TV the biggest loser as Gen Z turns to streaming
The data is in, and it's official: things are not looking good for South African television. The latest MAPS data overview from the Market Research Foundation shows a massive decline in television viewership over the past two years: In Q1 2021, 72% of respondents...
SMEs unaware of malware for nine months
South African small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) take about nine months to become aware of and report a data breach. That's according to Jaco Voigt, MD of Cisco technology ecosystem provider PerfectWorx Consulting, who says this concerning timeframe is broadly...
R50m donation to establish innovation chair at Wits
From making air travel safer to detecting chemicals that can cause cancer, from developing advanced technologies for finding buried landmines, the curiosity of Dr David Fine, a Wits University alumnus, has resulted in innovations that have impacted on society for over...
Teens develop handwriting-recognition AI for detecting Parkinson’s disease
When Tanish Tyagi published his first research paper a year ago on deep learning to detect dementia, it started a family-driven pursuit. Great-grandparents in his family had suffered from Parkinson's, a genetic disease that affects more than 10-million people...
Lotteries scandal once again raises question of serial directors
Media reports about the luxurious mansion inhabited by the previous chairman of the National Lotteries Commission--reportedly funded by kickbacks--have provided a lot of information to worry and disgust even corruption-weary South Africans. "But what about the snippet...
Red flag for ransomware …
Sophos has released findings on how attackers are using the Log4Shell vulnerability to deliver backdoors and profiling scripts to unpatched VMware Horizon servers, paving the way for persistent access and future ransomware attacks. A new technical paper, "Horde of...
South Africans less exposed to QR code fraud despite international worries
The war in Ukraine has added concerns to an already tense cybersecurity environment. Additionally, recent international coverage about scammers using QR codes to misdirect funds is fuelling fraud uncertainty. But South African consumers, while wise to remain vigilant,...
How scammers use phishing kits
In 2021, Kaspersky researchers blocked 1,2-million individual phishing pages based on 469 phishing kits - which are ready-made fake page templates - that allow cybercriminals to launch phishing attacks effortlessly. Since a phishing site can be blocked quickly,...
15m new jobs needed to combat Africa’s unemployment crisis
More than 15-million decent jobs must be created for Africa by 2025 if governments are serious about making a dent in its unemployment crisis, according to a new charter launched today. The People's Charter on Jobs in Africa - created by the Jobs Now Africa Coalition...
Advanced cancer patients at high risk of pain and depression
Researchers from the University of Cape Town's (UCT) Division of Interdisciplinary Palliative Care and Medicine and the Division of Radiation Oncology, in collaboration with colleagues in private practice and at King's College London, have found a high physical and...
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Océ debuts small but scalable light production press
Océ South Africa has added the Canon imagePress C800 series, a range of three colour printers with a throughput of 60 pages per minute (ppm), 70ppm or 8ppm, to its product offering. The target range of these devices is from 40 000 to 70 000 A4 pages. “A powerful and...
How the cloud is transforming HR and payroll management
Cloud computing and mobility bring a range of powerful benefits for HR and payroll managers, enabling them to become more efficient while offering their employees and the business a better quality of service. That's according to Anton van Heerden, MD of Sage HR &...
Breaking the cycle of recruiting, training and churning
There are few business operations that are more challenging from a human resources perspective than running a call centre, writes Ivanna Granelli, founder of Can!Do Consulting. Here, at the front lines of customer service, businesses face a tension between the need to...
WiFi in education cannot be overlooked
Ruckus Wireless will be presenting at the e-Learning and Technology Summit, taking place at the Indaba Hotel, Fourways, Johannesburg beginning today (16 October). The summit will explore major technology developments taking place in the e-learning space and how it is...
SAP named enterprise mobile management leader
Industry analyst firms Forrester Research and IDC have named SAP a leader for enterprise mobile management (EMM) in their recently published reports, with the SAP Mobile Secure portfolio achieving a Leader position in both Forrester’s EMM Wave and the IDC MarketScape:...
