PMI dips to 43.8 amid election uncertainty, sluggish demand
The seasonally adjusted Absa Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell below 50 points in May 2024. The headline PMI fell to 43.8 points from 54 points in April. The drop was despite another month of no load-shedding, although local power outages remain frequent, and the...
Webb finds most distant known galaxy
Over the last two years, scientists have used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to explore what astronomers refer to as Cosmic Dawn - the period in the first few hundred million years after the big bang where the first galaxies were born. These galaxies...
Applications open for youth leadership award
Global Citizen, with global technology partner Cisco, has announced that applications are open for the fourth annual Global Citizen Prize: Cisco Youth Leadership Award. Established in 2018, the Global Citizen Prize: Cisco Youth Leadership Award is an annual award that...
Sage to acquire Brightpearl
The Sage Group has agreed to acquire Brightpearl, a cloud native multichannel retail management system for retailers and wholesalers. Sage already has a 17% minority stake in Brightpearl. The acquisition will broaden its value proposition for mid-sized businesses and...
Research funding falls well short of what’s needed to end TB
A new report finds that global funding for tuberculosis (TB) research totaled $915-million in 2020 - less than half the goal of $2-billion set forth by participating country governments at the 2018 United Nations High-Level Meeting on TB. The findings by Treatment...
Apple shipments spur META wearables market
According to the latest insights from International Data Corporation (IDC), the Middle East, Turkey and Africa (META) wearable devices market includes posted a year-on-year growth rate of 2% in units and 25,4% in value in Q3 2021. The latest edition of the firm's...
African digital workers will do more to gain opportunities
Digital talent in Africa leads the pack in looking to change jobs in the near future for better career opportunities: 73% will switch roles to advance their careers, compared to 63% globally. Career advancement is the main driver for technology employees to move jobs,...
New risks for managers in 2022
Board members and company executives can be held liable for an increasing range of scenarios. Today's market volatility, with the increased threat of asset bubbles and inflation, the prospect of a growing number of insolvencies due to the pandemic environment,...
Cybercrime peaks over popular shopping seasons
A massive 66% of South African organisations have experienced technology downtime after a cyber security incident, with 85% of those confirming that these incidents happened during their busiest operational periods. This is against the backdrop of nearly half of South...
AfCFTA cause for optimism among African CEOs
African CEOS have expressed optimism about their business and economic growth over the next 12 to 18 months. A new survey of African CEOs from 46 countries conducted by PAFTRAC, the Pan-African Private Sector Trade and Investment Committee, found that found that CEOs...
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Genesys acquires Solariat
Genesys has announced that it has acquired the assets of the Solariat business, a social customer care and analytics platform company. With the Solariat acquisition, Genesys is further extending its social media engagement capabilities to help organisations deliver...
Wireless networking solutions from Motorola
Westcon is pleased to announce that vendor partner Motorola Solutions has announced the availability of three new wireless network management solutions, namely the VX 9000, NX 7500 and the EX 3500. In a direct response to customer needs, Motorola is now offering new...
E-mail can be a weak link in security
E-mail has just celebrated its 42nd to convey messages to different users of the same computer. Today, what was described as a “nice hack” in the 1970s has become the most widely used application on the Internet - over 2,2-billion people use e-mail every single day....
Accsys aims to meet Africa’s HR needs
There is a definite increase in interest in - and adoption of human resource, payroll and time & attendance solutions in Africa. One service provider has positioned itself to take advantage of the growing opportunity and has focused intensely on entrenching and...
Effective storage, backup for professionals
Data is a critical business asset in today’s digital world, and backups have therefore become essential in ensuring business continuity. As a result, many organisations have embarked on backup strategies aligned with business needs and requirement, says Anamika...
Veeam, NetApp team up for data protection
Veeam Software, innovative provider of Data Protection for the Modern Data Centre, announced it is collaborating with NetApp to create a new data protection solution for the modern data centre to enable the always-on business. Through this partnership, Veeam will...
