Ransomware prevalence is down, but don’t celebrate yet
Kathy Gibson reports - The prevalence of ransomware is starting to dip: the number of organisations around the world hit by ransomware dropped from 59% in 2023 to 66% in 2022. In addition, enterprises have reported that the number of computers effected by ransomware...
Cybersecurity strategies are under the spotlight
As the digital landscape continues to evolve at an unprecedented speed, organisations are racing to keep pace with revamped cybersecurity strategies. LogRhythm has released its "2024 State of the Security Team: Navigating Constant Change" report, based on research...
No evidence user data lost as Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram come back online
Social media services Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram are back up this morning, but the six-hour outage yesterday has left the world with more questions than answers. The company says there’s no evidence that user data was compromised. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg...
What you need to know about the new Draft Companies Amendment Bill
A new draft of the Companies Amendment Bill has been published. Although the Bill clarifies many important company law issues; several ambiguities related to the current Act remain. Madelein Burger, partner at Webber Wentzel, provides a snapshot of some of the key...
Pandora Papers the biggest leak of offshore transactions
In what is believed to be the biggest data leak to date, the Pandora Papers detailing the offshore investments of hundreds of country and business leaders from around the world was released yesterday (3 October). The 11,9-million confidential documents from at least...
WFH presents opportunity for cost optimisation
Chief financial officers (CFOs) have a new opportunity to recalibrate staff costs by more proactively engaging remote and hybrid employees on their relocation preferences and adjusting salaries in line with the local cost of living, according to Gartner. "Many...
ISPA supports ICASA stance on mobile data
The overwhelming majority of South Africans access the Internet using mobile devices, so the cost of mobile data has a real impact on quality of life. The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) will shortly publish regulations designed to...
Localisation master plan will hobble economic growth, says FMF
While increased industrialisation and manufacturing can spur economic growth and create jobs, the Free Market Foundation (FMF) maintains that enforced localisation master plans will only drive away the investment required for more manufacturing capability, and will...
Cloud infrastructure spend dips but on track for annual growth
According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Infrastructure Tracker: Buyer and Cloud Deployment, spending on compute and storage infrastructure products for cloud infrastructure, including dedicated and shared environments,...
Worldwide enterprise external OEM storage revenue up almost 10%
According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Eterprise Storage Systems Tracker, global market revenue for enterprise external OEM storage systems grew 9,7% year over year to $6,9-billion during the second quarter of 2021 (2Q21). Total...
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TAKEALOT.com, New Balance partner up
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Transnet Capital Projects uses HP Autonomy
Transnet Capital Projects, the project management arm of freight logistics giant Transnet, is tasked with overseeing a variety of projects on behalf of Transnet’s various divisions. As such, their data is a critical business asset, and needs to be backed up...
What is SAFe all about?
The software development world is seeing a second wave of enterprise agility starting to happen. The first wave saw development teams become agile. The second wave is focused on the entire enterprise – marketing, development, IT operations, finance and so on. Agile...
Outsource Digital takes Toshiba Gold
Outsource Digital topped the list of 400 dealers in South Africa to take the Number One spot, achieving the Gold Toshiba Dealer of the Year award at a gala event on 20 August 2013. Founded by Ryan Pickford in 2004, this innovative office automation specialist company...
LaserLock wins social security contract
LaserLock Technologies (OTCBB: LLTI), a company involved in authenticating products and persons, announced today that it has been selected as a security provider for the social security card of an undisclosed African nation. "We are excited to announce that our...
Get the big boss on the phone
There is a belief that cold calls for the purpose of appointment setting leave many a recipient cold, but it is still cited as being the second most effective tool for growing one’s business - second only to referrals. Indeed, data from intelligence and lead...
Using social media in higher education
I recently had the opportunity to co-present at the Amabhubesi Social Media in Higher Education Summit and what an insightful summit this was, writes Michelle Strauss, head of Social Media at Hoopla Creative. Within the last few years social media has become more...
Beer, diapers and the big data bug
Individuals who have studied marketing will know about the connection between beer and diapers. It’s all about pattern recognition: how raw information can become useful when it’s interpreted and applied in the right way. According to Dimension Data, that’s where big...
QlikView wins Frost & Sullivan award
QlikView has announced that Frost & Sullivan awarded the QlikView Business Discovery platform with the 2013 Customer Value Enhancement Award. This award is a result of Frost & Sullivan’s independent analysis and primary research performed while compiling its...
Battling the brain drain
Due to a unique mix of economic and political variables, South Africa continues to suffer the devastating consequences of a seemingly unstoppable brain drain says Gys Kappers, CEO of WyseTalk. “As we bleed skills and knowledge, organisations’ output and...
Application Developer at Accenture – Gauteng Midrand
To design, program and test programs new or modifications to existing applications within the BAS client server Architecture To provide production support for a specific application or group of applications To ensure data integrity and fix data integrity through data...
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SQL Developer – Gauteng Menlyn
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Test Analyst at The Foschini Group – Western Cape
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.NET Junior Application Developer at Accenture
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Agile Master (Senior) 2274 TT
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