Today’s data centre build-out dwarfs previous infrastructure investments

Kathy Gibson reports from Vertiv Week in Zagreb – Artificial intelligence (AI) is driving the biggest infrastructure build-out in human history – bigger than the railroads or the Industrial Revolution. “People assume AI is a bubble, but it is showing no signs of...

Negative sentiment drives call for data centre transparency

Kathy Gibson reports from Vertiv Week in Zagreb – With data centres experiencing massive growth around the globe, the industry needs to do a better job of telling people the benefits they offer humanity at large. Worldwide, uncertainty about possible risks posed by...

Growing energy demand will limit ambitious climate goals

The global economy is on the cusp of a major shift where most of future global energy demand growth will come from emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs). The new realities of meeting this demand alongside the need for energy security, resilience and...

AI spend soars to unprecedented levels

Worldwide spending on AI is forecast to total $2,7-trillion in 2026, a 49,5% increase year-over-year, according to Gartner. “Demand for AI infrastructure (including AI-optimised IaaS, AI-optimised servers, AI network fabric, AI processing semiconductors and devices)...

New domain fees announced

The .ZA Domain Name Authority (.zadna) has announced new rates for .za domains, along with guidance on fees until 2027. "In response to a comprehensive financial analysis and the impacts of inflation and foreign exchange rates on operational expenditures, .zadna has...

Enterprise applications show solid growth

The enterprise applications market delivered solid revenue growth in 2023 as artificial intelligence (AI), and particularly generative AI (GenAI), has started to reshape the employee and customer experience of business software. According to a new report from...

IBM acquires Microsoft Azure consultancy Neudesic

IBM has acquired Neudesic, a US cloud services consultancy specialising primarily in the Microsoft Azure platform, along with bringing skills in multicloud. The acquisition will significantly expand IBM's portfolio of hybrid multicloud services and further advance the...

Intel to acquire Tower Semiconductor for $5,4bn

Intel and Tower Semiconductor, a foundry for analog semiconductor solutions, have announced a definitive agreement under which Intel will acquire Tower for $53 per share in cash, representing a total enterprise value of approximately $5,4-billion. The acquisition...

AMD completes acquisition of Xilinx

AMD has concluded its acquisition of Xilinx in an all-stock transaction. The acquisition, originally announced on October 27, 2020, creates the industry's high-performance and adaptive computing leader with significantly expanded scale and the strongest portfolio of...

Supply chain continues to stifle HCP market

Supply chain issues that impacted growth of the hard copy peripherals (HCP) market in 3Q21 continued into 4Q21 and are in all likelihood set to continue throughout 2022. The issues started with microchip and other component shortages during the Covid-19 pandemic as...

AMD EPYC processors to power new Google Cloud offering

AMD EPYC processors have been selected to power the new C2D virtual machine offering from Google Cloud, bringing customers strong performance and compute power for high-performance (HPC) memory-bound workloads in areas like electronic design automation (EDA) and...

Regional end-user spend on security, risk management set for growth

End-user spending on security and risk management in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is forecast to total $2,6-billion in 2022, an increase of 11,2% from 2021, according to Gartner. “Cyber-attacks have become more sophisticated over the last two years,...

Radio is still Africa’s lifeline in a digital world

Radio has always been an integral part of the African mass media, writes Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard, founder and chairman of APO Group. While digital media continues to find new consumers all over the world, in many parts of the African continent, radio still dominates....

SONA and the focus for local government 

President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered his sixth State of the Nation Address (SONA) on February 10. This annual address is being unpacked in Parliament this week where further policy detail will be debated and signals about what will land in the upcoming Budget 2022 will...

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IT security imperative for business

IT security spend is too often seen as a grudge purchase by business management. But the fact is, effectively securing enterprise networks is a business imperative, says Networks Unlimited. Anton Jacobsz, MD of Arbor Networks distributor Networks Unlimited, points out...

Optimised Suse Linux server sets benchmark

By optimising Suse Linux Enterprise Server on HP ConvergedSystem 900 for SAP HANA, Suse has set record-breaking benchmarks, operating more than twice as fast as similar SPARC solutions. “We worked with HP to implement performance enhancing changes to the Linux kernel...

MTN launches dynamic mobile location app

MTN has launched the MTN Business Directory Services app. Affordable and well-designed, the app consists of a mobile location-based directory making it a requisite for customers interested in your product or service offerings to find you, from any location on mobile...

Payroll software is a necessity

The daunting complexity of today's labour and tax environment in South Africa means that an automated payroll solution has become a necessity rather than a luxury for SMEs that want to ensure the ongoing sustainability of their businesses. That's according to Anton...

JABRA appoints SMAC as local distributor

JABRA and SMAC are excited to announce their partnership with the addition of the JABRA product range to SMAC’s cutting-edge distribution line-up. With innovative headset and speakerphone solutions that enable effortless wireless communications, JABRA is about...

DCC offers Huawei Ascend Y330

Users can now have all of the benefits of a touch screen, Android operating system (OS) and impressive specifications, without the hefty price tag, with the Huawei Ascend Y330 smartphone from distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC). With a four-inch 480 x 854...

The omni-channel future of retail

Imagine for a moment what an electronics and appliance retailer might look like in the not-too-distant future. A customer walks into a bricks and mortar branch to check out a Nespresso machine she’s had on her wishlist on an e-commerce website, after the retailer has...

Take care with small business development

South Africa’s government has called on the market to offer more assistance to small businesses to help them develop and sustain their operations. However, HR and payroll experts at Accsys advise that the relationship between small businesses and their larger...

McAfee positioned in magic quadrant

McAfee, part of Intel Security, has announced that leading research firm Gartner has positioned the company in the Leaders Quadrant in its “Magic Quadrant for Secure Web Gateways” as published on 23 June 2014. Gartner’s research examined leading companies offering...

AxizWorkgroup, EMC join forces

Leading IT hardware and software distributor AxizWorkgroup and EMC Southern Africa have joined forces on EMC’s entry-level programme. The programme centres around EMC’s industry-leading VNX family of hybrid storage solutions as well as the VSPEX Proven...

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Fullstack Developer (Advanced) 2456 – Gauteng Pretoria

Full Stack Developer (Java / Angular)ESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:At least 4-6 years' experience in relevant programming languageOn premise virtualisation technology expertiseAngular 6/7/8Java 8 -11J2EEJDBCJunitJPQLOpenShift / Docker / KubernetesJenkinsJavaScript /...

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Senior PowerApps Developer – Gauteng Rosebank

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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