GenAI revolution heats up in Asia/Pacific
IDC's latest Worldwide AI and Generative AI Spending Guide reveals that the Asia/Pacific region is witnessing an unprecedented surge in generative AI (GenAI) adoption including software, services, and hardware for AI-centric systems and with spending projected to soar...
Dove challenges AI representation of beauty
Dove has launched a report titled The Real State of Beauty, a global study that aims to understand how beauty impacts women and girls today. A staggering 63% of South African women - and 35% of girls aged 10 to 17 - grapple with mid to low levels of "body esteem" and...
Dramatic transition for bank chief risk officers
Global climate change, the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, persistent low interest rate environments and the growing demands of regulators are testing the resilience of banks and setting their risk management in a new direction. Worldwide, banks are making major...
Robotics industry to pass $500bn mark in 2030
Robots have not taken over the world yet, but there will definitely be a lot more of them by the end of the decade. GlobalData forecasts that the robotics industry will pass the $500-billion mark in 2030, after a decade of growing at double-digit rates. That is an...
Financial services face higher ransomware recovery costs
Financial services organisations that have been hit by ransomware face more than $2-million in recovery costs. These are among the findings from Sophos's survey report, "The State of Ransomware in Financial Services 2021," showing how mid-sized financial services...
Alviva reports year-end results
Alviva Holdings has reported that its revenue for the year ended 30 June 2021 is 1% higher than last year at R15-billion. Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EDBIDTA) are 25% up at R887-million. Earnings per share are 267,3 cents, an increase...
Adapt IT shows resilience
Adapt IT has reported an overall increase in revenue and earnings for the financial year ended 30 June 2021. Revenue increased by 1% to R1,503-billion (2020: R1,483-billion), at muted organic growth of 1%. The sector and geographic diversification had served the...
SAP Africa appoints Tracy Bolton as COO
Tracy Bolton has been appointed as the new chief operating officer for SAP Africa region. Cathy Smith, MD of SAP Africa, says Bolton has played a crucial role in helping SAP expand its offering to new customers and drive cloud adoption among African enterprises....
Robocall fraud will cost consumers $40bn next year
Consumers will lose $40-billion to fraudulent robocalls globally in 2022; rising from $31-billion in 2021, according to a new study from Juniper Research. Fraudulent robocalls pose threats to consumers by encouraging the disclosure of personal information that...
Sub-Saharan Africa sees massive increase in mobile financial services
Nearly half of all consumers in sub-Saharan Africa use mobile financial services in 2021 - a more-than three-fold increase in the last six years. The Mobile Financial Services on the Rise report from Ericsson also highlights the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on...
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EMC doubles channel partner revenue
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Westcon-Comztek wins Microsoft award
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Racks save SMBs space
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Understanding and using SAFe
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First BYOD, now BYOA challenges IT
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Security best practices for local SMB
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Bad data causes businesses to fail
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Accsys launches PeopleWare Mobi
Business Connexion Group member Accsys has once again proven the value of its people and technology expertise with the launch of PeopleWare Mobi, the first-of-its-kind employee self-service (ESS) mobile app to the domestic market. Accsys is a national supplier of...
Citrix invests R25m in the channel
Citrix has announced a R25-million investment initiative to train key channel partners and systems integrators in South Africa. There are already over 100 sales professionals and systems engineers undergoing training with more expected to begin training in the next...
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UX Design and Programming: A solid foundation in user experience design principles and front-end programming languages (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) to craft seamless application interfaces. Data Visualisation and BI Tools: Proficiency in data visualisation tools (Power BI,...
Intermediate DevOps Engineer
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Project Manager at Air Products South Africa – Gauteng Kempton Park
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Senior Systems Administrator (ISP) LAMP_LEMP Stack – Western Cape Cape Town
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