Applications open for Huawei’s 2024 Women in Tech
Tech-savvy women entrepreneurs are invited to apply for Huawei's Women in Tech, Digital Skills Training Programme. The 2024 edition of this annual event offers women free training in the rapidly developing fields of Cloud Computing, 5G, AI as well as Leadership...
New branding, strategy for Cell C
Kathy Gibson reports - Orange and black is the new … Cell C corporate livery. The mobile operator today unveiled a new branding and strategic direction, under the theme “We are unstoppable”. Jorge Mendes, CEO of Cell C, told a packed auditorium that the past year has...
Unemployed youth emerge as mobile device repair entrepreneurs
Sixty unemployed youngsters from the Emfuleni Local Municipality area have been given the opportunity to capitalise on South Africa's rapidly growing telecommunications sector with accredited mobile repairer training and business incubation services from The...
Social media hacks on UK army raise red flags
The British Army's Twitter and YouTube accounts were recently hacked, for the second time in just six months. Madeline Wild, associate defense analyst at GlobalData, comments: "The threat of cyberattacks is growing as both state and non-state actors are increasingly...
Challengers to Meta dominance in the VR market emerge
Global shipments for virtual reality (VR) headsets jumped 241,6% during the first quarter of 2022 (1Q22) compared to the same period last year, according to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Augmented and Virtual Reality...
Global PC shipments set to drop 9,5%
Worldwide PC shipments are on pace to decline 9.5% in 2022, according to the latest forecast from Gartner. The PC market is expected to experience the steepest decline of all device segments this year. "A perfect storm of geopolitics upheaval, high inflation, currency...
Backdoor targets governments and NGOs in Middle East, Turkey and Africa
Kaspersky experts have brought to light a poorly detected SessionManager backdoor that was set up as a malicious module within the Internet Information Services (IIS), a popular web server edited by Microsoft. Once propagated, SessionManager enables a wide range of...
Identity, access management tipped to hit $26bn
A new study from Juniper Research has found that global spend on identity and access management solutions will rise from $16-billion in 2022 to $26-billion by 2027; representing an absolute growth of 62% over the next five years. Identity and access management...
Intel Labs in integrated photonics research breakthrough
Intel Labs has announced a significant advancement in its integrated photonics research – the next frontier in increasing communication bandwidth between compute silicon in data centers and across networks. The latest research features industry-leading advancements in...
Strong growth in spending on compute, storage infrastructure
Spending on compute and storage infrastructure products for cloud deployments, including dedicated and shared environments, increased 17,2% year over year in the first quarter of 2022 (1Q22) to $18,3-billion, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC)...
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Sekunjalo Investments rebrands
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Debunking common security myths
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The cloud widens video conferencing horizons
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Netshield offers data centre in a box
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Protect the enterprise from cyber-attacks
High profile cyber-attacks on blue-chip global companies have sent shockwaves around the technology industry. It’s clear that threats in the digital era are morphing – becoming ever-more sophisticated and destructive. In the past couple of years, we have seen...
The cloud is shaking up the ERP landscape
The ERP market is changing at a rapid pace as hybrid and cloud-based architectures bring new levels of efficiency, affordability and flexibility to the enterprise applications market. Gartner goes as far as to predict that heavily customised ERP implementations will...
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.NET Tech Lead
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Are you a seasoned Business Analyst looking for an opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects and collaborate within a cross-functional team? We're looking for a Senior Business Analyst to join our dynamic and growing organization. In this role, you'll have the...
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ENVIRONMENT:Join a dynamic IT provider based in Durbanville as a Senior .Net Developer. This role involves exciting new development and enhancing current systems across a wide range of platforms. You'll gain advanced skills in Microsoft SQL, working with complex data...
System Administrator (Mikrotik) – Gauteng Pretoria
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ICT Support Technician – Western Cape Stellenbosch
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IT Project Manager – Gauteng Samrand Business Park
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Senior Business Analyst – Gauteng Johannesburg
Are you a seasoned Business Analyst looking for an opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects and collaborate within a cross-functional team? We're looking for a Senior Business Analyst to join our dynamic and growing organization. In this role, you'll have the...
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