MTN, WWF, Nedbank launch PachiPanda Challenge
MTN South Africa, in partnership with the WWF South Africa, is calling on young innovators to tackle South Africa’s environmental challenges through the PachiPanda Challenge. The initiative, set to run from 26 August until 21 October 2024, seeks to mobilise and...
2024 Higher Education Women Leaders (HEWL) Awards nominees announced
The Higher Education Resources Services South Africa (HERS-SA) will host the second Higher Education Women Leaders (HEWL) Awards on 29 August 2024 at the Two Oceans Aquarium at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town. As the country celebrates Women’s Month, this...
Scientific breakthrough makes quantum information storage more reliable
By shining a laser pulse sequence inspired by the Fibonacci numbers at atoms inside a quantum computer, physicists have created a remarkable, never-before-seen phase of matter. The phase has the benefits of two time dimensions despite there still being only one...
Network upgrade a major boost for academia
The South African National Research and Education Network (SA NREN) has been upgraded to help all connected South African universities, colleges, scientific councils, researchers, innovation centres, and more access faster connectivity quicker. The CSIR, SANReN,...
Largest renewable energy PV and battery storage project signed off
Standard Bank and British International Investment (BII) have partnered with Scatec and H1 Holdings to successfully reach financial close on the first sizable battery energy storage and photovoltaic (PV) solar project in South Africa – believed to be Africa’s largest...
NTT leverages SA skills to deliver Tour de France data
NTT is using Dimension Data’s technology and innovation to enhance the fan experience across the Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. The 2022 event will see the inaugural women’s race which will start on the Champs-Élysées on 24 July 2022 , prior to...
Ericsson, Qualcomm, Thales to take 5G into space
Ericsson, French aerospace company Thales and wireless technology innovator Qualcomm Technologies are planning to take 5G out of this world and across a network of Earth-orbiting satellites. Having each conducted detailed research, which included multiple studies and...
Increased revenues, subscribers for Vodacom
Vodacom Group reports that group revenue increased 5,2% to R26,1-billion for the quarter ended 30 June 2022, underpinned by a resilient performance in South Africa. Group service revenue was up 5,2%, supported by growth in data revenue and new services such as IoT....
Telefonica to connect IoT devices via satellite with 5G
Telefonica, through its divisions Telefonica Tech and Telefonica Global Solutions (TGS), and Sateliot, are collaborating in the development of an innovative connectivity service with dual 5G NB-IoT technology in which Sateliot's new satellite network will be...
Liquid debuts Cyber Security Fusion Centre in Joburg
Liquid Cyber Security, a business of Cassava Technologies, has launched the first of its matrix of Cyber Security Fusion Centres in Johannesburg. With this Fusion Centre, Liquid aims to bolster the cyber security industry in the country by managing the growing threat...
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Banking security: threat or opportunity?
With the global threat to online security seemingly at an all-time high, Quintis Venter, a senior software engineer at ThoughtWorks argues that the threat to the financial services industry stems from technological deficiencies as a natural consequence of internal resistance to change. So how secure are online banking apps? They’re not. Many applications are technically secure, but it is important to understand that security is not just a technology problem.
Ensuring that agile delivers quality
As the agile revolution continues to sweep South Africa, it’s clear that many companies are finding that quality issues are creeping into their development environment. Some even start to question whether agile has some inherent incompatibility with quality. Nothing...
Technology is not a security silver bullet
Cyber security is no longer an IT problem but rather a priority of the highest levels at the majority of organisations. The reason for this is simple: cyber threats have become a serious issue that costs businesses money, compromises their information and their...
Debt collection outsourcing increases
Companies are increasingly outsourcing their debt collection to specialist debt collection agencies, a move that is expected to see an increase in money recovered from indebted individuals and companies. This is according to Rob Rafferty, CFO at FutureSoft, the...
UCS Solutions now PCI DSS compliant
UCS Solutions, the leading IT service provider to the retail industry, is proud to announce the organisation’s recent certification to PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) Version 3. This major milestone was achieved as a Payment Service Provider...
Customer retention and experience
One of the greatest challenges facing businesses of all types and sizes today is the need to maximise engagement with customers and grow revenues while lowering the costs associated with delivering an outstanding customer experience, across each of the businesses communication channels. This is where the use of customer analytics come in to enhance engagement and loyalty.
African companies must retain skills
Businesses across major African economies such as Kenya and Nigeria are coming under increasing pressure to align their strategies for retaining talent, compensating employees and engaging with their workforces with good international practices. That’s according to...
The revised B-BBEE Codes
Some of the dust is beginning to settle after the recent flurry of revisions to the already revised B-BBEE Codes. So is there now enough certainty on key issues to allow you to start reworking your B-BBEE strategy to meet the changes? Yes, there is, says Saul...
Revolutionising the cloud for ERP users
One Channel and Acumatica take the message on the road showcasing the power of a true Cloud platform which leverages scalability and mobility – enabling integration between financial and sales processes, business intelligence and productivity for revenue gains to...
DiData rolls out Intel vPro
Dimension Data has announced that Dimension Data IT Services (ITS) has completed phase 1 deployment of Intel’s vPro remote desktop management solution ahead of schedule. According to Stephen Green, executive; Next Generation Data Centre at Dimension Data Middle East...
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