AI-first enterprises will win big if they do it right

Kathy Gibson reports - Enterprises that are reshaping and reinventing business domains around artificial intelligence (AI) are on track to experience great return on investment (ROI) and become more competitive. But there is a currently a big disconnect between AI...

AI leaders join call for a slowdown in new developments

The call for a global slowdown on artificial intelligence (AI) development is gaining traction, with the leaders of the some of the world’s largest AI companies adding their voices. On Saturday, Anthropic CEO Dr Dario Amodei penned an essay calling for AI companies to...

Unmanaged AI poses new ‘shadow agent’ crisis

A growing “shadow agent” crisis threatens to overwhelm businesses. According to the Veeam Software’ latest research, organisations across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) are battling unmanaged AI on two fronts. On the data security front, 70% of organisations...

A third of employees laid off due to AI will need to be rehired

As AI continues to accelerate the pace and scope of work, CIOs must prepare for four shifts that will influence the future of work, says Gartner. “When business and IT executives look back on the early AI-era, they will realise their greatest mistake was believing...

Chinese brands suck up smart vacuum shipments

Global shipments of smart vacuums reached 4,5-million units - a YoY increase of 11,1% - according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Smart Home Device Tracker for Q1 2024. The following Chinese manufacturers made it into the top 10 (arranged alphabetically): Anker...

How Prasa plans to modernise the railways

Kathy Gibson reports - The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) has a bold plan for modernising the country's railways, and will invest over R100-billion in the process. This is the word from Hishaam Emeran, CEO of Prasa, who says the agency has a clear...

Cryptoscam fleeces users of their crypto wallets

There has been a noticeable development in the prominence of cryptocurrency-related phishing scams over the past few years, linked to a boom in digital currency. In 2021, Kaspersky products detected and prevented over 460 000 crypto-related phishing attacks overall -...

SASE growth changes market landscape

The convergence of WAN enterprise networking and security fueled strong growth in SAS- related networking and security technologies. "The pandemic made remote work and cloud-based applications necessary, and by doing so, accelerated the obsolescence of the classic...

Manufacturers show increasing positive sentiment

Confidence levels among South African manufacturers improved on the back of better business conditions, the Q1 Absa Manufacturing Survey shows. According to the survey, overall business confidence increased by five points to 43 during the quarter, a reversal after two...

Does kindness make us happy?

On International Happiness Day, Synthesis Software Technologies launched an app powered by artificial intelligence (AI) to test if kindness makes us happy. The Happiness App asks users to perform an act of kindness and then smile. The AI then reads the person's face...

Oracle debuts Java 18

Oracle has announced the availability of Java 18, the latest version of the programming language and development platform. Java 18 (Oracle JDK 18) delivers thousands of performance, stability, and security improvements, including nine enhancements to the platform that...

Directors are key decision-makers for emerging technology investments

A significant 53% percent of organisations report their board of directors are among the main decision makers for emerging technology (ET) investments, just behind CIOs and chief technology officers (CTOs), according to a recent Gartner survey. Gartner surveyed 500...

Fuel costs leave SA’s workers on the brink

The price of petrol in South Africa is expected to approach R24 per litre in April, as global petroleum supply is affected by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The average price of petrol around the world over the last year was R26.15 per litre, but this is no consolation...

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Workflow Manager improves business processes

For many companies, business processes lack visibility and as a consequence, cannot be easily understood, managed or optimised. Directly addressing this issue, enterprise resource planning vendor HansaWorld has introduced Workflow Manager to its CRM module, allowing...

Lexmark named MPS leader by IDC

Lexmark International has once again been recognised as a leader in managed print and document services (MPDS) by leading IT market research and advisory firm IDC in its 2014 MPDS IDC MarketScape report. The report analyses the strategies and current capabilities of...

Experience Ferrari in Monaco with Kaspersky

Kaspersky Lab has announced a contest for African users of Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2015, Kaspersky Internet Security - multi-device 2015 and Kaspersky PURE 3.0. Participants need to show their knowledge by answering seven questions about Scuderia Ferrari. The top...

Time commends Acer Chromebook 13

Since Acer launched its Chromebook 13 as the industry’s first Chromebook powered by an NVIDIA Tegra K1 mobile processor and the company’s first with a 13.3-inch display, it has received numerous positive reviews from the media, including Time, for its long battery...

