SA’s economic recovery remains fragile

After nearly two decades of weak growth, declining investment and rising structural constraints, South Africa faces a narrow window in which decisive reforms could determine whether it escapes long‑term stagnation or remains trapped in low growth. Coface research...

In an era of instability, restructuring promotes resilience

The era of corporate stability is over and this is why the most important C-suite appointment companies can make in 2026 is a full-time and continually proactive chief restructuring officer (CRO) in charge of a CRO office. A new Global CRO Study 2026, authored by the...

Global IT spend set for13,5% growth, to $6,31trn

Worldwide IT spending is expected to reach $6,31-trillion in 2026, up 13,5% from 2025, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. “This latest forecast underscores the accelerating momentum in AI infrastructure and advanced memory,” says John-David Lovelock,...

Beware the gap between perceived AI readiness and DR capability

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) data protection is seen as a high priority when implementing AI solutions – but a survey of senior IT decision-makers has revealed a gap between perceived readiness and tested, validated disaster recovery capability. This is among the...

Last call to enter the Irish Tech Challenge

High-impact South African startups ready to take their solution to the global stage have until 5 May to submit their applications for the prestigious Irish Tech Challenge. The Irish Tech Challenge South Africa is a partnership between the Embassy of Ireland in South...

SA businesses are dangerously unprepared for cyberattacks

A mere 5% of companies in South Africa rank at the 'Mature' level of readiness which is needed to be resilient against modern cybersecurity risks - down by 19% year-on-year. This is one of the alarming findings from Cisco's 2024 Cybersecurity Readiness Index, which...

Microsoft launches Zulu translations

Microsoft has added Zulu to its Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services Translator, enabling text and documents to be translated to and from one of South Africa's official languages across the entire Microsoft ecosystem of products and services. Zulu joins Swahili as the...

Is the data on your phone backed up?

One in four South Africans don't backup their phone but, with thousands of phones lost, damaged or stolen in South Africa each week, it should be non-negotiable. Today (31 March) is World Backup Day and Dialdirect Insurance has released a new report which shows that...

Businesses urged to backup and plan for recovery

As businesses globally are reminded about the importance of data backup during World Backup Day, Arcserve points out that recovery can often be the missing part of the successful business continuity equation. Global research commissioned by the company reveals that...

Conversation hijacking doubles in 2021

Users are frequently aware of plain phishing schemes and do not open any fraudulent links or attachments, especially when they appear out of nowhere and with no context. However, conversation hijacking is an advanced type of phishing attack where fraudsters use...

High-performance computing innovator wins Turing Award

Jack Dongarra, an innovator in computational software development who holds joint appointments at the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, will receive the 2021 A M Turing Award from the Association for Computing Machinery. The award recognises...

Intel unveils the fastest desktop processor yet

Intel has announced full details and availability for the new 12th Gen Intel Core i9-12900KS, the world's fastest desktop processor. The new chip It delivers up to 5,5 GHz max turbo frequency, in spec with Intel Thermal Velocity Boost and features Intel Adaptive Boost...

Obituary: Denis Smit

Denis Smit, a director of BMI-T and well-known doyen of the IT industry, died yesterday (29 March 2022). Smit was one of the original members of research company BMITechKnowledge, known today as BMIT. BMI was founded in the late 1970s, with BMITechKnowledge Group...

Analogue switch-off deferred to 30 June

The date for television's analogue switch-off date has been deferred from 31 March to 20 June by the High Court. Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, minister of communications and digital technologies, has urged e-TV - which brought the challenge to the switch-off - to desist from...

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Microsoft introduces Lumia 540 Dual SIM

Microsoft has unveiled the Lumia 540 Dual SIM, designed for young, ambitious people looking for their first serious smartphone. The Lumia 540 Dual SIM features the latest Windows Phone 8.1 innovations and boasts a 5-inch HD display and crafted design details. It helps...

