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NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket lifted off from Launch Pad 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida last night, sending four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft on a planned test flight around the Moon and back. It’s the first time NASA is...

Employees under the lash as financial stress grows

There has been a decisive shift in the pressures faced by South Africa’s workforce, with financial stress moving from outside the top 10 employee concerns in 2021 to one of the top five in 2025. This is according to data compiled from Lyra Southern Africa’s Employee...

Businesses brace for long-term impacts from Iran conflict

Kathy Gibson reports - Even if the conflict in the Middle East were to end tomorrow, the long-term impacts will continue to dog the world for months. That’s the key takeaway from KPMG’s latest Global Economic and Geopolitical Outlook, which unpacked what some of the...

What SA needs to do to ensure universal, meaningful connectivity

Kathy Gibson reports – Digital investment is not an end in itself: it is the foundation for a more inclusive, more resilient South Africa. This is the word from Boitumelo Mosako, CEO of Development Bank of South Africa (DBSA), introducing a Digital Infrastructure...

AMD fires up AI, compute capabilities

AMD and Microsoft featured how AMD products, including the upcoming AMD Instinct MI300X accelerator, AMD EPYC CPUs and AMD Ryzen CPUs with AI engines, are enabling new services and compute capabilities across cloud and generative AI, Confidential Computing, Cloud...

Nvidia to accelerate AI workloads on Azure

Nvidia continues to collaborate with Microsoft to build AI infrastructure, with Microsoft introducing additional H100-based virtual machines to Microsoft Azure to accelerate demanding AI workloads. At its Ignite conference in Seattle yesterday, Microsoft announced its...

El Salvador won’t be alone in adopting bitcoin

On Wednesday, El Salvador became the first country to adopt bitcoin as official legal tender - but it won't be the last. This is the word from Nigel Green, chief executive and founder of deVere Group, speaking as the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador on early...

European IoT spend set to hit $200bn

Spending on the Internet of Things (IoT) will reach $202-billion in 2021 in Europe and will continue to experience double-digit growth through 2025, according to International Data Corporation's (IDC) Worldwide Semiannual Internet of Things Spending Guide. Despite the...

IT failure affects WesBank services

WesBank has confirmed that it is experiencing technical issues that are affecting the availability of some of its services. According to a statement from Ghana Msibi, CEO of WesBank Motor, the issues are as a result of hardware failures. "Our IT teams are giving this...

Digitalisation helps manage new retail challenges

Changes in demand, emerging consumption occasions, and changing shopping methods have been identified by GlobalData as three key aspects to which consumer companies and food service outlets have had to adapt due to Covid-19. The company's latest report, "Future of...

SA, Nigeria, Kenya are Africa’s top e-commerce markets

A recent Visa report has shown that the top market contributors to e-commerce in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) over the last three years were South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya. Ghana has also shown growth, having replaced Kenya in the top three contributors in 2020. SSA may...

AI can help government improve service delivery

The adoption of artificial intelligence in all spheres of life is an unfolding and accelerating megatrend that is greatly changing how we live, work, and socially interact. A new study by University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) graduate of the MPhil in...

Data centre switch sales surged in Q1

Global data centre switch market revenue was up 14% year-over-year in 1Q21, the strongest growth rate recorded since 1Q18. According to a recent report by Dell'Oro Group, growth was healthy across all major customer segments (Cloud Service Providers, Telco Service...

Windows users urged to update software

Check Point Research (CPR) is urging Windows users to update their software, after discovering four security vulnerabilities that affect products in Microsoft Office suite, including Excel and Office online. Rooted from legacy code, the vulnerabilities could have...

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Veeam customers upgrade to B&R v7

Veeam Software has announced at VMworld 2013 Europe that just over a quarter of the current customer base upgraded to Veeam Backup and Replication (B&R) v7 within 30 days of its release. The rapid rate of adoption is just one of several data points demonstrating...

Pricing in the software industry

How do users attach a price to an indeterminate outcome? At a rational level, the answer would be: they can’t. This means users either provide an exhaustive specification of the exact outcome, or take a leap of faith based on industry experience, intuition, and...

