CNAPP market to surge on cloud security concerns
The cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP) market is poised for substantial growth, projected to rise from $2-billion in 2023 to $6-billion in 2028, representing a 25% compounded annual growth rate (CAGR). This surge is primarily driven by enterprises...
GenAI becomes a priority in healthcare, life sciences budgets
Over half of healthcare and life sciences organisations in Asia/Pacific are planning to have dedicated budgets for GenAI projects for timely investments, according to a recent IDC report, GenAI in Healthcare and Life Sciences: Current Trends and Future Potential in...
Clusters of weather extremes will increase risks to corn crops
Troubles never come singly, the proverb says. A new NASA study shows that the old saying will become increasingly true of climate troubles in a warmer world. The study shows that extreme weather events such as floods and heat waves will increasingly cluster closer in...
Cybersecurity skills gap contributed to majority of breaches
The cybersecurity skills shortage continues to have multiple challenges and repercussions for organisations, including the occurrence of security breaches and subsequently loss of money. As a result, the skills gap remains a top concern for C-level executives and is...
Semiconductor revenue set for 13,6% growth
Global semiconductor revenue is projected to total $676-billion in 2022, an increase of 13,6% from 2021, according to Gartner. "The semiconductor average selling price (ASP) hike from the chip shortage continues to be a key driver for growth in the global...
Double-digital growth to continue for global smart home devices market
The worldwide market for smart home devices grew 11,7% in 2021 compared to 2020 with more than 895-million devices shipped, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Smart Home Device Tracker. Notwithstanding the market volatility due...
Women have a significant role to play in citizen development, corporate prosperity
The embracing of citizen developers by the IT industry could herald significant changes to the development of South Africa's digital future. However, the question is whether this future will involve more women. Ideally, says Joanna Baidu, sub-Saharan Africa youth lead...
What APT actors have been getting up to
According to Kaspersky's latest APT trends report for Q1 2022, advanced persistent threat (APT) actors had a busy quarter. Both recently uncovered and ongoing campaigns conducted by new and well-known operators made significant changes to the APT threat landscape....
Only one in 10 workers have automated office tools
New research suggests employers are missing the opportunity to automate workflows and upgrade office spaces as part of their hybrid work strategies - despite employee calls to digitalise manual processes. Employers aren't taking the opportunity to automate workflows...
Printer volumes, revenues slump despite business rebound
Volume and value sales of printers through European distribution fell by double digits year-on-year (YoY) in the first three months of 2022, although business revenues have remained largely above the 2021 average so far this year, according to Context. Context's...
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Move to the cloud to boost efficiencies
The South African digital economy is booming – with rapidly decreasing prices of connectivity, coupled with more and more cheap and cheerful entrants into the smartphone game, the average South African is now more exposed to cloud computing than ever before, says Elaine Wang, Microsoft business unit manager, Rectron.
Firewalls are the cornerstone of security
Despite claims of its demise, the firewall is still the foundation stone of security deployments. Doros Hadjizenonos, Check Point South Africa sales manager, looks at how it has adapted to combat three decades of threats. Was your business online 20 years ago?...
Embrace showrooming to ensure customer loyalty
As trends like online shopping, smartphones and social media have matured, so has the way in which customers research and purchase products and services, says Mark Hiller, GM at Lexmark South Africa. Although physical stores are far from dead, retailers continue to...
SSL encrypted traffic management key
According to Blue Coat, NSS research has uncovered that 25% to 35% of network traffic is encrypted within most modern organisations and according to Gartner by 2017 over half of the network attacks targeting enterprises will use encrypted traffic to evade controls....
Electronic signatures boost paperless office
The paperless office is a goal many organisations have been striving towards for a decade or more, with the aim of enhancing efficiency, saving money and improving green credentials. However, one of the biggest challenges in the quest to reduce paper usage is the...
CA innovates with lifecycle management
CA Southern Africa has revealed that CA Technologies has announced availability of CA Application Lifecycle Conductor, a new lifecycle management solution that automates and manages application development spanning mobile to mainframe environments - from the initial...
Innovative SAP Hana option from Barnstone
SAP Hana offers businesses the ability to turn vast volumes of data into insight extremely rapidly, thus allowing them to operate more smartly in realtime. A real competitive advantage in today’s fast-moving markets. However, in today’s tough economic climate,...
Is printing still an art?
Litho printing is one of the few printing processes that is used as both an art form and commercially, with machine minders still having a sense of pride in the quality of the print that they produce; man and machine working in harmony to produce high quality print...
Lorge boosts literacy with books initiative
Financial and business management software solutions specialist Lorge has embarked on an initiative to uplift the reading abilities of junior school pupils and develop an enlightened society that thrives on knowledge. A long-standing supplier and supporter of Sage 300...
Solving your e-discovery challenges
eDiscovery, the process of discovery in litigation in electronic formats, requires proactive management of information and records for potential eDiscovery requests, says Bryan Balfe, enterprise account manager at CommVault. Various corporates, legal and IT...
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Senior Database Administrator at M&M Consulting – Gauteng Woodmead
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An exciting opportunity to join a software consulting company in Durban. The ideal candidate should be able to design, develop and test the products required for the company's needs. This position is office based.Responsibilities:Develop and designing relevant code on...
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Our client, Financial Services Company based In Newlands, Cape Town, is looking for an experienced Full Stack / Web Developer join their team. Preferred tech stack includes Go for the backend, React for the frontend, Google Cloud for infrastructure, and GitHub for...
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My client is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to design and implement new systems and features, as well as modify and maintain existing systems to adapt to business and technology changes. This role involves direct engagement with management, development teams,...
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