Nomad visas set to benefit SA tech industry
The new South African remote work, or digital nomad visa, could be a gamechanger for the local tech industry and entrepreneurs, providing a positive step towards positioning the country as a global hub for remote work, innovation and skills transfer. The visa, which...
OpenAI messaging systems breached in hack
A hacker gained access to details of OpenAI technologies in a cybersecurity breach earlier this year. However, it's believed that the systems used to house and build the company's artificial intelligence (AI) systems wasn't breached. The hack of the company's internal...
Strong set of financials from Alviva
South Africa's largest distribution group, Alviva, has announced a strong set of results for the first six months of the year with revenue soaring by 52% to R11,4-billion. It is also the first set of results from the group since the acquisition of Tarsus Technologies....
VPN demand in Russia surges
According to in-house aggregated Atlas VPN user data, Virtual Private Network (VPN) installs in Russia surged by 1 906% in the last few days. The interest in VPNs started to increase on February 16, 2022, after the first wave of cyberattacks against Ukraine occurred....
Shot in the arm for Covid-19 vaccine storage and delivery
Looking to boost Covid-19 vaccine storage and distribution, the Department of Health is rolling out new cold-chain equipment throughout the country, thanks to a R74-million donation from Vodacom and the Vodafone Foundation. Vaccine storage is a challenge for various...
The future of the telco is in software
Kathy Gibson is at Mobile World Congress 2022 - Open software-defined technology is rapidly becoming the foundation on which telecommunications operators (telcos) are building modern networks that offer agile and flexible new services to customers. Both traditional...
Telia delivers software-defined network slicing
Kathy Gibson is at Mobile World Congress 2022 - Software-defined services are at the heart of new network slicing capabilities that Telia launched today with its customer Sandvik, a Swedish multinational engineering company. Rainer Deutschmann, group chief operating...
Telecoms is ‘the gateway to the future’
Kathy Gibson is at Mobile World Congress 2022 - Despite the many benefits that technology has brought us, people still don't really trust it. That's according to José María Álvarez-Pallete, chairman and CEO of Telefónica, and a board member of the GSMA, addressing...
Culture shifts, innovation required for new digital norm
While companies are building better digital habits and systems, a shift is needed from digital culture to value realisation, according to a Nutanix-commissioned CXO survey from IDC. Surveying leaders across EMEA, the IDC InfoBrief, From Digital Culture to Value...
SA publishers challenge Google and Meta at Competition Commission
The media industry association Publisher Support Services (PSS) yesterday presented its challenge of Google and Meta (Facebook) to be compensated for their content used on these platforms at an in-camera hearing of the Competition Commission's market inquiry into...
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The 2014 South African Service Awards
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AccTech Systems moves into Africa
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Westcon partners explore local cloud
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Senior SQL Developer – Gauteng Turffontein
Our client in the financial industry is looking for Senior SQL Developer whose main role would be batch processing development and backend capability to support the application.The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 8 Years Development experience and experience in...
Penetration Tester – Gauteng Woodmead
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??Join Our Team as a Technical Systems Implementation Engineer (L2)!?? Are you a dynamic problem-solver with a passion for implementing cutting-edge technical solutions? Do you thrive in fast-paced environments where no two days are the same? If so, we want you to be...
Senior Full Stack Developer – Western Cape Century City
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Technical Systems Implementation Engineer (L2) – Gauteng Johannesburg Region
??Join Our Team as a Technical Systems Implementation Engineer (L2)!?? Are you a dynamic problem-solver with a passion for implementing cutting-edge technical solutions? Do you thrive in fast-paced environments where no two days are the same? If so, we want you to be...
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