Most South Africans struggle with workplace stress
A massive 85% of South Africans grapple with stress at their jobs - but that only 39% of employees find their wellbeing programmes "fairly effective". This is according to a new survey by insuretech YuLife and IPSOS, which shares that another 32% of respondents found...
Intel showcases scientific supercomputers
Intel has showcased AI-accelerated high performance computing (HPC) with leadership performance for HPC and AI workloads across Intel Data Centre GPU Max Series, Intel Gaudi2 AI accelerators and Intel Xeon processors. In partnership with Argonne National Laboratory,...
AI trumps people in crossword tournament
Following a long string of victories for computers in other games -- chess in 1997, go in 2016 and Texas hold'em poker in 2019 -- a GPU-powered AI has now beaten some of the world's most competitive word nerds at crossword puzzles. Dr.Fill, the crossword...
Uber Eats reveals SA’s favourite burgers
When it comes to takeaways, burgers continue to be a firm favourite for South Africans. Uber Eats has compiled the list of the nation's favourite flavour combinations, additions, subtractions and down-right quirky requests when it comes to the world-famous sandwich...
Earth’s water cycle is ramping up as climate warms
The rate at which plants and the land surface release moisture into the air has increased on a global scale between 2003 and 2019. These processes are collectively known as evapotranspiration, and a new NASA study has calculated its increase by using observations from...
Gartner predicts most finance, accounting outsourcing contracts won’t be renewed
Finance and accounting (F&A) organisations will not renew 60% of their existing business process outsourcing (BPO) contracts by 2025 because of outdated pricing models that do not drive digitization and process improvement, according to Gartner. "The era of...
Global M&A activity increased by 48% in Q1
A total 8,823 merger and acquisition (M&A) deals were announced in Q1 2021, with a combined transaction value of $878-billion, according to GlobalData. This is a jump of 48% in deal value compared to Q1 2020. M&A activity recovered in the second half of 2020...
Young entrepreneurs take up the challenge
The Allan Gray Entrepreneurship Challenge has come to an end after five weeks of gameplay which saw 7 535 Grade 8 - 12 learners across all nine provinces challenging their entrepreneurial skills. To set the scene, players were given a choice to pick an industry by...
Smaller companies fuel growth in wearables
The appetite for wearable devices remained strong in the first quarter of 2021 (1Q21) even as volumes retreated from record fourth quarter levels. According to new data from IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker, companies shipped a total of 104,6-million...
Orchid sexually exploits male beetles – a world first from Africa
Dr Callan Cohen, a research associate of the University of Cape Town's (UCT) FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, has discovered a world pollination first: an orchid that sexually exploits longhorn beetles. The near-extinct Disa forficaria, known from a...
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World’s leading SSD now available in SA
Computer Storage Services (CSSI) recently announced that it has secured exclusive distribution rights for the Toshiba solid state drives (SSDs). Having its own Marvel Chipset, Toshiba Storage Device Division has released a market contender product that rivals the best...
Gemalto brings Facebook Messenger to mobile
Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, has expanded its LinqUs Facebook for SIM software application to include Facebook Messenger, bringing the popular and fast-growing messaging service to the much wider group of all mobile subscribers with any type of...
Oracle ZFS Storage ZS3-4 sets world record
The Oracle ZFS Storage ZS3-4 sets a new world record with aggregate throughput of 17,244.22 SPC-2 MBPS with SPC-2 Price Performance of $22.53. The SPC-2 benchmark consists of three application-oriented sequential I/O performance tests, which include large file...
Appletiser juices up ITSM with Nimsoft
Global beverage company, Appletiser, has deployed CA’s Nimsoft Monitor technology with resulting sparkling business benefits. The successful implementation – which was carried out by CA Southern Africa in just five days – enables Appletiser to monitor its entire IT...
Acer announces T272HUL 27-inch monitor
Acer has unveiled the T272HUL display featuring a 27-inch WQHD LED display with 10-point multi-touch for a touch more viewing real estate and collaborative experience. The built-in Web cam and microphone allows users to set-up vibrant video conferences in full HD....
Reclam claims control of its yard operations
The physical logistics involved in collecting and processing more than 1,5-million tonnes of scrap metals, glass, plastics, paper, cardboard, oil and rubber is enormous. Add to this the need for accurate data capturing and reporting across more than 70 locations in...
Cannon wins Frost & Sullivan award
Cannon Technologies has once again been recognised by Frost & Sullivan after it was presented with the 2013 European Technology Innovation Leadership Award in Racks and Cabinets at an awards ceremony today in San Jose, CA. This prestigious accolade was given for...
Data governance must drive big data strategy
Data governance trumps big data and this can demonstrated with the recent National Security Agency (NSA) extradition debacle, says Gary Allemann, MD of Master Data Management. Briefly, Edward Snowden is an American computer specialist who worked for the Central...
Entersekt stores encryption keys in cloud
Transaction authentication provider, Entersekt, has selected Amazon Web Services (AWS) to store the encryption keys for its Transakt application. Leveraging AWS’ CloudHSM service, Entersekt will now store the encryption keys for Transakt, the mobile application that...
Video-based customer service
Video-based customer service is a key growth area. Think about the new Google+ platform – how it is designed to allow us to use easy, Google+ spontaneous video chat to strike up conversations with others, says Peter Flanagan, Genesys regional director: Southern &...
Junior IT Technician – Eastern Cape Gqebera
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Design and implement robust, scalable, and optimally performing systems using Oracle-related technologies, according to provided specifications, standards and procedures, while ensuring compliance with the architectural standards and guidelines. RESPONSIBILITIES:...
SQL Database Administrator
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UX/UI Designer – Eastern Cape Gqebera
UX/UI Designer Our client is seeking a talented UX/UI Designer to join their team in Port Elizabeth/Gqeberha.Responsibilities:Conduct user research and analyse user feedback to inform design decisions and approaches.Design and iterate wireframes, prototypes, and...
Oracle Developer at Discovery – Gauteng Sandown
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