How Meta is preparing for SA elections
Over many years, Meta has developed a comprehensive approach to elections on our platforms, writes Balkissa Ide Siddo, public policy director: sub-Saharan Africa at Meta. But we know that no two elections are the same. That's why our team is developing a tailored...
Hubble spots a galaxy hidden in a dark cloud
The spiral galaxy IC 4633, snapped here by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, is located 100-million light-years away from us in the constellation Apus. IC 4633 is a galaxy rich in star-forming activity and also hosts an active galactic nucleus at its core. From our...
Cell C reports improved revenue, earnings
Cell C has reported a R148-million profit before tax for the six-month period to June 2021. This is a turnaround in profitability from a R7,6-billion loss reported year-on-year. EBIT increased to R736-million (H1 2020: R5,3-billion loss). This is mainly due to the...
New Webex features address hybrid work challenges
Cisco has announced significant new innovations across its Webex ecosystem, launching them yesterday (26 October 2021) at its WebexOne 2021 virtual event. Webex Suite's new meetings and messaging capabilities help our customers empower equal participation, from...
End-to-end solution delivers meaningful insights
Kathy Gibson reports from InterSystems Virtual Summit 2021 – Healthcare systems have always been important, but extracting useful insights has become more critical than ever over the last 18 months. InterSystems aims to help its healthcare customers gain true value...
Smart data fabric delivers timely, relevant insights
Kathy Gibson reports from InterSystems Virtual Summit 2021 – Leveraging data to get the best possible insights is not a trivial process, which is why organisations are turning to smart data fabrics. Scott Gnau, head of data platforms at InterSystems, explains that a...
Effective analysis unlocks true data value
Kathy Gibson reports from InterSystems Virtual Summit 2021 – Data is your organisation’s most precious asset – but only if you are analysing it effectively to gain real insights. The last 18 months or so have been difficult for everyone in the world, says Terry Ragon,...
Russian malware hits resellers, service providers
About 140 resellers and technology service providers have fallen victim to Nobelium, the alleged Russian state actor behind the SolarWinds Orion cyberattacks, since May 2021. The Nobelium attacks are believed to use password spray and phishing to steal credentials and...
Workers turn to robots for career support
People are turning to robots to support their career development after the Covid-19 pandemic left them feeling lonely and disconnected from their own lives. An Oracle and Workplace Intelligence study of more than 14 600 employees, managers, HR leaders, and C-level...
Citizen satisfaction at five-year low
Consulta's 8th South African Citizen Satisfaction Index (SA-csi) shows that Citizen Satisfaction and trust in local municipalities to deliver basic services has dropped to its lowest ebb since the index's inception. Of the eight metropolitan municipalities polled in...
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Dell expands PowerEdge portfolio
Dell has announced a new addition to its PowerEdge server portfolio for enterprise, the Dell PowerEdge R920. The PowerEdge R920 is now Dell’s highest performing server, allowing customers to achieve faster results, quickly adapt to changing business needs and improve...
Power failures can be costly for SMMEs
Small, medium and micro enterprises (SMME) that fail to effectively plan for unscheduled and unpredictable power outages could experience significant short and long-term financial losses as a result of a loss of network connectivity and data. This is according to Abid...
MUT eliminates paper-based salary info
Mangosuthu University of Technology (MUT) in KwaZulu-Natal understands the importance of cost efficiencies, the need to be more environmentally friendly and most critically, the necessity of keeping its employees informed while keeping their financial information...
Flexenclosure deploys solution in Morocco
Moroccan mobile operator inwi is to deploy Flexenclosure’s hybrid power solution eSite at 30 telecom sites across Morocco. Flexenclosure will provide turnkey deployments with all equipment and services needed for running the sites for five years, delivering "trouble...
Promate sales boom for Esquire
Esquire Technologies, the award winning broad-based distributor - including technology, digital lifestyle, consumer and mobile products - reports that since signing on as a distributor for Promate Technologies for the southern African region in the second quarter of...
Govt translators receive software training
Translators in Parliament recently attended a workshop on the use of the so-called Autshumato open-source translation software in Cape Town. The software was developed by the North-West University’s CTexT (Centre for Text Technology) as part of the Autshumato project,...
One password to rule them all
Password breaches are happening all the time. Stories of hundreds of passwords being stolen litter the news on a daily basis. While having a single password stolen is not the end of the world, if you use one password for multiple accounts, particularly accounts that...
Mobile ERP must be secure by design
Mobile devices are everywhere today – but just how many are secured against data loss? Even the iPads and smartphones belonging to those who should know better are routinely secured by nothing more than a passcode. And as enterprise software on mobile devices becomes...
The future of distribution in the cloud
Over the past few decades a whole industry has built itself on the distribution and resale of hardware and software -- an industry that is now under threat as software sales move online and entire services move into the cloud. But, says Jessica van Wyk channel manager...
SAAMA involved in ISO 55000 creation
The Southern African Asset Management Association (SAAMA), its council and members, were heavily involved in the creation of the recently published ISO 55000 suite of international standards: Asset Management Systems. Says Anton Booyzen, President of SAAMA: “We’ve...
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An industry leading Bank has an exciting opportunity available for a Solutions Architect to join their dynamic team.Purpose StatementLet me tell you a bit about yourself.You are a tech-savvy individual who understands the importance of staying ahead of the game when...
.Net Full Stack Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg
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C# Developer – KwaZulu-Natal Umhlanga
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Solution Analyst at Reverside – Gauteng
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