A third of employees laid off due to AI will need to be rehired

As AI continues to accelerate the pace and scope of work, CIOs must prepare for four shifts that will influence the future of work, says Gartner. “When business and IT executives look back on the early AI-era, they will realise their greatest mistake was believing...

IT channel pivots to add value as AI takes off

Kathy Gibson reports from Pinnacle TechScape - Artificial intelligence (AI) may be at the peak of the hype cycle, but this doesn’t detract from the value that the technology will bring to the industry. That’s the word from Tim Humphreys-Davies, CEO of Pinnacle, who...

Network to the fore as agentic AI adoption takes off

In the era of agentic AI, the network is becoming the critical foundation for trust, security and the seamless operating models through which people and AI can build the future. However, as organisations move quickly to gain an advantage from AI, a significant gap has...

Labour disputes emerge as SA’s top legal concern

Labour matters rank highest among the everyday legal questions that South Africans are asking. This is according to data aggregated by My AI Lawyer, which found that more than a third (37%) of the queries processed on My AI Lawyer in the first six months of 2026 is...

Tech key to gender inclusivity

Kathy Gibson reports - Huawei has launched its Women in Tech Digital Skills Training program for 2024, which aims to empower women entrepreneurs or those working in various vertical markets to effectively leverage technologies like 5G and AI. “Our vision is to have a...

Hybrid work model can quell ‘quiet quitting’

Employers who micromanage their team's working patterns and locations risk losing top-tier talent to "quiet quitting", according to a new study from International Workplace Group. "Quiet quitting" is a workplace term used to describe employees who do only the bare...

Webb images open up new understanding of the Universe

NASA, in partnership with ESA (European Space Agency) and CSA (Canadian Space Agency), has released the first full-colour images and spectroscopic data from the James Webb Telescope. The first images from the world’s largest and most powerful space telescope will...

R100m cloud SME investment as Huawei accelerates cloud plans

Huawei has announced that its third data centre availability zone is set to go live three years ahead of schedule, as well as its R100-million Cloud Spark programme, which is set to provide support to more than 1 000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) over the...

Better security helps employees to innovate

Kathy Gibson reports – A massive 91% of IT leaders say that security is important to their business, a pointer to how vulnerabilities can cripple innovation. This is among the findings of the State of Cybersecurity in South Africa study conducted for Dell and Intel by...

Worldwide PC shipments dive

Worldwide shipments of traditional PCs declined 15,3% year over year to 71,3-million units in the second quarter of 2022 (2Q22), according to preliminary results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. This...

Standard Bank Group reviews Covid-19 vaccination policy

With 95% of its employees vaccinated, Standard Bank South Africa has withdrawn its Covid-19 vaccination policy with immediate effect. On 23 June 2022, Standard Bank South Africa chief executive Lungisa Fuzile informed employees that the country had reached a...

Can you refuse to go to work if vaccines aren’t mandatory?

The Covid-19 working challenge continues as companies and employees face a new challenge – office working without vaccination. Companies in South Africa are rebooting the office and restarting traditional ways of working. A reality that has several repercussions, not...

Security key to innovation

Kathy Gibson reports – Companies need to change and step up innovation in the businesses – and security is a critical component in achieving this. This is the word from Doug Woolley, GM of Dell Southern Africa, who points out that crime today is not the way we...

Smart cities could help ease rising urban population pressure

Although migration to urban centres has a long history, an increasing number of rural people are being attracted to cities by the potential for jobs and a better life overall. In fact, this increasing migration is accelerating the need for digital transformation, as...

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UPSes need dynamic battery life predictions

Beep! Beep! Beep! Anyone who has owned a UPS in the past decade knows, and probably dreads that noise; the sound of your UPS informing you that it needs a battery replacement – and if your luck is anything like mine, it probably happens at the most inconvenient times,...

VMware introduces new open source projects

VMware has announced two new open source projects built to enable enterprise adoption of cloud-native applications – Project Lightwave, an identity and access management project that will extend enterprise-scale and security to cloud-native applications; and Project...

Riverbed launches SteelCentral Portal

Riverbed Technology has announced the launch of Riverbed SteelCentral Portal, a breakthrough software solution for managing application performance in today’s hybrid IT environments. For the first time, companies are able to blend performance information from network,...

