Global CitiVerse initiative aims to shape future cities
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City Power load reductions could prove costly for businesses
To protect the grid from total collapse, Johannesburg's City Power has implemented load reductions in parts of the city where high usage levels threaten to overload the system. While primarily impacting residences, these outages could significantly disrupt local...
Worldwide PC shipments see first quarter decline
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 77,5-million units in the first quarter of 2022, a 7,3% decrease from the first quarter of 2021, according to preliminary results by Gartner. A sharp drop in Chromebook sales significantly contributed to the overall market decline....
These are the new WASPA office bearers for 2022
South Africa's Wireless Application Service Providers' Association (WASPA) has elected its new board for 2022, introducing Iman (Faith) Malaka as the new membership chair, and Casper de Villiers who returns as treasurer. Malaka is the co-founding member, CEO and...
Fakecalls Trojan imitates bank employee conversations
A new banking Trojan dubbed Fakecalls masquerades as a banking app and mimics the telephone customer support of the most popular South Korean banks. Unlike regular banking Trojans, it can discreetly intercept calls to real banks using their own connection. Under the...
3D printer market on road to recovery
Global shipments of Industrial 3D printer systems accelerated again in Q4 2021, giving a clear sign that the global 3D printer market is being renewed and is no longer in recovery mode, according to Context. Global shipments of high-end printers were not only greater...
MTN can set up MoMo Payment Service Bank in Nigeria
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has granted final approval for MTN's MoMo Payment Service Bank (MoMo PSB) to start operating. MTN Nigeria received a letter dated 8 April 2022 from the CBN, addressed to MoMo PSB, conveying approval for it to commence operations. This...
Why Africa needs data privacy and security laws
The pandemic has driven home the high value of personal data to the global economy, while also highlighting its vulnerability to abuse and attack. In response, governments around the world, including those in Africa, have been reviewing their data privacy and...
Investment disconnect fails to resolve supply chain disruptions
Kathy Gibson reports - Supply chain disruption is nothing new, although we have learnt to deal with it better in the age of globalisation. But 2020 brought a new set of dynamics, resulting in extreme stress and disruption. These issues are not yet resolved - and may...
PC shipments begin to slow
Global shipments of traditional PCs, including desktops, notebooks, and workstations, declined 5,1% in the first quarter of 2022 (1Q22) but exceeded earlier forecasts, according to preliminary results from IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker....
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Risky mobile behaviour endangers companies
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Schneider Electric wins energy award
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Virtual Instruments offers performance probe
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Pinnacle Africa releases Proline phone
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36m tracks for Tigo subscribers
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Gemalto expands presence in Africa
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Fujitsu announces Storage Eternus DX60 S3
Fujitsu provides end customers and its channel partners with a powerful entry-level disk storage system, which will prove to be a driving force in winning deals for its channel partners in 2015 and beyond. The new Fujitsu Storage Eternus DX60 S3 cost-effectively...
WiFi trends for 2015
We now live in a data-centric, wireless world, and no technology is better suited to address this reality than WiFi, according to Ruckus Wireless. In fact, global hotspot numbers are expected to grow to more than 340-million – that’s nearly one hotspot for every 20 people on Earth by 2018. That compares to one WiFi hotspot for every 150 people today. As a result, WiFi in many ways is fast becoming a utility. It’s like running water or electricity – you expect it to be there, and if you don’t have it, you are at a serious quality-of-life disadvantage.
Moving to converged networks
Few business people make a conscious, planned decision to converge their networks into an all-IP environment, yet more and more businesses are finding themselves moving in this direction – often with disastrous results. So says Roman Hogh, head of Technology Strategy...
Africa and the ultra-broadband revolution
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Test Automation Engineer – Intermediate (5yr Fixed Term Contract) at Accenture – Gauteng Midrand
AUTOMATION TESTER Location: Johannesburg/Cape Town South AfricaAre you ready to be part of a transformational journey that will reshape the digital landscape of Africa? A leading Pan-African telecommunications company is launching a groundbreaking Software Engineering...
Azure Full Stack Developer (Dt0 – Dt2) – Gauteng Pretoria
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General Role Tasks:Development and maintenance on platform/applicationDevelop systems solutions in line with quality and delivery requirementsPreparation of system/technical documentation (as per ISO standards)Ability and willingness to coach and give training to...
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Senior Software Developer at Accenture
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Python Developer – Gauteng Sandown
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