Shared cloud infrastructure spend drives overall growth
According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Infrastructure Tracker: Buyer and Cloud Deployment, spending on compute and storage infrastructure products for cloud deployments, including dedicated and shared IT environments,...
AI takes centre stage in financial industry
The financial services industry is undergoing a significant transformation with the adoption of AI technologies, according to Nvidia's fourth annual State of AI in Financial Services Report. The report reveals that an overwhelming 91% of financial services companies...
No more dumping of waste electronics
As from 23 August 2021, landfill sites will no longer be allowed to accept old electric and electronic devices, and batteries for dumping. Instead, consumers and companies are now expected to submit these items for recycling by taking them to a licensed recycler of...
Astronomers find a ‘break’ in one of the Milky Way’s spiral arms
Scientists have spotted a previously unrecognized feature of our Milky Way galaxy: A contingent of young stars and star-forming gas clouds is sticking out of one of the Milky Way’s spiral arms like a splinter poking out from a plank of wood. Stretching some 3 000...
Need for better customer service drives smart tech investments
Investments in technologies focused on the customer - such as chatbots, artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics - are rapidly becoming a top priority for customer service and support (CSS) leaders, according to Gartner. In a survey of service leaders in May-June...
More than 1,5m children have lost a caregiver to Covid
New research estimates that every 12 seconds, a child around the world loses a caregiver to Covid-19. This startling finding was presented in a research report titled "Global minimum estimates of children affected by Covid-19 associated orphanhood and deaths of...
Fear of scammers keeps people off dating apps
Dating app scammers pose a serious barrier to people wanting to use such services, according to a recent study. In particular, 35% of respondents in South Africa are afraid to use them, as they fear being deceived by fraudsters, and 35% generally do not trust people...
VPN demand grows along with privacy concerns
Over the past eight years, interest in virtual private networks (VPN) has doubled and outgrown the demand for antivirus protection, according to Google Trends. "Spikes in the demand for VPNs usually concur with cybercrime statistics or some important political...
Survey shows we need a new approach to payday
Independent research conducted by 60_decibels indicates the difficulty South African blue-collar workers are faced with on a monthly basis to stretch their wages through to the end of the month. The Impact Performance Report was compiled on behalf of Paymenow, an...
TymeBank exports high-tech model to the Philippines
South African digital bank TymeBank will export its business concept and experience to its international sister company, GOtyme, in the Philippines. GOtyme, which has had its digital banking licence application approved by the Philippines Central Bank, will benefit...
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Old School Digital grows turnover with Xerox
Cape Town-based printing house Old School Digital has boosted its annual turnover by 20% since investing in a new Xerox Colour 1000 digital press from Bytes Document Solutions and Oxbow. The company has also reduced its "click cost" significantly, allowing it to...
AOC launches 10-point touch monitors
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Ericsson builds TV ecosystem of the future
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Convergence Partners invests in 4Di Capital
4Di Capital has announced that Convergence Partners will join as the newest investor in 4Di Capital Fund, as an equal limited partner alongside Reinet Fund S.C.A., F.I.S., and E. Oppenheimer & Son. “We are delighted to welcome the addition of Convergence Partners...
Win a trip to the Fifa World Cup with Sony
Sony Mobile Communications (Sony Mobile), in partnership with Vodacom South Africa, has announced their "Brazil Calling" competition where consumers can stand the chance to be in the stands cheering for their favourite teams at the 2014 Fifa World Cup in Rio de...
2014: the year of the wearables
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New WD, Dell product specialists at DCC
Distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC) has recently announced that Ruben Naicker will now be managing the WD’s portfolio of Branded and Components products. “I am eager to take on the WD brand and working with a leading hard drive brand in South Africa is a great...
Choosing the best printer for business needs
When selecting a business printer, decisions are often based on cost alone, without thought to the specific business requirements and volumes of printing that are required, says Heinrich Pretorius, OKI product specialist at DCC. While it may seem less expensive to buy...
St Dominic’s installs Epson projectors
St Dominic’s Catholic School for Girls, an independent school in Boksburg, Gauteng, has installed 65 Epson EB-485Wi interactive short throw projectors, accompanied as many sets of Epson ELP-SP02 Active Speakers in its classrooms, as part of a R5-million-plus network...
Fujitsu Eternus sets benchmark performance
Fujitsu has announced that its entry-level Eternus DX200 S3 flexible modular disk storage systems are able to deliver enterprise-class performance levels, taking the crown as the world’s fastest data retrieval and access speeds in the mid-range Dual Controller Storage...
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Research, design and implement Deep Learning models.Understand user requirements and deploy deep learning solutions to solve complex business problems.Continuously improve performance, efficiency and scalability of existing models and algorithms.Establish efficient...
Systems and Network Administrator – Gauteng Johannesburg Region
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IT Risk Manager – Western Cape Cape Town
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