European public cloud spend defies budget cuts
Public cloud services spending in Europe will total $142-billion in 2023 and will reach $291-billion by 2027, recording a five-year (2022 to 2027) compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 20%. Software-as-a-service (SaaS) will continue to drive most of the spending,...
Huge growth forecast for network-tokenised transactions
A new report from Juniper Research forecasts substantial growth of 190% in network-tokenised transactions - reaching 400-billion globally in 2028 and up from 140,3-billion in 2023. These transactions include online and desktop eCommerce transactions, mobile payments,...
What are the threats facing IT users?
Computer users are up against more than 100 000 malicious websites and 10 000 malicious files daily - and 87% of organisations have experienced an attempted exploit of an already-known, existing vulnerability, while 46% of organisations have had at least one employee...
How the pandemic has impacted the TMT sector
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a big impact on the technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) sector, and this is set to continue. Aon's global COVID-19 Risk Management and Insurance Survey, conducted at the end of 2020, came up with a number of insights into...
Golden age of tech puts jobs at risk
Smart connected machines are set to put both blue collar and white collar workers out of jobs in large numbers, and this wave of change will force paradigm shifts in education, work and society as a whole. So says Sean Culey, business transformation expert, futurist...
Budget takes plight of ordinary taxpayers into account
In this year's budget speech, Minister of Finance Tito Mboweni steered a course between providing some relief to beleaguered taxpayers after a challenging year while still trying to stick to the government's existing fiscal plans. This is according to Thomas Lobban,...
Mboweni sticks to a realistic path in 2021/22 Budget
South African Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivered the 2021/22 Budget on Wednesday that treads a pragmatic path between over-spending and too much austerity, as the economy grapples with the impact of Covid-19 and lockdowns. By Wesley Grimm, Joon Chong, Cor...
Budget 2021: a quick view
Minister of Finance Tito Mboweni delivered his Budget Speech 2021 to Parliament on Wednesday 24 February. Lullu Krugel, chief economist for PwC Strategy& Africa; and Dr Christie Viljoen, PwC Strategy& economist, provide an overview of key information relating...
Perseverance snaps first full-colour pic of Mars
The first high-resolution colour image to be sent back by the Hazard Cameras on the underside of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover, following its landing on 18 February 2021. This follows video from its landing that chronicles major milestones during the final minutes of...
Salaries shrunk in January 2021
The real average and overall salary paid contracted in January 2021 after coming under strain from the pandemic and level 3 lockdown, according to the latest BankservAfrica Take-home Pay Index (BTPI). However, South Africa's real private pensions reached the best...
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Magix Security, STEALTHbits partner up
STEALTHbits Technologies, a leading developer of data and access governance solutions and Magix Security (Magix), an IT risk and security consulting firm, announced a partnership to offer STEALTHbits’ Data & Access Governance solutions to South African enterprises...
New WiFi standard on the horizon
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Malicious e-mails abound in SA
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Big data and presidential campaigns
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Kaspersky named in Magic Quadrant
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The power of collaboration
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Trillium named a data quality leader
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Financial institutions at high risk
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Adaptability is key to better leadership
In a recent article for LinkedIn, best-selling author and CEO of Likable Local Dave Kerpen points out 11 simple concepts that every business leader can use to become a better leader. He emphasises that all of them are simple. "Yet, perhaps in the name of revenues or...
Smile launches 4G network in Uganda
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Adobe Experience Developer at Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, song, technology and operations. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries and all...
System Support Specialist (Value Delivery) at Datonomy Solutions – Western Cape Cape Town
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Adobe Experience Developer at Accenture – Western Cape Cape Town
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