Trends shaping the future of music in Africa

Typewriters, rotary dial telephones, cassette tapes, video stores and spools of film- just some items of which next-generation children won’t experience or understand, says Hennie Theron, GM at Red Touch Media Africa. Technology is a major progress driver in every...

Schneider helps SAP France with data centre

Schneider Electric has worked alongside SAP France to design the new data centre hosting its information system and professional applications. Installed on the 14th floor of its new French headquarters in Levallois-Perret, its 80 square meters house an 18-rack...

Uniclox, Bodet in strategic partnership

Uniclox Technologies and global time and attendance leaders Bodet Software are pleased to announce the signing of a strategic partnership agreement for southern Africa at a customer event on 16 April. Bodet Software, with its head office in Cholet Cedex, France, is a...

Huawei helps to build a better Africa

Huawei, a global leading ICT solutions provider, attended the Innovation Africa Digital (IAD) Summit 2015 hosted in Vitoria Falls, Zimbabwe. As an official partner of the IAD Summit 2015, Huawei showcased its cutting-edge ICT solutions as well as its consumer devices....

Mushkin arrives in Africa

Mushkin is excited to announce a new partnership with Omega Africa to become the sole authorised distributor of Mushkin memory, flash drives, Micro SD and SSD products for sub-Saharan Africa countries. Omega Africa has become a great strategic partner in the region...

Integr8 wins Veeam project award

Integr8 has won Most Significant Project of the Year award from Veeam, a provider of solutions that deliver availability to data centres. Veeam leverages virtualisation, storage, and cloud technologies that enable the modern data centre to help organisations save...

New graduates from Ricoh SA learnership

Another 20 learners have graduated the Ricoh SA Learnership Programme run on behalf of Ricoh SA by CTU Training Solutions at its facilities in Boksburg, Gauteng.  This learnership, which results in National Certificate: Information Technology: Systems Support (NQF...

Veeam Endpoint Backup Free now available

Endpoint backup has long been a tedious task that everyone knows they should be doing. Today, IT professionals now have a simple and free solution for backing up endpoints, which has long been a major data protection headache. Veeam has released a new free tool that...

Tools maximise marketing spend

Kathy Gibson reports from Reimagine 2015 – Dynamics Marketing is a massive solution that can help companies re-imagine their marketing operations. Chris Barry, CRM director at Mint Management Technologies, explains that marketing departments need to understand the...

Support Engineer (ISP – 1st Line)

Role: Support Engineer (ISP - 1st Line)Location: Illovo, JohannesburgA well know, leading ISP is looking for a dynamic Support Engineer- L1 to join their team. It is an exciting working environment and there is a lot of opportunity for growth and development:...

Senior .Net Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg Region

Are you an exceptionally technically talented individual? Looking for a permanent position with great benefits and the opportunity to work from home majority of the time? With their offices based in Gauteng and the Western Cape our clients in the consulting space are...

Embedded Developer

Excellent opportunity for an Embedded Guru to flex that C and Java muscle with the national leader in their respective field. APPLY NOW!Your expertise in the Embedded space should include : Solid experience in embedded devices Coding in C , C++ and Java* Strong LinuxI...

Support Engineer (ISP – 1st Line) – Gauteng Johannesburg

Role: Support Engineer (ISP - 1st Line)Location: Illovo, JohannesburgA well know, leading ISP is looking for a dynamic Support Engineer- L1 to join their team. It is an exciting working environment and there is a lot of opportunity for growth and development:...

Full Stack Developer

Job Title: Full Stack DeveloperLocation: JohannesburgContract type: Contract (12-month contract)Hybrid Build high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade applications & build capability in others to do the same. This includes but is not limited to applying critical...

Embedded Developer – Western Cape Western Cape

Excellent opportunity for an Embedded Guru to flex that C and Java muscle with the national leader in their respective field. APPLY NOW!Your expertise in the Embedded space should include : Solid experience in embedded devices Coding in C , C++ and Java* Strong LinuxI...

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