Patience and persistence key to job search success

New analysis shows that, on average, it takes around 15 months from the start of an active job search to beginning a new job role. In 2023, the average reached 17 months, while in 2025 it shortened to 14 months, according to the Pnet Job Market Trends Report for...

AI is changing enterprises, and already driving value

By Kathy Gibson - Artificial intelligence (AI) is starting to pay off for early enterprise adopters. More than half of companies that have implemented AI are now seeing a return on investment, with the most value reported by future-built organisations. This is the...

Tech giants raise the AI safety bar

The risks associated with artificial intelligence (AI) are back in the spotlight with the news that rogue agents have been responsible for multiple attacks on government sites in Australia and the US. Even the FBI has not been immune to attacks from autonomous agents....

AI makes critical thinking a workforce priority

A new global study from the IBM for Business Value points to a disconnect between the skills chief human resource officers (CHROs) say AI requires and those employees prioritise. While 71% of CHROs identify the ability to supervise, validate and override AI outputs as...

Intel unlocks ultra-fast PC-to-PC experiences with Thunderbolt Share

Intel has announced Thunderbolt Share, a new software solution enabling PC-to-PC experiences that fundamentally change the way users interact with two PCs. Thunderbolt Share is offered with select PCs and accessories with Thunderbolt 4 or Thunderbolt 5 ports, enabling...

Mozilla Firefox adds support for AI-powered Nvidia RTX Video

Mozilla Firefox is the latest partner to incorporate Nvidia RTX Video, a technology that uses AI to improve video quality on Windows PCs and workstations. The browser's latest release taps local Nvidia RTX GPUs to make streaming and video better than ever. First...

All the winners from the BCX Digital Innovation Awards 2021 …

The winners of the 2021 BCX Digital Innovation Awards have been announced, with the best entries from 61 participants walking off with the top honours. With 45 SME entries and 16 large enterprise entries, the BCX Innovation Centre of Excellence was tasked with...

Small business creation in SA grew 13% over the last two years

South Africa has the 12th fastest-growing rate of entrepreneurship globally, with the pace of small business creation growing by 13% from 2019 to 2020. This is one of the findings from Mastercard's Recovery Insights: Small Business Reset, which examined 19 markets...

E-commerce comes of age in the pandemic

South Africa's retail sector has entered the age of e-commerce, with total online retail sales expected to reach R42-billion by the end of 2021. From the rise of contactless payments to the boom in social commerce, the pandemic has significantly altered consumer...

All cyberthreats now part of a connected ransomware delivery system

The gravitational force of ransomware's black hole is pulling in other cyberthreats to form one massive, interconnected ransomware delivery system - with significant implications for IT security. This is one of the findings from the Sophos 2022 Threat Report, written...

Why are South Africans shopping the sales?

Boredom and great deals are driving South Africans to the sales this year. According to Finder.com's Black Friday Statistics report, which polled 1 203 South African adults, 47% of then - or an estimated 18,5-million people - will shop the sales for a variety of...

These are the most misspelled brands on the Internet

Whether it's on our food, clothes, or car, we encounter brands every day. One of the key aspects that distinguishes a brand is their name - but some brand names are more recognisable and easier to spell than others. Interested in brand recognition, the business...

Young SA scientist bags a medal in Tunisia

Mia Delport, a grade 8 learner at Oranje Girls High School in the Free State has won a gold medal for her "good hygiene" project at the International Festival of Engineering Science and Technology (I-FEST2) in Tunisia. Delport participated in the fair virtually, where...

No end in sight to the NFT craze

Despite some ups and downs, the market for non-fungible tokens has exploded this year, drawing more and more attention from investors on a global scale. According to data presented by BlockArabia.com, NFT's 30-day sales volume hit an all-time high of $3,75-billion in...

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Municipal bill payments made easy

Revolutionising business requires three primary ingredients: innovation; collaboration; and vision. The recent merger of Bytes Technology Group (BTG) and Altech, and the subsequent establishment of the Technology Multimedia Telecoms (TMT) Division of Altron, has...

