How to fight stress across social media
Stress Awareness Month, observed every April since 1992, serves as a critical reminder of the importance of managing stress for maintaining users’ mental and physical health. Social media has emerged as a significant source of stress, contributing to the proliferation...
Obituary: Stephan Nel
Stephan Nel, founder and CEO of the Omni Group of companies, has passed away. Nel was born in Potchefstroom on 18 February 1977 and died in Pretoria on 10 April 2024. A lifelong entrepreneur, he started his career in the IT industry at the age of 16, operating out of...
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...
Unrest, lockdown hit manufacturers’ confidence
The Q3 Absa Manufacturing Survey saw a slight dip in overall sector confidence, with business confidence falling five points to 41 during the quarter. "With continued uncertainty regarding Covid-19 lockdown restrictions during the quarter as well as the unrest...
Top tech trends CFOs should pay attention to
Hyperautomation and intelligent composable business are the top strategic trends that chief financial officers (CFOs) should immediately address, according to Gartner. "These trends reflect the need for finance leaders to quickly and efficiently adjust to rapidly...
Networked bot attacks on the rise
Bot attack volumes grew 41% year over year, with human-initiated attacks falling 29%. This is one of the findings from the LexisNexis Risk Solutions Cybercrime Report, which confirms earlier trend patterns showing the financial services industry and media businesses...
Wits to co-ordinate SA’s Quantum Technology Initiative
Wits University has successfully secured R8-million in seed funding from the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) towards implementing Phase 1 on behalf of the South African Quantum Technology Initiative (SA QuTI). Approved by the DSI earlier this year, the SA...
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Boksburg Printers buys Xerox C75 press
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Alienware unveils powerful gaming laptops
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Save money by migrating to SharePoint 2013
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Incorporating security into facility design
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Wellness Warehouse leverages loyalty data
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Avoiding the consequences of data loss
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Trend Micro verifies cloud security
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HP powers Oriental DreamWorks
HP has announced it has been selected as the official technology partner to Oriental DreamWorks, the joint venture between the China consortium led by China Media Capital (CMC) and Hollywood’s DreamWorks Animation. Oriental DreamWorks will provide unique and creative...
Software Quality Assurance Engineer – Western Cape Cape Town
Quality from the start - get involved in the user story definition process and write test scenarios upfront.Bring a QA perspective to planning sessions and ensure test effort is taken into consideration.Work close with developers to ensure that quality is considered...
Medical Project Manager (Drug Development & Regulatory Processes)
Main purpose of the job:Project manage and support the drug development and regulatory processes workstream of the market shaping outputLocation:Parktown – JohannesburgKey performance areas:Project manage and support the drug development and regulatory processes...
Full Stack DevOps Engineer (Advanced) 2232 TT
Operations (2nd and 3rd level)Development of new functionality (backend, frontend)Changes to the existing solutionDevelopment of automated test for the solutionFurther improving the automated test coverageDevelopment of API to the backendFunctional and technical...
Full Stack DevOps Engineer (Advanced) 2692 TT
Operations (2nd and 3rd level)Development of new functionality (backend, frontend)Changes to the existing solutionDevelopment of automated test for the solutionFurther improving the automated test coverage of the solutionDevelopment of API to the backendFunctional and...
Back-End Developer – 1621
Large auotomobile company in pretoria looking to fill this role urgently with highly skilled people:Backend Developer (Entry) ContractHybridESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:Java: Java Programming knowledge with Maven as a build toolDatabases: SQL Language using...
Backend Developer (C#, Java)
ENVIRONMENT:A cutting-edge company that leverages the latest technologies to construct high-performance, state-of-the-art services is seeking an exceptional Backend Developer to join an outstanding team. As they strive to strengthen and expand their presence in...
Medical Project Manager (Drug Development & Regulatory Processes) – Gauteng Parktown
Main purpose of the job:Project manage and support the drug development and regulatory processes workstream of the market shaping outputLocation:Parktown – JohannesburgKey performance areas:Project manage and support the drug development and regulatory processes...
Full Stack DevOps Engineer (Advanced) 2232 TT – Gauteng Pretoria
Operations (2nd and 3rd level)Development of new functionality (backend, frontend)Changes to the existing solutionDevelopment of automated test for the solutionFurther improving the automated test coverageDevelopment of API to the backendFunctional and technical...
Full Stack DevOps Engineer (Advanced) 2692 TT – Gauteng Pretoria
Operations (2nd and 3rd level)Development of new functionality (backend, frontend)Changes to the existing solutionDevelopment of automated test for the solutionFurther improving the automated test coverage of the solutionDevelopment of API to the backendFunctional and...
Back-End Developer – 1621 – Gauteng Pretoria
Large auotomobile company in pretoria looking to fill this role urgently with highly skilled people:Backend Developer (Entry) ContractHybridESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:Java: Java Programming knowledge with Maven as a build toolDatabases: SQL Language using...
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