Deposit Insurance protects banking customers
The Corporation for Deposit Insurance (CODI) now aligns South Africa with the rest of the G20, guaranteeing cash deposits of up to R100 000 per qualifying depositor in the event of a bank collapse. The Reserve Bank estimates that the R100 000 cap means that more than...
South African organisations are embracing GenAI as a catalyst for innovation
By Doug Woolley, General Manager, Dell Technologies South Africa - Large South African enterprises are wholeheartedly embracing Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), underscoring the technology's transformative impact on our country’s business landscape. This is...
EOH anticipates operating profit
EOH Holdings has advised shareholders that it anticipates an improvement of between 79% and 86% to the total loss per share (LPS) and an improvement of between 93% and 99% to HLPS for the year ended 31 July 2021. The group has generated an operating profit between...
Datatec expects 100% growth in earnings
Datatec has published a trading statement for the six months ended 31 August 2021, alerting shareholders that financial results are likely to differ by at least 20% from the previous corresponding reporting period. Datatec now expects that all earnings per share...
Habit-forming an undervalued workplace skill
Habit-forming is vital to succeeding in our personal and professional lives and a recent poll conducted by The Human Edge revealed that 87% of respondents (90% of line managers and 84% of employees) believe that effective habit-forming is an undervalued skill within...
Customer service myths that undermine digital investments
Despite heavy investments in digital channels and capabilities, customer service and support leaders are still clinging to five main myths about what customers want and how they behave today, according to Gartner. To make better investments for a digitally dominant...
Bitcoin transaction fees spiked by 750% in Q2
Due to increasing adoption worldwide, cryptocurrencies are generating higher income from transaction fees than major mainstream companies. According to the research data analyzed and published by Wette.de, the total transaction fees on the bitcoin network in Q2 2021...
Windows 11 rolls out today
Covid-19 is just one of the factors that has helped to increase the importance of the PC. Fatih Bor, Windows consumer category manager at Microsoft, points out that there has been a 16% increase in PC sales since the beginning of the pandemic. There has simultaneously...
CEO business confidence in SA back to pre-Covid levels
CEOs of the world's largest businesses are increasingly optimistic about the outlook for their own business and, despite the Delta variant slowing down the 'return to normal', their confidence in both the global and local economy has returned to levels not seen since...
Global energy storage industry primed to treble annual installations
The global energy storage market continues to prove resilient to the impacts of Covid-19 and supply constraints for Li-ion batteries and will enter a prolonged period of growth this year, with annual installations reaching more than 30 GW by 2030 - up 250% from 2021...
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The biggest mistakes call centres make
It’s a fact: a call centre can either be the best tool for improving customer relationships, or the thorn in the proverbial side, says Jed Hewson, director of 1Stream. After all, the contact centre is the “shop window” – it’s the first point of call when a customer...
Senwes migrates to Linux
When Senwes, one of the largest grain handling companies in the southern hemisphere, decided to upgrade its main data centre and disaster recovery site, it was looking for flexibility. The company required a flexible and scalable solution that would allow it to easily...
Etisalat, MasterCard celebrate partnership
Etisalat Group has celebrated an enduring partnership with MasterCard that has brought award-winning technology to the market at GITEX Technology Week. “Over the last few years, Etisalat has used GITEX as a platform to launch innovative solutions that are now being...
IS eases mobility risk, enables compliance
Internet Solutions (IS) this week announced the launch of its mobile device management (MDM) solution. IS MDM assists businesses with the management of the mobile devices that their employees are using to access company resources and information. As smartphone use...
Fujitsu simplifies business continuity
Fujitsu provides fast and consistent data recovery to minimise business downtime and enhance productivity with the FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS Snapshot Manager (ESM), an optimised and fully integrated software solution for the ETERNUS DX disk storage family. ESM adds easy...
Seven reasons to start an online business
PayU, SA’s leading online payment solutions provider, has encouraged budding entrepreneurs to become their own boss. “Entrepreneurship is a viable career choice for young South Africans” says PayU CEO, Mark Chirnside. “It is with this in mind that PayU is encouraging...
Experian to acquire 41st Parameter
Experian has announced a definitive agreement to acquire 41st Parameter, the market leader in device identification technology and web fraud detection. 41st Parameter will strengthen Experian’s global web fraud detection and risk-based identity authentication...
Telemarketing is effective lead generation
Like e-mail marketing, telemarketing tends to get a bad rap, because when it is done incorrectly or badly, it can be a great annoyance with which business owners risk driving prospective customers away and even alienating their existing ones. Many naysayers might...
Liberty launches Risk Revealer
Liberty has launched an industry first: Risk Revealer, a Web-based tool that allows potential and existing clients to calculate their level of lifestyle and accidental risk. Nicholas van der Nest, Divisional Director for Risk Product Management at Liberty, says the...
BCX rolls out ZEN network management
Business Connexion (BCX) has signed a three-year contract with specialist software provider JMR Software for the supply and maintenance of the William Data Systems’ ZEN suite of z/OS network management software for its data centre. The optimal functioning of the z/OS...
Senior PHP Developer (Remote)
ENVIRONMENT:THE coding expertise of a Senior PHP Developer with 8+ years' work experience creating PHP software from scratch is sought by a global Marketing Software House specializing in B2B products. You will be responsible for leading and growing its product,...
SQL Database Administrator
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Senior Project Manager
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Database Administrator – Western Cape Cape Town
ENVIRONMENT:A forward-thinking organization utilizing cutting-edge technologies to develop top-tier services is actively recruiting for a proficient Database Administrator to join their team based in Cape Town. The primary responsibilities entail the maintenance of...
Senior PHP Developer (Remote) – Western Cape Tokai
ENVIRONMENT:THE coding expertise of a Senior PHP Developer with 8+ years' work experience creating PHP software from scratch is sought by a global Marketing Software House specializing in B2B products. You will be responsible for leading and growing its product,...
SQL Database Administrator – Western Cape Cape Town
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Senior Project Manager – Western Cape Bellville
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C#. Net Developer
Our client in the Engineering Industry, based in the Western Cape, has commissioned Headhunters to assit them in recruiting an experinced C# .Net Developer to their team based in their Paarl offices.An exciting career opportunity awaits you!Requirements:Must have 4 +...
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