Intuate becomes OpenSpan reseller

South African owned integrated solutions specialist, Intuate Group, has signed an agreement to become a reseller for OpenSpan, Inc., a global provider of worker optimisation, activity management and automation solutions, headquartered in North Atlanta, Georgia, USA....

Océ launches PRISMAproduction update

Océ South Africa, a leader in digital document management and delivery, has announced a new version of Océ PRISMAproduction, its fully automated high performance workflow and output management system for commercial, book, direct mail and transactional printing. Océ...

Coping with summer’s power supply issues

According to Eben Owen, Enterprise and Solutions manager for South Africa at Schneider Electric, the threat of power surges, spikes and lightning during the South African summer, makes it critical to have reliable power protection in the home or business. “Although...

Trend Micro security predictions for 2014

Global security software vendor Trend Micro has released its security predictions for 2014 which profiles 8 predictions in high level security areas, as well as highlighting emerging security challenges from the Internet of Everything (IoE) and Deep Web and the...

Software AG launches innovation contest

Software AG's University Relations department has announced its first Innovation World 2014 Idea Contest for universities worldwide. The company has invited faculty members and students from universities everywhere to develop a concept describing the idea and a...

Oracle wins award for Ponelopele School

Oracle won first place in the Education/Training/Skills development category in the annual American Chamber of Commerce Stars of Africa 2013 Awards for the Ponelopele Oracle Secondary School. The award was presented at the annual Awards dinner in Sandton on 28...

A fifth of BYOD projects to fail by 2016

Gartner has this week predicted that by 2016, a fifth of enterprise bring your own device (BYOD) projects will have failed as businesses are enforcing mobile device management (MDM) policies that are too restrictive.  The analyst firm claims that many employees are...

Alcatel-Lucent, Injaz partner on education

Alcatel-Lucent accompanies Injaz Egypt and Injaz Al Maghrib in Morocco to support together educational development programmes in Egypt and in Morocco. Injaz organisations aim is to prepare middle schools, high schools and university students to enter the workforce as...

Will PMs survive the agile enterprise?

CEOs are starting to realise that the markets in which their companies operate are changing at an accelerating pace. What worked 10 years ago just doesn’t work anymore, says Jaco Viljoen, IndigoCube. Customers are becoming increasingly demanding and their demands are...

Java Developer (Senior) 0772 TT

Part of a Dev team responsible for the development and maintenance of the client's Central Ordering applicationsParticipate in all relevant Agile ceremoniesMeet with end users to understand Business requirementsContribute to the refinement and sizing of user...

SAP BW Senior Consultant

Calling all data wizards! We're in need of an SAP BW Senior Consultant with the power to turn our data into gold. If you can juggle datasets like a circus performer and make SAP BW your playground, apply now and let's make our data dazzle! Requirements: Has end-to-end...

Java Developer (Senior) 0772 TT – Gauteng Pretoria

Part of a Dev team responsible for the development and maintenance of the client's Central Ordering applicationsParticipate in all relevant Agile ceremoniesMeet with end users to understand Business requirementsContribute to the refinement and sizing of user...

SAP BW Senior Consultant – Gauteng Johannesburg Region

Calling all data wizards! We're in need of an SAP BW Senior Consultant with the power to turn our data into gold. If you can juggle datasets like a circus performer and make SAP BW your playground, apply now and let's make our data dazzle! Requirements: Has end-to-end...

Solutions Architect

A market-leading South African ISP is looking for a Solution Architect to join their team.Purpose: The DevOps engineer is responsible for actioning, leading and coordinating the activities of different teams to create and maintain our platform, shorten the software...

Database Administrator – Oracle

As a database administrator (DBA), your role involves managing and maintaining databases within an organization. Here are some key responsibilities and tasks typically associated with the role: Database Installation and Configuration: Installing and configuring...

Data Manager (CHAMPS) Wits VIDA

Main purpose of the job:Wits VIDA Research Unit joined the multi-national Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance Project (CHAMPS), led by Emory University, in 2017The Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) program, supported by the...

Solutions Architect – Gauteng Johannesburg North

A market-leading South African ISP is looking for a Solution Architect to join their team.Purpose: The DevOps engineer is responsible for actioning, leading and coordinating the activities of different teams to create and maintain our platform, shorten the software...

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