Digital assets revenue to hit $80bn this year
After a 37% plunge in 2022, the global digital assets market - including cryptocurrencies, NFT, and DeFi - soared by 127% last year and hit $60,1-billion in revenue. The rebuilt confidence in digital assets is expected to continue driving growth this year, with the...
Shrinking Moon causing earthquakes that could affect landing
As NASA continues to make progress toward sending astronauts to the lunar South Pole region with its Artemis campaign, data from a NASA-funded study is helping scientists better understand this strategic part of the Moon. The study presents evidence that moonquakes...
New Covid variants delay workplace reopening
A Gartner poll reveals that 66% of organizations are delaying reopening their offices due to new Covid-19 variants. “Leaders have been determining if and how to mandate employee COVID-19 vaccinations for the last several months, and the FDA’s full approval of the...
Global government spending set for 2022 growth
Worldwide government IT spending is forecast to total $557,3-billion in 2022, an increase of 6,5% from 2021, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. “Governments will continue to accelerate investments in digital technologies to respond and recover from the...
Downward pressure on pricing drives wearables momentum
Global wearables shipments grew 32,3% year-over-year as volumes reached 114.2 million during the second quarter of 2021 (2Q21), according to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker. Despite early signs of...
Local SMEs resilient despite instability
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are essential to the economy’s health and predicted to lead an economic recovery post-Covid. However, many of these businesses are fighting to keep their doors open since the onset of the pandemic, with 89% impacted by the recent...
Blockchain-related job postings surge
The cryptocurrency and blockchain labour market is still growing as various organizations continue to adopt the technology. However, recruiters in the space are increasingly sourcing talent in software development. Data acquired by cryptocurrency trading simulator...
Protecting the ozone layer also helps Earth sequester carbon
Protecting the ozone layer also protects Earth’s vegetation and has prevented the planet from an additional 0.85 degrees Celsius of warming, according to new research from Lancaster University, NASA, and others. This new study in Nature demonstrates that by protecting...
Bird’s-eye observations reveal surprises in Earth’s space interface
New research using data from NASA’s Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (Gold) mission, has revealed unexpected behaviour in the swaths of charged particles that band Earth’s equator. This is made possible by Gold’s long-term global view, the first of its...
Applications open for 2022 ISPA bursary
South Africa's Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) invites applications for its "ISPA Inspires" bursary programme, 2022. Applications open on Wednesday 1 September, and close on Friday 1 October 2021. ISPA Inspires bursaries will be awarded to one or more...
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2014: the year of the wearables
Over the last few years wearable technology has gained huge momentum and suddenly the market has exploded. There seems no limit to the type of technology that designers are creating for our body parts, although some might not be available in South Africa for a while,...
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...
Veeam enhances one-click restore feature
Good backups mean that when the CEO accidentally deletes an important e-mail, or a developer deletes an entire server by mistake, there’s no need to panic – things can be restored. But it’s always been at the cost of substantial time and effort, says Veeam South...
Rifle-Shot renews CGF patronship
As for many companies, they will deliberate for months over their strategy, and then when they decide on implementing it they soon realise that either their strategy has become out-dated, or their plan of action was completely off-the-mark. Even worse, is when the...
Alcatel-Lucent, Tunisie sign agreement
Alcatel-Lucent and Tunisie Telecom, the leading telecommunications provider in Tunisia, have announced a three-year agreement to transform the carrier’s voice and data network, paving the way for ultra-broadband access services for residential and enterprise customers...
Personal clouds make storage easy
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DCC offers new Dell Inspiron One 2350
The new Dell Inspiron One 2350 from distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC) combines the superior performance, space saving design and the renowned Dell quality of its predecessor with a new, ultra-thin form factor and 4th generation Intel Core i-processors. The...
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Junior BI Developer
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Junior IT Administrator – Eastern Cape East London
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Junior BI Developer – Remote Remote
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