Retirement equality gap tarnishes golden years for SA women
According to Stellenbosch University's "Women's Report 2022: Women and Fiscal Policy", the gender retirement equality gap in South Africa means that women can expect around 26% less retirement income than men when they retire. This reality is referenced by Lindiwe...
IT skills shortage will cost trillions and impact software quality
A growing IT skills shortage is impacting organisations in all industries and across all regions. In an International Data Corporation (IDC) survey of North American IT leaders, nearly two thirds said that a lack of skills has resulted in missed revenue growth...
The importance of ESG to corporate value creation and stakeholders
New research from IDC shows that environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues have become a CEO-level topic for organisations worldwide. In a recent global survey, nearly three quarters of respondents considered ESG factors to be very important for the...
Managers fall short on DEI initiatives
Despite managers' unique position on the frontline, managers in most organisations serve as mere supporters of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives rather than owners of DEI outcomes, according to Gartner. Manager decisions - defining hiring requirements,...
This is what trust will look like in the new normal
International Data Corporation's (IDC) top 10 predictions for the Future of Trust point to a new normal as the world continues to navigate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Organisations - private sector, government, and educational institutions - have reached a...
Risk management requires a rethink
Organisations throughout South Africa are facing escalating threats due to a lack of risk awareness amongst employees, according to a new pan-EMEA study from Iron Mountain. According to the study, nearly half of employees (47%) claim to have made a "critical" error at...
BT looks to Covid research to combat cyber-attacks
BT has developed an epidemiology-based cybersecurity prototype, "Inflame", which uses deep reinforcement learning to enable enterprises to automatically detect and respond to cyber-attacks before they compromise a network. Using the spread of viruses in human...
Vodacom adds customers, reports higher revenue
Vodacom Group has reported revenue of R49,9-billion for the six months ended 30 September 2021, up 4,2%, as strong normalised growth of 7,9% was partially offset by rand appreciation. The group added 6,2-million customers to bring its total to 129,9-million across the...
Strategic priorities drive digital transformation
Global spending on the digital transformation (DX) of business practices, products, and organizations is forecast to reach $2,8-trillion in 2025, more than double the amount allocated in 2020. According to a new update to the International Data Corporation (IDC)...
Supply chain issues stymie printer growth
After a strong start to the hardcopy market in the first half of 2021 the initial signs of supply chain issues finally came to light in 3Q21 as the market contracted by 21,5% compared with a year ago as most brands simply didn't have enough inventory to fulfill...
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Becoming a less attractive malware target
The high profile hacks that have flooded the news over the last year have shown that traditional security measures are no longer a match for the complex threats of today. Any business that relies only on antivirus (AV) to secure its systems and endpoints is a sitting...
High-speed networks improve data centres
As data volumes and network traffic continue to increase exponentially, organisations increasingly have to consider upgrading their data centre network infrastructure in order to significantly improve speed and performance. The latest evolution in Ethernet and...
Datacentrix achieves platinum HP partnership
Integrated ICT solutions and services provider, Datacentrix has been named as an HP platinum partner, one of only five in South Africa, highlighting the company’s ability to deliver smart and flexible HP strategies that will help customers well into the future. Says...
Elections modernised in 2013
Scytl, the worldwide leader in secure online voting and election modernisation announces a revenue growth of over 70% resulting from the company’s innovative end-to-end election modernisation technology deployment in election processes across the globe. The...
Mpact deploys PPO to streamline processes
Mpact, one of the leading paper and plastic packaging businesses in southern Africa, has implemented Project Portfolio Office, an online project portfolio management (PPM) and collaboration application, in a bid to address issues of visibility, standardisation and the...
SMBs must link SLAs and IT support
Small businesses that wish to remain competitive can no longer afford to be complacent about technology support. Linking service level agreements (SLAs) to IT support is becoming vital, says Dawie Bloomberg, MD of Green Apple IT, a provider of general IT support to...
SA companies must reign in mobiles in 2014
Mobile security and device management will become one of the top challenges for South African companies as attacks on smartphones and tablets are likely to increase again in 2014. So says Richard Broeke, a consultant at leading IT security company, Securicom. “Reports...
FNB device deals for a connected life
As the shift towards a connected lifestyle is set to enjoy even more focus in 2014, FNB has included TVs, Blu-ray DVD players and the Playstation 4 to its smart device range. Gaming consoles were first added to the product mix in November 2013 when FNB made the Xbox...
Understanding biometric identification
Biometrics refers to the identification of humans using their physical characteristics such as fingerprints, face recognition, DNA, palm print, hand geometry, iris recognition, retina and so on. It allows specialists to identify an individual in a far more secure...
Hidden costs, complexities of ERP training
End-user training and education is key to the success of any large enterprise IT project, especially the deployment of a new enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution. Yet all too many companies still treat it as one-line item in their implementation budgets, says...
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Junior Support Engineer – Gauteng Rosebank
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Intermediate Software Developer (Office Based) – Eastern Cape Gqebera
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