Another positive year expected for salaries in 2026

Supported by positive economic developments, record-high commodity prices, a stronger rand, and low inflation, real salary increases are expected this year, according to an analysis by PayInc. The PayInc Net Salary Index, which tracks net salaries of approximately...

Enterprise AI is at a critical tipping point

Kathy Gibson reports - We are at a critical moment in the race for enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) – winning is no longer about who adopts AI, but who scales safely, efficiently and with business impact. This is the headline finding from IDC’s CIO Playbook, a...

The AI model that found 370 exoplanets is expanding its reach

Scientists have discovered more than 6 000 planets that orbit stars other than our Sun, known as exoplanets. More than half of these planets were discovered thanks to data from NASA’s retired Kepler mission and NASA’s current TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey...

SA poised for recovery as purchasing power improves

South Africa’s economy is expected to expand by 1,2% in 2026, with growth momentum expected to strengthen thanks to resilient consumer demand and infrastructure investment. This is according to the Economic Outlook 2026 released by the Mastercard Economics Institute...

Better quantum comms could protect high-value data

Quantum communications technology seeks to improve data security, which is increasingly compromised in the modern world. The world is generating higher and higher volumes of data, with increasing concerns about its sensitivity, writes Dr Tess Skyrme, senior technology...

AI chip revenues on track to surpass $126bn by 2027

Artificial intelligence (AI) chip market revenues will exceed $126-billion by 2027, according to analysis from Stocklytics.com. As of 2022, the AI chip market revenues raked in nearly $45-billion and $54-billion in 2023, emphasising the fast-paced expansion rate of...

Prepare infrastructure and operations now

Gartner has highlighted the six trends that infrastructure and operations (I&O) leaders must start preparing for in the next 12 to 18 months. "I&O leaders need to drive change, not simply absorb it," says Jeffrey Hewitt, research vice-president at Gartner....

NTT data centre on track for April 2022 opening

Growthpoint Properties is on track to complete the turnkey data centre development of NTT Johannesburg 1 Data Centre at Centralpoint Innovation District in Samrand, in early 2022. NTT is represented in Africa and the Middle East by Dimension Data, the South African...

Solana tipped to outperform other cryptocurrencies

Cryptocurrency Solana is likely to again outperform both bitcoin and Ethereum, the world's two biggest digital currencies, in 2022. The bullish prediction from Nigel Green, chief executive and founder of deVere Group, comes amid another sharp bearish dip for leading...

Thousands of organisations at risk from Kafdrop

Researchers at cybersecurity company Spectral have discovered a security flaw in Kafdrop, a popular open-source UI and management interface for Apache Kafka clusters that has been downloaded more than 20-million times. They believe companies that could be affected...

Smartphone shipments to grow despite supply chain constraints

According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, shipments of smartphones will grow 5,3% year over year in 2021, reaching 1,35-billion shipments. However, due to the lower than expected third quarter and the continued...

Southern Ocean plays a vital role in absorbing CO2

Observations from research aircraft show that the Southern Ocean absorbs much more carbon from the atmosphere than it releases, confirming it is a very strong carbon sink and an important buffer for the effects of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions, according to a...

Digital holiday shopping fraud continues to increase

A significant 17,5% of all global e-commerce transactions - and 7,8% of South African transactions - made between 25 and 29 November were potentially fraudulent, according to findings from TransUnion around global e-commerce fraud trends that occurred during the...

Notebook revenues still going strong

Notebook revenues through European distribution have continued their impressive performance in the first few weeks of Q4 2021 as organisations look to support the new hybrid workplace and consumer sales are up, according to new data from Context. The latest analysis...

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Canon offers connected photo printing

Print stunning high-quality photographs as well as everyday documents while leveraging the advantages of copy and scan capabilities in one versatile all-in-one device with the new Canon PIXMA MG5640 and MG7540 printers from distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC)....

