Sluggish demand pushes Absa PMI back to contractionary territory
After the encouraging uptick in July, the seasonally adjusted PMI dropped significantly by 8.8 points to 43.6 in August, down from 52.4 in July. This decline underscores the challenges the sector faces amid ongoing political uncertainty, high but slowing inflation,...
Intel raises the bar for AI performance on Xeon processors
In the latest MLCommons AI performance benchmark suite – MLPerf Inference v4.1 - Intel submitted results across six MLPerf benchmarks for 5th Gen Xeon Scalable processors and, for the first time, its Xeon 6 processors with Performance-cores (P-cores). Intel Xeon 6...
Higher ASPs drive campus switch growth
Worldwide campus switch sales were up 7% in the first quarter of 2022, according to new research from the Dell'Oro Group. The growth was broad-based across North America, Europe, Middle East and Africa and China, with North America accounting for more than half of the...
Dynamic inductive recharging could change the EV game
Dynamic wireless power transfer (DWPT) technology has been shown to wirelessly recharge electric vehicles (EVs) as they travel over specially equipped, dedicated road lanes, as demonstrated by Stellantis and partners at the Arena del Futuro in Italy. DWPT is a system...
NextGens challenge the status quo of family businesses
Growth is the lifeblood of any family business as it is essential to ensuring the business will continue to prosper for future generations. For the next generation of family business leaders, growth and sustainability go hand-in-hand. In new research from PwC Africa,...
Government IT spend set for 5% global growth
Worldwide government IT spending is forecast to total $565,7-billion in 2022, an increase of 5% from 2021, according to Gartner. "The last few years of enduring pandemic challenges have mobilized a wave of digital transformation activities in government organisations...
Mobile-first comms empower a hybrid workforce
Organisations have shifted to hybrid work models and adopted new mobile communications strategies due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Frost & Sullivan's recent analysis, Evaluating Mobile Communications Solutions for the Hybrid Workforce, finds that companies'...
Pressure to improve ESG drives increased spend in business services
Organisations face mounting pressures to improve and document their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance. Because the initial steps to a sustainable transformation can be daunting to firms that have not attempted anything similar in the past,...
Vantage secures solar energy for Joburg data centre
Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data centre campuses, has entered into a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with SolarAfrica to supplement the local grid that powers the company's Johannesburg (JNB1) data centere campus scheduled to...
Employee Tax Incentive abuse exploits unemployed youth
Abusive Employee Tax Incentive schemes (ETI) marketed by some training providers has done massive damage to the training and development industry, leaving many businesses hesitant to revisit the many social and economic benefits of the scheme. But, most crucially,...
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BlackBerry adds enterprise bundles
BlackBerry has announced two new enterprise solutions bundles that provide increased productivity and collaboration benefits to enterprises at a reduced cost. The Secure Productivity bundle for BlackBerry 10 smartphones and the cross-platform Enterprise Communicator...
Smart devices from FNB for Xmas
FNB Smart Devices has come up with some festive deals for customers are indecisive about what gifts to buy a close friend or family member. The ability to apply for more than one device through the FNB Smart Device offer enables customers not only to buy the device...
Ding, dong the site is dead
David Finkelstein, director of worldwide marketing at KEMP Technologies, provides six tips to ensure your retail website stands up to the strain of online Christmas shopping. For many online retailers the spike in sales in the weeks running up to Christmas is...
Off-grid backup inverter from Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric Solar Business, which makes solutions for the solar power conversion chain, has released its off-grid solar and backup power inverter/charger, the Conext SW, in the southern African region. The Conext SW represents a technological step forward for...
Cloud computing and its impact on ERP
Alan Sher, director of HansaWorld South Africa, talks about the impact of cloud on ERP (enterprise resource planning) software and what the market can expect down the line. What are the trends that you are witnessing in ERP? Far from being the staid uncle at...
