Ransomware victims are engaging with law enforcement
Most (97%) of organisation hit by ransomware over the past year engaged with law enforcement and/or official government bodies for help with the attack. In addition, more than half (59%) of those organisations that did engage with law enforcement found the process...
Cybercriminals now opt for quality over quantity
Cybersecurity specialist Trend Micro says it blocked more than 159-million email threats, around 8-million malicious URLs, and over 22-million malicious mobile apps targeting South African businesses and consumers between January and December 2023. This, as threat...
SA’s female tech founders are powerful job creators
Across Endeavor's portfolio of 30 tech-enabled entrepreneurs, six are female founders in business ranging from education, home and business services, mining compliance and contact centres. In the last three years these founders have created over 5000 jobs, close to...
Climate seen as a bigger threat to tourism than Covid
The head of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) has warned that the "climate emergency is a bigger threat than Covid". Zurab Pololikashvili, secretary-general of UNWTO, says the pandemic has hit tourism harder than any other sector. Tourism needs...
Cloud, open source come to the fore
Kathy Gibson reports from Red Hat Summit - A move to cloud computing and open source solutions is underway as CIOs rethink their IT systems in the wake of the pandemic. Jonathan Tullett, senior research manager: cloud/IT services at IDC South Africa & Sub-Saharan...
Climate change will severely impact maize crops within 10 years
Climate change may affect the production of maize (corn) and wheat as early as 2030 under a high greenhouse gas emissions scenario, according to a new NASA study published in the journal, Nature Food. Maize crop yields are projected to decline 24%, while wheat could...
Despite increased workloads, SA IT workers prefer remote work
According to a recent Kaspersky survey of 4 303 IT workers, 57% of employees have reported an increased workload since switching to remote working, with 24% describing the increase as significant, while 23% did not notice a change in volume, and far fewer noted a...
Beware fake e-commerce sites on Black Friday
Black Friday and Cyber Monday kick off the holiday shopping season. In fact, 30% of all retail sales occur between Black Friday and Christmas Day. And, since the advent of Cyber Monday, brick and mortar and ecommerce stores alike stand to generate a significant...
Record spending on global cloud services
Cloud infrastructure services continued to be in high demand in Q3 2021. Worldwide spending increased 35% to $49,4-billion, driven by a range of factors, including on-going remote working and learning, and the growing use of industry-specific cloud applications. The...
Supply chain investments must balance nascent, evolving and mature tech
With limited budgets at their disposal, and CEOs demanding to focus on cost optimisation while also improving resilience, chief supply chain officer (CSCO) investments must be split in-between capabilities of different maturity, according to Gartner....
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DataTegra wins Kaspersky partner award
Specialist IT security solutions and service provider DataTegra has received the inaugural African Enterprise Partner of the Year award from Kaspersky Lab. The Enterprise Partner of the Year award, based on the total value of sales and new business brought in, is the...
mapIT offers SAPO-compliant postal data
mapIT, the leading international digital mapping provider, has built a geospatial layer which is SAPO (South African Post Office) compliant. This data layer includes over 900 postal code areas and in addition to this also incorporates over 2 400 post office sites with...
Use Valentine’s Day to grow team spirit
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J2, Skyview Partners ink distribution deal
Local ICT company, J2 Software, has scooped the exclusive distribution rights to SkyView Partners security and compliance offerings for Africa. Skyview Partners specialises in security and compliance solutions specifically aimed at IBMi (previously iSeries), AIX and...
E-learning is ideal for South Africa
Creating e-learning content is about to be made a whole lot easier in the southern African region. The days of using expensive consultants are numbered with the introduction of new international players in the South African e-learning market. As data speeds improve in...
Good managers have been there, done that
A story is always best told by someone who experienced it firsthand. Second-hand stories simply do not have the same credibility. The same is true of management: it is far easier to follow instructions and take guidance from a person who once did what you are now...
Nedbank acquires iNetco system
Driven by growth – it has signed up 2-million new individual and small business clients over the last two years – Nedbank has acquired the iNetco system to improve its operational efficiency in the face of growing transaction performance complexities. With Nedbank’s...
Datatec publishes interim statements
Datatec has released an interim management statement covering the period from 1 September 2013 to 31 December 2013, and a trading statement for the financial year ending 28 February 2014. Group revenues for the financial year are still expected to be in the range...
New identity for Altron
Allied Electronics Corporation Limited (Altron) has launched a new corporate identity following its recent reorganisation into two divisions, namely Altron TMT (Telecommunications, Multi-media and Information Technology) which houses the Altech and Bytes businesses;...
Datatec announces new group OD
Datatec has announced that Rob Evans, the group’s chief financial officer (CFO), will become group operations director (OD) with effect from 1 June 2014. He will be succeeded by Jurgens Myburgh, who will be joining the group as CFO designate on 1 May 2014. The...
Functional Analyst at Accenture – Gauteng Midrand
Functional AnalystLocation: Johannesburg/Cape Town South AfricaAre you ready to be part of a transformational journey that will reshape the digital landscape of Africa? Accenture has partnered with a leading Pan-African telecommunications company and has launched a...
Senior Software Developer at Accenture – Gauteng Midrand
Senior Developer Are you ready to be part of a transformational journey that will reshape the digital landscape of Africa? A leading Pan-African telecommunications company is launching a groundbreaking Software Engineering Centre of Excellence (COE); dedicated to...
Business Analyst – Gauteng Johannesburg
Opportunity for a Business Analyst on a fixed term contract in the Financial Services industry. The purpose of the role will be to enable change by defining needs and understanding current and future principles of Business Analysis according to the requirements...
Senior Developer PHP/Java – Western Cape Cape Town Region
Opportunity for a Senior Developer PHP/Java in the digital media services industry. The role will consist of design and development across multiple systems and business areas. Build good solutions to software challenges and teamwork. Working on business systems, from...
SQL & Oracle Database Administrator/DBA (EE) On-site (TB) – Gauteng Centurion
Support end user on SQL Database used in the company environment. Support data analysis and troubleshooting for issues raised from the applications. Operating Oracle and SQL database platform and will actively troubleshoot any issues impacting the environments as well...
JavaScript/Web Software Engineer (Senior) 2344 TT – Gauteng Pretoria
Specific Responsibilities:Develop Web based applications.Create pages and components to manage static data.Create pages to view different aggregations of data.Implement complex calculations according to specification.Implement workflows from diagrams.Use E-Charts to...
Data Engineer (Remote) – Western Cape Century City
ENVIRONMENT:A leading FinTech company seeks to fill the role of a Data Engineer with a knack for data analysis to join its team. It is a remote role that includes data manipulation, modelling and being responsible for the understanding of inter-dependencies between...
Solutions Architect – Mining Industry (Networks, Servers & Storage) at Accenture
Accenture is looking for a qualified and experienced South Africa based Solutions Architect for Networks, Servers and Storage, to join the team and work with a range of Mining clients to deliver solution and service excellence. The successful candidate is required to...
Magento2 Full Stack Developer – Cape Town at Accenture
Accenture SONG is one of the most innovative and fastest growing [Email Address Removed]ining the feel of a start-up and the advantages of being a global player, Accenture SONG truly has a diverse and multi-talented team. We are now strengthening our highly skilled...
Fullstack Developer
Fullstack developer opportunity in Cape Town on a Fixed term contract. Requirements: IT Diploma of Degree5 years experience as a developer5 experience front and back endC#AngularPostgressSparkPythonCreate applications and softwareDebug and maintain programs, and...
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