SA urged to act quickly as geopolitical pressures mount

Kathy Gibson reports – Big changes to the world order are driving global uncertainty – and South Africa must decide now how to position itself in this changing environment. This is the stark advice from Lullu Krugel, chief economist and sustainability leader at PwC,...

These are the networks that will keep Artemis II connected

NASA’s Artemis II mission will transport four astronauts around the Moon, bringing the agency one step closer to sending the first astronauts to Mars. Throughout Artemis II, astronaut voice, images, video, and vital mission data must traverse thousands of miles,...

Saffers are generally happy in love, but Gen Z is left out

As Valentine's Day approaches, a new Ipsos Love Life Satisfaction study reveals that South Africans continue to thrive in matters of the heart, with feeling loved and appreciated ranking as the nation's number one source of happiness – even as financial stress weighs...

Stark warning that AI could shut down critical infrastructure

Gartner predicts that, by 2028, misconfigured AI in cyber physical systems (CPS) will shut down national critical infrastructure in a G20 country. Gartner defines CPS as engineered systems that orchestrate sensing, computation, control, networking and analytics to...

Global satellite IoT subscriber base to reach 24m by 2027

The global satellite IoT communications market is growing at a steady pace, according to Berg Insight, with its subscriber base growing to more than 4,5-million in 2022 - and with CAGR forecast at 39,6% it will reach 23,9-million units in 2027. Only about 10% of the...

Poorest countries forced to pay more for capital

New analysis from The ONE Campaign shows that the combination of rising interest rates and lack of sufficient affordable capital from the World Bank is increasing economic pressures on vulnerable countries already at high risk of debt distress. ONE's research shows...

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...

IDC expects AI market growth to improve in 2021

Worldwide revenues for the artificial intelligence (AI) market, including software, hardware, and services, are forecast to grow 16,4% year over year in 2021 to $327,5-billion, according to the latest release of the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide...

Global government IT spend set to grow 5% in 2021

Worldwide government IT spending is forecast to total $483-billion in 2021, an increase of 5,1% from 2020, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. "Government organizations continue to be challenged with the appropriate level of interventions to respond and...

Telcos should prioritise 5G efficiency and sustainability

5G will be the most transformative communications technology in a generation and enable a universe of new services, including advanced energy management capabilities that will be critical to solving growing energy and sustainability challenges. But new research...

Detected cyber threats rose 20% to exceed 62,6bn

Trend Micro detected 119,000 cyber threats per minute in 2020 as home workers and infrastructure came under new pressure from attacks, according to its "A Constant State of Flux: Trend Micro 2020 Annual Cybersecurity Report". The report also shows that home networks...

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Companies need to integrate communications

Nowadays companies are increasingly expecting their employees to be able to communicate any time and from anywhere – and it appears that unified communications (UC) technologies are coming of age, and are providing this much-needed capability by consolidating a number...

TransUnion launches Car Value app

Selling or trading-in a car? How much can users expect to get for it? Wanting to buy a used car? How much should they offer for it? Going to a car auction? How will users know when they are bidding too much for a specific vehicle?  How confident are users that the...

Dell unveils new data solutions

At its Dell Enterprise Forum customer and partner event, Dell unveiled new storage solutions and expanded analytics capabilities designed to help businesses improve their IT performance, support data insights and reduce overall costs. As businesses work to keep pace...

Unified communications comes of age

Three years ago unified communications (UC) was touted as having the potential to be the next thing since sliced bread and, today, it certainly seems to be living up to its promise – offering users a plethora of streamlined communications and accelerated business...

Antarc Furniture grows market share with SAP

Enterprise software solutions market leader SAP has played a critical role in helping East Africa’s leading furniture and lifestyle store, Antarc, significantly grow its business. Since implementing the SAP Business One, version for SAP HANA software in 2009, the...

Four areas of focus for IT managers

Users all recognise the stereotypical IT manager sitting behind a desk in the company dungeon, wearing a t-shirt sporting an obscure geek reference, and sighing into the phone as he tries to convince the marketing manager to use a password other than "god', says...

VoIP shifts into top gear as fibre blooms

A very exciting development currently playing out in the voice over IP (VoIP) arena is the sudden growth in fibre business premises, says Rob Lith, director of Connection Telecom.  Having fibre-ready offices makes a company’s transition to VoIP infinitely easier, as...

Take customer experience to the next level

The worldwide recession may be fading in some sectors, but its repercussions are only being felt now in others. This has resulted in many businesses having an increased focus on maximising value, and a greater need for that eternal business goal: greater efficiency. ...

Velocity includes Mimecast in offering

Mimecast, the leading supplier of cloud-based e-mail archiving, security and continuity for Microsoft Exchange has concluded an agreement with managed infrastructure services specialist, Velocity Group, to incorporate Unified E-mail Management as a core component of...

Blue Turtle takes on FrontRange

FrontRange, the only provider of hybrid IT service management solutions, has announced that it has selected Blue Turtle Technologies (Blue Turtle) as its Master VAR for the African region.  The agreement sees Blue Turtle take responsibility and commitment for...

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Our client is a South African boutique investment administration service provider is looking to employ a Senior Software Developer with experience in Data Engineering.Requirements:6+ years of recent hands-on software development experience and IT support, bonus...

Functional Analyst at Accenture – Gauteng Midrand

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Senior Developer (Python) (JHB)

ENVIRONMENT:YOUR coding expertise as a Senior Developer with strong Python & Django skills is sought by a dynamic Tech Company providing sustainable and scalable business solutions. Your role will include performing coding assignments, code reviews, regularly...

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ENVIRONMENT:YOUR coding expertise as a Senior Developer with strong Python & Django skills is sought by a dynamic Tech Company providing sustainable and scalable business solutions. Your role will include performing coding assignments, code reviews, regularly...

Business Analyst at Famous Brands – Gauteng Midrand

The purpose of this position is to collate data through various platforms and provide appropriate business direction. The key focus will be to drive continual improvement in the way in which reports are generated and insight shared within Famous Brands.Furthermore,...

User Experience Designer at Accenture – Western Cape Cape Town

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Our client in the Information Technology sector, based in Bryanston (Johannesburg), is looking to employ an IT Security Specialist.Requirements: LPIC (Essential).Fortinet NSE 6 (preferable).CCSA/CCSE (Advantageous).8 -10 years in same / or similar role....

IT Security Specialist – Gauteng Johannesburg North

Our client in the Information Technology sector, based in Bryanston (Johannesburg), is looking to employ an IT Security Specialist.Requirements: LPIC (Essential).Fortinet NSE 6 (preferable).CCSA/CCSE (Advantageous).8 -10 years in same / or similar role....

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