Biometric security falls to AI-driven fraud

The systems designed to verify identity and secure financial transactions are rapidly becoming the weakest link in the fight against fraud, as new data reveals the scale of AI-driven impersonation across Southern Africa. According to the Smile ID 2026 Digital Identity...

Job requirements evolve as AI economy goes mainstream

Artificial intelligence (AI) exposure among South African professionals has shifted from niche to mainstream. This is one of the findings from the Pnet Job Market Trends Report for March, which includes an analysis of how artificial intelligence (AI) skills are...

Industrial AI moves into physical operations

AI is now delivering measurable operational benefits in use cases such as process automation, automated quality inspection, predictive maintenance, logistics, and energy forecasting says the latest Cisco State of Industrial AI Report. However, many organisations are...

Gen Z is more resentful of AI as adoption stagnates

Gen Z is growing increasingly angry about the role of artificial intelligence in their lives. A new Gallup survey by the Walton Family Foundation and GSV Ventures shows that a generation once seen as AI’s early adopters is now sounding the alarm on its risks,...

ChatGPT drives 10x surge in phishing attacks

Email phishing attacks have increased dramatically by more than 10-times since the introduction of ChatGPT. Some firms reported a rise of as high as 1265% in these attacks according to an analysis by Stocklytics.com. Apart from creating AI tools like WormGPT, Dark...

WLAN revenues plummet in 4Q

According to a recently published report from Dell'Oro Group, 2023 was a roller coaster ride for wireless LAN (WLAN) vendors. Revenues were elevated in the first half of the year but contracted sharply in 4Q 2023. Despite the end-of-year correction, annual WLAN...

Manufacturing sector faces ‘stop-start’ recovery

Risks related to the fourth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic and uncertainty regarding load shedding continue to weigh on local manufacturers, despite positive news regarding domestic and export sales volumes as well as fixed investment levels, the Q4 Absa Manufacturing...

New MD for HPE SA as Ntuli moves to regional role

Sandile Dube has been appointed as acting-MD for Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) in South Africa, effective 1 January 2022. Current MD President Ntuli has been promoted to a pan-regional role as director of HPE GreenLake Cloud Services across the UK, Ireland, Middle...

Supply constraints challenge growing PC, tablet markets

With 2021 nearing a close, global shipments of Traditional PCs are forecast to reach 344,7-million units, according to the latest forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. While annual shipments are...

Chip shortages will drive automotive OEMs to make their own

By 2025, chip shortages and trends such as electrification and autonomy will drive 50% of the top 10 automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to design their own chips, according to Gartner. As a result, it will give them control over their product roadmap...

Study finds which data-driven security practices work

Security teams that have a modern, cloud-based IT are more likely to maintain pace of business, as it's twice as likely their technology is kept up to date. This is one of the findings from Cisco's latest cybersecurity report, Security Outcomes Study Volume 2, which...

Private 5G networks on the drawing board

New research shows that just over half of companies (51%) in the UK, US, Japan, and Germany planning to deploy a private 5G network will do so within the next six to 24 months to improve security, reliability, and speed. According to , "Private 5G here and now", a new...

Data maturity still tops leadership agenda

The growth rate of companies' data maturity has almost doubled since 2018, from 8% to 15%. Thirteen percent of companies are at the highest level of data maturity in 2021, compared with only 3% in 2015, according to a survey of more than 1 100 companies across...

Data centre switch sales hit all-time high

Global data centre switch revenue was up 11% year-over-year in 3Q 2021, reaching an all-time high. According to a recent report by Dell'Oro Group, Arista and white box switch suppliers captured most of the growth and gained more than one point of revenue share each....

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Etihad selects SAP for business transformation

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has selected SAP as a strategic technology partner to deploy a range of key software solutions to deliver the latest best-in-class technology to the Etihad Aviation Group. The airline plans to...

AccTech team wins Tuks IT final year competition

Local business solutions provider, AccTech Systems, has sponsored a group of students from the University of Pretoria's School of Information Technology to develop a software solution as part of their final-year course. The team won the first place overall as well as...

