Acer sets up local monitor production
Acer has started producing monitors in South Africa as part of its localisation strategy. The new monitor production programme aims to significantly contribute to job creation in South Africa's technology sector. Additionally, the company recognises that providing...
Gen Z set to transform the workplace
Gen Z will make up 27% of the workforce by 2025, bringing with them a unique set of talents and insights. They are digital natives who have never known a time without the internet. They are strident regarding ethics (and they want their employer to be, too), and while...
InstaDeep flies the flag for African AI innovation
Born-in-Africa artificial intelligence (AI) company InstaDeep has raised $100-million, welcoming high-profile backers including BioNTech and Deutsche Bahn, to help scale its decision-making AI products that solve real-world problems. The startup, which co-developed an...
Indian IT services companies rise in brand value rankings
IT services companies from India have outpaced their competitors from the US in brand value growth over the past two years of digital transformation in the global economy, accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic. The average growth of Indian brands that have appeared in...
Enterprise server sales decline, but storage and networking are up
Revenue sales of enterprise servers through distribution slumped by -4,4% year-on-year (YoY) in 2021, but storage and networking performed well during the year despite a poor Q4 all-round, according to Context. Unpredictable market conditions at the end of 2021 have...
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...
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Alcatel-Lucent ships 5m vectoring lines
Alcatel-Lucent further underlined leadership in fixed-line ultra-broadband access by reaching the milestone of 5-million VDSL2 vectoring line shipments. The company is also seeing an industry tipping point with VDSL2 vectoring shipments now surpassing non-vectored...
Virtualisation solves productivity problems
VMware South Africa’s partners are providing customers the chance to explore the next evolution of virtualisation through the provision of a vSphere Optimisation Assessment, says Mark Reynolds, partner lead at VMware. With the vSphere Optimisation Assessment customers...
Omi-channel communication key, says Oracle
According to new Oracle studies, B2B and B2C commerce professionals find integrated, omni-channel customer experiences increasingly valuable to their organisations, and are continuing to invest in technologies and digital content strategies to facilitate them. The...
Ensuring effective e-mail communication
We all know that sinking feeling when you follow up on an outstanding deadline (that’s now overdue and urgent) and the person says, “I didn't receive the e-mail”. While e-mails are probably less likely to disappear into the ether than they are to be "lost" in a...
Galaxy S5 tools help the disabled
People with disabilities face many barriers; however, the emergence of computing technology for tasks such as reading and writing documents, communicating with others, and searching for information on the Internet, is helping to bridge this gap. As a result, students...
Turrito wins IT Supplier of the Year
Turrito Networks, a converged communication provider under the MICROmega Group of companies, has been named as the Famous Brands IT Supplier of the Year, for its simplified network, strategic five year technology roadmap and their approach as a trusted convergence...
UCS’ employment programmes a success
UCS Solutions reveals growing success with its internship and learnership programmes, specifically geared to provide formal employment to individuals who otherwise would not have this opportunity. UCS Solutions is a leading systems and services company focussed on the...
Kaspersky Lab wins blog award
Kaspersky Lab has announced that it has been awarded a gold award for Best Blog for Securelist in Info Security's Global Excellence Awards. The Info Security's Global Excellence Awards programme was created to honour the achievements and positive contributions of...
Riverbed’s Cascade now in the cloud
Riverbed Technology has announced a virtual edition of Riverbed Cascade Express 460, which provides visibility into private cloud or software-defined data centre environments running virtualised networks so IT teams can quickly view network and application performance...
Neotel partners with WAPA
In order to improve telecommunications access across the towns and under-serviced areas in South Africa, Neotel has partnered with the Wireless Access Providers' Association (WAPA) as a full member. The partnership gives Neotel access to WAPA resources and members...
Specialist Support Engineer – Gauteng Johannesburg Region
Specialist Support Engineer - Postilion and DevicesWork as part of a DevOps team, leverage specialist analysis & testing tools, frameworks, techniques and practices to elicit, define and organize business requirements. Translate & document business...
IT Support Technician at South African Astronomical Observatory – Western Cape Cape Town CBD
The South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) is the National Facility for Optical and Infrared Astronomy of the National Research Foundation (NRF). Its headquarters are in Cape Town, while its telescopes are at Sutherland in the Northern Cape. Distributed between...
Senior Technical Lead – Gauteng Johannesburg Region
Looking for a Senior Technical Lead (TypeScript, Node, React) for an in office role in JHB. Role requires 80% leadership and 20% development. Candidate must be an expert in the below tech stack. Key Requirements 5+ years' experienceBachelor's Degree /...
Built Environment Project Manager at Construct Executive Search
Applicants must have the following requirements: Must have a Bachelor of Engineering Degree or a Bachelor of Technology Degree in Civil Engineering.Must be registered with ECSA as a Professional Engineer or Professional Technologist or in the process of being...
SUPPORT ENGINEER
Ready to Join the Ranks of Innovators? We are looking to hire a dynamic Support Engineer who will play a critical role in ensuring the smooth operation and functionality of products and systems, providing timely and effective technical support to address customer...
APPLICATIONS ARCHITECT
APPLICATIONS ARCHITECT LOCATION CenturionPOSITION TYPE PermanentSALARY R 1 200 000 CTC PER ANNUMCLOSING DATE 17 MAY 2024 JOB PURPOSE To lead the design of an enterprise-wide application architecture as guided by the EA standards, procedures, and policies....
Systems Analyst: Board Application
An industry leading Bank has an exciting opportunity available for a System Analyst to join their dynamic team.Systems Analyst: Board ApplicationPurpose StatementResponsible for the analysis and design, developing, testing, and implementing of Board application...
Built Environment Project Manager at Construct Executive Search – Northern Cape Kuruman
Applicants must have the following requirements: Must have a Bachelor of Engineering Degree or a Bachelor of Technology Degree in Civil Engineering.Must be registered with ECSA as a Professional Engineer or Professional Technologist or in the process of being...
SUPPORT ENGINEER – Limpopo Limpopo
Ready to Join the Ranks of Innovators? We are looking to hire a dynamic Support Engineer who will play a critical role in ensuring the smooth operation and functionality of products and systems, providing timely and effective technical support to address customer...
APPLICATIONS ARCHITECT – Gauteng Centurion
APPLICATIONS ARCHITECT LOCATION CenturionPOSITION TYPE PermanentSALARY R 1 200 000 CTC PER ANNUMCLOSING DATE 17 MAY 2024 JOB PURPOSE To lead the design of an enterprise-wide application architecture as guided by the EA standards, procedures, and policies....
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