Modest Q2 growth for SA economy
The South African economy strengthened by 0,4% in the second quarter (April–June) of 2024. The finance, manufacturing, trade, and electricity, gas & water supply industries drove most of the economy’s momentum on the production (supply) side. On the expenditure...
Scientists report on last week’s meteorite that blew up over Gqeberha
Kathy Gibson reports - Scientists have confirmed that a big meteorite exploded close to Gqhberha last week (25 August), with witnesses reporting the flash and sound from hundreds of kilometres away. Researchers from the University of the Witwatersrand, Nelson Mandela...
Intel shows off driverless tractors
At its Intel Vision event, Intel demonstrated the possibilities that open when the company pairs a high-bandwidth, low-latency private 5G wireless network with edge computing devices. The company collaborated with Federated Wireless and Blue White Robotics to deliver...
Network security sales set to top $150bn
Demand for network security - which includes email security, firewall, security service edge (SSE), secure web gateway (SWG), and web application firewall (WAF) technologies - is expected to remain healthy over the next five years as solid enterprise investment in...
Android the biggest cause for privacy concern
Anonymised data voluntarily provided by users of Kaspersky's Privacy Checker, a website that offers advice on privacy and security instructions for various Internet platforms and digital applications, shows that users are most interested in finding out how to set up...
Crypto scams and hacks ramp up
The crypto scam epidemic has worsened recently, costing investors billions of dollars. According to a BanklessTimes.com analysis, as of 10 August 2022, crypto scams had lost roughly $42-billion. That translates into a daily loss of an average of $189 000 a day. "While...
Software, Internet services companies are the biggest spenders
The software and Internet services sector has the costliest finance function at all levels of company revenue, spending at least twice what companies in the food and beverage sector do at equivalent revenue points, according to Gartner. As many finance functions start...
These are the top cybersecurity threats
Cisco Talos's latest quarterly report shows that during April, May and June 2022, commodity malware outpaced ransomware for the first time in more than a year, comprising 20% of the threats observed, followed by ransomware, phishing, business email compromise (BEC)...
Tonga eruption blasted unprecedented amount of water into the stratosphere
When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted on 15 January, it sent a tsunami racing around the world and set off a sonic boom that circled the globe twice. The underwater eruption in the South Pacific Ocean also blasted an enormous plume of water vapour into...
Teens turn to TikTok
TikTok has emerged as a top social media platform for US teens, according to a new Pew Research Centre survey of American teenagers ages 13 to 17. Some 67% of teens say they use TikTok, with 16% of all teens saying they use it almost constantly. Of the online...
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The mine of the future will be digital
The future of the mining industry in South Africa is digital, says Dr Bekir Genc of the School of Mining Engineering at the University of the Witwatersrand, and information technologies will help the sector achieve its goals of better working conditions and improved...
Trend Micro wins VCE certification
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Tarsus Distribution wins Vodacom award
Vodacom has named Tarsus Distribution as its best-performing enterprise national partner of the year. This comes just 12 months after Vodacom appointed the company to drive sales of its enterprise products and services through its channel of ICT resellers and solution...
Become a safe and savvy online shopper
When that must-have item comes on sale while you’re browsing your favourite online shopping site, and before you know it, you’ve purchased it – to spoil yourself because you deserve it. Between the rush and triumph over your new purchase, have you ever thought about...
Inherent enterprise WiFi challenges
To achieve optimum productivity, it is today imperative for companies to be equipped with high performance enterprise WiFi. However, with all the advancements in deploying a WiFi network in an enterprise environment, IT professionals still find it challenging at times...
Top tips for online start-ups
So you've decided to go online. Here are a few basic tips by Wilmari Strachan, director and tech specialist at Werksmans Attorneys. Register a domain name, trademarks and get social media handles Firstly, make sure that the name you want to use is not already being...
New appointment for EMC Southern Africa
EMC Southern Africa has appointed Rudi van Rensburg as Head of XtremIO for Africa. EMC’s XtremIO product line fully capitalises flash technology and enables the data centre of the future. Van Rensburg joined EMC Southern Africa in April 2008 as channel sales lead and...
Mobile technology grows African businesses
With smartphone penetration ramping up across Africa, the continent’s businesses have an opportunity to use mobile technology to become more efficient, productive, and responsive in the way they do business. According to the Ericsson Mobility Report for 2015, there...
Understand, leverage cloud opportunities
The threat to a company’s data continues to escalate globally, and, according to IT security experts, the only proven way to effectively protect this critical resource is to apply the most advanced data protection software available – and introduce tried and trusted...
Integrat rebrands as InTarget
Leading mobile services aggregator Integrat is now InTarget after completing a rebranding exercise that will see it better-positioned to explore opportunities as a diversified mobile advertising and related solutions provider. As one of South Africa's most established...
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SKA Mid – Jnr Verification System Engineer at NRF National Research Foundation – Western Cape Observatory
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We are and MSP and looking for Level 2 and Level 3 remote support engineers to join our team in Cape Town or Johannesburg. You will be supporting our customer base remotely, but from our offices. You will work with existing teams in each respective remote location to...
IT Support Technician at Square 1 Recruitment – Gauteng Gauteng
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