Nominations open for top African ICT professionals
Africa's brightest minds will be rewarded at the second annual Technology Information Confederation Africa (TICON Africa) Conference 2024, to be held in Mombasa between 25 and 27 September. Dr Jannie Zaaiman, secretary-general of TICON Africa, explains that rewards...
African executives rank innovation as a top priority
More African companies are prioritising innovation more than ever before--and have experienced an increased innovation readiness, unlike global counterparts--although not without challenges. A new report released from Boston Consulting Group (BCG) finds that 65% of...
Intel launches 12th Gen Intel Core HX processors for mobile workstations
At its Intel Vision 2022 event, Intel announced seven new mobile processors to the 12th Gen Intel Core mobile family. The 12th Gen Intel Core HX processors utilize desktop-calibre silicon in a mobile package - to deliver high levels of performance for professional...
Ransomware gangs take on a new face in 2022
Ransomware operations have come a long way - from somewhat clandestine and amateur beginnings to fully-fledged businesses with distinctive brands and styles that rival each other on the dark web. Overall, they continue to develop and succeed despite big shutdowns of...
Emotet retains top spot in malware rankings
Check Point Research (CPR), the Threat Intelligence arm of Check Point Software Technologies has published its latest Global Threat Index for April 2022. Researchers report that. Emotet, an advanced, self-propagating and modular Trojan, is still the most prevalent...
Majority of South Africans are over-indebted
A recent study by Genesis Analytics, in partnership with the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA), concluded that over-indebtedness remains a challenge in South Africa - more than 50% of the country's credit-active consumers can be considered to have too much...
Intel talks trust at Intel Vision
During Day 2 of its inaugural Intel Vision event, Intel turned its focus to how it will meet the growing security needs of organisations today and help them prepare for the challenges of tomorrow. Focusing on one of the most critical security elements for any...
Data and fintech offerings drive MTN growth
MTN has reported group service revenue growth of 15,9% for the quarter ended 31 March 2021. The company, which has 276-million customers in 19 markets, grew group voice revenue by 2,6%, group data revenue by 37,3% and group fintech revenue up by 21,2%. Group earnings...
Poorer people pay more for blood pressure drugs
A new report from Resolve to Save Lives (RTSL) and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) shows that excessive and inequitable hypertension medication pricing hinders efforts to control high blood pressure in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). High blood pressure,...
LinkedIn users targeted in more than half of all phishing attacks
Data presented by Atlas VPN reveals that LinkedIn was related to over 52% of all phishing scams globally in the first quarter of 2022. It's the first time that social media network was leveraged much more often than any tech giant brand name like Apple, Google, and...
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ImproChem upgrades network solutions
ImproChem, a leading water, energy & air solutions provider in South Africa, is improving employee productivity with a newly enhanced communications and network infrastructure from Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise. A long-time customer of Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise,...
POPI benefits SA companies
The Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI) is being seen as a compliance nightmare, but it could also be highly beneficial for South Africa, delegates heard at the IDC - Fortinet Advanced Threat Protection Network Security Conference in Sandton. The act is...
DCC offers the new Dell Precision range
Users can now leverage the best in performance and scalability with the new Dell Precision workstation range from distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC). Featuring one advanced tower workstation, two premium tower workstations and one rack workstation model, all...
HP enables printing without borders
Businesses of all sizes can now broaden their printing horizons and create eye-catching, borderless prints with the new HP OfficeJet 7612 Wide Format e-All-in-One from distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC). This innovative all-in-one printer enables...
The path to true mobility
As mobile data costs continue to decline, the much-vaunted concepts of enterprise mobility and remote workforce are now very much top of mind for most organisations. Technological advances in mobile services and products have changed the way customers and the...
CDO key to leveraging company info
As data volumes continue to grow at an exponential rate, the management of data has become increasingly critical to business. Understanding what data is being stored, why it is being retained, what risk this data may pose and how to unlock its value are just a few of...
3M leverages Orange Business Services
In Europe, 3M now relies on Orange Business Services' secure cloud platform – Flexible Computing Healthcare – to host both its medical applications and patient information. Orange Business Services support will be implemented with the launch of the 3M True Definition...
Ekurhuleni improves service with technology
The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (EMM) covers 15,6% of Gauteng’s land mass and accounts for 26% of the population of Gauteng, making it sub-Saharan Africa’s most economically powerful region. Considering the scope of the Ekurhuleni municipality, the processes...
Continuity and disaster recovery
Companies still using tape back-ups should prepare themselves for possible data loss. With a failure rate of up to 65% and the fact that these back-ups are generally archived off site in a warehouse requiring manual processes to search for data, tape back-ups are a...
Taneja report lauds Tintri solution
Tintri has announced the findings of a Taneja Group Field Report. The report, Massively Scalable, Intrinsically Simple: Tintri’s Low TCO for the Virtualised Data Centre, is based on in-depth interviews with Tintri customers across a broad range of industries. Customer...
Business Analyst II – Gauteng Randburg
Apply a set of tasks and techniques used to work as a liaison amongst stakeholders in order to understand the problems; opportunities; needs; structure; policies and operations of the organization on medium to large projects / medium risk.Recommend solutions that...
SAP Authorisations Consultant – Gauteng Pretoria
Large company in Pretoria looking to fill this urgent role:ContractHybrid (2/3 days at the office)ESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:· SAP ERP Authorisations· SAP BW Authorisations· SAP GRC· Any additional responsibilities assigned in the Agile Working Model (AWM)...
User Experience Designer at Accenture
User Experience DesignerLocation: Cape Town & JohannesburgAbout Accenture Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world's leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their...
Information Security Officer
Our client is in search of a highly skilled and detail-oriented Information Security Officer with experience in safeguarding organizational information and systems. Expertise in developing, implementing, and managing comprehensive security programs to protect against...
Systems Administrator II
Ensure that the production/ service delivery meets set objectives as per the Service Level Agreements (SLA's), customize, and to maintain and support Enterprise Systems Management tool in order to ensure availability, scalability and sustainability, in line with the...
Fullstack Developer/DevOps Engineer – 2228
Large company located in Pretoria looking to fill this urgent role:ContractHybrid (2/3 days at the office)ESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:- Backend:o At least 3-5 years ' experience in Java developing (Java EE)o At least 3 years ' experience in either Spring, Spring...
Cyber Security Specialist
Seeking an experienced and highly skilled Cyber Security Senior Specialist to oversee and manage the cyber security initiatives within the financial services, insurance, and lending sector. The ideal candidate should have a deep understanding of cyber security...
User Experience Designer at Accenture
User Experience DesignerLocation: Cape Town & JohannesburgAbout Accenture Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world's leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their...
Information Security Officer – Gauteng Gauteng
Our client is in search of a highly skilled and detail-oriented Information Security Officer with experience in safeguarding organizational information and systems. Expertise in developing, implementing, and managing comprehensive security programs to protect against...
Systems Administrator II – Gauteng Randburg
Ensure that the production/ service delivery meets set objectives as per the Service Level Agreements (SLA's), customize, and to maintain and support Enterprise Systems Management tool in order to ensure availability, scalability and sustainability, in line with the...
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