Digital access the best chance for learner success
Digital access allows teachers and learners alike to collaborate with peers on tasks or projects no matter where they are located. This boosts learners' skills in creativity, critical thinking and innovation - three of the top skills needed by professionals in the...
Weak passwords still doing the rounds
In 2023, "admin" was the most common password among South Africans. This is according to the fifth annual NordPass study, which uncovered the 200 most common passwords worldwide and compared among 35 countries. It also explored what passwords people use for different...
Balance risk management and productivity when using RPA
As robotic process automation (RPA) moves from the testing phase to full adoption in most finance departments, controllers must optimise their governance processes to balance risk management processes without stifling the productivity that the technology provides,...
Firms should shelve NPS as customer service measure
By 2025, more than 75% of organisations will have abandoned Net Promoter Score (NPS) as a measure of success for customer service and support, according to Gartner. Customer service and support leaders should move now to build the case to remove NPS from...
Africa urgently needs 20m vaccine doses
Africa needs at least 20-million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in the next six weeks to get second doses to all who received a first dose within the eight to 12-week interval between doses recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO). A single dose of...
Discovering Africa’s top technology innovators
For the first time, future-shapers from all 55 African Union member states now have the chance to participate in the largest independent startup ecosystem-driven competition in the world with the opening of nominations for the Global Startup Awards (GSA) Africa. The...
Companies must reinvent their employee value proposition
To attract and retain talent, HR leaders must evolve their employee value proposition (EVP) to provide a more human deal that centres on the whole person, according to Gartner. Employers must redesign their EVP to deliver employees a life experience - not just an...
Resellers challenge SITA client devices tender
By Kathy Gibson - Disgruntled ICT resellers excluded from the latest transversal contract won a qualified victory during an informal protest at the State IT Agency (SITA) this morning. A group of resellers converged on the agency's Erasmuskloof offices to ask...
Covid and the long-term impacts on Africa
Kathy Gibson reports - Businesses in Africa face an unprecedented crisis as a result of Covid - as well as social and economic impacts that will be felt long after the world returns to some form of normal. Isaah Mhlanga, chief economist at Alexander Forbes, points out...
2021 smartphone growth to hit highest level since 2015
Following back-to-back quarters of growth, International Data Corporation (IDC) has raised its near-term outlook for the global smartphone market. According to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, shipments of smartphones are forecast to reach...
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Dell expands Latitude range
Dell unveiled the newest additions to its secure, manageable and reliable line of commercial PCs: the Latitude 7000 Series ultrabooks, Latitude 5000 Series and Latitude 3000 Series laptops. With this new suite, Dell balances sophisticated design, quality construction...
Learners excel in BlackBerry MAD challenge
Johan Nel, Eben du Toit and Gustav du Preez were named as the winners in the Gauteng leg of the BlackBerry Mobile Application Development (MAD) Challenge 2013 held at the BlackBerry apps lab at the University of Pretoria. They emerged in first place from 63 learners...
Hungry Lion mobile coupon campaign a hit
Home-grown fast food franchise Hungry Lion is breaking new ground with a series of mobile coupon offers, racking up an impressive one million redemptions in their mobile activity thus far, delivered via wiGroup’s mobile transaction platform, wiPlatform. “Hungry Lion...
Business Partner Programme from Samsung
Samsung Electronics South Africa has launched its Business Partner Programme as part of the Samsung Team of Empowered Partners (STEP) initiative to enable partners to better integrate Samsung technology into their overall product and solutions portfolios. "Samsung is...
SAP Education, CE at UP form partnership
Continuing Education at University of Pretoria (CE at UP) in South Africa has been signed up as the first SAP Education university partner in Africa. SAP Education is an education-focused division of SAP Africa. The University of Pretoria is also a member of SAP’s...
Jens Montanana named Westcon chairman
Westcon, a division of Datatec Group, has announced that Datatec Group CEO, Jens Montanana, will succeed John McCartney as chairman of Westcon with effect from 3 September 2013. McCartney has been intimately involved in the company’s evolution and growth during his...
SMIT Amandla Marine deploys Sage 300 ERP
SMIT Amandla Marine, a specialist marine services company operating in southern Africa, has successfully implemented Sage 300 ERP and Spindle Professional as an Electronic Document Management Solution. In the niche market of specialist marine services, SMIT Amandla...
Five metrics to assess SMS marketing
Like with any marketing campaign, the only way to tell if your SMS campaign is working is to consistently measure and analyse the key areas of the campaign. In order to do this effectively, the key metrics need to be identified, measured and analysed in order to learn...
WD offers Sentinel RX4100 storage server
WD, a Western Digital company and leader in digital storage solutions has expanded its product portfolio addressing small- and medium-sized businesses (SMB) with the addition of the WD Sentinel RX4100, its first 1U rack-mount small business storage server. “Following...
Mobile is the new VoIP frontier
Just as voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) is in the process of becoming firmly entrenched as a standard approach for "landline" telecommunications, a new frontier is rapidly opening up. The consumerisation of technology has consumers of all kinds carrying with them...
Power BI Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg Region
Senior Power BI Developer Johannesburg North Salary - Market Related Outline Department - IT Knowledge/Experience: Qualifications: Key Responsibilities: Advantageous Attributes: Please Note: Should you not receive any feedback within One Month, please consider your...
SAP Authorisations Consultant – Western Cape Cape Town Region
Our client, in the FMCG space is recognized for operating one of the largest online grocery platforms in sub-Saharan Africa. Location: Western Cape Minimum Experience/Requirements Minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience in SAP authorizations.Proven track record of...
Service Management Application Developer
"Innovate your IT service management with precision and flair. Join us as we redefine excellence in application development!" Experience & Skills required: Automation ScriptingREST API developmentGood Knowledge of Linux, Oracle SQL, Perl & Shell...
SharePoint Designer/Administrator
Our client is seeking a talented SharePoint Designer/Administrator (Hybrid) with a strong focus on UI/UX design to join their team. The ideal candidate must be creative and have a strong passion for user interface design and user experience optimization. The candidate...
C# Software Developer
OVERVIEW:Our client is a partner in digital innovation, development, and execution, dedicated to creating and launching products that significantly amplify business value, all rooted in a customer-centric approach. They excel in challenging the norms of established...
Service Management Application Developer – Western Cape Cape Town CBD
"Innovate your IT service management with precision and flair. Join us as we redefine excellence in application development!" Experience & Skills required: Automation ScriptingREST API developmentGood Knowledge of Linux, Oracle SQL, Perl & Shell...
SharePoint Designer/Administrator – Gauteng Johannesburg North
Our client is seeking a talented SharePoint Designer/Administrator (Hybrid) with a strong focus on UI/UX design to join their team. The ideal candidate must be creative and have a strong passion for user interface design and user experience optimization. The candidate...
C# Software Developer – Western Cape Cape Town
OVERVIEW:Our client is a partner in digital innovation, development, and execution, dedicated to creating and launching products that significantly amplify business value, all rooted in a customer-centric approach. They excel in challenging the norms of established...
IT Support Technician
On-Site IT Support Engineer - Taking the cloud phenomenon to another level! We are looking for a confident go getter individual who has an urgent sense of delivery and customer service! Most of the work will be Windows based desktop and notebook, Windows server and...
SharePoint Designer/Administrator
Our client is seeking a talented SharePoint Designer/Administrator (Hybrid) with a strong focus on UI/UX design to join their team. The ideal candidate must be creative and have a strong passion for user interface design and user experience optimization. The candidate...
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