Healthcare organisations under pressure to modernise IT
Hybrid multicloud adoption is surging among healthcare organisations as the majority are significantly increasing investments in IT modernisation, according to the sixth annual global Healthcare Enterprise Cloud Index (ECI) report from Nutanix. The report reveals that...
MTN, Investec, Electrum bring PayShap to MoMo
MTN South Africa, in collaboration with Investec and Electrum, has introduced the PayShap solution on its MoMo platform, offering users an instant, cost-effective payment system. MoMo is the first non-banking player to offer PayShap . "We are thrilled to pioneer the...
CFOs should embrace analytic staff from other sources
Talent is a vital part of any advanced analytics center of excellence (ACOE) and often chief financial officers (CFOs) limit the scope of their ACOE projects by relying too heavily on finance staff, according to Gartner. CFOs should look at other, sometimes cheaper,...
Depression screening tool puts mental health in the spotlight
Wits University psychology researcher, Tasneem Hassem has been awarded R100 000 in seed funding to advance the development and commercialisation of the first validated online depression screening tool suitable to the South African context. Developed over four years as...
SA, Egypt lead Africa in global competitiveness
African countries rank positively in the GBS World Competitiveness Index, with South Africa and Egypt scoring as High Performers in five categories. More than 140 global business services (GBS) buyers and enterprise executives of organisations that outsource and...
Customers unforgiving if brands fail to protect them online
New research has cast a spotlight on the role of brands in protecting their customers from cyberattacks. According to the global Brand Trust survey by cybersecurity company Mimecast, almost three-quarters (74%) of South African consumers would stop buying from a brand...
AI key to making roads safer in future
Countries and investors need to step up the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) to keep future roads safe for everyone, say the United Nations partners leading a new AI for Road Safety initiative. The UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) include a...
Digital-only banking set for global growth
Digital-only banking adoption is set to grow considerably over the next five years, according to Finder.com's Digital Banking Adoption Report. Finder polled 41 654 people across 30 countries to reveal the number of people who will have a digital-only bank account will...
South Africans ‘waste’ opportunities to e-recycle
Despite the fact that approximately 95% of e-waste can be recycled, recovered or treated and beneficiated, e-recycling is not high on South African's agenda. This according to Patricia Schröder, vice-chair of the central branch of the Institute of Waste Management of...
Education needed to improve Africa’s low levels of climate change literacy
The average national climate change literacy rate (percentage of population that has heard about climate change and thinks that human activity is wholly or partly the cause of climate change) in Africa is only 37%, with vast differences among countries. This is...
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Metalogix acquires Idera SharePoint products
Soarsoft Africa, a specialist of archive, migration, messaging and collaboration solutions and distributor of Metalogix solutions in southern Africa, has announced Metalogix’s acquisition of Idera’s highly successful and profitable SharePoint business, including the...
Inoxico boosts credit scoring solutions
Risk solutions provider Inoxico has confirmed that it has identified a meaningful correlation between its proprietary Inoxico Director Singularity Index (DSI) and an organisation’s likelihood of a defaulting on its financial obligations. According to Inoxico CEO André...
Kaseya acquires Office 365 solution
Kaseya, a leading provider of IT systems management software, has announced the acquisition of 365 Command, a solution enabling IT organisations and MSPs to easily manage and administer the Microsoft Office 365 cloud application suite. With this acquisition, Kaseya...
Alcatel OneTouch smartphone sales boom
TCL Communication Technology has announced the unaudited figures about shipments of its handsets and other products in September 2013 and for the first nine months of the year. The group’s total sales volume of handsets and other products increased by 38% year-on-year...
Samsung launches SMB printing solutions
Samsung Electronics South Africa has announced the launch of its Business Core Printing Solutions for small and medium sized businesses (SMBs), to increase workplace efficiency through easy-to-use, serverless printing. Business Core Printing Solutions enable SMBs to...
The role of load balancers in business
The African ICT market is thriving and has reached a level of maturity that makes it easier for any-sized business to trade and compete. Multiple server infrastructures is evidence of this growth and today small-to-medium sized organisations run the same amount of...
PwC achieves better backups with Veeam
Like many companies, PricewaterhouseCoopers South Africa (PwC) hoped its legacy backup solution for physical servers would perform just as well in a virtualised environment. But as the company approached complete virtualisation, says Senior Manager for Hosted Services...
Kaspersky products win in Dennis testing
Kaspersky Labs is proud to announce that its products, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business and Kaspersky Small Office Security, have both earned first place in quarterly independent testing performed by Dennis Technology Labs in categories for corporate security...
BYOD sounds good, but is it practical?
Since the beginning of the year I have been running a bring your own device (BYOD) experiment, writes Peter Scheffel, chief technology officer at bbd. No I’m not talking about my own phone or my own iPad. These devices, while they are capable of doing some work in the...
IBM, Datawatch turn ECM into data insights
Datawatch and IBM have announced the industry's first integrated content management and analytics solution that lets IBM Content Manager OnDemand (CMOD) users gain insight from big data trapped within their CMOD systems. The first of its kind, this-self-service...
Senior Data Analyst
Our esteemed client in the telecoms industry is looking to appoint a skilled, qualified Senior Data Analyst with a real passion for analytics. You will be responsible for delivery of data driven products and insights to internal and external stakeholders through the...
Full Stack Developer – Gauteng Pretoria Region
Join the revolution in software solutions as a Full Stack Developer! We're seeking a master of code to shape the future of our digital landscape. If you're passionate about problem-solving and thrive in a fast-paced environment, this is your chance to shine....
Senior Data Analyst – Gauteng Centurion
Requirements: Our client is looking for a skilled and passionate Senior Data Analyst to join our data analyst team to deliver data driven products and insights to internal and external stakeholders through the professional implementation of designing, developing,...
Business Analyst at IQbusiness – Gauteng Johannesburg
IQbusiness is a leading management consulting firm. Our Innovative Analysis Team is looking for seasoned Business Analysts that have experience and exposure to projects within the Financial Services industry. We are specifically looking for people that have worked on...
Senior Data Analyst – Gauteng Randburg
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Senior Business Analyst
Calling all problem-solving superheroes! We're seeking a Senior Business Analyst to join our team! If you're a mastermind at analysing data, identifying trends, and creating solutions, then we need you!Please note, the role is onsite in Sandton, and is a 4 month...
Database Administrator
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Additional information:The MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt) is an exceptional health and population research center in the Wits School of Public HealthThe Unit supports a major research infrastructure underpinned by a...
Full-Stack Java Developer
Our client is seeking an experienced full stack java developer to join our growing team servicing local and offshore clients in the financial services space. You must have strong communication skills and the ability to add value to existing product lines and develop...
Senior Business Analyst – Gauteng Johannesburg
Calling all problem-solving superheroes! We're seeking a Senior Business Analyst to join our team! If you're a mastermind at analysing data, identifying trends, and creating solutions, then we need you!Please note, the role is onsite in Sandton, and is a 4 month...
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