Take-home pay improves again in August
The BankservAfrica Take-home Pay Index (BTPI) - which tracks the average nominal take-home pay among an estimated 4-million salary earners in South Africa - improved for the fifth consecutive month in August. “The average nominal take-home pay reached R16 582 showing...
Rising cost of living drives move to credit
The number of overall credit originations (a measure of new accounts opened) increased by 15,2%, as South Africans increasingly used new and existing credit products to meet their rising consumption needs via credit cards, personal loans, and retail revolving loans,...
Massive growth predicted for CCaaS
A new study by Juniper Research has found that global CCaaS (contact centre-as-a-service) market revenue will reach $15,6-billion by 2027; rising from $4,9-billion in 2022. This 216% growth of will be driven by the breadth of services offered within comprehensive...
Antarctic ice loss is double what we had estimated
New research on Antarctica, including the first map of iceberg calving, doubles the previous estimates of loss from ice shelves and details how the continent is changing. The greatest uncertainty in forecasting global sea level rise is how Antarctica’s ice loss will...
Companies set to invest more in ICT
Organisations around the world significantly accelerated their adoption of technology services during Covid-19 to drive their digital transformation and boost their resilience. Telefónica Tech's "Planting digital seeds for the future" study reveals that, although lack...
Intel shows off driverless tractors
At its Intel Vision event, Intel demonstrated the possibilities that open when the company pairs a high-bandwidth, low-latency private 5G wireless network with edge computing devices. The company collaborated with Federated Wireless and Blue White Robotics to deliver...
Network security sales set to top $150bn
Demand for network security - which includes email security, firewall, security service edge (SSE), secure web gateway (SWG), and web application firewall (WAF) technologies - is expected to remain healthy over the next five years as solid enterprise investment in...
Android the biggest cause for privacy concern
Anonymised data voluntarily provided by users of Kaspersky's Privacy Checker, a website that offers advice on privacy and security instructions for various Internet platforms and digital applications, shows that users are most interested in finding out how to set up...
Crypto scams and hacks ramp up
The crypto scam epidemic has worsened recently, costing investors billions of dollars. According to a BanklessTimes.com analysis, as of 10 August 2022, crypto scams had lost roughly $42-billion. That translates into a daily loss of an average of $189 000 a day. "While...
Software, Internet services companies are the biggest spenders
The software and Internet services sector has the costliest finance function at all levels of company revenue, spending at least twice what companies in the food and beverage sector do at equivalent revenue points, according to Gartner. As many finance functions start...
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Old Mutual launches debt education tool
Old Mutual has launched an online, interactive version of its successful On the Money financial education programme, aimed at helping educate South Africans on debt reduction and wealth creation.John Manyike, head of financial education at Old Mutual, says, “This...
SAP a First Lego League Africa sponsor
SAP Africa has further bolstered its decade-long support of the First Lego League (FLL) in Africa through a major sponsorship of the Africa Open Championships, taking place today. The event runs alongside the Africa Automation Fair, at the Dome, Northriding,...
Apple MacBook 12-inch arrives in SA
Core Group is pleased to announce that the highly anticipated, thinner and lighter Macbook 12-inch will be available for in-store preview in Apple Premium Resellers on Friday, 8 May 2015, and selected Incredible Connection stores soon. Stock availability dates are...
Disruptive tech impacts local business
Speaking to partners at its business partner event in Johannesburg, Vox Telecom CEO Jacques du Toit agrees with McKinsey Global Institute’s 12 key disruptive technologies,but believes that four of these namely big data; cloud technology, mobile Internet and the...
DiData announces new appointment
Dimension Data has announced the appointment of Lubabalo Dyantyi as the Public Sector executive for Middle East and Africa, reporting directly to Derek Wilcocks, CEO for Dimension Data Middle East and Africa.Prior to his appointment, Dyantyi was the Gauteng regional...
Record number of IFS users
IFS, the global enterprise applications company, announces that its solutions, including IFS Applications, IFS Field Service Management and IFS Mobile Workforce Management, have reached the 1-million mark in terms of number of active users. Current IFS customer...
Lenovo ThinkServer from Pinnacle Africa
Pinnacle Africa has confirmed that the company will be distributing the Lenovo ThinkServer range and that the first stock has already landed. The ThinkServer family of products allows the company to offer a one-stop solution for both enterprises, and small to...
Electronic signatures drive efficiency
Within business, the volume and velocity at which content is generated can be terrifying, but few categories of content are as important as those documents requiring a signature, says Avi Rose, regional business manager: South Africa at ARX. If poorly managed,...
RS introduces new wireless range
RS Components (RS) and Allied Electronics (Allied) have introduced an exciting new range of wireless modules and system-in-package devices, under an exclusive distribution agreement with Jorjin Technologies of Taiwan. The Jorjin portfolio enables RS and Allied...
Sage ERP Africa partners with Datalinx
Sage ERP Africa has signed a distribution agreement with Datalinx, offering customers in Africa and the Middle East access to a range of integrated warehousing solutions that enable significant cost savings and operational benefits in key areas such as warehouse,...
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