Acer expands Chrome devices

Building on the success of its award-winning and best-selling Acer C7 Series Chromebook, Acer has announced the expansion of its Chrome OS devices with the new Chromebox CXI and Chromebook 11. Acer’s Chrome devices are ideal for education, businesses, organisations,...

Why PMOs fail

The outlook for the project management office (PMO) may be considered, by some, to be bleak. According to the Association for Project Management, 50% of PMOs close within three years, with Gartner quoting just over the same percentage for the correlated PMO...

Cloud growth fuels storage need

Massive data growth and an increasing trend toward virtualisation technology are having a profound impact on the modern organisation. The data centre, as well as cloud services and solutions both public and private, are becoming increasingly important to the survival...

DCC offers Huawei smartphones

Smartphone usage is on the rise, providing users with access to social media platforms, the Internet, YouTube videos, e-mails, and more. These users look for the latest technology, great features, slim and sleek design to meet their daily needs. Distributor Drive...

Porsche, BlackBerry announce new smartphone

Porsche Design and BlackBerry have announced the new Porsche Design P’9983 smartphone from BlackBerry. The luxury P’9983 smartphone combines the unique stylish design of the iconic and timeless Porsche Design brand with the fluid and effortless productivity experience...

Orange offers M2M geolocation

The new machine to machine (M2M) worldwide geolocation offering from Orange Business Services provides realtime location tracking of corporate assets and equipment anywhere in the world via cellular networks, regardless of the operator. Enterprises can choose either...

Automation Tester

Job Spec 3 + Years of Automation Testing experience with Selenium Java API Testing experience required Added advantage of Appium experience/ knowledge Added advantage of Devops/ CI-CD experience / knowledge No CSV holders with company name on CSV Visa. Desired Skills:...

Excel Data Specialist

Excel boffin required to start asap! Our client in the insurance industry is looking for a Excel fundi to be responsible for ensuring the integrity of high volumes of data. You will be responsible for drawing down reports and ensuring data is clean - strong financial...

Junior Business Analyst – Gauteng Sandown

Duties & Responsibilities Carryout analysis of requirements by checking for derived requirements that are logical to customers' requests.Create and develop functional requirements of systems to improve quality, performances, external interfaces, and...

.NET Developer – Western Cape Stellenbosch

We are looking for a skilful .NET developer to join our team of developers. If you are looking for a place to get challenged and get exposure to various projects, this might be the opportunity you are looking for. Minimum Qualifications B.Sc Computer Science, B. Eng...

Data Analyst at Parvana Recruitment – Western Cape Cape Town

About our client:If you are looking for a meaningful and impactful contribution to philanthropic initiatives while earning well and working for a dynamic, organised and innovative global organisation, this employer is well worth considering. What you will be...

Automation Tester – Gauteng Sandown

Job Spec 3 + Years of Automation Testing experience with Selenium Java API Testing experience required Added advantage of Appium experience/ knowledge Added advantage of Devops/ CI-CD experience / knowledge No CSV holders with company name on CSV Visa. Desired Skills:...

Excel Data Specialist – Gauteng Bryanston

Excel boffin required to start asap! Our client in the insurance industry is looking for a Excel fundi to be responsible for ensuring the integrity of high volumes of data. You will be responsible for drawing down reports and ensuring data is clean - strong financial...

Junior Business Intelligence/Sell Out Analyst

Responsibilities:To assist the Head of Product/Key Account Managers with the responsibilities assigned to the team. Responsibilities are divided between two major business units - one involving the management around product and sell out reports from retailers and...

Development Team Lead (React, Node, Next.js) (CPT Remote)

ENVIRONMENT:AN innovative Digital Marketing Agency specializing in delivering cutting-edge solutions to clients with a focus on FinTech startups seeks the expertise of a Development Team Lead who will be responsible for managing a small team of Developers to deliver...

Business Analyst at Parvana Recruitment

About our client:Our client is a well-established and highly regarded South African software development company that develops, supports and consults software solutions for the academic sector. With offices in Jhb and Cape Town, they are progressive with regard to...

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