What makes someone a bully victim?
Socially integrated mobile bully-victims possess complex characteristics. This is one of the conclusions from a study by Dr Nombulelo Jokazi, a PhD graduate from the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Faculty of Commerce, in a thesis titled “Identifying the...
Hitachi Rail uses AI for realtime railway analysis
Hitachi Rail, a global transportation company powering railway systems in over 50 countries, is integrating Nvidia AI technology to lower maintenance costs for rail operators, reduce train idling time and improve transit reliability for passengers. The company is...
ICT infrastructure crucial for African economic growth
Investment in information, communication, and technology (ICT) infrastructure is key for sustained, inclusive economic growth and development in Africa. This is according to a study conducted by Dr Mamello Nchake from the Department of Economics at Stellenbosch...
Consumers plan to cut spending this holiday season
Inflation is a top concern for consumers this year, prompting almost half to do their holiday shopping early, and many shopping through the year. Twenty-eight percent of consumers are planning to spend less this holiday season and only 10% plan to spend more than...
Africa sees big drop in remote desktop protocols attacks
According to Kaspersky telemetry, the number of brute force attacks against remote desktop protocol (RDP) across Africa has significantly decreased in Q2 2022 by 53% compared to the previous quarter. This downward trajectory could be a result of several reasons. This...
Cybersecurity professionals not confident they are winning
Fewer than 40% of South African security operations (SecOps) professionals are very confident in their ability to adapt to new online threats, with 34% only somewhat confident. While 18% are not confident in their ability to deal with continuously evolving threats,...
On World Tourism Day, hotel cybersecurity is under the spotlight
In a post pandemic world, the latest World Tourism Barometer owned by the UN World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), signifies exceptional optimism for recovery in the immediate term, and a return to pre-pandemic tourism in the years to come. This comes as great relief...
Mobile wallet payment growth set to continue
Mobile wallet payments have taken off over the past few years, fuelled by the global shift toward a cashless society and Covid-19. According to data presented by AugustaFreePress.com, digital or mobile wallet payment was the most used point of sale (PoS) payment...
A large-bodied sabretooth cat roamed the West Coast of SA
New research sheds light on carnivoran diversity and diseases that afflicted sabretooth cats over 5-million-years-ago. The fossils studied were from the Mio-Pliocene (5,2-million years ago) fossil site called Langebaanweg (West Coast Fossil Park) on the West Coast of...
Watch how DART successfuly hits asteroid in space
After 10 months flying in space, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) – the world’s first planetary defense technology demonstration – successfully impacted its asteroid target on Monday, the agency’s first attempt to move an asteroid in space. Mission...
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F5 invests in EMEA operations
F5 Networks has announced a major new customer service, security and product development facility to benefit its EMEA-wide operations. Based in Warsaw, the F5 Technical Center Warsaw is likely to spur high-profile jobs in the area, and features a Technical Services...
The role of digitisation in mining
Mining firms today are facing a barrage of challenges that only a concerted focus on digitisation can address. Across the broad range of ferrous, non-ferrous and precious metals, commodity prices remain subdued and are unlikely to enter any new growth cycles in the...
Pharmaceutical group goes always-on with Stratus
Established in 1978, Dis-Chem started out as a small pharmacy in Mondeor, South of Johannesburg. Today, with around 90 stores across the country, the Dis-Chem Group is still privately-owned and run by the original founders. Over the years the Dis-Chem Group had...
Zebra simplifies mobility modernisation
Zebra Technologies has unveiled new services designed to help organisations successfully migrate their business applications to next generation technologies. Enterprises are modernising their mobile environments to mitigate end-of-life operating system (OS) support...
Technology to the rescue of threatened bees
As the growing network of smart, connected devices starts to change our world, scientists are increasingly looking to technology for new applications – often in the most unexpected spheres, writes Mark Warren, machine-to-machine solutions manager for South Africa at...
Your old laptop could be worth a lot of money
South Africans are enjoying greater access to broadband via free WiFi initiatives and urban hotspots, so it is no surprise that laptops and PCs are a hot commodity – particularly second hand ones. “Laptops are one of the most requested and fastest selling items on...
Is cash still king, or yesterday’s hero?
Depending on who you speak to, cash is either still king or simply yesterday’s hero, writes Vinolan David, head of card issuing at Standard Bank. But what everyone agrees on is that the payment ecosystem of today is drastically different to what it was 20 years ago...
Ensure battery backup doesn’t leave you in the lurch
Power problems are a reality in South Africa for the foreseeable future, and many organisations have already implemented solutions to minimise downtime and ensure business can continue as close to normal as possible, writes Marco Da Silva, MD: power solutions at The...
BlackBerry completes acquisition of AtHoc
BlackBerry has completed the acquisition of AtHoc, a provider of secure, networked crisis communications. AtHoc will operate as a division of BlackBerry. AtHoc’s Chief Executive Officer, Guy Miasnik, will lead the division as part of BlackBerry’s senior leadership...
SMBs get a communications leg-up
A new family of Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise Gigabit Ethernet switches is being introduced to help small-medium businesses (SMBs) adapt to modern communication systems and technology. The new switches address key SMB IT issues and priorities. According to a 2015...
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CONTRACT POSITION - GAUTENG - 12 MONTHS - SNR BUSINESS ANALYST. PLEASE ONLY APPLY IF YOU QUALIFY IN FULL.Our client in the centre of Pretoria, a financial institute has a vacancy for a Senior Business Analyst on a 12 month contract basis.The main purpose of this...
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Data Management Administrator – Western Cape Cape Town
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