Patience and persistence key to job search success

New analysis shows that, on average, it takes around 15 months from the start of an active job search to beginning a new job role. In 2023, the average reached 17 months, while in 2025 it shortened to 14 months, according to the Pnet Job Market Trends Report for...

AI is changing enterprises, and already driving value

By Kathy Gibson - Artificial intelligence (AI) is starting to pay off for early enterprise adopters. More than half of companies that have implemented AI are now seeing a return on investment, with the most value reported by future-built organisations. This is the...

Tech giants raise the AI safety bar

The risks associated with artificial intelligence (AI) are back in the spotlight with the news that rogue agents have been responsible for multiple attacks on government sites in Australia and the US. Even the FBI has not been immune to attacks from autonomous agents....

AI makes critical thinking a workforce priority

A new global study from the IBM for Business Value points to a disconnect between the skills chief human resource officers (CHROs) say AI requires and those employees prioritise. While 71% of CHROs identify the ability to supervise, validate and override AI outputs as...

Watch the solar eclipse

Yesterday, 8 April 2024, parts of Northern Mexico and the US experienced a total solar eclipse. You can see the phenomenon here.

Nvidia boosts robotics with Project GR00T

Nvidia has announced Project GR00T, a general-purpose foundation model for humanoid robots which is designed to further its work driving breakthroughs in robotics and embodied AI. As part of the initiative, the company also unveiled a new computer, Jetson Thor, for...

Basic Education launches ECD census

The Department of Basic Education is today launching the Early Childhood Development (ECD) Census 2021, which aims to collect data on all ECD programmes in the country to better understand and plan for the ECD landscape in South Africa. The Census 2021 will count all...

Mobile wallet payments surge, set for more growth

The mobile wallets industry continues booming, with more people than ever choosing mobile payment services as a safer and more convenient way of managing money. According to data presented by BlockArabia.com, the transaction value in the mobile POS payments segment is...

For Africa, economic growth depends on protecting nature

Africa's prosperity depends on preserving its vast natural wealth, yet the continent's natural capital stocks are dwindling rapidly. This is one of the conclusions in a new report by the German government, offering a comprehensive assessments of the strong links...

Huge opportunity for digital health in Africa

Across Africa, there has been an exponential rise in the number of people engaging with digital health services through their smartphones, creating vast potential for countries to deliver access to healthcare digitally. This is a key finding of Vodacom's e-health...

Notebooks set to dominate PC market growth

Worldwide shipments of PCs are expected to grow 14,2% to 347-million units in 2021, according to a new forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. This is down from IDC's May forecast of 18% growth with...

Pandemic drives adoption of collaboration tools

Nearly 80% of workers are using collaboration tools for work in 2021, up from just over half of workers in 2019, according to the Gartner Digital Worker Experience Survey. This is an increase of 44% since the pandemic began. "Collaboration tools found renewed...

Durban chemical disaster a clarion call for directors, regulators

The massive fire at the warehouse of chemicals company UPL in Durban has created an environmental disaster whose scale is still not clear, and has put the company into the headlines for all the wrong reasons. While the facts are not yet confirmed, it's clear that the...

Gaming malware sees lockdown surge

More than 5,8-million attacks by malware and unwanted software disguised as popular PC games were detected and prevented by Kaspersky solutions globally in the period spanning the third quarter of 2020 to the second quarter of 2021. This increased volume may be...

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Strategic HR solves human capital challenges

Human capital is at the top of the priority lists of organisations worldwide, but confusion as to how to leverage human resources effectively prevents many companies from reaching their full potential. Human Capital is rated 10% higher than operational excellence as a...

Avaya named as leader by Gartner

Avaya recently announced that it has been positioned in the Leaders Quadrant in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Contact Centre Infrastructure for 2013. This is the 13th consecutive year that Avaya has been placed in the Leaders Quadrant as the only company that has...

NetXactics named Shavlik’s African partner

NetXactics has announced the addition of Shavlik’s on-premise and cloud based security management solutions to its distribution portfolio. As the exclusive distributor for Shavlik, the company will supply and support the complete range of centralised patch, asset and...

