrastructure between Hetzner's Centurion data centre and Teraco Isando. The solution ensures that Hetzner and Network Platforms can offer their clients an impressively rich array of services and...
PoPI drives IT security as business priority
The Protection of Personal Information (PoPI) Act has received significant media attention over the past two years, particularly around the various aspects covered and how to comply, writes Simeon Tassev, Director of Galix. While the appointment of the regulator has...
Argility signs up with Storeforce
Storeforce has appointed Argility as its exclusive partner in the South African market. Toronto-based Storeforce provides an integrated, Web-based solution to help retailers improve the productivity of their in-store sales force. "In today's omnichannel retail...
Senior UX/UI Designer – Gauteng Johannesburg
Job Title: Senior UX/UI DesignerLocation: JohannesburgContract type: Contract (6-month contract)Hybrid Our client is currently seeking an experienced Senior UX/UI designer to join our digital team. The ideal candidate should have a strong background in designing and...
Finance Business Analyst – Investments
Stakeholder managementRequirements DocumentationExecution of business analysis methodologyProcess documentationBusiness Requirements specificationImpact AssessmentExecution and implementation of identified solutions and processesMinimum Requirements:Matric / Grade...
Software Developer (Senior) at EnableSA (Pty) Ltd
MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB: You will form part of the Integration team and will regularly engage with your teammates and our clients to design, develop, test, implement and support the solutions that we have in place, and the solutions that we are planning to build....
Application Developer
Desired Skills: - Self-motivated person - Essentially very independent worker Java JavaEE Agile SDLC Weblogic EJB Desired Work Experience: 2 to 5 years Desired Qualification Level: Degree Learn more/Apply for this position
Intermediate Data Engineer
Primary Duties and Responsibilities: The Data Engineer will have a knack for data analysis, data manipulation and data modelling. The consultant will be responsible for understanding and driving the overall technical vision and planning of a client's organisation and...
Junior-Mid C#.Net Developer (JHB Hybrid)
ENVIRONMENT:A Boutique Software company seeks the coding talents of a highly ambitious Junior-Mid C#.Net Developer to join its Joburg team who will help design, develop and deliver cutting-edge high quality & reliable products and systems. Your role will require...
Finance Business Analyst – Investments – Western Cape Cape Town
Stakeholder managementRequirements DocumentationExecution of business analysis methodologyProcess documentationBusiness Requirements specificationImpact AssessmentExecution and implementation of identified solutions and processesMinimum Requirements:Matric / Grade...
Software Developer (Senior) at EnableSA (Pty) Ltd – Eastern Cape Gqebera
MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB: You will form part of the Integration team and will regularly engage with your teammates and our clients to design, develop, test, implement and support the solutions that we have in place, and the solutions that we are planning to build....
Application Developer – Gauteng Pretoria CBD
Desired Skills: - Self-motivated person - Essentially very independent worker Java JavaEE Agile SDLC Weblogic EJB Desired Work Experience: 2 to 5 years Desired Qualification Level: Degree Learn more/Apply for this position
Intermediate Data Engineer – Western Cape Century City
Primary Duties and Responsibilities: The Data Engineer will have a knack for data analysis, data manipulation and data modelling. The consultant will be responsible for understanding and driving the overall technical vision and planning of a client's organisation and...
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