IBM, WWF harness AI to save endangered species
IBM and the World Wide Fund for Nature - Germany (WWF) are to work together to explore developing a new solution to support the monitoring of keystone species - starting with the critically endangered African forest elephant. Combining IBM's expertise in...
Strong growth forecast for 5G in healthcare
The global 5G in healthcare market is expected to reach $454,7-billion by 2030 - expanding at a CAGR of 40,5% from 2024 to 2030 - according to a new report by Grand View Research, which says the IoT ecosystem is developing and is expected to enable networks to connect...
Huge growth for global public cloud services
The worldwide public cloud services market, including Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Software as a Service – System Infrastructure Software (SaaS – SIS), and Software as a Service – Applications, grew 29% year over year in 2021 with...
Infrastructure investing in SA versus the rest of Africa
It's a well-known fact that infrastructure investment is urgently needed across Africa, including in South Africa. The African Development Bank estimates that the continent's infrastructure financing needs will be as much as $170-billion a year by 2025, with an...
Massive growth for security services edge
The security services edge (SSE) market grew 40% year-over-year (Y/Y) and was over $800-million in 1Q 2022, according to a quarterly report by Dell’Oro Group. SSE is a new market that combines cloud-delivered secure web gateway (SWG), cloud access security broker...
SA consumers are digitally empowered
Just a few years ago, it would have been inconceivable that so many people would be using online channels for so many services. But as people become more comfortable with digital platforms, and with Covid providing a push, the era of the empowered South African...
Beware of ransomware attacks from Black Basta Gang
Cybereason has issued a global threat alert advisory, warning global organisations about a rise in ransomware attacks from the Black Basta gang. The Black Basta gang emerged in April 2022 and has victimised nearly 50 companies in the US, UK, Australia, New Zealand and...
Inkjet SFP revenue surges in Q2 as consumer demand increases
Revenues from sales of inkjet single-function printers (SFPs) through European distributors have been largely on the rise since Week 15 of this year on the back of improved supply and consumer demand. Context’s Index Revenue Trend clearly shows weekly average revenues...
Consortium bids to buy Alviva in massive deal
The biggest deal in the history of the South African IT distribution channel, and indeed the local IT industry, could be on the cards if a proposal by a consortium to buy Alviva gets the go-ahead from shareholders. In a SENS announcement this afternoon, the country’s...
New MFA threat highlights our security negligence
Despite the growing levels of cyber threats, adoption of even basic multi-factor authentication (MFA) remains depressingly low amongst organisations. And, with new techniques such as prompt bombing being used to beat older versions of MFA, the need to beef up how...
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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...
Tech will change how work is done
More people than ever before are leaving the corporate office behind to work remotely. To address this, the technology industry has had to move fast and in just the past year, we have seen acquisitions, apps and services developed – all with a single goal: to help...
How to escape from CoinVault
From today, victims of CoinVault ransomware have a chance to retrieve their data without paying the criminals, thanks to a repository of decryption keys and a decryption application made available online by Kaspersky Lab and the National High Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU)...
Smart stores unite online and offline
The growing prominence of smart stores in support of omni-channel retail is due to changing behaviours of shoppers, says Minesh Manga, director at XON Retail Solutions. Technology has progressed in the past 25 years and has changed the way consumers interact with...
Mimecast secures e-mail messaging
Mimecast has announced a new service to help employees confidently send and receive sensitive or confidential information via e-mail. Mimecast Secure Messaging is designed to reduce the risk of data leaks and support compliance to data privacy and protection...
New managed network switches from Linksys
Linksys has announced its first managed switches in the Linksys Business product line-up to complement its portfolio of business networking products. With the latest addition, the Linksys Business line-up in South Africa now includes a full range of cost effective...
Local M&A transactions boom
Thomson Reuters has released the quarterly investment banking analysis for the sub-Saharan Africa region. According to estimates from Thomson Reuters/Freeman Consulting, fees for Investment Banking services in sub-Saharan Africa totalled $83,4-million during the first...
Tintri products redefine quality of service
Tintri has announced three product updates that reset industry conventions for QoS and address long-standing performance and policy pains of enterprise data centres and service providers. * Tintri OS 3.2. Administrators can now allocate exact maximum and minimum IOPS...
The problem with data loss prevention
Dtex Systems recently did a review with several clients to look at the reasons why data loss prevention (DLP) fails. “Despite spending billions on DLP technology, enterprises still leak data every day. We repeatedly hear the same stories from companies struggling to...
Senior Project Manager – Western Cape Bellville
My client based in Cape Town (Northern Suburbs) is currently looking for a Senior Project Manager to join them on an independent contract basis IT / Finance Experience 10-15 years' experience working in a project environment of which 5-6 years working with medium to...
Software Developer – Western Cape Century City
Responsibilities: Building specific BizTalk, C# and SQL components in accordance with the design specifications as assigned by the Team Leader.Design and implement BizTalk applications using components created by other team members and themselves.Assist Junior...
IT Support Specialist – Western Cape Cape Town Region
Summary Leading financial company seeks an IT Support Specialist for a contract role based in Cape Town. Description Ensure smooth running of production application and infrastructureProvide 24 x 7 first-line standby/support for production environmentsCreate temporary...
Application Support Analyst at Accenture
OVERALL PURPOSE OF JOB:To ensure specialist 2nd tier user support on more complex processes and functionality within one of the specialised areas of Asset Management, Inventory Management and System Administration, or Procurement Integration.Main...
Oracle DBA (KG)
WHAT WILL BE YOUR ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES?- Design and implement cloud-based database solutions.- Develop and maintain database migration plans.- Work closely with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve database-related issues.- Ensure that all database...
Software Test Engineer
Our client in the Banking Industry is looking for a Software Test Engineer to join their team! Job Description: Analyse, design and execute manual and automated test cases to ensure overall quality of the Product.Collaborate across multi-discipline teams including;...
Application Support Analyst at Accenture – Gauteng Midrand
OVERALL PURPOSE OF JOB:To ensure specialist 2nd tier user support on more complex processes and functionality within one of the specialised areas of Asset Management, Inventory Management and System Administration, or Procurement Integration.Main...
Oracle DBA (KG) – Gauteng Centurion
WHAT WILL BE YOUR ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES?- Design and implement cloud-based database solutions.- Develop and maintain database migration plans.- Work closely with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve database-related issues.- Ensure that all database...
Software Test Engineer – Gauteng Sandton
Our client in the Banking Industry is looking for a Software Test Engineer to join their team! Job Description: Analyse, design and execute manual and automated test cases to ensure overall quality of the Product.Collaborate across multi-discipline teams including;...
Senior Data Engineer
Senior Data Engineer with a relevant tertiary qualification (Degree/Hons in Computer Science/Software Engineering/Information Systems, etc) and minimum 4-5 years' experience in data engineering, database administration or a related field, required to design, build and...
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