Top concerns for the engineering, construction and real estate sector
The engineering, construction, and real estate sector is facing significant challenges in the year ahead with natural catastrophes and fire/explosion risks emerging as the primary concerns, according to the Allianz Risk Barometer. These top risks are followed by...
Global CitiVerse initiative aims to shape future cities
A global initiative for virtual worlds to support sustainable development and enhance city life was announced today at the first UN Virtual Worlds Day at ITU headquarters in Geneva. The Global Initiative on Virtual Worlds - Discovering the CitiVerse will define norms...
IBM launches pro bono environmental program for NPOs
IBM has launched the IBM Sustainability Accelerator, a global pro bono social impact program that applies IBM technologies, such as hybrid cloud and artificial intelligence, and an ecosystem of experts to enhance and scale non-profit and government organisation...
Jaguar partners with Nvidia to add AI, automation
Jaguar Land Rover has formed a multi-year strategic partnership with Nvidia to jointly develop and deliver next-generation automated driving systems plus AI-enabled services and experiences for its customers. Starting in 2025, all new Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles...
Slower economy is the top regional threat
In 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic cut a deadly swathe across the world, only 27 countries in the world experienced economic growth. Global economic growth dropped from an annual rate of -3,4% to -7,6%. Concerns for a stalled economic recovery are reflected in Aon's...
With digitalisation, traditional companies take the fight to digital natives
A new cadre of companies - traditional businesses that are successfully executing digital transformations - are outperforming their peers and shaping up to compete with digital natives. These digital incumbents make up about 30% of the S&P Global 1200 Index and...
In 2021, scamsters got attention with investments, streaming and the pandemic
During 2021, cyber-fraudsters involved in the creation and distribution of spam and phishing tried to lure users using topics focused on lucrative investments, online streaming of global movie or TV premieres and themes related to restrictions, requirements and...
Legal automation will include humans in the loop
By 2025, 30% of new legal technology automation solutions will combine software with staffing for a "human-in-the-loop" offering, according to Gartner. Despite growing demand for greater automation and increasing sophistication of tech innovations, machine learning...
Absa joins Hyperledger Foundation
Absa Bank is one of the newest members to join the Hyperledger Foundation, the open, global ecosystem for enterprise blockchain technologies. The bank joins eight other new members from Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas adding to the global footprint of...
Active insurance telematics policies on the rise
Berg Insight, the world's leading M2M/IoT market research provider, today released new findings about the connected wearables market. Shipments of connected wearables reached 96,5-million in 2016, up from 75,1-million devices in the previous year, according to Berg...
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BCX moves up Empowerdex rankings
Business Connexion (BCX) has moved up from seventh position last year to fourth in 2014 in the ICT chart, Most Empowered ICT Companies, as published by the Empowerdex Top 100 Empowered Companies Survey. BCX has an impressive score of 85.16 points, almost eight points...
Cloud on Demand enhances vDC features
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Orange grows West African connectivity
Orange has opened West Africa’s first very large-capacity IP Point of Presence (PoP). The operational launch of this facility, which is located in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, is set to enhance Internet connectivity in the sub-region by offering faster connection speeds...
XDSL, Sizwe IT sign SLA
XDSL has signed a service level agreement (SLA) with Sizwe IT Group to support its national fibre network and Points of Presence (PoPs). XDSL recently announced that it will access Dark Fibre Africa’s (DFA’s) 8000 km of installed fibre to extend the capacity and reach...
Malicious malware and your business
Today, malware attacks are more frequent, devious and more targeted, successfully penetrating many businesses that consider their security strategies to be adequate, says Carey van Vlaanderen, CEO ESET Southern Africa. Businesses should be aware that your security...
Five signs your hard drive is about to fail
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Practical tech solutions key to SMME growth
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Sage VIP named ADP Streamline partner
ADP Streamline, a multinational provider of outsourced payroll and HR services solutions, has selected Sage VIP Payroll & HR as its channel and service partner for Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and Botswana. This extends an existing relationship between the companies for...
Ericsson prepared World Cup network
Ericsson Key Event Experience solution has been implemented to support Telefonica | Vivo in 2014 World Cup, held in Brazil. The solution, used at events that usually lead to a drastic increase in mobile traffic, was used for the first time in Brazil by the operator....
Your laptop could harm your business
Love your laptop? Of course you do. But it could also be a dangerous agent which can bring a business to its knees. That’s because a good number of professionals don’t do anything about protecting the information which is contained on these very useful, but very...
Senior Quantitative Business Analyst
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Senior PowerApps Developer
Join an esteemed global leader in the mining sector, renowned for its pioneering technologies and unwavering commitment to sustainable practices. We are currently seeking a seasoned Senior Power Apps Developer to spearhead our data visualization initiatives at our...
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