Tech sales under the lash as consumers curb spending

South Africa’s fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) market is proving resilient so far in 2026, although retailers and brands in the tech and durables (T&D) sector are experiencing a number of challenges. This is according to NielsenIQ (NIQ) South Africa, which has...

Roman space telescope begins its quest to the dark universe

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has begun a three-month, million-mile journey to its final orbit where it is hoped it will reveal the universe’s darkest secrets. The mission launched at 7:26 AM EDT Sunday aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch...

Crackdowns alone won’t stop online wildlife trafficking

A new major global review shows that platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube are fueling a fast-growing and difficult-to-track illegal wildlife trade. The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Dr Annette Hübschle, a co-author of the study, says closing...

Nvidia’s quarter was bigger than TSMC’s entire year

Nvidia generated more revenue in a single quarter than the company that manufactures its chips generated in the whole of last year. This comparison puts the scale of the result into sharp focus, says deVere Group CEO Nigel Green. Nvidia reported quarterly revenue of...

July sees positive turn in vehicle sales

New vehicle sales received a long-awaited injection of positivity in July, showing growth effectively for the first time in nearly a year. According to data released by naamsa the Automotive Business Council, the South African new vehicle market grew 1,5% year-on-year...

APIs, co-operation crucial for wholesale telecoms

Data volumes continue to grow at an exponential rate, driven by the continuing thirst for cloud services and hosted video content, and turbocharged by the rise in AI services. This growth should be positive news for telcos who own networks, especially in the wholesale...

In an unhappy world, humour would sell

Many people haven’t felt true happiness for more than two years and want brands to make them smile and laugh - but business leaders fear using humour in customer interactions. The Happiness Report from Oracle Fusion Cloud Customer Experience (CX) and Gretchen Rubin,...

African consumers face an uncertain future

Sub-Saharan Africa experienced its first recession in 25 years when the Covid-19 pandemic struck, according to World Bank data. This has resulted in a difficult recovery for the region and has also brought to the fore new economic growth challenges, compounded by the...

Hybrid IT increases network complexity, adds challenges

The acceleration of hybrid IT has increased network complexity for most organisations, and caused several worrisome challenges for IT professionals. This is among the findings from The SolarWinds IT Trends Report 2022—Getting IT Right: Managing Hybrid IT Complexity,...

Phishing for cryptocurrency continues to rise

With the boom in digital currencies over the past five years, there has been a surge in the number of cybercriminal tactics used to steal cryptocurrency – from luring victims with gifts sent by crypto exchanges to distributing Trojanised DeFi wallets. Crypto wallets...

A password manager could save businesses from phishing attacks

According to IBM, in 2021, phishing attacks caused 17% of all data breaches, moving up from fourth to the second most common cause of data compromise in only a year. It is also the second costliest type of breach, with the average global cost reaching $4,65-million....

Industrial printer shipments decline

Industrial printer shipments declined 2.1% year over year in the first quarter of 2022 (1Q22), according to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Industrial Printer Tracker. "Shipments at the beginning of the year started off...

African Data Centres to build new Cape Town facility

Africa Data Centres is building a second, 20MW-capacity, data centre covering 15 000 square meters in eight data halls in Cape Town. According to Tesh Durvasula, Chief Executive Officer of Africa Data Centres, there is a clear pipeline of demand for colocation space...

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Curro Holdings rolls out Microsoft Office 365

Founded in 1998 by renowned educational figure, Doctor Chris Rudolph Van Der Merwe, Curro Holdings has evolved from a single campus facility based in Durbanville, Western Cape, to a scholastic powerhouse comprising of 31 sites and several thousand students....

Clover rolls out Office 365

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NSBC boosts productivity with Microsoft

Entrepreneurship is a widely acknowledged engine for domestic economic growth. Although large corporate entities and the state certainly contribute towards national development, it is small to medium sized business that truly enables employment, widespread prosperity...

Cloud-based collaboration key for SMBS

Simple things like e-mail, that we tend to take for granted, are critical to the successful running of a small to midsized business – and cloud-based mail and collaboration solutions are the way to go for companies looking to save money and communicate effectively....

ViGO makes global waves with Microsoft Azure

Founded in 2013,ViGO is a South African Web site building and management tool aimed at making the design and development experience far simpler and intuitive. Aimed at businesses and business owners alike, ViGO is an instinctive platform that responds to the need of...

Running your business as a project

Aldo van Tonder, chief marketing officer at Dac Systems, discusses running your business as a project. Over the last 14 years I have been involved in some way or another with the discipline of project management. One thing I have come to realise is that although a...

Bytes PS an Oliver award finalist

Bytes People Solutions (PS), a division of Bytes Technology Group, has been nominated as a finalist in the skills development category of the 14th Annual Oliver Empowerment Awards. The Oliver Empowerment Awards, hosted by Topco Media, take place at Emperors Palace on...

On-site PBXes can be the death of SMBs

As a small business owner be aware of the pros and cons of a site-based PBX versus a hosted PBX and how each solution addresses your requirements, says Sacha Matulovich, sales and marketing director, Connection Telecom group and CEO, FatBudgie. Do you require...

Esquire’s laptop, desktop sales grow

While South Africa’s economic growth appears to be crimped, with concerns that the economy will be negatively affected by the impact of unemployment, load-shedding and industrial action during 2015, it would seem that the small and medium enterprise (SME) market is...

The customer experience is a journey

Customers are the lifeblood of any business, and many organisations have become exceptionally good at creating excellent individual engagements and interactions with their customers, says Shailendra Singh, business director of Africa Region, South Africa, Wipro. However, in today’s socially connected, “always-on” world, the customer experience is no longer about isolated incidents.

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Lead Security Support Engineer – Remote Remote

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