Security, infrastructure drive C-suite misalignment on GenAI

There is a serious misalignment among C-suite leaders when it comes to business goals and operational readiness for generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) deployment. This is the headline finding from a new NTT Data report, “The AI Security Balancing Act: From...

Call to strengthen child online protection in Africa

The GSMA, in partnership with the mobile industry, is calling for strengthened collective action to protect children online across Africa. Building on insights from a high-level roundtable convened at the Ministerial Programme during MWC25 Barcelona, the GSMA has...

South Africans under increasing attack by fraudsters

A massive 68% of South Africans have been targeted by email, online, phone call or text messaging fraud in the last three months, with 13% saying they had become victims. Among those who said they were targeted, the most common reported schemes were phishing, where...

Solar Orbiter gets world-first views of the Sun’s poles

Thanks to its newly tilted orbit around the Sun, the European Space Agency-led Solar Orbiter spacecraft is the first to image the Sun’s poles from outside the ecliptic plane. Solar Orbiter’s unique viewing angle will change our understanding of the Sun’s magnetic...

Remote patient monitoring to reach 115m by 2027

A new study from Juniper Research found that the total number of patients using RPM (Remote Patient Monitoring) solutions will reach 115,5-million globally by 2027, equating to 1,4% of the total population. This is an increase from only 75-million in 2023. This growth...

How technology will power retailer resiliency and agility in 2023

In 2023, retailers are facing challenges on multiple fronts. Consumers are increasingly fragmented by generation, spending power, life stage, and attitude, and the impact of inflation and other economic pressures have increased the importance of value. By Luq Niazi,...

Public cloud cybersecurity incidents hit SA firms

According to The State of Cloud Security 2020, a global survey from Sophos, six in 10 (60%) organisations from South Africa experienced a public cloud security incident in the last year – including ransomware (25%), other malware (28%), exposed data (28%), compromised...

Ransomware continues to evolve, targets more victims

Check Point Research’s Global Threat Index for June 2020 shows that the Phorpiex botnet has been delivering the Avaddon ransomware, a new ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) variant that emerged in early June, via malspam campaigns. This has led to it jumping 13 places to...

SA start-up competes in online meeting space

In the past three months, South African startup room.sh has emerged into the video conferencing tech space, growing to more than 100 000 video-calls a month. In 2018 the founding team received investment from local VC’s Knife Capital as SkillUp Tutors with the...

Beware URLs that redirect users to blacklisted pages

Kaspersky researchers have uncovered more than a thousand inactive domains that, when visited, redirect the visitors to unwanted URLs as a way to turn a profit. Many of these second-stage pages were detected as malicious. When companies stop paying for their domain,...

What will SA’s energy utilities of the future look like?

Over the lockdown period, utilities have stepped up – keeping hospitals running and laptops charged, writes Cameron Tandy, MD Accenture Resources in Africa. Energy has not been top of mind for consumers during the current pandemic, but in this new operating...

Cash makes a comeback during lockdown

A detailed look into South Africans transaction habits from cash and card spend over the lockdown period has revealed that the value of ATM withdrawals is on the rise while credit cards are being stored away. "As a service to the South African economy and decision...

WHO calls for Africa to have equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines

The World Health Organisation (WHO) in Africa joined immunisation experts in urging the international community and countries in Africa to take concrete actions to ensure equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines, as researchers around the world race to find effective...

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Windows Phone 8 aims for business market

Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8, which launched with much fanfare to the consumer market late last year, is busy making a strong play for the heart and mind of the business market with a host of enterprise-level features that the company says will slot in seamlessly with...

VMware introduces new offerings

VMware, the global leader in virtualisation and cloud infrastructure, has introduced two new offerings to help customers further leverage their investments in VMware vSphere - VMware vSphere with Operations Management and VMware vSphere Data Protection Advanced....

QlikView positioned in Leaders Quadrant

QlikTech, a leader in business discovery – user-driven business intelligence (BI) - has announced it has been positioned by Gartner, in the Leaders Quadrant of the 2013 Business Intelligence and Analytics Platform Magic Quadrant report.  This designation marks the...

XDSL provides Poynting Antennas with fibre

Poynting Antennas, a supplier of advanced antennas with branches in Gauteng and Cape Town, has resolved its connectivity issues with the implementation of a 4Mbps fibre optic solution from XDSL at its Samrand offices in Johannesburg.  The solution has delivered...

TruTeq Devices seeks solutions providers

TruTeq Devices, which focuses on providing wireless connectivity solutions to all market sectors, has announced that it is looking for solutions providers to service a number of market sectors it serves, including mining, home and industrial automation systems,...

Soarsoft Africa announces Metalogix app

Soarsoft Africa, a specialist in archiving, migration, collaboration and messaging services, has announced Metalogix’s Drive 2 Office 365 app, allowing users to import documents and files from Google Drive to Office 365. By using the Metalogix Drive 2 Office 365 app,...

Telkom connects Mpumalanga schools

The Telkom Foundation and six schools in Mpumalanga are celebrating the handing over of 303 tablets to teachers as part of its Connecting Schools Project. The recipient schools are the Edward Matyeka Primary School; Nelson Ngubeni Primary School; Nancy Shiba Primary...

How to identify the process

Part three of a four part series by SoftExpert, Roger Tregear, a manager at Leonardo International and Ian Huntly, CEO of Rifle-Shot Performance Holdings, representatives in Sub-Saharan Africa of SoftExpert, a market leader in software and services for enterprise-wide...

Sage introduces VIP People

Sage VIP’s latest generation product offering, called VIP People is now officially available to all South African companies, particularly for the enterprise market and offers a turnkey integrated payroll, HR and employee self-service solution.  "It is powerful,...

MDM key for companies leveraging mobile

Enterprise mobility is evolving – and fast. For a few years, talk has been around mobile devices in the context of bring your own device (BYOD) and security. Now the focus is shifting to how to make mobile really work for business.  “Beyond e-mail on handsets and...

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ENVIRONMENT:SUPPORT product development and quality software delivery by implementing and maintaining automation using modern continuous integration and automated testing approaches as the next Quality Automation Engineer sought by a global provider of Digital...

Senior Full-Stack C# ASP.Net Developer

Environment:A fast-growing international startup consultancy building bespoke software to create digital transformation solutions for a wide variety of corporate clients requires a Senior C# ASP.Net Developer.The candidate will be required to develop software and...

MS Power Platform/Projects for the Web developers

About the client:Our client forms part of local government, and they provide top-notch solutions for fleet management, in-vehicle surveillance, license plate recognition and public transport monitoring.What are we looking for:They are looking for a MS Power...

Senior Software Developer

Our client in the logistics industry, based in Port Elizabeth is currently looking to employ a Senior Software Developer. Purpose of the position:To support the software development process within the organisation by providing technical insights and direction...

IT Support Technician – Gauteng Johannesburg North

Leading and well known medical supplier based in Modderfontein / Greenstone area requires an experienced IT Support Technician for hardware and software support for 300 Users. A+ / N+ or equivalent but experience is more critical, especially up to SERVER LEVEL.Matric...

Senior Full-Stack C# ASP.Net Developer – Western Cape Cape Town

Environment:A fast-growing international startup consultancy building bespoke software to create digital transformation solutions for a wide variety of corporate clients requires a Senior C# ASP.Net Developer.The candidate will be required to develop software and...

Senior Software Developer – Eastern Cape Gqebera

Our client in the logistics industry, based in Port Elizabeth is currently looking to employ a Senior Software Developer. Purpose of the position:To support the software development process within the organisation by providing technical insights and direction...

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