Bytes wins Genesys Partner of the Year Award

Global provider of customer service solutions Genesys has crowned Bytes Systems Integration its 2013 Partner of the Year in the UK, Ireland and South-East Africa region. The award recognises that Bytes Systems Integration, a Genesys partner since 2006, has brought in...

Fujitsu enhances the EXTERNUS DX family

Fujitsu has announced several enhancements to the ETERNUS DX family of disk-based storage systems to significantly broaden and deepen access to performance-hungry scenarios such as business analytics, data bases and online transaction processing (OLTP). To help to...

Europcar’s B2B portal addresses demand

Europcar South Africa’s business-to-business (B2B) booking Web site will provide its corporate Web site users with improved ease of use, facilitation control and report accessibility. “Europcar harnesses technology to deliver world-class solutions, letting technology...

Fujitsu offers backup, recovery in the cloud

Fujitsu offers business customers of all sizes a fail-proof, global cloud-based backup and recovery service, with the immediate availability of Fujitsu Backup as a Service (BaaS). Incorporating best-in-class EVault technology, Fujitsu BaaS is agile, scalable, simple...

Genesys named a leader by Gartner

Genesys, a leading provider of customer service and contact centre solutions, has announced the Company has been positioned as a “Leader” in the “Magic Quadrant for Contact Centre Infrastructure” report by Gartner. The report evaluates contact centre vendors on both...

Sage Pastel integrates payroll, accounting

Accurate and easily available monthly income statements and balance sheets are critical for the success of any business. Most businesses separate their payroll and accounting departments but for ease of administration it makes good business sense to be able to...

Mobile device malware a growing threat

Although security threats targeting PCs still out-number threats targeting mobile devices, smart phones and tablets have come under increasing attack in the past two years. Richard Broeke from specialist IT security provider, Securicom, says that as malicious code for...

FUNCTIONAL CONSULTANT/BUSINESS ANALYST

The Business Analyst plays a key role in the delivery of successful custom business and software solutions. This individual encourages thought and collaboration from team members to expand ideas regarding successful delivery and to provide the most value to our...

System Technician

A minimum of 10 years "on the bench" experience, i.e. O- level and D- level, on the mentioned equipment as laid out in the previous paragraph. Any academic qualifications in telecoms and IT networks-related field would be advantageous. A thorough knowledge of...

Systems Analyst

The Systems Analyst works closely with Business Analysts, Architects and Developers to design new IT solutions, modify, enhance, or adapt existing systems and integrate new features or improvements, with the aim of improving business efficiency and...

FUNCTIONAL CONSULTANT/BUSINESS ANALYST – Gauteng Sandton

The Business Analyst plays a key role in the delivery of successful custom business and software solutions. This individual encourages thought and collaboration from team members to expand ideas regarding successful delivery and to provide the most value to our...

System Technician – Gauteng Pretoria Region

A minimum of 10 years "on the bench" experience, i.e. O- level and D- level, on the mentioned equipment as laid out in the previous paragraph. Any academic qualifications in telecoms and IT networks-related field would be advantageous. A thorough knowledge of...

Systems Analyst – Remote Remote

The Systems Analyst works closely with Business Analysts, Architects and Developers to design new IT solutions, modify, enhance, or adapt existing systems and integrate new features or improvements, with the aim of improving business efficiency and...

Finance Business Systems Analyst

HireResolve has partnered with an established Retail Client who is looking for an ambitious and driven Finance Business Systems Analyst to join the Finance Projects team based in Cape Town.The role will be responsible for developing critical business processes,...

DYNAMICS CRM DEVELOPER

Collaborate with other software developers, business analysts, software architects and IT professionals to implement Microsoft Dynamics CRM solutions.Customize the system to meet the business needs of the company.Integrate existing systems and services into the CRM...

Cybersecurity Engineer

My client based in Cape Town (Northern Suburbs) is currently looking for a Cybersecurity Engineer to join them on an independent contract basis IT / Finance Responsibilities The Cybersecurity Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and managing a highly...

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