Tintri adds support for Microsoft Hyper-V
Tintri, the producer of smart storage for virtualisation and cloud environments, has announced support for Microsoft Hyper-V, available this week for all Tintri VMstore storage appliances running Tintri OS 3.1 or greater. Tintri now supports all three major hypervisor...
New Avaya systems offer multi-channel features
Avaya has unveiled new communications solutions that address multichannel communication preferences, while meeting enterprise security, availability, manageability and scalability requirements. The new Avaya Engagement Solutions include innovative technologies that...
Orange, USAID boost m-health innovations
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) and global telecommunications operator Orange announced a new alliance to develop innovations in mobile health (m-health) at the Global M-health Forum in Washington, DC. These m-health innovations will help treat and...
Garden City upgrades radiology department
Dr De Villiers and Partners has upgraded its radiology department at the Netcare Garden City Hospital, which is based in Mayfair West, Johannesburg. The installation of Konica Minolta Medical South Africa’s (KMMSA) AeroDR wireless Flat Panel Detector (FPD), has...
AGS Solar retains customers with Sage CRM
Cape Town-based AGS Solar has implemented Sage CRM to support its growth and extend its leadership of the market. The company selected AWCape to supply, design and implement the solution in a hosted virtual server environment. A member of the 30-year old Saban group...
Graduate – Systems Analyst at Parvana Recruitment
About our client:Our client, a listed global leader that provides innovative solutions, is committed to helping some of the world's most well-known brands tackle their most pressing business challenges. With a reputation as a trusted partner to global organisations,...
Developer – C# (MASTER) at Parvana Recruitment
Parvana Responsibilities: Deliver code that is functional, understandable, maintainable and testable. Work closely with analysts, documenters and testers. Automated testing of features developed. Deliver technical documentation as and when required. Act as a mentor to...
Solution Architect( Permanent)
Contribute to a culture conducive to the achievement of transformation goals by participating in our client Culture building initiativesParticipate and support corporate social responsibility initiatives for the achievement of business strategyIdentify opportunities...
Senior IT Support Technician at Visio Assignments – Western Cape Century City
Our client is seeking a client-driven, 3rd line ITTechnician that has previous IT Managed Service Provider (MSP) experience. The successful candidate will be confident and outgoing with an excellent telephone manner. You will have great communication skills both...
Junior Automation Tester (JHB Onsite) – Gauteng Rosebank
ENVIRONMENT:A Software Specialist in Joburg seeks a strong technical Junior Automation Tester to test case preparation and maintenance, review and test execution, select automated testing tools and setup automated testing and logging, tracking and raising...
Network Operations Engineer
Senior NOC (Network Operations Centre) Engineer Field Teams: - Monitor Field Team groups for escalations and assistancerequests, including switch renaming, device connection issues,and bespoke requests.PRTG Monitoring:- Frequent monitoring of PRTG during shifts to...
Security Analyst X2
iOCO Infrastructure Services Invites You to Explore Possibilities. We are seeking a Security Analyst to join our team. As a Security Analyst, you'll be responsible for responsible for monitoring all connectivity environments, as well as continuous updates of all daily...
Network Operations Engineer – Gauteng Midrand
Senior NOC (Network Operations Centre) Engineer Field Teams: - Monitor Field Team groups for escalations and assistancerequests, including switch renaming, device connection issues,and bespoke requests.PRTG Monitoring:- Frequent monitoring of PRTG during shifts to...
Security Analyst X2 – Gauteng Pretoria
iOCO Infrastructure Services Invites You to Explore Possibilities. We are seeking a Security Analyst to join our team. As a Security Analyst, you'll be responsible for responsible for monitoring all connectivity environments, as well as continuous updates of all daily...
Data Manager (CHAMPS WITS VIDA)
Main purpose of the job:The main purpose of a data manager in a scientific research setting is to oversee the collection, organization, and storage of data generated from experiments, observations, or surveys. The goal is to ensure the quality, security, and...
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