Supply chain planning threatened by AI hype and ‘agent washing’

Agentic AI is reshaping the supply chain planning landscape, but hype and “agent washing” are creating real risks for organisations under pressure to deliver results, according to Gartner. Supply chain planning (SCP) leaders who focus on proven use cases, strengthen...

AI spend grows 47% – and more is expected

Worldwide spending on AI is forecast to total $2,59-trillion in 2026 - a 47% increase year-over-year - according to Gartner. “Through the next several years, the need for capacity will make AI infrastructure - including AI-optimised IaaS, AI-optimised servers, AI...

How to raise funds, then scale your African start-up

Kathy Gibson reports from Everything AI and Gitex Kenya in Nairobi – For many African start-ups, their biggest challenge is not coming up with solutions or creating systems that work – it is in scaling them effectively. Once the excitement of the initial idea and...

African startups look to new investors

Kathy Gibson reports from AI Everything and Gitex Kenya in Nairobi – Africa’s exciting and innovative start-ups are attracting interest from investors in the Middle East, Europe and Asia. Investors from these regions are arguably more aligned to the continent’s...

Meta payouts help allay metaverse, AI financial fears

Meta's first-ever dividend goes a long way to allay investor fears that the metaverse and AI plans were going to be "an abyss" for money. This is the word from Nigel Green, CEO of deVere Group, who points out that Meta said it will pay investors a dividend of 50 cents...

Most South Africans won’t be able to retire comfortably

South Africa is sitting on a retirement time bomb, with only 6% of the country's population on track to retire comfortably, according to the sixth edition of the recently released 10X Investments Retirement Reality Report 2023/2024. The report is based on the findings...

Tablet sales set to slow

Tablet market shipments reached 11,8-million units in EMEA in the second quarter of 2021, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). This represents a 1,7% YoY decline, the first negative quarter since the start of the pandemic. A slowdown in consumer demand...

Access to vaccines vital for Africa’s recovery

Vaccine inequity is a recurring theme when it comes to Africa's recovery from Covid-19, with climate change, debt levels and investment shortfalls also needed. Participants of a G20 Compact with Africa meeting assessed Africa's progress in fighting the Covid-19...

International community urged to avoid two-speed economic recovery

There is a real danger of the world experiencing a two-speed recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic - with Africa lagging behind. Heads of international development institutions held a closed-door session with German Chancellor Angela Merkel last week to discuss the...

Implement strategic planning now to ensure future growth

While many long term plans were put off due to the Covid-19 pandemic, executive leaders should act now in implementing a strategic planning process for future revenue growth, according to Gartner. Organisations must actively prepare to respond to future disruptions...

Covid brought collaboration apps into the mainstream

2020 was a transformational year for collaboration applications as organizations everywhere turned to "work from anywhere" business models to meet the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic. As a result, worldwide collaboration applications revenues grew to...

Accounting help for unrest-affected SMMEs

The South Africa Institute of Business Accountants (SAIBA) partnered with the Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry NPC to assist KwaZulu-Natal's small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) in the aftermath of the recent unrest. The two organisations hosted a...

Microsoft moves quickly to mitigate Azure database vulnerability

A now-repaired flaw in Microsoft Azure exposed thousands of client databases, giving hackers unrestricted access to their accounts and databases. Nir Ohfeld and Sagi Tzadik, security researchers at Wiz, describe how they exposed the  breach that affects Azure’s...

Gauteng unveils 4IR strategy, opens Centre of Excellence

Gauteng Provincial Government (GPG) aims to provide 100% of its services digitally in the near future. This is one of the goals of the Gauteng's 4IR Growth and Digitalisation Strategy, launched today along with the opening of the Gauteng Centre of Excellence (GCoE)...

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Datacentrix achieves platinum HP partnership

Integrated ICT solutions and services provider, Datacentrix has been named as an HP platinum partner, one of only five in South Africa, highlighting the company’s ability to deliver smart and flexible HP strategies that will help customers well into the future. Says...

