ISPA welcomes new ICASA chair, calls for red tape reduction
ISPA, South Africa's official internet Industry Representative Body, has welcomed new Independent Communications Authority of SA (ICASA) Chair, Mothibi Ramusi, to the hot seat and called on him to prioritise making life easier for SMME licensees in the electronic...
New Champions 2024 targets next frontiers for growth
Amid economic uncertainty and an increasingly complex geopolitical landscape, over 1,600 global leaders from business, government, civil society and international organizations gathered at the World Economic Forum's 15th Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2024 in...
Solid growth for security appliance sales
According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Security Appliance Tracker, vendor revenue in the overall security appliance market grew 9,7% year over year in the fourth quarter of 2021 (4Q21) totaling more than $5,8-billion and representing...
Emotet is still the world’s most wanted malware
Check Point Research's Global Threat Index for February 2022 shows that Emotet is still the most prevalent malware in the world, impacting 5% of organisations worldwide, while Trickbot has slipped further down the index into sixth place. Trickbot is a botnet and...
Brace for a lot more natural disasters ahead
The number, frequency and costs associated with weather-based natural disasters as a result of climate change is expected to rise over the coming years. Access Partnership, a leading global public policy firm for the technology sector, has released a Fair Tech...
Nature-based solutions could be key to reducing climate change impact
Catchment restoration, through the management of alien tree infestation in the mountains of the southwestern Cape, could have lessened the impact of climate change on low river flows during the Cape Town “Day Zero” drought. This is among the findings from new research...
Strong growth for global WLAN market
The enterprise segment of the worldwide wireless local area network (WLAN) market continued its strong growth in the fourth quarter of 2021 (4Q21) with revenues increasing 21,8% year over year to $2.3 billion, according to the International Data Corporation...
New AMD Ryzen processors double workstation performance
AMD has announced the new AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5000 WX-Series workstation processors, led by the 64-core, 128-thread AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX. The Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5000 WX-Series processors bring full-spectrum performance leadership across...
HR leaders unprepared to deal with critical talent shortages
Over half of chief human resources officers (CHROs) report the shortage of critical talent as the number one trend impacting organisations - yet only 19% says their organisation is prepared to bridge the gap, according to Gartner. A July 2021 Gartner survey of 572...
Russian invasion of Ukraine will impact the channel
After Russia’s invasion of its near neighbour, Western countries acted swiftly and decisively to levy severe economic sanctions against the Putin regime. These will have a significant impact on the IT channel. By Adam Simon, global MD of Context But there are other...
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Q-KON solution for Africa’s POS headache
Leading South African telecommunications engineering firm Q-KON, has demonstrated the advantages of using the StarLight Satellite Access Service to deliver reliable connectivity for POS applications and to provide support to service providers who need to address...
Employees waste time, says survey
Between Facebook and smoking breaks, it’s a wonder any work gets done in South African businesses. In Salary.com’s 2014 Wasting Time at Work Survey, a staggering 89% of employees admitted to wasting time in their work environment. The results show that 62% of respondents waste between 30 to 60 minutes per day, 26% waste two to five hours a day and 4% waste over half-a-day on non-work related tasks.
Orange wins BW Offshore contract
BW Offshore, a leading global provider of floating production services to the oil and gas industry, has signed a 5-year, $12-million contract with Orange Business Services for an end-to-end satellite communication solution for its fleet of highly-specialised oil and...
WIRUlink uses MiRO’s SIAE solution
Having a carrier-class core network with high bandwidth, low latency, superior reliability and with the option to upgrade capacity in the future, is of the utmost importance to telecommunications service provider WIRUlink. The company offers Internet, telephone, VPN...
Cyberoam expands iView portfolio
Cyberoam has announced the availability of its next-generation reporting series of iView appliances – iView NR, for Enterprises and MSSPs. The iView appliances offer centralised logging and reporting of Cyberoam network security appliances, along with other UTMs and...
Pamoja’s cloud service grows in Africa
Pamoja, a leading cloud services and content aggregation business entity in the SEACOM stable, has entrenched the value of its service in East Africa and officially made this high-growth region its base. Armed with partnerships, expertise and the right resources, the...
VC analysis improves customer service
Vivotek, locally distributed through Westcon Security Solutions, has released its first video content analysis (VCA) application package, following the debut of the Vivotek Application Development Platform (VADP), an open platform that integrates video analytic within...
Metadata key in backup, recovery
Metadata is data about data. It tells us who authored a document, when, what the document contains and where the file "fits" in relation to other data. Metadata is important because it is a key enabler of data storage, retrieval and/or restoration – a vital...
ATI invests R50m in growth
Black owned artisan training company, Artisan Training Institute (ATI), has announced that it will have invested R50-million on building satellite training facilities, refurbishing buildings, establishing new accommodation, and buying new equipment by the fourth...
Is POPI valuable to SA legislature?
The industry remains abuzz with talk around the recently gazetted Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act, yet the compliance rate of South Africa’s enterprises varies significantly. For SMEs the pace to become compliant is considerably slower, according to the...
Senior Developer C# at Construct Executive Search
Applicants must have the following requirements: Must have a Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or Computer or Engineering Sciences.Must have 5-10 years of experience as a Senior Developer in software development environment.Must have integration experience...
Support Engineer (ISP – 1st Line)
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Senior .Net Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg Region
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Embedded Developer
Excellent opportunity for an Embedded Guru to flex that C and Java muscle with the national leader in their respective field. APPLY NOW!Your expertise in the Embedded space should include : Solid experience in embedded devices Coding in C , C++ and Java* Strong LinuxI...
System Application Engineer at Moore Process Controls – Gauteng Midrand
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Senior Developer C# at Construct Executive Search – Western Cape Cape Town CBD
Applicants must have the following requirements: Must have a Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or Computer or Engineering Sciences.Must have 5-10 years of experience as a Senior Developer in software development environment.Must have integration experience...
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Full Stack Developer
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System Application Engineer at Moore Process Controls – Gauteng Midrand
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