IM is key for animal feed manufacturing
A sector that produces almost 11-million tonnes of feed and is calculated as being worth between R22-billion and R25 billion rand, the South African animal feed industry faces a number of challenges, with the maintenance of good profit margins and acceptable levels of...
Johnson Controls introduces mini chillers
Johnson Controls has introduced its line of modular mini chillers to provide easy installation, affordability and scalability for small and large facilities in South Africa. Each module is designed to integrate easily with each other, giving users the right amount of...
Draytek VDSL business router boosts networks
Network Platforms is pleased to release the DrayTek Vigor 2860 business router series. The Vigor 2860 Series is designed to boost developing corporate networks and includes single port modems and solutions to support VDSL and ADSL2 for backwards compatibility, as well...
Symantec: cybercrime growing in Middle East
Symantec has observed the growth of indigenous groups of attackers in the Middle East, centred on a simple piece of malware known as njRAT. While njRAT is similar in capability to many other remote access tools (RATs), what is interesting about this malware is that it...
AWS Data Engineer – 1432
Contract Starts: 01.06.2024Contract Ends: 31.12.2026Location: Midrand/Menlyn/Rosslyn/Home Office rotationESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS: e.g. Technical Skills / TechnologyTerraformPython 3xSQL - Oracle/PostgreSQLPy SparkBoto3ETLDockerLinux / UnixBig DataPowershell /...
Junior .NET Developer – Western Cape Parow
ENVIRONMENT:A dynamic provider of Cloud-based Operating Solutions is looking for a passionate coder to fill the role of a Junior .NET Developer and join its team. You will help design and develop cutting-edge solutions for customers. You will also be expected to...
JavaScript Full Stack Developer – 0621 – Gauteng Pretoria
Contract Starts: 01.04.2024Contract Ends: 31.12.2026Location: Midrand/Menlyn/Rosslyn/Home Office rotationESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:AWS ECS, Lambda experienceTypeScript / JavaScriptNodejs (expressjs, apollo)React, Typescript and backend developmentMongoADVANTAGEOUS...
AWS Data Engineer – 1432 – Gauteng Pretoria
Contract Starts: 01.06.2024Contract Ends: 31.12.2026Location: Midrand/Menlyn/Rosslyn/Home Office rotationESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS: e.g. Technical Skills / TechnologyTerraformPython 3xSQL - Oracle/PostgreSQLPy SparkBoto3ETLDockerLinux / UnixBig DataPowershell /...
Controls Software Engineer
ENVIRONMENT:An independent engineering firm seeks a Controls Software Engineer to join their team developing control/automation code for heavy construction equipment. Responsibilities include creating software requirements, coding, reviews, and testing. The engineer...
Controls Software Engineer
PURPOSE: The Controls Software Engineer plans, implements, modifies, administers, and evaluates Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) software and systems for the organisation's telescope. While being part of the organisation's Computing and Software team, they work...
Desktop Support Technician
Are you passionate about providing technical support and ensuring end-user satisfaction? We're looking for a dedicated Desktop Support Technician to join our team. In this role, you'll be responsible for providing desk-side or remote support to end-users, resolving...
Business Analyst at Mintek
Introduction Mintek has an exciting career opportunity for a Business Analyst. The incumbent will be responsible to create detailed business analysis, outlining problems, opportunities, and solutions for the business. This role includes processes of improving services...
Controls Software Engineer – Gauteng Johannesburg
ENVIRONMENT:An independent engineering firm seeks a Controls Software Engineer to join their team developing control/automation code for heavy construction equipment. Responsibilities include creating software requirements, coding, reviews, and testing. The engineer...
Controls Software Engineer – Western Cape Cape Town CBD
PURPOSE: The Controls Software Engineer plans, implements, modifies, administers, and evaluates Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) software and systems for the organisation's telescope. While being part of the organisation's Computing and Software team, they work...
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