Elections modernised in 2013

Scytl, the worldwide leader in secure online voting and election modernisation announces a revenue growth of over 70% resulting from the company’s innovative end-to-end election modernisation technology deployment in election processes across the globe. The...

Mpact deploys PPO to streamline processes

Mpact, one of the leading paper and plastic packaging businesses in southern Africa, has implemented Project Portfolio Office, an online project portfolio management (PPM) and collaboration application, in a bid to address issues of visibility, standardisation and the...

SMBs must link SLAs and IT support

Small businesses that wish to remain competitive can no longer afford to be complacent about technology support. Linking service level agreements (SLAs) to IT support is becoming vital, says Dawie Bloomberg, MD of Green Apple IT, a provider of general IT support to...

SA companies must reign in mobiles in 2014

Mobile security and device management will become one of the top challenges for South African companies as attacks on smartphones and tablets are likely to increase again in 2014. So says Richard Broeke, a consultant at leading IT security company, Securicom. “Reports...

FNB device deals for a connected life

As the shift towards a connected lifestyle is set to enjoy even more focus in 2014, FNB has included TVs, Blu-ray DVD players and the Playstation 4 to its smart device range. Gaming consoles were first added to the product mix in November 2013 when FNB made the Xbox...

Understanding biometric identification

Biometrics refers to the identification of humans using their physical characteristics such as fingerprints, face recognition, DNA, palm print, hand geometry, iris recognition, retina and so on. It allows specialists to identify an individual in a far more secure...

Hidden costs, complexities of ERP training

End-user training and education is key to the success of any large enterprise IT project, especially the deployment of a new enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution. Yet all too many companies still treat it as one-line item in their implementation budgets, says...

Ventana names Kronos in Value Index

Ventana Research, a leading benchmark research and advisory services firm, has named Kronos the top “hot” vendor in workforce management in its Value Index for Workforce Management. In addition, the latest version of the Kronos Workforce Central suite of workforce...

MDM, eLearningCurve offer certification

The ICT skills shortage is a worldwide challenge, and in South Africa it remains a problem in all areas - but in particular around data management. Master Data Management (MDM) is actively working to address this skills issue by partnering with global online learning...

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Our client offers a dynamic and collaborative work environment. As a Project Engineer, you'll have the opportunity to work on exciting projects in the Food and Beverage industry, honing your skills and expanding your professional horizons.As a Project Engineer, you...

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Senior Data EngineersRole:The Data Engineer skill is required to enable the data lifecycle within EDS, namely the ability to integrate data between the source system (golden/trusted) and the target database (LOB), hence providing good quality data by applying the...

.NET Application Developer at Accenture

To efficiently code, debug and unit test moderate to complex programs. This includes new development and or modifications to existing programs on a Supply Chain system. Compile designs for moderate to complex programs. To investigate user requests in order to...

Java Developer Senior – Gauteng Randburg

Remote position Our client is looking for a Senior Java Developer who is passionate about technology and delighting our clients, to join our Technical Consulting team. Projects include developing custom software, maintaining and supporting software systems, and...

Project Engineer / PLC Programmer – Remote Remote

Our client offers a dynamic and collaborative work environment. As a Project Engineer, you'll have the opportunity to work on exciting projects in the Food and Beverage industry, honing your skills and expanding your professional horizons.As a Project Engineer, you...

Senior Data Engineers – Remote Remote

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.NET Application Developer at Accenture – Gauteng Midrand

To efficiently code, debug and unit test moderate to complex programs. This includes new development and or modifications to existing programs on a Supply Chain system. Compile designs for moderate to complex programs. To investigate user requests in order to...

Mulesoft Integration Engineer

Psybergate is an IT company that builds bespoke software solutions and provides highly skilled resources to its clients.We are looking for a Mulesoft Integration Engineer to join our financial services client based in Sandton for a 12-months contract role.What you...

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Senior Database and Applications Developer

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