Tech investment key to SARS maintaining its capabilities
PwC South Africa has launched its seventh annual Taxing Times Survey - open to all corporate taxpayers and which aims to assess their interactions with the South African Revenue Service (SARS), identify the organisation's strengths, and highlight areas or processes...
PC, smartphone sales slump continues – but market will recover
The last three years have been challenging for the PC and smartphone industry - and 2024 isn't looking much better, says Stocklytics. After shifting back and forth, the global demand for new devices is expected to plunge again this year causing a new revenue drop and...
Digital transformation set to take off across the region
Digital transformation investments in the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa (META) are set to double across the 2020 to 2025 period, according to the latest forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC). The researcher says that digital transformation spending in...
Cisco opens Umbrella Cloud Security data centres in SA
Cisco South Africa has launched two Cisco Umbrella Secure Internet Gateway (SIG) data centres in South Africa. Located in Johannesburg and Cape Town, they offer local customers closer access to the cloud anytime, anywhere. "South Africa is a key market for Cisco and...
Top five payment scams to look out for
All businesses are at risk of being scammed at some point, and just one incident can cost a company millions. Ryan Mer, CEO of Know Your Payee (KYP) platform provider eftsure Africa, says that fraudsters are constantly finding new ways to exploit vulnerabilities and...
Original Banksy work offered as an NFT edition
A unique mural by the UK artist Banksy is to be made available as an NFT edition. The work, which is commonly known as 'Gorilla in a Pink Mask', was executed twenty years ago in Bristol, the city where Banksy grew up and cut his teeth as a graffiti artist in the early...
Solutions sought for Africa’s most pressing problems
In sub-Saharan Africa alone, about 17-million tons of plastic waste are produced annually, and 2,9-megatons of e-waste are generated on the continent. To address these and other issues, KTN Global Alliance Africa has announced the launch of five challenges as part of...
Intel sets up Moore’s Law for the next decade
Intel has announced key packaging, transistor and quantum physics breakthroughs fundamental to advancing Moore's Law and driving computing well into the next decade. At the IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) 2021, Intel outlined its path toward more...
The state of SA’s national roads this festive season
The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) has issued advice of the state of the national road network, during the upcoming festive season. While the national road network makes up just over 22 000km of South Africa's total road network of 750 000km, it...
SD-WAN market hits record level
The worldwide SD-WAN market grew 45% in the third quarter of 2021 compared to the prior year, according to a new report by Dell'Oro Group. Cisco maintained the top position for the revenue share for the quarter and was followed by Fortinet and VMware in the second and...
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Running Computers uses WD Sentinel DX4000
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Infor, CAT collaborate on equipment solution
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Mobile payments will grow in 2014
Plastic card payments will go toe-toe with new-wave wearable technology and smartphones during 2014, said Derick Roberts, CEO of mobile communications specialist, TruTeq Devices, a company boasting clients such as Telkom and Eskom. “This means credit card companies...
Social media and recruitment
The tendency to recruit via social media is perhaps not as prevalent in South Africa as in other countries. However, according to MCI Consultants, one of the largest distributors of staffing software in southern Africa, 58% of organisations use social media to recruit...
The blurred lines of copyright
"As far as I know, publishing someone’s content as your own is plagiarism. Or does the Twittersphere have a different set of rules?" So asked a frustrated Business Day TV executive. This was, of course, in the context of the “stolen Tweets” story, one of several...
Overcoming the challenges of mobility
Developing and implementing secure and reliable networks is a key priority for IT executives, especially for small to medium-size enterprises (SMEs) wanting to implement new mobile strategies that will drive value for the entire business in future. SMEs are fast...
Socialytics enhances social media job role
With companies embracing digital to improve and differentiate their business, the power of social media in brand building and reputation management is increasingly being accepted, giving credence to emergence of a new job role: the social media managers. And now,...
AMD announces new AM1 platform
AMD has announced the introduction of its AM1 platform featuring the AMD quad-core and dual-core “Kabini” APU into the component channel for system builders. Combined with motherboards from leading manufacturers, the new AM1 platform will deliver award-winning...
Big data, big benefits
Most companies have heard about big data, and are vaguely aware of the benefits. Unfortunately, it remains a "nice idea" but one whose benefits are not well understood. Gerald Naidoo, CEO of Logikal Consulting, takes a look at some of the very real benefits big data...
Integrity key when selecting employees
The public broadcaster has become an open joke. Earlier this month, SABC employees were again found to have fraudulent matric documents, with more than 2 200 staffers without a shred of proof that they had passed high school. In fact, a senior finance administrator...
IFS Tester – Western Cape Cape Town Region
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