Sluggish demand pushes Absa PMI back to contractionary territory
After the encouraging uptick in July, the seasonally adjusted PMI dropped significantly by 8.8 points to 43.6 in August, down from 52.4 in July. This decline underscores the challenges the sector faces amid ongoing political uncertainty, high but slowing inflation,...
Intel raises the bar for AI performance on Xeon processors
In the latest MLCommons AI performance benchmark suite – MLPerf Inference v4.1 - Intel submitted results across six MLPerf benchmarks for 5th Gen Xeon Scalable processors and, for the first time, its Xeon 6 processors with Performance-cores (P-cores). Intel Xeon 6...
Digital infrastructure must scale up to cope with complexity
Enterprise agility and operational effectiveness are largely dependent on the responsiveness, scalability, and resiliency of the digital infrastructure used to enable mission-critical applications, data operations, and connectivity demanded by customers, partners, and...
These are the first victims of budget cuts
A June 2022 survey of 128 CFOs and CEOs showed that investments in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and sustainability will be the first areas to face cuts in organisations feeling their margins triple squeezed by rising inflation, talent shortages and supply...
New interventions aim to stabilise, improve power supply
Last night (25 July), President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a number of interventions to overcome the immediate power crisis being experienced in South Africa. In collaboration with Eskom, labour federations and energy sector experts, the interventions are aimed at...
Paratus opens carrier neutral data centre in Namibia
The new Paratus Namibia data centre (DC) will open in Windhoek in August 2022, giving colocation clients will have the freedom of choice as well as access to world class infrastructure hosting services. Any client hosting within the facility will be able to choose...
Vantage opens Johannesburg data centre campus
Vantage Data Centers, a global provider of hyperscale data centre campuses, has announced the delivery of the first facility on its Johannesburg campus. Positioned within the continent’s largest data centre market, Vantage has opened its first data centre (JNB11) in...
General dealer retail sales soar as SA consumers scale down
General dealers have emerged as the most resilient sector in South African retail, growing sales 14,6% in real terms from January to May 2022 and winning a greater share of the cash-strapped consumer’s wallet. Their strong performance in a struggling retail sector can...
Cybercriminals target Stranger Things fans
In early July, season four of one of the most long-awaited series, Stranger Things, was released. Despite a three-year break due to pandemic-related delays, the series was hotly anticipated and, once again, topped streaming charts. Unfortunately, the desire of ardent...
Aspiring entrepreneurs urged to enter business plan competition
South Africa has been established as one of the continent’s “big four” startup ecosystems, alongside Egypt, Kenya and Nigeria, according to the 2022 South African Startup Ecosystem Report. However, as the most recent Global Entrepreneurship Monitor revealed, education...
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Motswako Office Solutions wins Ricoh awards
Motswako Office Solutions regained its crown as Ricoh SA’s business partner of the year at Ricoh SA’s recent annual financial year-end event. Motswako Office Solutions, a Ricoh SA Platinum Partner and BBBEE partner, won a total of nine awards, including the coveted...
Mobile technology bridges digital divide
Handicapped by economic constraints,-millions of unprivileged people in the developing world continue to be deprived of sufficient access to communication technology, creating strata of information haves and haves-not that widens the digital divide and knowledge gap...
AudioCodes expands appliance offering
AudioCodes, a leading provider of converged voice solutions that enable enterprises and service providers to transition to all-IP voice networks, recently introduced the expansion of the AudioCodes One Box 365 family of appliances with two new models. Building on the...
CA Technologies wins SC award
CA Southern Africa has revealed that CA Technologies has received SC Magazine’s2015 Reader Trust Award for Best Identity Management Solution. A panel representing the readers of SC Magazine selected CA Identity Manager as the best-in-class security product in the...
Insiders are the biggest security threat
Businesses are under siege. While security has been a constant concern for companies since they started using the Internet to connect to the outside world, today’s proliferation of connected devices, distributed networks and increasingly militant cybercriminals has...
New GM for Huawei Consumer Business Group
Charlene Munilall brings a wealth of experience in the mobile and computing space to her new position as GM for the Huawei Consumer Business Group SA. Appointed at the beginning of May 2015, Munilall has honed her skills over the past eight years in the ICT industry,...
Storage capacity plays a key role in gaming
The gaming experience has changed dramatically over the decades, from the retro arcade experience of the 1970s and 1980s to the PC and the home gaming console in the 1990s. The evolution of gaming has continued to improve in quality, creating an increasingly...
Technology key for TCF compliance
Many companies today are in a state of denial about the quality of the customer experience they provide. A study by Bain and Company found that while 80% of companies are confident that they deliver a superior customer experience, only about 8% of their customers...
New UML course for business analysts
Enterprise architecture specialists Real IRM have launched a new training course designed for business analysts who are required to use unified modelling language (UML). The course helps to more closely link the disciplines of business analysis and technical...
Don’t replace your network: convert it
IT infrastructure and in particular networks are expensive to rip and replace, but the good news is that isn’t necessary with SFP and SFP+ interface module Compatibles from Netshield. When implementing an SFP or SFP+ from Netshield, you can marry your voice and data...
2603_ IT Network Operations and Configuration Manager
IT Network Operations and Configuration Manager with IT Degree and 5 years+ experience working in an enterprise environment and familiar with ITIL processes required for a reputable global companyLocation: GautengDesign database systemsBuild interfacesAdministration...
Data Engineer (Cloud) – Gauteng Sandown
Hybrid - can be based in Cape Town or Johannesburg! Position Purpose:The purpose of the ETL Developer is to develop extraction, translation and loading jobs which will populate the Data Warehouse. Develop and enhance the back end of the Data Warehouse to satisfy...
Back End Developer at NetOps Africa – Western Cape Cape Town CBD
About Us: Forward-thinking tech company dedicated to providing a tailored learning platform for cybersecurity professionals. We pride ourselves on fostering a collaborative and innovative environment where all team members' contributions are valued. As a startup, we...
SAP Software Engineer-Tax/Customs (Advanced) 2661 TT – Gauteng Pretoria
Understand the business requirements, preparing AS-IS, and TO-BE documents and get sign-off from users for Business Blueprint documentABAP debugging beneficial (Workbench related knowledge of new development/enhancements)Setting up the organization structure of...
Senior Software Developer – Integration at EnableSA (Pty) Ltd – Eastern Cape Gqebera
MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB: You will form part of the Integration team and will regularly engage with your teammates and our clients to design, develop, test, implement and support the solutions that we have in place, and the solutions that we are planning to build....
Full Stack – Java (fully remote)
Fully Remote! Candidates can work from anywhere in South Africa Seeking an experienced full stack java developer to join our growing team servicing local and offshore clients in the financial services space.You must have strong communication skills and the ability to...
Business Analyst
Job Description Drive technology solutions to meet business goals in a diverse and inclusive environment. Leverage your industry experience and strong skills in systems and data to add value to our growing business.Responsibilities Design holistic business solutions,...
Systems Analyst
PurposeThe ERP Systems Specialist will help ensure our ERP system runs smoothly in the manufacturing department. They will learn the ERP system, train team members, troubleshoot issues, and communicate with the system service provider. Additionally, they will download...
Automated Tester
Hire Resolve's client is looking for an Automated Tested to join their team. The client is a leading consulting firm specializing in the development of cutting-edge operational mine management software for the mining industry. Their team comprises talented developers...
Full Stack – Java (fully remote) – Gauteng Sandown
Fully Remote! Candidates can work from anywhere in South Africa Seeking an experienced full stack java developer to join our growing team servicing local and offshore clients in the financial services space.You must have strong communication skills and the ability to...
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