In Scotland, NASA scientists search for clues about Mars’ past

This summer, NASA scientists headed to the Scottish Highlands to follow up on last year’s announcement of potential biosignatures on Mars and prepare for future research. The rocks and cliffs of Scotland’s Stoer formation offer a combination difficult to find on...

Patience and persistence key to job search success

New analysis shows that, on average, it takes around 15 months from the start of an active job search to beginning a new job role. In 2023, the average reached 17 months, while in 2025 it shortened to 14 months, according to the Pnet Job Market Trends Report for...

AI is changing enterprises, and already driving value

By Kathy Gibson - Artificial intelligence (AI) is starting to pay off for early enterprise adopters. More than half of companies that have implemented AI are now seeing a return on investment, with the most value reported by future-built organisations. This is the...

Tech giants raise the AI safety bar

The risks associated with artificial intelligence (AI) are back in the spotlight with the news that rogue agents have been responsible for multiple attacks on government sites in Australia and the US. Even the FBI has not been immune to attacks from autonomous agents....

AI forces evolution in D&A operating models

A massive 61% of organisations are forced to evolve or rethink their data and analytics (D&A) operating model because of the impact of disruptive artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, according to a new Gartner survey. The annual Gartner Chief Data &...

Smart vacuum market takes off

Worldwide shipments of smart vacuum devices reached 18.5 million units in 2023 with a total market value of $7,8-billion, according to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Smart Home Device Tracker. IDC defines smart vacuums as...

Black Storm attack threatens CSP networks

A new cyber threat, coined a Black Storm attack, could potentially wreak havoc on communications service provider (CSP) networks, according to new distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) research from Nexusguard: A New Threat to CSP Networks - The Impending Black Storm....

Strong growth for African mobile commerce

The African mobile app market continues to show strong growth, with more people accessing goods and services online than ever before. This is among the findings from the 2021 edition of AppsFlyer's State of E-commerce App Marketing report, which analysed over...

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...

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Oracle announces new x86 servers

Oracle has announced new x86 servers, based on the latest Intel Xeon processors E5-2600 v2 product family. Oracle’s new Sun Server X4-2 and Sun Server X4-2L have set a SPECjEnterprise2010 world record for the best result achieved on a two-socket x86 server. Running...

Cloud computing for government

Before the birth of the electricity generating industry, any enterprise needing power had to build and run private generators. These were inflexible, inelastic and did not scale easily, says President Ntuli, Business Critical Systems (BCS) manager, HP Enterprise...

IT skills development critical to SA success

There is a huge IT skills shortage in this country, but for the demand to be met so that South Africa can compete globally, massive changes need to happen at school level. In South Africa, there are currently around 40 000 and 70 000 open job positions for candidates...

Altonet announces HP Autonomy LiveVault 7.7

Altonet, local provider of the HP Autonomy range of backup and data protection services, has announced the release of HP’s latest version of its Autonomy LiveVault backup solution - LiveVault 7.7. This new version delivers integration with VMware vSphere support that...

Rectron, Samsung clean up print environment

Rectron South Africa, a leading distributor of computers, peripherals and accessories have introduced an exclusive trade-in promotion with Samsung, where Rectron customers and resellers will receive a R500 discount voucher off any Samsung printer, when they bring in...

PRISM break: US cloud customers defect

In June, thanks to one of its now former and very famous employees blowing the whistle, the news broke that America’s National Security Agency (NSA) was using a programme, code-named PRISM, to spy on e-mails, Internet phone calls, file transfers, photos, videos and...

WiFi will be the next corporate must-have

WiFi is not new. Although it’s hard to track its origins, it’s safe to say WiFi was being used on a large scale for the first time in the late 1990s, which probably qualifies it as being prehistoric in tech terms. But there has been renewed interest in the technology...

Cleansing big data stores

Data storage has quickly moved from gigabytes to terabytes, petabytes, exabytes and even zettabytes in some industries. The need is greater than ever before to collect, cleanse, correlate and analyse large stores of data, says Johan Jurd, MD of InfoBuild, a...

DiData forum to focus on contact centre

The contact centre has been in constant evolution since the 1990s, with some experts stating that it will be irrelevant in 2020. The current stage of evolution is the proliferation of channels, where a number of different channels are being used to interact with...

Data virtualisation is about business

Data virtualisation is not about IT – it’s about giving decision-makers immediate access to all the relevant information and only the relevant information, says Chris O'Connell, MD at BITanium. Information has become the strategic business advantage; hence how well...

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SQL Database Administrator

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My client based in Cape Town (Northern Suburbs) is currently looking for a Senior Project Manager to join them on an independent contract basis IT / Finance Experience 8-10 years' experience working in a project environment of which 2-3 years working with medium to...

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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

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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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