Protect your bottom line and your reputation

In today’s highly regulated financial services industry, compliance with privacy and security regulations is crucial to risk avoidance. Monitoring customers’ transactions continuously, and using their historical data to paint a complete picture of activity, is one way...

Ericsson opens up Bowser, OpenWebRTC

Ericsson Research it is releasing its web browser Bowser and the underlying framework OpenWebRTC as free and open source. The intention is to further quicken the pace of innovation in the WebRTC community by providing developers with more choice and flexibility....

Lowering underwriting risk, protecting the consumer

Auto insurers face a number of challenges in South Africa and perhaps chief among them is the fact that approximately 3,5-million of the 11-million vehicles on the road are insured. The stakes are clearly high for all concerned. Greater access to data can improve the...

Intervate offers CoSign Connector for SharePoint in SA

Digital signage solutions provider ARX has joined forces with Intervate, a T-Systems company, Gold Microsoft Partner and specialist provider of Enterprise Information Management (EIM) solutions. Intervate will distribute ARX’s flagship CoSign Connector for SharePoint,...

How to harness corporate data effectively

Organisations off all sizes, and across all industries, understand how vital business intelligence (BI) is to the effective and efficient running of the business. Data and information, and the ability to harness these effectively, can be the difference between a...

Storage servers the ideal solution for SMBs

Data is at the heart of any enterprise today, no matter how large or small, writes Anamika Budree, branded sales manager at WD South Africa. Given the rate at which digital content is growing, storage is becoming an increasing concern, and in a connected and...

TaxTim announces one-click tax return filing

As the 21 November tax season deadline fast approaches, taxpayers may find relief knowing that this year there is a new and simpler alternative for submitting their annual tax returns provided by digital tax assistant TaxTim. Until now TaxTim has focussed on assisting...

How the cloud helps SMEs tidy up the IT mess

Cloud backup provider IronTree estimates that one in five South African small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) experience some form of data loss once a year, most commonly as a result of accidents and natural disasters, data corruption, or theft of computing...

Copy of Mid Tier Software Engineer – Gauteng Johannesburg

GoldenRule is in search of a Senior Software Engineer to join a leading Digital Business Giant.Senior Software engineers ensure that all software engineers within the delivery team understand and follow existing IT standards, policies and procedures. They work closely...

Junior Project Manager – Gauteng Johannesburg

GoldenRule is in search of a Junior Project Manager to join a leading Insurance Giant. The Cloud Facilitator is responsible for accelerating the organisations' cloud onboarding process to support the entity transformation and key business projects to help accelerate...

Manual Tester – Gauteng Sandown

Our client is a leading player in the retail industry, dedicated to providing exceptional solutions to their customers. With a commitment to innovation and technological advancements, we are seeking a skilled Junior Manual Tester (Administrator) to join our dynamic...

Senior Data Analyst at Datonomy Solutions

We are looking for a Senior Data Analyst to join our team in Cape Town.3 days (Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday) onsite in Southern Suburbs.Retail experienceAnalytical degree (maths, stats, engineering)Advanced SQLPower BiStrong interpersonal skills, as you will be...

Software Developer

We're looking for a Software Developer with strong integration experience to join our team! As part of our dynamic and growing organization, you'll have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects and collaborate with a talented team of developers.Please note,...

Office project manager

Our client in the education industry is searching for an office project manager who possesses relevant project management experience. The main objective of this position is to offer operational project management support to the organization. In this role, you will...

Full-Stack Java Developer – Remote

Our client is seeking an experienced full stack java developer to join their growing team servicing localand offshore clients in the financial services space. You must have strong communication skillsand the ability to add value to existing product lines and develop...

Senior Data Analyst at Datonomy Solutions – Western Cape Cape Town

We are looking for a Senior Data Analyst to join our team in Cape Town.3 days (Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday) onsite in Southern Suburbs.Retail experienceAnalytical degree (maths, stats, engineering)Advanced SQLPower BiStrong interpersonal skills, as you will be...

Software Developer – Gauteng Centurion

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Office project manager – Gauteng Johannesburg

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