Seabirds show sea plastics are close to 1980s levels
A new study by researchers at the University of Cape Town’s FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology shows that the amount of plastic in petrels breeding at Inaccessible Island in the central South Atlantic Ocean has remained constant since the 1980s. The findings...
FNB to sponsor App of the Year
FNB has officially taken over as headline sponsor of the App of the Year ecosystem, the largest app development and tech challenge of its kind in the African continent. FNB App of the Year recognises and celebrates local-game changers while championing app development...
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...
Human augmentation will play a big role in the workplace
According to International Data Corporation (IDC), the European Human Augmentation market, including augmented and virtual reality, biometrics, exoskeletons, wearables, affective computing, and other human augmentation technologies, will reach over $62-billion dllars...
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Intervate wins Microsoft award
Intervate, a T-Systems company, has been named the winner of the 2015 Microsoft Country Partner of the Year Award for South Africa. In addition, the company has also been recognised as a finalist for the 2015 Microsoft Public Sector: CityNext Partner of the Year...
Cisco honours African channel partners
Cisco has announced the winners of its Africa Channel Partner Awards at the Cisco One Africa Partner Summit 2015 which took place last week from 23 – 25 June 2015 in Limpopo, South Africa. The awards recognised the top-performing Cisco Channel partners across the...
Security threats linked to demographics
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Rugged computers key for rescue workers
New advanced technological solutions – both hardware and software – are changing the security, public safety, and law enforcement sectors to the very core – and for the better. Advanced mobile applications and rugged mobile computers have greatly improved these...
Schneider announces Go Green winners
Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management and automation, hosted the 24 finalists (12 teams) for the conclusion of its global business case challenge, Go Green in the City, in Paris, France, from June 22 to 25 2015. The final event was held at the...
Asus announces Strix GTX 980 Ti
Asus has announced Strix GTX 980 Ti , a new, high-performance graphics card with fortification for extreme reliability and longevity. Powered by the latest GeForce GTX 980 Ti graphics-processing units (GPUs), Strix GTX 980 Ti features GPU boost clock speeds of up to 1291MHz in gaming mode and 1317MHz in OC mode, delivering up to 24% faster gaming performance than reference cards in The Witcher 3.
Gumtree introduces Autos Tips portal
Gumtree South Africa has launched a new portal with tips for car buyers and sellers, DIY maintenance guides, as well as a dealer directory featuring top sellers on the site. “Our customers enjoy the hands-on approach when it comes to their cars, and have been looking...
Gartner names Veeam a visionary
Veeam Software has announced that, for the third consecutive year, Veeam has been included in the Visionaries quadrant of the 2015 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Backup Software and Integrated Appliances.
“We consider our advancement along both completeness of vision and ability to execute axes in this year’s Gartner Magic Quadrant as a testament to Veeam’s continued innovation and increased market share,” says Ratmir Timashev, CEO of Veeam.
Revolutionising data centres
Systems integrator BT-SA is revolutionising the Data Centre environment by offering a truly integrated end-to-end solution. From a small cabling company 30 years ago, BT-SA has evolved as a full-service provider that is now able to install and maintain all aspects of...
Impacts of supply chain trends
If the past were to repeat itself, supply chains of the future will evolve in line with the global trends that are fuelling the economy, and transforming society and culture, says David Telford, senior director, Sector Group and industry partner lead, Qlik. Often...
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Full Stack Developer (Java)ESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:Technical: Java 11, 2EE, Junit, SQL Queries and optimisation, JAX-RS, JPA, JTA, ORM, Flyway, Angular 10+, Typescript, Karma/Jasmine, HTML/CSS, Web components, PostgreSQL, Maven, Jira/Confluence, X-Ray, GitHubAny...
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