Multiple platform data sharing with NAS

The world we live in has become ever more connected. From notebooks and desktops to tablets and smartphones, we are always tapped in to the digital realm at work, at home and on the go, says Kalvin Subbadu, Components sales manager, WD South Africa. Practically every...

HP announces new solution for SAP HANA

HP recently introduced the HP as a Service Solution for SAP HANA, a solution that allows organisations to gain the ability to analyse big data and unlock real-time insight—without the burden of a significant upfront capital investment. The HP as a Service Solution for...

Trillium Software named leader by Gartner

Master Data Management (MDM), reseller of Trillium Software, an enterprise data quality software and solutions provider, has announced that Trillium Software has been positioned as a data quality leader by independent analyst Gartner for the seventh consecutive year....

Microsoft, Violin optimise Windows Server

Violin Memory, a leader in enterprise memory solutions, has announced a high-performance, scale-out memory array platform that runs Microsoft enterprise applications at the speed of memory. Together, Microsoft and Violin have optimised Windows Server 2012 R2 for an...

Can South Africa stop cybercrime?

Worldwide, cybercrime is reaching astronomical proportions, from threats such as cyber-espionage and industrial espionage, to the chronic problem of malware and phishing. In the past year, there has been a spate of attacks on companies in the USA, including gas...

Magic announces MDM solution

Magic Software Enterprises, a global provider of software platforms for enterprise mobility, cloud applications, and business integration, announced today that it has enhanced its enterprise mobility solution to provide businesses with an end-to-end solution that...

Welcoming women in the technology industry

While women are still vastly outnumbered in the fields of science and information technology (IT), some exceptional women have made the world take notice. Gradually these trailblazers are being joined by other ambitious and determined women and at last there are...

Vox Telecom offers corporate WiFi solution

Vox Telecom has announced the launch of a new corporate managed WiFi solution that allows any business to extend their existing network into the wireless space. “Analysts predict that the average individual will soon own at least seven smart, WiFi enabled devices,”...

Senior Software Engineer – Western Cape Stellenbosch

ENVIRONMENT:A full-service digital agency based in Reading, UK, The Hague, Netherlands and Stellenbosch, South Africa who strategizes, designs, and develops digital solutions for the private and public sectors is seeking to employ a Senior Software Engineer who will...

Integration Developer at Financial Intelligence Centre

JOB PURPOSE: Design, build, and implement integration solutions that connect various software applications, systems, and databases within an organisation and ensure seamless data exchange and communication between different IT systems meeting the business requirements...

Senior Data Scientist (Remote)

ENVIRONMENT:If you are enthusiastic about leading a dynamic team within the realm of data and technology, and if you thrive in a collaborative environment that prioritizes innovation and excellence, then this opportunity might be exactly what you've been searching...

JavaScript Full Stack Developer and Integration Specialist

We are seeking a talented JavaScript Full Stack Developer and Integration Specialist to play a key role in developing and integrating software solutions for automotive applications. As a Full Stack Developer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and...

Offshore Project Manager at C-Pact Enterprise

Responsibilities: Together with the Management team, you are responsible for choosing the most economical, safe and successful method to carry out the project.Establish the scope of work, schedule and budget expectations.Manage schedule, budget, and contractual...

Systems Support Engineer

Role Description The Systems Support Engineer is a key part of the company service framework providing end to end management of tickets and service requests reported by the customer.Manage Tickets and RequestsReceive and record all calls from our customersProvide...

Senior DevOps Engineer

Our client is looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to join their team! Your responsibilities will span across various domains, including migration and consolidation, Agile work management, quality assurance, security, and tool integration. Key Requirements Minimum 5...

Senior Data Scientist (Remote) – Western Cape Cape Town

ENVIRONMENT:If you are enthusiastic about leading a dynamic team within the realm of data and technology, and if you thrive in a collaborative environment that prioritizes innovation and excellence, then this opportunity might be exactly what you've been searching...

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