Growing demand for mainframe skills
IBM introduced the Mainframe Skills Council during its recent SHARE conference, to provide a forum where global organisations will foster a skilled, diverse, sustainable workforce for the mainframe platform. In addition to IBM, the council includes organisations...
Software engineers set to make full use of AI code assistants
By 2028, 75% of enterprise software engineers will use AI code assistants, up from less than 10% in early 2023, according to Gartner. Sixty-three percent of organisations are currently piloting, deploying, or have already deployed AI code assistants, according to a...
PC growth spurt in MEA set to end soon
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) personal computer (PCD) market, which is made up of desktops, notebooks, workstations and tablets, is expected to see shipments decline of 7,2% year on year for the second half of 2021. This is according to IDC's latest Quarterly PCD...
Attacks reach record highs in 2021
Trend Micro blocked 40,9-billion email threats, malicious files, and malicious URLs for customers in the first half of 2021, a 47% year-on-year increase. Ransomware remained the standout threat in the first half of the year as cyber criminals continued to target...
Mining organisations are becoming highly digitalised
More than half of the mining organisations operating around the world consider themselves to be repeatable data-led companies on the organisational data maturity scale, according to IDC’s 2021 Worldwide Mining Decision-Maker Survey. The ability to capture, clean, and...
Industrial control systems come under threat
Almost one in three industrial computers globally was subject to malicious activity in H1 2021, according to Kaspersky ICS CERT. During the first half of 2021, cybercriminals intensively used various types of spyware and malicious scripts while performing their...
Hlengiwe Mkhize dies
Hlengiwe Mkhize, the deputy minister in the Presidency for women, youth and persons with disabilities, has died. Mkhize served as deputy minister of telecommunications and postal services between 2014 and 2017, after being elected to the national assembly in 2009. She...
Market for fully printed sensors set to reach 4,9bn by 2032
Printed and flexible sensors constitute the largest printed electronics market outside of displays, and IDTechEx forecast that the market for fully printed sensors will reach 4,9-billion by 2032. This growth is despite the sustained displacement of its largest market...
Supply chain organisations should look to a chief robotics officer
With robotics and automation taking over more tasks in organizations, the role of the chief robotics officer (CRO) should be created to strategically drive the proliferation of these technologies, according to Gartner. “Nearly every business is going to have a robot...
SA organisations not confident they could survive a ransomware attack
Organisations are facing several data protection challenges driven by the constant threat of ransomware, the consumption of emerging technologies, and data growth. And South African companies aren't sure their existing data protection solutions will meet their future...
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Oracle announces StorageTek T10000D
Continuing to drive new innovation into tape storage, Oracle today announced the StorageTek T10000D tape drive, the industry’s fastest, highest capacity tape drive, providing a breakthrough opportunity for cloud service providers to monetize faster than any other...
Oracle upgrades In-Memory Applications
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The role of design in innovation
In the mobile, telephony and technological industry, we hear a lot about “innovation”. We are told that our products need to be innovative. We are told that we need to be and employ creative people to help us do this, says Larking Huang, country director, Huawei...
System 5 opts for CA ARCserve
IT services company, System 5 has selected CA ARCserve as the technology of choice for its backup and disaster recovery offering. System 5 boasts extensive experience in the delivery of managed backup solutions. The company identified CA ARCserve after an exhaustive...
Remote realtime data recovery from CSSI
Computer Storage Services (CSSI) has announced the release of its real time remote data recovery service. Now, should a client experience a data loss event, hard drive crash or data corruption, a CSSI engineer can remote log-in and recover the data onsite. CSSI has...
NetTraveler is back with new tricks
Kaspersky Lab researchers have announced a new attack vector of NetTraveler (also known as “Travnet”, “Netfile” or "Red Star" APT), an advanced persistent threat that has already infected hundreds of high profile victims in more than 40 countries. Known targets of...
Accounting for the value of data in business
While IT staff talk about "data as an asset" rather glibly in the boardroom, the value of digital information in an organisation is interpreted quite differently from the accounting department's perspective, says Gary Allemann, MD at Master Data Management (MDM)....
BDS bolsters colour printing with Impika
Following Xerox’s acquisition of France-based industrial inkjet manufacturer Impika, authorised Xerox distributor Bytes Document Solutions (BDS), has released the Impika iPrint Compact printer in South Africa. Impika technology will help Xerox compete in the...
Outsource service management infrastructure
There is a rising trend amongst tower companies across the African continent to outsource their service management portfolio. The question that begs answering however is why? Why would a business look to outsource such a key component of its organisation and what...
Aspect targets Africa’s oil distribution
Moving to target the burgeoning downstream oil distribution sector throughout Africa, Aspect Enterprise Solutions today underscores how the core functionality at the heart of its AspectCTRM trade and risk management system can help specialist African oil bulk...
Senior Cloud Specialist
About the client:Since their inception, they have grown from strength to strength, increasing their technical skills and resources to provide their growing customer base with effective on-premises and cloud-based solutions. They strongly believe that technology should...
Microsoft Consultant
Our client is seeking a Microsoft Consultant who will be responsible for delivering technology and process-based solutions to meet their needs. The ideal candidate should have extensive Project Management and Microsoft PPM knowledge, and will be responsible for...
Senior Database Administrator
Senior Database AdministratorExperience: 5+ years in SQL Server database management.Tech Stack: SQL Server, Azure.Responsibilities:Lead the database administration team, providing expertise and mentorship.Drive the optimization of database structures and...
Project Manager
Managing the project within the constraints of scope, quality, time and cost, within the project governance framework.You will be accountable for achieving results through the efforts or others.You will be required to deliver specified requirements and meets customer...
Data Scientist
Hybrid: 2 days in-office, 3 days work from homeBased in Pretoria Purpose of position:Supporting all business functions by performing data analyses and executing various other business intelligence responsibilities.Responsibilities:? Design, develop and deploy...
Senior Cloud Specialist – Gauteng Edenburg
About the client:Since their inception, they have grown from strength to strength, increasing their technical skills and resources to provide their growing customer base with effective on-premises and cloud-based solutions. They strongly believe that technology should...
Microsoft Consultant – Gauteng Sandton
Our client is seeking a Microsoft Consultant who will be responsible for delivering technology and process-based solutions to meet their needs. The ideal candidate should have extensive Project Management and Microsoft PPM knowledge, and will be responsible for...
Senior Database Administrator – Remote Remote
Senior Database AdministratorExperience: 5+ years in SQL Server database management.Tech Stack: SQL Server, Azure.Responsibilities:Lead the database administration team, providing expertise and mentorship.Drive the optimization of database structures and...
Project Manager – Gauteng Braamfontein
Managing the project within the constraints of scope, quality, time and cost, within the project governance framework.You will be accountable for achieving results through the efforts or others.You will be required to deliver specified requirements and meets customer...
Data Scientist – Gauteng Pretoria CBD
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