#cocreate Circular Design Challenge 2024 launches
The Mission Network of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in South Africa (#cocreateSANL), in collaboration with the Craft and Design Institute (CDI), has launched the #cocreate Circular Design Challenge 2024. The Challenge invites all passionate Cape Town innovators,...
Marginal salary recovery in May
In May 2024, the average nominal salary, as measured by the BankservAfrica Take-home Pay Index (BTPI), showed a partial recovery to once again beat levels from a year ago. "The nominal take-home pay reached R15 888 in May, showing a 10% improvement on year-ago...
Google.org puts $1m grant funding behind women
Google's philanthropic arm, Google.org, is committing R15,3-million in charitable funding to support programs helping women entrepreneurs to grow their businesses, as part of a series of new initiatives aimed at supporting women-owned businesses. "Research shows that...
Who is buying crypto in SA?
The average South African crypto buyer is most likely to be male, spends about R450 on the first purchase and holds onto it for about eight months, according to data from Luno. Interest in crypto is rising on the African continent, says Richard Ball, lead data...
IT leaders have a mainframe modernisation, hybrid cloud disconnect
As mainframe modernisation and hybrid cloud adoption takes on increasing importance, IT leaders continue to leave mission-critical mainframe data siloed from cloud applications,. According to new data by Model9, IT leaders remain fixated on legacy mainframe...
Cybersecurity leader’s role needs to be reframed
The role of cybersecurity leader needs to evolve, as accountability for cyber risk shifts outside IT and an increasingly distributed ecosystem leads to a loss of direct decision-making control, according to Gartner. Security and risk management (SRM) leaders now...
Technology can transform cancer care and support
Microsoft South Africa and NPO Living with Cancer have partnered to build and strengthen the capabilities of South Africa's first patient-led cancer registry using the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. The registry, which was established in 2017 and includes a...
Frictionless checkout demand drives OEM Pay growth
A new Juniper Research study has found that the volume of global e-commerce transactions made via OEM Pay will exceed 30,7-billion by 2026; rising from 4,7-billion in 2022. This outstanding growth of 550% will be driven by rapidly increasing customer demands of...
Smartphone sales bounce back from Covid-19
Worldwide smartphone sales grew 6% in 2021, says Gartner, rebounding in the first half of 2021, following a 12,5% decline in 2020. The previous year's lower smartphone sales because of Covid-19 and the bounce back to growth in first half of 2021 helped propel the...
Manufacturing bears the brunt of cyberattacks
IBM Security has released its annual X-Force Threat Intelligence Index which reveals how ransomware and vulnerability exploitations together were able to "imprison" businesses in 2021, further burdening global supply chains and with manufacturing emerging as the most...
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Intelsat celebrates 50th anniversary
Intelsat has commemorated its 50th anniversary of providing critical telecommunications and video content distribution infrastructure for businesses, organisations and governments around the world. In honour of its anniversary, the company created a video library...
Employment Tax Incentive under threat
The 2014 Taxation Laws Amendment Bill (TLAB) includes a proposed change that may burden companies that are taking advantage of the youth Employment Tax Incentive (ETI) with more administration. It could harm the uptake of this excellent scheme among South African...
SMB customers can reach for the cloud
Local SMB customers looking to navigate into the cloud can now do so with ease with the launch of Microsoft’s robust cloud Platform Azure, now available to resellers from Westcon Southern Africa. The Microsoft Azure solution enables you to either assist, or deploy, on...
Remote working increases productivity
Remote working describes the arrangement by which employees work mainly from home and telecommunicate with their company, says Yossi Hasson, co-founder and CEO at SYNAQ. The practice is becoming increasingly popular with mainstream organisations as the link between...
New Simpana Solution Sets from CommVault
CommVault has announced new Simpana cloud management capabilities and Simpana Solution Sets designed to transform how companies of all sizes protect, manage and maximise the value of business information amidst a rising tide of data and compliance requirements. As...
Vivotek offers weatherproof surveillance
South Africans are no strangers to harsh weather conditions, with rough winds, hail downpours and thunderstorms that stun. With the new next-generation 1080p full HD speed dome network camera SD8364E from Vivotek, worries about the survival of your surveillance...
IoT is already here
With 2014 being dubbed as the year of the Internet of Things (IoT), there are major concerns regarding the security and privacy issues that consumers face now, and potential problems they could have in the future, says Trevor Coetzee, regional director South Africa...
IS offers Mimecast solutions
Industry-leading information management company, Mimecast, continues to expand its reach into the South African and African market with their channel focused business model that was launched in May 2012. Since that time, it has consistently grown from strength to...
Gamification in SA contact centres
Call centre technology provider 1Stream is taking the lead and has released a white paper outlining the potential for gamification technologies in South African contact centres. The white paper was created to provide a glimpse into how gamification is shaping...
Portable storage for digital content
The Internet has revolutionised not only the way people work and socialise, but also our entertainment. No longer do we need stacks of records, tapes or CDs to own thousands of songs, nor do we need piles of DVDs and Blu-ray disks to have a world of television and...
Senior Data Scientist
An exciting opportunity to join a software consulting house with over 3 decades of tech driven solutions using the latest cutting-edge technology. Our client is seeking a Data Scientist with a strong background in machine learning. The ideal candidate must be willing...
Junior Developer at Armscor
JOB GRADE: C2 REFERENCE NUMBER: The ICT Department has a vacancy for a Junior Developer in their KRIM division. Applications are invited from people meeting the qualifications and experience requirements set out below. PURPOSE OF THE JOB:Develop, maintain, and support...
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...
Business Analyst – Gauteng Johannesburg
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Junior IT Technician – Western Cape Cape Town
Qualifications: This person should have done a minimum of IT related training course (6 months - 1 year) and understand the basics around PCs, laptops, printers, etc. It would be preferable that this person also has some basic networking and internet related...
Senior Business Analyst – Western Cape Somerset West
Requirements EngineeringLead and facilitate requirements elicitation efforts with client stakeholders through workshops, discussions, and other methods to ensure comprehensive engagement and accurately capture essential functional requirements.Model business...
Senior Data Scientist – KwaZulu-Natal KwaZulu-Natal
An exciting opportunity to join a software consulting house with over 3 decades of tech driven solutions using the latest cutting-edge technology. Our client is seeking a Data Scientist with a strong background in machine learning. The ideal candidate must be willing...
Junior Developer at Armscor – Gauteng Pretoria Gardens
JOB GRADE: C2 REFERENCE NUMBER: The ICT Department has a vacancy for a Junior Developer in their KRIM division. Applications are invited from people meeting the qualifications and experience requirements set out below. PURPOSE OF THE JOB:Develop, maintain, and support...
Senior Developer C# at Construct Executive Search – Gauteng Pretoria North
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