Zoom reaches for new heights
At its recent Zoom Perspectives 2024 conference, the company detailed its future vision, strategy, and flagship offerings which is looking to keep it relevant in a post-pandemic - lockdowned - world. "Zoom has been working to grow its number of customers and increase...
MultiChoice Group has demonstrated resilient operational March 2024
MultiChoice Group has demonstrated resilient operational performance for the year ended March 2024 (FY24), delivering a 26% trading profit margin in South Africa, while increasing trading profit in the Rest of Africa by 48%. Strategic milestones were reached, with the...
Sales budgets tipped for 2022 increase
A Gartner survey of CSOs in 2H 2021 identified the top three investment areas to be sales enablement, digital marketing and sales operations programs. "CSOs are adjusting their expanding budgets in 2022 to become better prepared for what could be foundational shifts...
Telkom comments on SIU investigation
Telkom has issued a statement regarding the Government Gazette 11385, published yesterday (Tuesday 25 January 2022) giving the Special Investigative Unit (SIU) authority to investigate several matters including contracting and possible maladministration regarding the...
UCT ranks among top 60 most international universities
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has been ranked 55th by Times Higher Education (THE) in their latest list of the most international universities in the world 2022. This position is tied with Carnegie Mellon and Princeton in the US. These institutions collaborate on...
Calls to lift travel restrictions grow
The World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) has welcomed the call of its sister UN agency World Health Organisation (WHO) for restrictions on travel to be lifted or eased. Citing new evidence on the rise and spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, WHO has noted that...
ESG concerns turn spotlight on hyperscaler carbon emissions
By 2025, the carbon emissions of hyperscale cloud services will be a top three criterion in cloud purchase decisions, according to Gartner. As environmental, social and governance (ESG) priorities and reporting received growing levels of enterprise attention, more...
NaaS emerges as key digitalisation driver
With the network playing a key role in the success of digital transformation, technology leaders are looking to network as a service (NaaS). This is the finding from a new study from Aruba, which looks at the interest in NaaS as organisations recover from the Covid-19...
Alarm sounded over self-spreading vaccine proposals
Since the first lab-modified virus capable of replication was generated in 1974, an evidence-based consensus has emerged that many changes introduced into viral genomes are likely to prove unstable if released into the environment. On this basis, many virologists...
Threat intelligence among the most sought-after security service for MSPs
The majority (93%) of managed service providers (MSPs) across the META region are currently planning to add new services to their cybersecurity portfolio, where threat intelligence is among their top choices, along with managed detection and response and targeted...
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Arte Meccanica implements new IT system
Arte Meccanica has appointed partners, Rifle-Shot Performance Holdings and Isah, to assist them with production and efficient labour planning, streamlining processes and creating accurate job costings. Arte Meccanica produces what is known as the most beautifully...
Key managed services trends from SunGard
South Africa’s financial institutions continue to face a wide range of business challenges that are driving the need to manage risk, control costs, accelerate innovation and enhance operational efficiency. As firms strive to meet these growing requirements and build...
F5 Networks acquires Defense.Net
F5 Networks has announced that it has acquired Defense.Net, a privately-held provider of cloud-based security services for protecting data centres and Internet applications from distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. The advanced technologies and operational...
Where are tomorrow’s software engineers?
The struggle to increase the number of graduating software engineers has been an on-going challenge throughout the last two decades. The Jo'burg Centre for Software Engineering (JCSE) director and head of Software Engineering at Wits University, Prof Barry Dwolatzky...
Universities target procurement savings
Higher education buying departments expect to save hundreds of millions of rands through PURCO SA Online, their new e-procurement and travel management platform. Purchasing Consortium Southern Africa (PURCO SA), the higher education procurement consortium, concluded...
Is Africa the emerging market of the decade?
While markets like India, Brazil, Turkey, Indonesia and Russia have failed to deliver as emerging markets; Africa is seemingly more buoyant in relative comparison. Forbes, in its report on Africa’s Emerging Market Boom, says that Africa is currently home to five of...
Trends driving African business strategy
Only a few years ago, Africa was viewed as the potential pitfall for investors; today it is dubbed as "the fastest growing continent". What has brought about this change and what have businesses done differently to act as the catalyst for this rapid growth? These key...
Revenue to change under new accounting rules
A new accounting standard is expected to result in significant change in the way in which companies record revenue, says PwC. The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) will issue IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts withCustomers, on Wednesday this week, which...
BPS, DRS partner to grow electronic marking
Bytes People Solutions (BPS), an internationally accredited education, training, skills development and people consulting organisation, has partnered with DRS Data Services, a global data capture specialist, to increase the uptake of electronic marking in education,...
Attix5 provides backup service to Hamptons
Hamptons International, a leading international residential property company, has invested in the Titanium Appliance onsite backup and recovery solution from its service provider Attix5, a global data protection software and cloud solution provider. As a result, the...
Server Engineer – Western Cape Cape Town
ENVIRONMENT:ENSURE the stability, integrity, and efficient operation of the in-house or customers information systems that support core organizational functions of the Cape Town division a dynamic Internet Service & Network Specialist. This is achieved by...
INFORMATION SECURITY SPECIALIST (12 MONTHS FIXED-TERM)
The purpose of the job is to plan, manage, and administer the company's network security. Ensure all network components are managed in accordance with approved guidelines and processes to ensure compliance. Desired Skills: Information Security Risk Management...
INFORMATION SECURITY SPECIALIST (12 MONTHS FIXED-TERM) – Gauteng Centurion
The purpose of the job is to plan, manage, and administer the company's network security. Ensure all network components are managed in accordance with approved guidelines and processes to ensure compliance. Desired Skills: Information Security Risk Management...
Dynamics CRM Developer
Join our client, a prominent player in the financial services and banking sector, in their pursuit of a Dynamics CRM Developer based in Sandton, Johannesburg. Main Purpose of the Job: As a Dynamics CRM Developer, you'll collaborate with a diverse team to implement and...
Dynamics CRM Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg
Join our client, a prominent player in the financial services and banking sector, in their pursuit of a Dynamics CRM Developer based in Sandton, Johannesburg. Main Purpose of the Job: As a Dynamics CRM Developer, you'll collaborate with a diverse team to implement and...
Functional Consultant / Business Analyst
Join our client, a leading player in the financial services and banking sector, in their quest for a Functional Consultant / Business Analyst based in Sandton, Johannesburg. Main Purpose of the Job: The Business Analyst is pivotal in delivering custom business and...
Functional Consultant / Business Analyst – Gauteng Johannesburg
Join our client, a leading player in the financial services and banking sector, in their quest for a Functional Consultant / Business Analyst based in Sandton, Johannesburg. Main Purpose of the Job: The Business Analyst is pivotal in delivering custom business and...
NETWORK ENGINEER III
We are looking to hire a Network Engineer III who will play a crucial role in ensuring the reliability, security, and performance of an organization's network infrastructure, contributing to its overall operational success.What you'll do:Responsible for analysing and...
NETWORK ENGINEER III – Gauteng Midrand
We are looking to hire a Network Engineer III who will play a crucial role in ensuring the reliability, security, and performance of an organization's network infrastructure, contributing to its overall operational success.What you'll do:Responsible for analysing and...
IT Support at NTT Motor Group
IT End User Support - What is on offer? We have an exciting opportunity for an End User IT Support Engineer to join the team based in Pretoria.This position is responsible for maintaining and proactively managing the infrastructure within dealerships as well as...
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