What to look for in a data centre partner

As enterprises digitise their businesses and adopt technologies such as social media, mobility, analytics (including big data), cloud and machine learning, along with an increasing amount of open source, their computing needs have evolved, says Milind Halapeth, Global...

The Parlotones in live high-res audio first

Leading rock outfit The Parlotones has collaborated with Sony Mobile South Africa to be the first local band to provide live high-res audio recordings to their fans. The four tracks will be available exclusively to Xperia Z3 and Xperia Z3 Compact users through the...

Streamline cloud communication with MiCloud

Mitel has added new features to its MiCloud portfolio aimed at helping service providers quickly deliver cloud communications to their customers. Additionally, the latest release of the MiCloud solution contains a number of enhancements to help service providers lower...

DCC offers HP EliteDesk 800 Desktop Mini PC

The HP EliteDesk 800 Desktop Mini PC from distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC) is the next evolution of the desktop. Featuring enterprise-class performance, security and manageability in HP’s smallest desktop yet, this highly compact mini form factor PC packs...

SAP Mobile tops in Barnstone analysis

As leading companies increasingly adopt a mobile-first strategy when it comes to developing applications and enabling business processes, the choice of mobile development platform is becoming both critical and strategic. “Given the importance of choosing the right...

Vox offers Fat Pipe to SMBs

Since the launch of Vox Telecom’s Fat Pipe at the end of 2013, thousands of customers have taken advantage of this connectivity solution. The success of Fat Pipe in the consumer segment, coupled with a need for a prioritised, unshaped data service, at an affordable...

Airtel Niger, Ericsson deploy 3G network

Airtel, Niger’s leading mobile service provider, has named Ericsson as their exclusive 3G HSPA end-to-end hardware, software and related service vendor in Niger Republic. The deployment of the state of the art 3G end-to-end network complements the telecom operator’s...

No one is safe from cyber-attacks

With the growth in popularity of online banking services, the theft of banking information has become one of the most common types of criminal activity on the Internet. In addition to stealing access codes for personal bank accounts – and corporate bank accounts –...

Intelsat, Azercosmos partner on satellite

Intelsat and Azercosmos have announced that the two companies have signed a strategic agreement at the 45 degrees east orbital position. The two companies will closely collaborate on the design of the Azerspace-2/Intelsat 38 satellite and leverage their respective...

Senior User Experience Designer at Accenture

User Experience DesignerLocation: Cape Town & JohannesburgAre you ready to be part of a transformational journey that will reshape the digital landscape of Africa? Accenture has partnered with a leading Pan-African telecommunications company and has launched a...

Scrum Master at Accenture – Gauteng Midrand

As a Scrum Master, you will help teams from our clients with their Agile way of working, more specifically help Scrum teams to thrive. This key position will put you in a central and challenging position, which offers a great opportunity to be highly visible within...

Senior User Experience Designer at Accenture – Gauteng Midrand

User Experience DesignerLocation: Cape Town & JohannesburgAre you ready to be part of a transformational journey that will reshape the digital landscape of Africa? Accenture has partnered with a leading Pan-African telecommunications company and has launched a...

Full Stack Front End Developer at Accenture

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Intermediate Full Stack .Net Developer

Job Title: Intermediate Full-Stack Developer This role is Hybrid 2/3 days in-officeBased in PretoriaCTC: 45k - 55k per month Job Summary:We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced .NET Full-Stack Developer to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible...

Full Stack Front End Developer at Accenture – Gauteng Midrand

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Intermediate Full Stack .Net Developer – Gauteng Pretoria CBD

Job Title: Intermediate Full-Stack Developer This role is Hybrid 2/3 days in-officeBased in PretoriaCTC: 45k - 55k per month Job Summary:We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced .NET Full-Stack Developer to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible...

Magento2 Full Stack Developer – Johanesburg at Accenture

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Snr Full Stack .Net Developer

Job Title: Senior Full-Stack Developer This role is Hybrid 2/3 days in-officeBased in PretoriaCTC: 55k - 75k per month Job Summary:We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced .NET Full-Stack Developer to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for...

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