Founder and CEO Mark Lu exits Corex
Mark Lu, renowned as one of the pioneers of the South African IT distribution channel, has hung up his "trader's hat" with the announcement that he has officially left Corex, the distributor he founded in 2003. Lu sold Corex in 2018 to Partner Tech Corporation - a...
Africa’s top investment economies
RMB has released the 2024 edition of its Where to Invest in Africa report, a comprehensive analysis of the top investment destinations on the continent. The report, which has been developed in collaboration with the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS),...
SA employees, employers agree on hybrid working
South African employees prefer the hybrid working model - and most companies in the country are prepared to shift to this new practice. This is according to the latest Cisco Global Hybrid Work Study, which polled 28 000 globally full-time across 27 countries and...
In MEA, PC shipments grow as tablets slip
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) personal computing devices (PCD) market, which is made up of desktops, notebooks, workstations, and tablets, experienced a slight year-on-year decline of 1,5% in the first quarter of 2022, according to the latest industry analysis...
These are the top privacy trends
As the number of privacy regulations worldwide continues to grow, organizations should focus on five privacy trends to help meet the challenges of protecting personal data and meeting regulatory requirements, according to Gartner. "By year-end 2024, Gartner predicts...
Obstacles ahead for SA’s economy
Local economic growth is facing a myriad of headwinds this year including a weaker global environment weighing on export potential, a tightening of domestic monetary policy, a further rise in electricity load-shedding, a series of big fuel prices increases, and the...
Digital transformation acceleration comes with trade-offs
With highly distributed architectures and a broader threat landscape resulting from an ongoing digitisation of previously physical experiences, organisations are turning to a variety of solutions to help manage complexity and address widening IT skills gaps. However,...
SAP Africa sets up Africa’s first AppHaus
SA Africa has revealed plans to set up its first African AppHaus in Cape Town. The SAP AppHaus Network is a community of SAP partners that are united in the belief that innovation requires a creative environment, a multi-disciplinary team of designers, domain experts,...
CMOs should look beyond digital for differentiation
Marketing teams that are effective at scaled judgment and empathetic influence are more likely to report revenue growth, according to Gartner, In fact, marketing teams who implemented these skills were 11% more likely to report organisational revenue growth in 2021....
Regional displacement tracking scales up
More than 8-million people are internally displaced in Ukraine due to the war, and a further 6,5-million have fled to safety across international borders. In response, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) is scaling up the use of its Displacement...
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Check Point retains top spot in rankings
Check Point Software Technologies has recently announced that the company holds the number one vendor position in worldwide combined Firewall and UTM appliance revenue for Q1 through Q3 in 2014, according to the latest IDC Worldwide Security Appliance Tracker research...
SA enterprises unprepared changing workplace
The world of work is changing rapidly - but South African companies just aren’t responding fast enough to the rapidly shifting trends, which means they’re losing out on major opportunities to grow and capitalise on rebounding markets and economies around the world,...
Cybercrime, hacking a worry for SMBs
Cybercrime costs the global economy $445-billion annually, and cyber espionage and stealing personal information is believed to have affected more than 800-million people during 2013. Although the perception of the risk of cybercrime is increasing (9% from 38% in 2011...
What to expect from BI in 2015
The global business intelligence (BI) and analytics market grew by 8% in 2013 and expectations are that the growth for last year would be even bigger. Clearly, the focus now is on how BI can unlock value inside the organisation - more effectively than before. So what...
Smart homes easy prey for hackers
While the increasing use of home automation technology to create your version of a “smart home” may be trendy and seem practical, Richard Keymer, head of pre-sales at SecureData Africa, warns of the flip-side in that once an automation system is established and can be operated remotely online, then chances are it can be hacked.
Common mistakes applicants make online
January sees numerous graduates, matriculants and other job seekers attempt to enter the workforce, but it is not always easy to get past the application stage. Over 930 000 browsers visited Gumtree’s job section in November, according to Effective Measures, and the...
Annual IT spending in healthcare to boom
According to a new IT spending forecast report published by IDC Health Insights, IT investment by the Western European healthcare sector is forecast to grow from $13,2-billion in 2013 to $14,6-billion in 2018. Growth will be driven especially by software (4,6%), while...
Lexmark expands enterprise portfolio
Lexmark International has announced the addition of five new A3/ledger-capable devices to its comprehensive line of Smart MFPs and printers. The Lexmark MS911 monochrome laser printer and Lexmark MX910 monochrome laser MFP series are ideal for high usage environments...
Kyocera enhances data capturing portfolio
Kyocera Document Solutions, a long standing leader in document management, recently announced its collaboration with New Dynamic Solutions to sell ScannerVision, a fully managed file digitalisation software that automates the scanning process by linking the MFP to the...
E-mails to be binding in court
A ruling by the South African Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) on 21 November 2014 should be noted by anyone using e-mail, SMS and WhatsApp messaging, writes Ramsay Webber's Gareth Cremen. The landmark ruling determined that that e-mail negotiations and typed e-mail...
Data Quality Analyst at corporate real estate
Data Quality OfficerPermanent position, RosebankSalary R15 -18 000 per month (negotiable dependant on skill and brilliance) ABOUT THE POSITIONWe are looking for a Property Passionate Data Guru...South Africa's leading commercial real estate company is looking for a...
Business Analyst – Western Cape Cape Town CBD
Role Purpose Conduct analysis of business needs to provide software application solutions focused on delivering business value. Together with a range of business, technical and technology stakeholders, you will help design and implement innovative solutions to meet...
DevOps Engineer (Advanced) T_2566 – Gauteng Pretoria
DevOps Engineer ESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS: Infrastructure: Ansible/Chef, Kubernetes, Terraform, FINOPSIAM: LDAP, Federate identities, Roles & Access Management.Service Management: Incidents Monitoring, manage SLAs, problem management reporting, ITILOps: Azur...
Full Stack Developer Wanted (React, Vue, Flutter, Laravel) (Remote) – Western Cape Cape Town
ENVIRONMENT:A ridiculously cool web and software development company specialising in developing strategies, as well as conceptualising, implementing and maintaining online campaigns, is looking for a Senior Full Stack Developer to join their remote team. They are a...
Full Stack Java_DevOps – 2228 EvdB – Gauteng Johannesburg
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Systems Software Engineer – Automation Engineer at Ntice Search
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Mobile Developer (React Native) – Gauteng Johannesburg
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