The importance of ethical practice in IT
Amid an increased focus on the importance of ethical practice in IT among members of the professional ICT community, the Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa (IITPSA) has released a short video to illustrate just how important ethics in ICT...
Intel Gaudi, Xeon and AI PC accelerate Meta Llama 3 GenAI workloads
Meta has launched Meta Llama 3, its next-generation large language model (LLM). Effective on launch day, Intel has validated its AI product portfolio for the first Llama 3 8B and 70B models across Intel Gaudi accelerators, Intel Xeon processors, Intel Core Ultra...
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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Bridging the divide between business and IT
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Spoor & Fisher launch IP app
Spoor & Fisher, a specialist, full-service international IP law firm has launched an “IP app” to provide clients and users with helpful resources and tools. The app is available for free download from the iTunes store. An Android version will become available in...
Sophos announces Server Protection
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Sanlam Health enhances e-mail interaction
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Riverbed introduces new appliance
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Ocular Technology offers Altitude uCI 8
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Schneider Electric offers Actassi system
“It is always difficult to improve upon a network setup beyond the initial plan. For this reason, Schneider Electric’s Actassi range of networking and connectivity infrastructure solutions for buildings and data centres includes everything a customer needs, from...
NetIQ introduces Cloud Manager 2.2
NetIQ South Africa has introduced Cloud Manager 2.2, a solution that provides users with unique, flexible services that enable them to deliver business value in crowded markets. Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) is an increasingly commoditised service dominated by...
Epson appoints ImageMed as reseller
Epson South Africa has appointed ImageMed Technologies as a specialist reseller of the Epson SureLab SL-D3000 compact digital drylab, a photo printer that is ideal for the retail photo laboratory market. In addition, ImageMed has also been appointed as an accredited...
JusPlay releases educational Android tablet
Local distributors of entertaining, creative and inspirational software and providers of easy-to-use software and hardware solutions, Edutain Distribution, is pleased to announce the launch of JusPlay, an Android educational tablet for children from the ages three to...
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Senior QA & Tester - Gauteng12 Month Contract - Remote Purpose of Position: Complement Recruitment are recruiting for a Senior QA & Tester for software development and IT projects based client. This is a remote 12 month contract. Salary is market related,...
Senior Full-Stack Developer – Gauteng Sandhurst
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