How CIOs can capitalise on hybrid cloud
Understanding and capitalising on hybrid cloud are priorities for today’s CIOs. Because it incorporates public and private clouds, a hybrid cloud brings together the best of both worlds by enabling businesses and their IT organisations unprecedented flexibility in...
Single-minded approach to multidimensional communications
The constant evolution of customers’ communication preferences makes effective organisational communications seem difficult to achieve … but this is actually easier than it looks. Because communications technology has developed in phases, organisations have...
StorTech relaunches data centre
In response to market demand, solutions and systems integration specialist StorTech has re-launched its data centre as a fully-fledged Software Defined Data Centre (SDDC). Kishore Natvarlal, Managing Executive of StorTech’s Data Centre, says that innovation is being...
Partnership enables immediate delivery of cloud services
On the back of its partnership with cloud distributor Cloud On Demand, local cloud service provider Alto Africa has increased the speed and delivery of its shrink-wrapped cloud solutions to customers. Alto Africa is one of sub-Saharan Africa’s fastest growing cloud...
Veeam opens up Cloud Connect ecosystem
Veeam Software has announced Veeam Cloud Provider (VCP) partners that will support Veeam Cloud Connect on the same day new Veeam Availability Suite 8 becomes generally available, planned for later this quarter. Veeam Cloud Connect offers customers a fully integrated,...
Intermediate C#.Net Developer – Hybrid at Construct Executive Search – Gauteng Pretoria Region
Applicants must have the following requirements: Must have a Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or Computer or Engineering Sciences.Must have 1-3 years of experience as an Intermediate Developer in software development.Must have knowledge of the SDLC process,...
Support Engineer (SQL) (Contract) – Gauteng Johannesburg
Assist to Manage applications throughout their lifecycle - implementation, remediation patches, upgrades, and maintenance.· Assist to Manage the application-related aspects of designing, testing, operating and improving IT services.· Develop and maintain expertise in...
Senior Business Analyst – Gauteng Johannesburg
We are recruiting a Senior Business Analyst based in Johannesburg or Cape Town. The Role As a Senior Business Analyst, you will be responsible for creating, refining, and clarifying the detailed definition of the business need, designing the corresponding business...
AWS Cyber Security Specialist at Parvana Recruitment – Western Cape Cape Town
About our client: Our client is a leading payments company dedicated to transforming the payment landscape by providing a risk-free and empowering payment solution. Their payment solution aims to alleviate debt burdens, enabling shoppers to pay as they earn, free from...
Intermediate Test Analyst – Gauteng Pretoria
TitleIntermediate Test AnalystDescriptionResponsibilities/Tasks:·Analyse/ assimilate project documentation to build a thorough understanding of the business and technical requirements of systems to be tested. These typically include business requirements, functional...
Developer / Consultant (JHB) (1002127) at Parvana Recruitment – Gauteng Johannesburg
Parvana Role: Our client is looking to add a highly qualified graduate, with at least a Masters Degree, however our client will prefer a PhD degree. Due to on-going company growth our client is now looking to recruit additional. Consultants to assist customers with...
ICT Technician
Position: ICT TechnicianHire Resolves client is looking for a skilled ICT Technician to join their team in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background and be able to provide support and maintenance for all ICT systems within the...
Project Manager (Mycology 6 Months Contract)
Additional information:The Mycology Division aims to improve the outcomes of people affected by serious, life-threatening fungal diseases in South Africa and the African region through public health-focused epidemiological, clinical, and basic science research and...
ICT Technician – KwaZulu-Natal Durban
Position: ICT TechnicianHire Resolves client is looking for a skilled ICT Technician to join their team in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background and be able to provide support and maintenance for all ICT systems within the...
Project Manager (Mycology 6 Months Contract) – Gauteng Johannesburg
Additional information:The Mycology Division aims to improve the outcomes of people affected by serious, life-threatening fungal diseases in South Africa and the African region through public health-focused epidemiological, clinical, and basic science research and...
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