Heightened water stress will see businesses under scrutiny
Drought and flood events in recent years have highlighted the importance of water as a strategic global resource and climate change will impact access to water, forcing many countries to modify how they manage resources, according to a new S&P Global Market...
HCP shipments fall as demand softens
Shipments of hardcopy peripherals (HCP) in Western Europe (WE) declined 11,6% YoY to 3,4-million units in Q3 2023, according to recent research by International Data Corporation (IDC). While the situation tends to differ by country and brand, supply chain issues have...
Resilience in customer relationships vital
Organisations must build resiliency into the relationships they have with their customers. According to IDC's latest report "Asia/Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ) Future of Customers and Consumers Technology Index: Building Resiliency into Customer Relationships",...
Digital world demands a new way of selling
B2B sales organisations must deliver a seller-assisted digital buying experience to customers in order to succeed in today's digital-first environment, according to Gartner. This is because, while 43% of B2B customers prefer to not interact with a sales rep at all,...
Double-digit growth for hardcopy peripherals
The worldwide hardcopy peripherals market expanded for the third quarter in a row in the first quarter of 2021 (1Q21) with shipments growing 19,3% year over year to approximately 25,5-million units. Shipment value also increased during the quarter with year-over-year...
Digital transformation and the role of hybrid cloud
Kathy Gibson reports from the IDC CIO Summit – Hybrid cloud is a complex and challenging issue – and the prevailing myths and misinformation don’t help organisations grappling with it. Abdul Moosa, chief technology officer of CoCre8 Technology Solutions, points out...
Digital transformation, resilience key to business survival
Kathy Gibson reports from the IDC CIO Summit - With all the changes that Covid-19 has brought about over the past year, a massive 62% of South African CIOs have accelerated their digital transformation initiatives. "This is a positive indicator that digital technology...
Quantum computing edges into the mainstream
Investments in quantum computing are expected to increase in the next 24 months, according to new survey results from International Data Corporation (IDC). The number of organisations allocating more than 17% of their annual IT budgets for this technology are expected...
Customer-obsessed companies grow much faster
CIOs and technology leaders guiding their firms through the challenges of the 2020s must enable technology-driven innovation and deliver on the goal of customer obsession if they hope to compete in a post-pandemic marketplace. This is according to Forrester, which...
Bank customers more willing to engage digitally
The latest engagement statistics for Standard Bank's mobile banking app show that customers are becoming increasingly more comfortable engaging digitally for more than just basic banking. Standard Bank reports that there have been more than 1,2-million unique...
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AWM360 ready to roll with biometrics
The ongoing focus by businesses on security and the integration of systems to better protect resources is driving adoption of biometric technology across the African and southern African market. Experienced professionals in this high-growth marketplace suggest as the...
Old Mutual rolls out Adobe Connect
Specialist Adobe Distributor, Dax Data (together with reseller First Technology) has delivered Adobe Connect to Old Mutual’s Personal Finance Advice (PFA) Division. PFA is home to a large number of brokers specialising in the delivery of financial service solutions....
Integrated service management in healthcare
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Equity Bank, Airtel Money form partnership
Equity Bank and Airtel Kenya have entered into a partnership that will offer comprehensive mobile commerce solutions to their customers in Kenya, through Airtel Money. The service, available to all Equity Bank customers with Airtel lines, will enable customers from...
LG OLED TV earns green certifications
LG Electronics (LG) has announced that its curved OLED TV has been certified energy efficient and designed with the environment in mind by three separate certification bodies: Intertek, the European Commission and the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool...
AccTech deploys Sage CRM for SEC
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Panda offers Cloud Office Protection v.6.70
Panda Security, The Cloud Security Company, has released Panda Cloud Office Protection (PCOP) version 6.70, featuring significant technological and functional improvements, to help SMBs combat the growing number of cyber-attacks they are experiencing. According to...
Fujitsu releases new PRIMERGY systems
Fujitsu has enabled businesses of all sizes to thrive in an age of exploding demand for applications, data and digital content with the introduction of its new generation of Fujitsu Server PRIMERGY Systems. This intelligent server backbone is the cornerstone of...
PCI-DSS compliance: now for everyone
With fraud and cybercrime proliferating, PCI-DSS compliance is an issue businesses of every size need to address, says Perry Hutton, regional director for Africa at Fortinet. The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) has been in place for some time,...
Size immaterial when it comes to security
IT security has no respect for size. A hacking group can have hundreds or thousands of members globally, like anonymous, or just a handful, like the group that mounted the successful Eurograbber attacks against banks in 2012 – but in either case, the disruption to the...
Lead Angular Developer at Sabenza IT – Gauteng Johannesburg Region
All you well versed Angular Developers, have we got an amazing venture for you. Keen on a hybrid model role where you can beat the traffic and work from the comfort of your own home plus still have the benefit of working with one of the booming giants in the...
Senior Front End Developer – Western Cape Cape Town CBD
FULLY REMOTE Senior Front-end developer - HPC & Cloud Solutions Are you creative, resourceful, curious and seeking technology and business firsts? Are looking for an exciting career in cloud software development? ?Would you like to work at a publicly traded global...
R&D Developer
A position has opened up for a junior R&D Developer with botanicals experience.Minimum RequirementsFood Science, Food Technology, Biotechnology or Chemistry DegreeAt least 2 years experience in a similar roleExperience with different extraction processesExperience...
Front-End Developer (Vue, React)
ENVIRONMENT:A Company who uses the latest technologies to build state of the art services that are highly optimized for performance at massive levels, is looking for a top-class Front-End software engineer to join a great team, as we continue to build and enhance our...
Senior Specialist: Business Analyst
Knowledge:The incumbent must have good knowledge in gathering techniques, process modelling and documentation, excellent communication, and interpersonal skills, strong analytical, problem solving and critical thinking skills and relevant tools such as Microsoft...
Senior Software Developer
The Software Engineer/Tech Lead will work collaboratively with the Merchant Journey team to drive development of merchant onboarding and dashboard. How you'll be making a difference: Work alongside the team and be a part of the full software development life...
R&D Developer – Western Cape Paarl
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ENVIRONMENT:A Company who uses the latest technologies to build state of the art services that are highly optimized for performance at massive levels, is looking for a top-class Front-End software engineer to join a great team, as we continue to build and enhance our...
Senior Specialist: Business Analyst – Gauteng Centurion
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