New CIO for FNB
FNB has announced the appointment of La-Cell Mouton as the bank's chief information officer (CIO). Mouton joined the bank in 2000 as a developer for the BANKit online banking system. From 2005 to 2007, he was part of a team that migrated the original online banking...
Microsoft issues temporary fix for crashing apps
If you've noticed that Word or Outlook seems to crash a lot while you're typing or spell-checking, you're not alone. Microsoft has identified an issue that causes Microsoft 365 causes crashes in applications like Excel for Microsoft 365, Word for Microsoft 365,...
More than 1m on-road hydrogen vehicles by 2027
A new study from Juniper Research has found the number of hydrogen vehicles in service globally will exceed 1-million in 2027, from just over 60 000 in 2022 - a substantial growth of over 1 500%. Juniper Research defines hydrogen vehicles as vehicles that use hydrogen...
Scammers go after Sassa beneficiaries
The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has been made aware that social grant beneficiaries are being deceived to change their Sassa cards to take a certain unknown bank card. The scammers claim to be working for Sassa and advise clients to open an account...
What you need to know for the 2022 income tax filing season
The tax season for the 2022 tax year is around the corner and it will be one of the shortest to date, writes Reinert van Rensburg, expatriate tax legal specialist; and Jonty Leon, managing partner, attorney and tax practitioner at Leap Group. The period to submit tax...
The impact of debt on father figures
In most families, the role of a father figure is to provide for, protect and to ensure that the family's financial wellbeing is managed. With the current financial pressures and increase in the cost of living, most families will find themselves under immense financial...
Covid online schooling left the poor behind
The mass shift to online schooling during the Covid-19 pandemic disproportionately disadvantaged poorer children, who had a much smaller chance of accessing online education compared to children from wealthier households. Two years of lost and disrupted schooling have...
Path to meaningful global connectivity forged
The World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC) concluded with the adoption of a forward-looking agenda to address the global connectivity gap that has kept 2,9-billion people around the world from using the Internet. Organised by the International...
Empathic leadership vital for more effective hybrid work
As organisations embrace hybrid working, leaders are looking to strategically change their businesses. IDC believes that leadership is the backbone of business transformation as organisations are facing unprecedented challenges in managing their workforce and...
Talent, technology underpin project management office success
A new report by Project Management Institute (PMI) places the spotlight on talent and technology as main contributors to the success of the project management office (PMO). A PMO is an organisational business unit assigned responsibilities related to the centralised...
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Gartner positions Qlik as a leader
Qlik has announced it has been positioned by Gartner in the Leaders Quadrant of the 2015 Business Intelligence and Analytics Platform Magic Quadrant report. This designation marks the fifth consecutive year that Qlik has been positioned in the Leaders Quadrant based...
NetApp delivers data backup to the cloud
NetApp has introduced new software and solutions for hybrid IT deployments that improve data backup and recovery times and give customers more control over how, when and where they store their data throughout its lifecycle. Customers can leverage the flexibility of...
Security: prevention and remediation
Businesses around the world are seeing a large growth in their threat surfaces, due to the influx of new technologies. This growth in turn, is forcing security practitioners to retying their companies’ security practices. Jayson O’Reilly, director of sales and...
ESET offers next-gen business security
ESET Southern Africa has announced the availability of its completely re-engineered and redesigned range of IT security products for business. Following months of in-depth worldwide business user research, ESET analysed the findings, using them to develop these new...
F5 Networks announces new appointment
F5 Networks has appointed Carlos Marques as the new director of sales for sub-Saharan Africa. Reporting directly to Myles Bray, regional vice-president, Sales, UK, Ireland and sub-Saharan Africa for F5, Marques’s focus will be to grow F5’s business and presence across...
CIOs must make security a top priority
For a country like South Africa that is visibly paranoid about security, the country's information security landscape is seriously lagging in terms of awareness and practical, relevant application. Today's chief information officer (CIO) needs to keep tabs not only on...
Fujitsu at MWC: human-centric innovation
At Mobile World Congress starting on 2 March 2015, Fujitsu’s theme is human-centric innovation. The Fujitsu booth (Hall 5, booth A40) showcases this across one of the industry’s broadest ranges of solutions, including some of the hottest new concepts that are...
The new era of customer demands
The advances in technology, economic pressures and shifting cultural norms have resulted in consumers looking for cheaper goods and more convenient ways of accessing them. New models of personal ownership are gaining attention in many industries based on the idea that...
The vital role of the data centre
The fundamental platform for the current rapid transformation to digitisation and convergence is the data centre. The data centre therefore has an increasingly important role to play in today’s engineering and construction industries, particularly with regard to...
Become a connected business with IoT
Technology is becoming increasingly sophisticated, and the world is more connected than ever before, say Shailendra Singh, business director, Africa Region, Wipro and Siby Abraham, chief technologist and vice-president, CTO Office, Wipro. The way we shop, work, play...
Junior IT Project Manager
Our clients in the Financial Space are on the hunt for a Junior IT Project Manager based in the Menlyn/ Pretoria area for a fantastic permanent hybrid role that will give you great project exposure as well as growth within their dynamic team. Requirements: Matric or...
Business Intelligence Analyst
Are you an analytically minded data enthusiast? Passionate about finding insights in datasets, with the ability to synthesise and clearly communicate the results and drive business impact? An exciting opportunity exists in organisation: Operations - Shared Services...
Senior IT Administrator
Looking for an exceptional IT Administrator that fits the below criteria: Qualifications required: Relevant IT Degree/DiplomaCISCO CertificationsMicrosoft Certifications (Advantageous)Cloud CertificationsCyber Security / Firewall CertificationsExperience required: IT...
Software Quality Engineer II) – Remote Remote
Job Purpose:Use the automation test kit (frameworks and pre-defined test tools) to inspect, analyse, design, develop, implement and execute on re-useable automated test assets to quality assure the solution and its architecture to ensure the overall quality of the...
Junior IT Project Manager – Gauteng Johannesburg Region
Our clients in the Financial Space are on the hunt for a Junior IT Project Manager based in the Menlyn/ Pretoria area for a fantastic permanent hybrid role that will give you great project exposure as well as growth within their dynamic team. Requirements: Matric or...
Business Intelligence Analyst – Western Cape Cape Town CBD
Are you an analytically minded data enthusiast? Passionate about finding insights in datasets, with the ability to synthesise and clearly communicate the results and drive business impact? An exciting opportunity exists in organisation: Operations - Shared Services...
Senior IT Administrator – Gauteng Centurion
Looking for an exceptional IT Administrator that fits the below criteria: Qualifications required: Relevant IT Degree/DiplomaCISCO CertificationsMicrosoft Certifications (Advantageous)Cloud CertificationsCyber Security / Firewall CertificationsExperience required: IT...
Data Engineer
Job Purpose:The purpose of the Data Engineer is to leverage their data expertise and data related technologies, in line with the company Data Architecture Roadmap, to advance technical thought leadership for the Enterprise, deliver fit for purpose data products, and...
Application Developer
Mobile Development Team lead Desired Skills: Web Development mobile development htlm5 C#.Net Development Full Stack Development JavaScript Web services Desired Work Experience: 5 to 10 years Desired Qualification Level: Degree About The Employer: Must have over 7...
Project Manager (Quality Improvement Wits RHI)
Main purpose of the job:To provide oversight, technical guidance, mentorship, and capacity building to CATALYST QI teams, coaches and provincial stakeholdersLocation:Joburg Health District (Gauteng)Key performance areas:Work with DOH stakeholders, WRHI Catalyst teams...
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