Geo-distributed businesses using container development under attack
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Strategy for Africa to unlock tech benefits set
Regulators have endorsed a set of guidelines to maximise the benefits of transformative information and communication technologies (ICTs) at the Global Symposium for Regulators (GSR-24) in Kampala. The "GSR-24 Best Practice Guidelines" agreed by ICT regulators include...
Obituary: Denis Smit
Denis Smit, a director of BMI-T and well-known doyen of the IT industry, died yesterday (29 March 2022). Smit was one of the original members of research company BMITechKnowledge, known today as BMIT. BMI was founded in the late 1970s, with BMITechKnowledge Group...
Analogue switch-off deferred to 30 June
The date for television's analogue switch-off date has been deferred from 31 March to 20 June by the High Court. Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, minister of communications and digital technologies, has urged e-TV - which brought the challenge to the switch-off - to desist from...
South Africans switch on to digital payments
A massive 90% of South African respondents to a Kaspersky Digital Payment survey reported an increase in their use of e-wallet and mobile banking in 2021. Covid-19 was one of the main factors for that. In particular, online payment services helped 56% of the...
Unemployment reaches record 35,3%
The official unemployment rate for the fourth quarter of 2021 was 35,3%, according to Stats SA's Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS). The number of employed persons increased by 262 000 to 14,5-million, while the number of unemployed persons also increased by 278 000...
Africa’s biggest NFT collection goes live
Operated by a group of crypto natives and art lovers at global crypto asset manager Invictus Capital, the Invictus NFT Lab's first project aims to demonstrate the potential for blockchain technology to bring tangible benefits to the real world -- while remaining...
HSBC, IBM aim to accelerate quantum computing readiness
HSBC and IBM will work together on exploring applications for quantum computing in financial services. The new three-year collaboration is designed to bolster HSBC's expertise in quantum computing and ensure its organisational readiness to take full advantage of the...
Employers urged to use government’s ESSA for recruitment
Employment and Labour Deputy Minister Boitumelo Moloi is encouraging employers to use the Department's Employment Services of South Africa system (ESSA) to recruit workers. Moloi, speaking at a Department of Employment and Labour's advocacy session with stakeholders,...
Stats SA kicks off Census 2022 mop-up
Statistics South Africa announced that the census mop-up phase has commenced from 24 March until 14 April 2022. During the mop-up phase, fieldworkers will visit all incomplete enumeration areas to count all households that were not counted during the first phase of...
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DCC offers WD Red and Red Pro
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Cyberoam offers online learning platform
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GIT offers training on DVTel analytics
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Hotel group rolls out Quintica solution
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The changing face of workplace training
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FormsXpress deploys Xerox iGen3 press
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A typical day may include:Engaging in the full spectrum of software activities, from research to maintenance.working closely with other developers, UX designers, support consultants, business partners and customers.maintain proper coding practices and documentation,...
DevOps Engineer – Western Cape Mowbray
ENVIRONMENT:ENABLE and add value to the business by recommending appropriate technical solutions to business problems as your expertise is sought to fill the role of an DevOps Engineer to join the team of a dynamic Financial Services Group. This will be achieved...
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