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...

Joburg is still Africa’s top data centre location

Johannesburg officially confirmed its position as Africa’s digital infrastructure powerhouse. The new Cushman & Wakefield 2025 Global Data Centre Market Comparison ranks Johannesburg as the continent’s leading data centre market and places it in the top 10...

IBM unveils scalable, fault-tolerant quantum roadmap

IBM is on track to deliver scalable quantum computing by the end of this decade. Scientists from the IBM Quantum Data Center in Poughkeepsie, New York, believe they have cracked the science for quantum error correction and will be able to build the world’s first...

Global cyberattacks at an all-time high

New data from Check Point Research (CPR) shows that the global volume of cyberattacks reached an all-time high in Q4 with an average of 1 168 weekly attacks per organisation. The top three most attacked industries in 2022 were Education/Research, Government, and...

ADC enables remote peering via INX-ZA

Africa Data Centres is now offering remote peering through its partnership with INX-ZA. In essence, remote peering is peering at an Internet Exchange without the requirement of being physically present. Customers can use any network service provider's infrastructure...

Realtime cargo tracking solutions needed

The number of active tracking devices deployed for cargo loading units including trailers, intermodal containers, rail freight wagons, air cargo containers, cargo boxes and pallets reached 7,5-million worldwide in 2019. Growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR)...

In-car technologies that can mitigate Covid spread

As Covid-19 begins to influence the technologies that are embedded into vehicles, car manufacturers should focus on four specific areas to help lessen the risk of infection to car occupants, according to Gartner. These areas include disinfection, possible detection of...

Cloud infrastructure continues to grow in 2020

Vendor revenue from sales of IT infrastructure products (server, enterprise storage, and Ethernet switch) for cloud environments, including public and private cloud, increased 2,2% in the first quarter of 2020 (1Q20) while investments in traditional, non-cloud,...

Supply chain leaders look to China alternatives

A Gartner survey of 260 global supply chain leaders in February and March 2020 found that 33% had moved sourcing and manufacturing activities out of China or plan to do so in the next two to three years. Survey results show that the Covid-19 pandemic is only one of...

New buying behaviours as Covid impacts enterprise networking

The novel coronavirus (Covid-19) has had a mixed impact on the enterprise networking market. While most companies report downward pressure on their IT budgets, supporting a suddenly remote workforce and enabling contactless operations has created new demand for...

HR leaders are resetting 2020 priorities

More than half (52%) of HR leaders survey by Gartner in June reported their organisation's business operations are continuing at a reduced level due to the Covid-19 pandemic. As part of the same survey, 40% of 146 respondents reported optimising costs as the business...

Strong revenue growth forecast for container management

Worldwide container management revenue will grow strongly from a small base of $465,8-million in 2020, to reach $944-million in 2024, according to a new forecast from Gartner. Among the various subsegments, public cloud container orchestration and serverless container...

MDR the next generation of managed security services

Protecting an organisation's assets from cyberattacks remains an enormous challenge as the attackers' tactics and capabilities become more targeted and sophisticated. As organisations struggle to elevate their cybersecurity maturity level, managed detection and...

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Fujitsu achieves record benchmark

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Quintica expands into Cape Town

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Global IP, Intelsat sign agreement

Intelsat SA, the world's leading provider of satellite services, has announced that Spain-based Global IP, a provider of satellite communications for maritime, energy and corporate customers, has signed multi-year agreements allowing it to provide broadband service to...

Datacentrix offers cloud mailbox

In order to help local companies cut data centre demand and shift IT infrastructure capital expenditure to a short-term, pay-per-user model, IT solution provider Datacentrix has introduced its cloud mailbox offering. “There is no doubt that the workplace, as we know...

Positive outlook for JSE in 2013

After reaching record highs throughout 2012, the JSE is expected to deliver more of the same in the current year – with the big issues continuing to revolve around the bubble aspects that emerged last year. According to Mark Wilkes Mark Wilkes: senior sales trader  at...

Nedbank’s digital banking takes off

The face of digital banking is changing, thanks to an increase in user confidence brought about by world class security. Nedbank successfully launched its digital banking offering to the market last year. The Nedbank App Suite, MyFinancialLife and Approve-IT include a...

Vox Telecom offers Faxster service

Amid a host of competitors in the market, one fax brand stands out with its powerful and unique on-demand services: Faxster from Vox Telecom. Faxster, the full corporate version, has a complete range of features that strongly differentiate it in the market at no extra...

Samsung introduces GALAXY S III mini

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Junior IT Support Engineer – Eastern Cape Gqebera

Our client in the manufacturing industry based in Port Elizabeth is currently looking to employ a Junior IT Support Engineer. Awesome career opportunity awaits!Main purpose of the position:The Junior IT Support Engineer is a technical position that requires basic...

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Junior Digital Analyst – Eastern Cape Gqebera

Are you a data-driven individual with a desire to make a difference in the world? Do you want to be part of a team that collaborates with organizations like UNESCO, WHO, and UNICEF on digital campaigns that address critical issues? If you're ready to use your...

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