2m customers help FlySafair celebrate its 10th anniversary
FlySafair's annual sale, offering 50 000 tickets with the airline for R10, attracted nearly 2-million people for its 10th anniversary edition celebrating "Flying with Heart". "We are extremely happy with how yesterday's sale went," says Kirby Gordon, chief marketing...
Business leaders are battling to keep up with e-commerce growth
A new report from Accenture reveals that 95% of South African leaders (versus 83% globally) think that e-commerce is growing faster than they can adapt, and are finding it costly to be where customers are. This shared feeling of falling behind affirms how difficult it...
Improved industrial 3D printer shipments still not back to pre-Covid levels
New 3D printer shipments continued to accelerate in Q2 2021 in both long-standing verticals, such as dental and Context. "As economies around the globe continued to recover from, battled against or learned to live with Covid-19, organisations began to settle in to...
SA in the spotlight as top malware target
Kathy Gibson reports – Cybercrooks have been busy in the first half of 2021 – and there are no signs that they are slowing down. Trend Micro’s 2021 Midyear Security Roundup report reveals there are dangerous vulnerabilities across different types of devices and...
Africa risks missing out on global growth trends without pro-trade reforms
The Free Market Foundation (FMF) and the Initiative for African Trade and Prosperity (IATP) have called on African governments to radically speed up their implementation of pro-trade policy reforms as part of the wider Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)...
Mobile malware attacks cause concern in Africa
Of the more than 206 000 mobile malware attacks blocked by Kaspersky solutions for the Middle East, Turkey and Africa (META) region in the six months from January to June this year, over 30 000 of these attacks combined originated from Nigeria (14 071), Kenya (10...
Supply challenges dampen PC growth
Global shipments of traditional PCs, inclusive of desktops, notebooks and workstations, reached 86,7-million units during the third quarter of 2021, up 3,9% from the prior year, according to preliminary results from IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device...
Wage inflation impacts companies’ profitability
A massive 60% of organisations experienced wage inflation in 2Q21, nearly double the amount compared to the previous quarter, according to Gartner. Nearly three in four chief financial officers (CFOs) polled cited the risk of lower profitability as their top concern...
Europe set for big increase in AI spending
The new Worldwide Artificial Intelligence Spending Guide from International Data Corporation (IDC) forecasts that European spending on AI systems will jump from $17,3-billion in 2021 to more than $50-billion in 2025. The compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for...
Altron issues trading statement
Altron has issued a trading statement, for the six months ended 31 August, alerting shareholders of a big decrease in earnings. The group warns that it is likely to report basic earnings per share of between -16 cents and -3 cents, being a decrease in excess of 100%...
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IS, DiData unite to manage BYOD WiFi
Dimension Data South Africa and Internet Solutions (IS) today announced the launch of Enterprise WiFi, a fully managed solution that integrates a secure, enterprise WLAN deployment with the advantages of the AlwaysOn Hotspot service. “The need to cater for smart phone...
Olivetti SA partners with Huge Telecom
Durban-Data Imports, the official importer and distributor of Olivetti's range of colour and mono digital photocopiers, facsimiles, printers, calculators and cash registers for the Sub-Sahara Region, is partnering with Huge Telecom by adding GSM-based telephony...
Remote working isn’t detached working
Governments, multinationals, SMEs - organisations worldwide are turning to remote working as a way to attract talent, retain it, and help their staff manage job and home-life more productively, says Kirsten Morgendaal, Regus area director for South Africa. Sometimes...
Compliance bug bites SA companies
South African companies outside of the financial services industry are earnestly looking for data or information governance frameworks to meet statutory and regulatory requirements on the one hand and handle their data management lifecycle (DMLC) on the other. That’s...
SA data users need the cloud
The rollout and adoption of cloud services in South Africa is inhibited by extraneous circumstances. And there is currently little optimism that these constraints will soon be overcome, says Mervyn Mooi, director at Knowledge Integration Dynamics (KID). In the world...
Become a data naturalist
Are we "drowning in data"? Davide Hanan, MD of QlikView SA explains how all humans are naturally data analysts if we’re presented with information in the right way. I’m often asked if we are now faced with too much data to analyse; a ‘data deluge’ if you will. People...
HP announces mobile print solutions
HP recently announced secured mobile print solutions that make it easier for business customers to print whenever and wherever they need. HP also announced new single-function printers, multifunction printers (MFPs), scanners and solutions that streamline customers’...
Huawei MediaPad 10 Link comes to SA
Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, has announced the availability of the 10-inch Huawei MediaPad 10 Link HD quad-core tablet in South Africa. Running on Android 4.1, the Huawei MediaPad 10 Link provides an...
IS grows cloud adoption with EMC technology
Internet Solutions (IS) has announced that it has extended its partnership with EMC® Corporation by joining the EMC Velocity Service Provider Program as a Gold Partner. Furthermore, IS will deliver a cost effective dual site data replication solution called Cloud Rack...
Nyalu Communications buys Xerox presses
Marketing communications solutions company Nyalu Communications, a level one BB-BEE contributor which offers printing, branding, graphic design and media buying services to its customers, has bought a Xerox D95 copier/printer and a Xerox X1000CP full colour digital...
Technical Business Analyst at Parvana Recruitment
About our client: Our client is a global leader in digital marketing and client reporting solutions, empowering financial professionals to enhance investor engagement and retention. With operations spanning four continents, they are rapidly expanding their team...
Systems Specialist x2 – Gauteng Pretoria
iOCO Infrastructure Services Invites You to Explore Possibilities.We are seeking detail-oriented Systems Specialists with strong organisational skills. As Systems Specialist they will be responsible for monitoring all connectivity environments, as well as continuous...
Developer Junior – Gauteng
Software Developer Graduate Grow and develop your career with this fantastic opportunity! Requirements Degree in either: From a University in South AfricaA candidate must be comfortable working with C and C++ on an operating system level. Good understanding of...
Packaging Equipment Field Technician – Gauteng East Rand
Our client, a progressive and well-established market leader in the packaging equipment sector, seeks to employ a dynamic and well experienced Electrician or Millwright to join their team and manage commissioning and maintenance on packaging manufacturing equipment on...
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About our client: Our client is a global leader in digital marketing and client reporting solutions, empowering financial professionals to enhance investor engagement and retention. With operations spanning four continents, they are rapidly expanding their team...
SAP FICO Consultant (Chief Expert) 2657 TT
Fair knowledge across all SAP modulesInitial focus on master dataAbility to assist with problem identification and possible solution by means of skills such as code debuggingThe following functional skills are essential: Documentation of as-is and to-be business...
Intermediate Electronics Software Engineer (C++ and C#) (Engineering Degree)
ENVIRONMENT:DEFINE technical proposal content, ensure teams have appropriate product & technical specs and the flawless execution of projects as the next Electronics Software Developer sought by an innovative Asset Protection Solutions Provider to join its team...
SAP FICO Consultant (Chief Expert) 2657 TT – Gauteng Pretoria
Fair knowledge across all SAP modulesInitial focus on master dataAbility to assist with problem identification and possible solution by means of skills such as code debuggingThe following functional skills are essential: Documentation of as-is and to-be business...
Intermediate Electronics Software Engineer (C++ and C#) (Engineering Degree) – Gauteng Johannesburg
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Our Client based in Gauteng is seeking a Business analyst (Specialising in SAP SD) to join their team. Qualifications required: A bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, engineering or operations management related field.SAP Certification in SD...
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