Cisco partners with Jozi My Jozi on inner city revitalisation

Kathy Gibson reports form Johannesburg - Cisco and Jozi My Jozi today launched a new partnership aimed at harnessing technology to help develop the Johannesburg inner city. The new initiative, Masibambisane, is part of Cisco’s global 40 Communities social impact...

New battery factory drives industrialisation, job creation

Kathy Gibson reports - Actom has opened a new assembly line for locally-assembled LiFePO₄ battery energy storage systems (BESS). Yesterday, the company also announced that is expanding manufacturing capacity for its high voltage equipment. These moves are significant...

Herotel brings Amazon’s Leo satellite services to SA

Kathy Gibson reports – Herotel has signed a distribution agreement with Amazon to bring its Leo Constellation satellite service to South Africa. Set to go live in 2027, South Africa will be among one of the first countries in the world to connect to the low earth...

Social media the top culprit as deepfake fraud grows

Deepfake attacks are growing, and costing people more. Scial media is the main culprit

Channel pivots to become trusted advisors

Technology channel companies are rapidly moving from a one-and-done, buy-and-install approach to becoming strategic advisors for SMBs, unlocking significant growth opportunities and paving the way for greater digital agility. This is according to a Sage report, "Small...

This is where GenAI will have the most impact

A recent survey of technology buyers worldwide found that technology decision making, financial and operational systems, and customer engagement, experience, and support are the three business areas where generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is most likely to...

Marketing budgets on the increase

Marketing budgets have climbed to 9,5% of total company revenue in 2022, an increase from 6,4% in 2021, according to Gartner. But while marketing budgets are increasing this year, they still lag pre-pandemic spending levels. The annual Gartner 2022 CMO Spend and...

African entrepreneurs set for take-off

African business leaders are expecting the entrepreneurial spirit to take off across the continent over the next three years on the back of an improved environment for business and greater political stability, according to new research from World Mobile. The study...

Holistic care central in employee benefits post-pandemic

One of the key insights to come out of the 2022 Sanlam Benchmark Survey - an annual body of research into the state of retirement funds and retirees in South Africa - is the emergence of a new "currency" in South Africa: post-pandemic job security. As many as...

Strong growth for consumer asset tracking devices

The number of active consumer asset tracking devices in Europe and North America reached 11,2-million at the end of 2021, according to Berg Insight. Growing at a CAGR of 20,4% the active installed base is estimated to reach 28,3-million units in 2026, with market...

New pothole app for Gauteng motorists

The Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport has launched a new province-wide app - PotholeFixGP - allowing road users to report poor road conditions and other road maintenance issues. The new app can currently be downloaded from the Google Play Store and will soon...

Cybercrime complexity drives changes in the CISO role

Kathy Gibson reports – Cybersecurity is not a simple exercise: there is no quick solution to a complex situation. Tony Olivier, acting-chief information security officer (CISO) at Imperial Logistics and also co-author of the Cybercrimes and Cybersecurity Bill of South...

Security underpins digital transformation

Kathy Gibson reports – Covid-19 has driven a paradigm shift in how business uses technology, which is now relied upon to drive businesses. Abdul Moosa, Chief Technology Officer of CoCre8 Technology Solutions, explains that business is no longer siloed, but rather...

Cheaper overseas calls could soon be a reality

The Internet Service Providers' Association of SA (ISPA) has welcomed moves by the Independent Communications Authority of SA (ICASA) to conduct a cost modelling exercise with regards to voice call termination rates and to introduce curbs on charges from local voice...

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Microjobbing helps make ends meet

The cost of living globally is through the roof – and South Africa is no exception, says Andre Hugo, chief jammer and co-founder of M4JAM. Thanks to rising electricity rates and fuel prices, not to mention an imminent increase in income tax, making ends meet as a...

Getting personalisation right

Digitisation offers great opportunities to personalise customer experiences - but companies need to understand the nuances to achieve good results. Watermark Consulting’s 2014 Customer Experience ROI Study confirms what marketers have always instinctively believed:...

Childline rolls out Bytelogix solution

Bytelogix has been commissioned by MTN SA Foundation to provide a call routing solution for Childline's emergency call centre service. The solution will use Bytelogix’ Dynamic Call Routing (DCR) application and an integrated SIGTRAN stack. Childline’s nation-wide,...

FNB offers discounts on generators

FNB has announced that it is providing 10 000 units of generators at a significantly discounted price to small business and residential clients to alleviate the immediate impact of load-shedding. The first phase of the intervention forms part of the Bank’s long-term...

Voice biometrics reduces fraud

As the business realm continues to digitise, fraud, ID theft and information security concerns grow, and strong authentication becomes a critical issue. Voice biometrics is being adopted globally by companies, especially those with large contact centre operations,...

Q-KON enlarges African footprint

Q-KON has recently boosted its footprint into Africa by establishing its partnership with the global Newtec Business Partner Program (bePART) and is therefore an official distributor of Newtec satcom products. Newtec is a global provider of equipment used in critical...

Small businesses at risk from cyber-threats

As governments around the world mull over cyber security measures and possible new legislation, many small and medium enterprises are pondering whether internet security is a real concern for their businesses, either because they are too small, or they don’t have...

Qlik recognised for analytics and BI

Qlik has announced that it has been named a Hot Vendor in the 2015 Value Index for Analytics and Business Intelligence from Ventana Research. Of the 15 vendors evaluated for this index, Qlik is the only data discovery to be recognised as ‘hot’, with Qlik Sense being...

Apps bring smart printing to any office

Mobility has become part and parcel of both our personal and professional lives, and has fundamentally changed the way we work, play and interact, says Heinrich Pretorius, Canon product specialist at DCC. As smartphones and tablets have become increasingly prevalent...

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ServiceNow Technical Architect 1656

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