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...

Nvidia ushers in a new era of computing with Blackwell

Aimed at powering a new era of computing, Nvidia has launched its Blackwell platform which it says will enable organisations everywhere to build and run realtime generative AI (GenAI) on trillion-parameter large language models (LLMs) at up to 25-times less cost and...

Canal+ makes a firm offer for Multichoice

Multichoice and French media company Canal+ have reached an agreement by which Canal+ would acquire the Multichoice group, offering shareholders R125.00 per share - a 66,6% premium over the R75.00 closing price on 1 February 2024. The announcement constitutes a firm...

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...

Massive growth for bitcoin addresses in 2021

The bitcoin network continues to witness an eye-popping activity on its blockchain despite high volatility in Q2, after the asset sharply declined from its all-time high set in April 2021. Data compiled by Blockchain Centre uncovered a stunning finding -- as many as...

Tight labour market poses biggest business risk

The tight US labour market is the biggest perceived threat to business today, according to a Stifel Financial Corp survey of corporate executives, business owners, and private equity investors. Nearly all those surveyed (95%) have had to raise wages in order to...

Modest growth for MEA’s PC market

The Middle East and Africa (MEA) personal computing devices (PCD) market, which is made up of desktops, notebooks, workstations, and tablets, experienced year-on-year growth of 5% in the second quarter of 2021, according to the latest industry analysis conducted by...

UP’s digital twin city aims to improve metro management

The University of Pretoria (UP) has created the Hatfield Digital Twin City, a new initiative that aims to boost service delivery with the help of smart technology. “In making cities smarter and future fit, we need instruments to help our cities become more efficient –...

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Sophos mobile security has Windows 8 support

Sophos has announced Sophos Mobile Control 3.5, the latest version of its mobile device management (MDM) solution. Available both on-premise and as-a-service, Sophos Mobile Control 3.5 makes it simple for small and mid-market organisations to secure, monitor and...

Dac Systems partners for education

Dac Systems, a national specialist services provider focused on turnkey implementations of leading edge industry solutions, has partnered with Combined Knowledge to generate greater awareness of SharePoint and Nintex education within the South African market. Combined...

Business agility, profitability and DevOps

DevOps - a combination of “development” and “operations” - is a relatively new approach to managing the application life cycle. It aims to overcome structural challenges in the typical application life cycle, improving the speed and efficiency at which applications...

MicroStrategy integrates with Cisco UC

MicroStrategy Incorporated, a leading worldwide provider of enterprise software platforms, has unveiled a solution to further transform the way people work. MicroStrategy’s Mobile App Platform now integrates with Cisco’s Unified Communications (UC) platform, providing...

Marval South Africa introduces ISO Expert

Marval South Africa, a leader in IT governance and service management has introduced its ISO Expert education programme, an integrated management training programme, which consists of a series of ISO/IEC standard based courses that assist organisations to drive...

How to manage services

Many companies have been confronted with the concept of managed services, a model whereby a third-party contractor (managed service provider, or MSP) delivers network-based services, applications and/or equipment to businesses, says Craig Freer, Vox Telecom head of...

How to transform a print business

Organisations of all sizes are looking at every part of their IT infrastructure in an effort to find additional cost savings, says Craig Green, OPB Channel manager at Bytes Document Solutions, authorised distributor of Xerox. Believe it or not, the print...

Kaseya acquires Rover Apps

Kaseya, a leading provider of IT service management software, has announced that it has completed the purchase of Rover Apps, a provider of innovative cloud solutions that enable users to securely work with enterprise resources using their personal devices without...

CA announces expansion for CA Chorus

CA Southern Africa has announced significant expansion of the industry’s only integrated management platform for the mainframe – CA Chorus. This translates into a dramatically improved customer experience whilst improving efficiencies and reducing costs for network...

Inter-Active wins at awards dinner

Inter-Active Technologies was recently awarded one gold and two bronze awards at ContactCenterWorld's Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) conference held in Austria from 1 July 5 July 5, 2013. ContactCenterWorld is a global association for contact centre best...

Scrum Master

As a Scrum Master, you will help teams from our clients with their Agile way of working, more specifically help Scrum teams to thrive. A great opportunity to be highly visible within the client organization, create impact, further develop facilitation and coaching...

Finance Business Systems Analyst – Western Cape Cape Town

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 – Gauteng Sandown

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 – Western Cape Bellville

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...

Scrum Master – Remote Remote

As a Scrum Master, you will help teams from our clients with their Agile way of working, more specifically help Scrum teams to thrive. A great opportunity to be highly visible within the client organization, create impact, further develop facilitation and coaching...

SENIOR DATABASE AND APPLICATION DEVELOPER

The successful candidate should have experience in an ICT applications development, implementation, support, and maintenance /enhancementsenvironment. Desired Skills: Sql Server Mysql ASP.NET Web-forms Vb.Net C# JAD RAD SDLC Desired Work Experience: 2 to 5 years...

Software Developer at Private

Web and Mobile Development: Create and maintain user interfaces for websites and web applications.Develop responsive and mobile-friendly designs.Implement cross-browser compatibility to ensure consistent user experience.JavaScript Development: Implement interactive...

Business Analyst

Psybergate is an IT company that builds bespoke software solutions and provides highly skilled resources to its clients.We are looking for a Business Analyst to join our financial services client based in Sandton for a 1-year contract roleTo apply a set of tasks and...

Software Developer

Job Title: Software DeveloperLocation: KZN South Coast Our client is seeking two talented Software Developers to join their dynamic team. As a leading player in the industry, they specialize in providing cutting-edge software solutions for various industrial...

SENIOR DATABASE AND APPLICATION DEVELOPER – Gauteng Johannesburg

The successful candidate should have experience in an ICT applications development, implementation, support, and maintenance /enhancementsenvironment. Desired Skills: Sql Server Mysql ASP.NET Web-forms Vb.Net C# JAD RAD SDLC Desired Work Experience: 2 to 5 years...

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