SA wine farm partners with Microsoft

With a recorded history dating back to 1692, Spier is one of the oldest wine farms in South Africa. The winery is also one of the most awarded in the country. The accounting environment of Spier was implemented more than a decade ago and was no longer fulfilling the...

Acer unveils Aspire notebook line-up

Acer has announced its new notebook computer line-up for the 2015 back-to-school season, including the new Aspire V 15 with metallic aesthetic cues, the Aspire E Series with solid performance packed into a sophisticated design, and the Aspire ES series with all the...

Business continuity key for business

When a company finds itself on a burning platform, it’s in a desperate situation with no good choices. The burning platform metaphor derives from a real disaster in 1988, when an oil rig in the North Sea caught alight. The worst oil rig disaster to date, it resulted...

Solutions must advance as fraud escalates

Fraud is a significant problem for local and international organisations and is growing exponentially. In the digital world, faceless contact self-service centres and virtual platforms represent a ripe feeding ground for identity thieves. To address this issue,...

Five reasons to move to cloud backup

Today’s businesses generate more data than ever before, forcing them to back up their information more often, says Demetri Petropoulos, head of business development at Global Micro Solutions.While the weekly tape backup might have worked a decade ago for files and...

Booking.com launches Apple Watch app

Booking.com, the world's number one accommodation site, has announced the launch of the Booking Now app for the Apple Watch. Booking Now, which draws from Booking.com's vast selection of over 625 000 properties in more than 75 000 unique destinations, is the first and...

CCTV with remote monitoring boosts security

Public transport is a vital service in any country, as ensuring people can move around freely to and from work and school is essential in creating economic sustainability, says Laurence Smith, executive at Graphic Image Technologies. However, the best public transport...

QA Tester (Perm/Contract) (Remote) – Western Cape Cape Town

ENVIRONMENT:A UK-based provider of Data-Centric Business Solutions is seeking a highly skilled & analytical QA Tester with strong problem-solving skills and a keen eye for detail to join its team. Your core role will be to develop and execute Test Plans and Test...

Senior PHP Developer (Remote) – Western Cape Cape Town

ENVIRONMENT:Our client is on the lookout for a Senior PHP Developer who brings more than just skill to the table—think creative thinker, problem solver, and tech magician who can think outside the box. But because experience shapes expertise, they're ideally on the...

IT Desktop Support Technician – Western Cape Jamestown

ENVIRONMENT:ENSURE daily tickets are completed and resolved within a reasonable time as your strong technical skills are sought to fill the role of an IT Desktop Support Technician for a dynamic Investment & Management Firm in Stellenbosch. You will provide...

Developer / Consultant (JHB) (1002127) at Parvana Recruitment

Parvana Role: Our client is looking to add a highly qualified graduate, with at least a Masters Degree, however our client will prefer a PhD degree. Due to on-going company growth our client is now looking to recruit additional. Consultants to assist customers with...

Item Coding Analyst at Circana

Working as part of the item coding team you will be responsible for analysing data from different sources, performing gap analyses and coding missing product attributes (e.g. the weight of the product, the name of the manufacturer, etc.). These need to be recorded...

Senior Functional Tester (CH1021)

Our client, a company that provide various HR Solutions is looking for a Senior Fuctional Tester.The Senior Functional Tester is primarily responsible for assessing and maintaining, with little supervision, a level of quality for the systems and products offered to...

SAP ABAP Developer

SAP ABAP Developer opportunity on a fixed term contract. This role will include understanding business requirements, preparing AS-IS, documents and get sign-off from users for functional and/or technical design documents. Requirements: Diploma or Degree in Information...

Item Coding Analyst at Circana – Western Cape Cape Town Region

Working as part of the item coding team you will be responsible for analysing data from different sources, performing gap analyses and coding missing product attributes (e.g. the weight of the product, the name of the manufacturer, etc.). These need to be recorded...

Senior Functional Tester (CH1021) – Gauteng Johannesburg

Our client, a company that provide various HR Solutions is looking for a Senior Fuctional Tester.The Senior Functional Tester is primarily responsible for assessing and maintaining, with little supervision, a level of quality for the systems and products offered to...

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