High levels of loadshedding are costly for SA’s labour market
Recent research conducted under the South Africa Towards Inclusive Development (SA-TIED) programme has found that loadshedding in South Africa has negative labour market effects on both the extensive margin (employment) as well as the intensive margin (working hours...
Global GPU market set to reach $274bn by 2029
The GPU market value will surpass $274-billion by 2029, representing a 33,2 % CAGR from 2024, according to Stocklytics.com. Currently, the GPU market is worth over $65 billion, up from $43 billion in 2023, underscoring the immense growth potential in the industry. The...
Data centre switch sales hit all-time high
Global data centre switch revenue was up 11% year-over-year in 3Q 2021, reaching an all-time high. According to a recent report by Dell'Oro Group, Arista and white box switch suppliers captured most of the growth and gained more than one point of revenue share each....
Enterprise WLAN market maintains growth
Growth rates remained strong in the enterprise segment of the wireless local area networking (WLAN) market in the third quarter of 2021 (3Q21) as the market increased 11,9% year over year to $1,9-billion. In the consumer-class WLAN market, revenues declined 7,3% in...
Tourism body calls for end to blanket travel restrictions
The World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) of the United Nations calls out against the introduction of blanket restrictions on travel, as witnessed in recent days. The call echoes the concerns raised by UNWTO Members during the 24th UNWTO General Assembly (30 November-3...
Africa’s savannah conservation land in a bad way
New research suggests that over 80% of Africa's savannah conservation land is failing or deteriorating with just 10% in a state of success or recovery. The study, published in Conservation Letters, assessed the performance of 516 protected areas and community...
SAIPA announces Olympiad winners
The South African Institute of Professional Accountants (SAIPA) has awarded the winners of its National Accounting and Maths Olympiad (NAMO). "This year, we took the competition in a whole new direction and the results were outstanding," says Professor Rashied Small,...
Despite everything, consumer outlook is brighter
Consumers are returning to in-store shopping in greater numbers, and out-of-home entertainment and travel are on the rise as three in five (61%) express optimism about the future. These are among the findings from the latest PwC 2021 Global Consumer Insights Pulse...
Microsoft takes over 42 hacking sites
Microsoft has seized 42 websites from a and intelligence-gathering China-based hacking group which it has dubbed Nickel. A federal court granted Microsoft's request to allow it Digital Crimes Unit to take over the US-based websites and redirecting traffic to secure...
Component shortages stifle African smartphone growth
Africa's smartphone market saw shipments decline 2,3% quarter on quarter (QoQ) during Q3 2021, according to the latest figures announced by International Data Corporation (IDC). While the region displayed signs of recovery in H1 2021, IDC's newly released Quarterly...
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Busamed uses T-Systems healthcare solution
T-Systems in South Africa delivers its SAP Healthcare solution to Busamed, which aims to be one of the country’s first black-owned hospital groups. Busamed, chaired by Dr. Diliza Mji, a pioneer in revolutionary healthcare, has been issued with four licenses to build...
Africa’s social business solution
A recent visit to the US lifted the lid on a maturing market for social business software (SBS). Enterprises across industries are using this class of software for high-impact engagement of various corporate audiences, unlocking huge value in doing so. Says Gysbert...
Chequed.com partners with African firms
Chequed.com, the cloud-based predictive talent selection solutions provider, has partnered with Rocketfuel Consulting in partnership with The HR Touch, two Africa-based people management consulting firms. The partnership follows on Chequed’s success with several...
Group Five sees improvements with PPO
In the five years since its implementation of Project Portfolio Office, an online project portfolio management (PPM) and collaboration application, Group Five has seen improved enterprise resource management and project prioritisation, a higher level of project...
Flexible working solves work-hours issue
Each year the OECD produces a table of average working hours around the world. The table shows vast differences in the hours people work. It also creates huge scope for envy: Mexicans and South Koreans with 2 250 and 2 090 hours a year respectively must envy full-time...
Collaboration for Alcatel-Lucent, Intel
Alcatel-Lucent announced that it is expanding its collaboration with Intel Corporation to help operators worldwide improve their time to market and operational efficiency, and to drive the creative development of new products and services for consumers and business...
Server load balancing makes sense for SMBs
South African businesses within the small-to-mid size market may consider server load balancing (SLB) an investment that is just a little too far from reach and an unnecessary burden. The truth is that the business case for an investment of this kind makes sense and...
EMC announces Claude Schuck appointment
In line with its ongoing focus on the channel, EMC Southern Africa has appointed Claude Schuck as channel manager - formerly head of Dell’s Large Enterprise business unit, Schuck has almost two decades’ experience in the IT industry, including many years in the...
TCC rolls out Aspect solution
The UK-based contact centre outsourcer, The Contact Company (TCC), has chosen Aspect Software to improve efficiency and productivity across 1 000 seats over two sites in Birkenhead. The largest independent contact centre in the UK will deploy Aspect’s workforce...
The supply chain has gone global
When America sneezes, the world catches a cold. The famous quote was initially uttered about France and Europe by Austria’s Prince Klemens von Metternich during the French Revolution and Napoleonic wars to describe the effect it had on the rest of Europe, says Simon...
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Azure Data Engineer – Western Cape Cape Town
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