OADC buys seven data centres from NTT Data

Kathy Gibson reports - Open Access Data Centres (OADC), part of the WIOCC group of companies, has acquired seven South African data centres from NTT Data. The data centres, in Bryanston, Parklands, Cape Town, Umhlanga, Bloemfontein, Gqeberha and East London, were part...

Strong solar flare caught on camera

The Sun emitted a strong solar flare, peaking on 4 February 2026. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the Sun constantly, captured an image of the event. Solar flares are massive eruptions of electromagnetic energy from the Sun that, upon reaching Earth...

African CEOs must prioritise innovation – and take risks

More than 150 CEOs in Africa who participated in PwC’s 29th Global CEO Survey demonstrate strong operational resilience and reinvention as they navigate currency fluctuations, political uncertainty, infrastructure constraints and supply chain disruptions. The survey...

These are the top cybersecurity trends for 2026

The chaotic rise of AI, geopolitical tensions, regulatory volatility and an accelerating threat landscape are the driving forces behind the top cybersecurity trends for 2026, according to Gartner. “Cybersecurity leaders are navigating uncharted territory this year as...

IaaS cloud networking starting to gain in importance

The importance of networking to and within cloud environments has grown significantly for enterprise customers as more and more applications, workloads, and data are moved to the cloud, with IDC estimating that worldwide revenue for public cloud-based infrastructure...

Curro about to set local robotics on fire

Curro Durbanville High School will help ignite National Science Week when it hosts the World Robot Olympiad (WRO) Western Cape Regional competition next weekend (Saturday 5 August). Teams of learners from different schools across the province are set to take part in...

Axiz, Syntech shine at Channelwise Awards

Axiz swept the boards at the 2020 Channelwise Awards, winning the popular vote across all categories and overall to clinch the Distributor of the Year 2020 award. And Syntech made its maiden appearance as a Channelwise Awards winner, taking the Customer Care...

Channelwise Awards 2020: all the winners

South Africa’s resellers have made their voices heard, voting for their favourite vendors in the 2020 Channelwise Awards. Over the years, the Channelwise Awards have tracked the progress of the South African IT industry, reflecting each year how technology and the...

Better customer experience makes companies more profitable

Companies that reimagine their entire business through the lens of experience outperform their industry peers by six times in year-on-year profitability. A large majority (77%) of CEOs said they will fundamentally change how their companies interact with customers as...

In Africa, smartphones grow, feature phones decline

Africa's overall mobile phone market shipments declined 6% year on year (YoY) in Q3 2020, according to the latest insights from International Data Corporation (IDC). The newly-published Quarterly Global Mobile Phone Tracker shows that the decline stemmed mainly from...

DDoS ‘tax’ adds to the attack burden

Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks do more than negatively affect businesses and their customers - they also take up quantities of internet bandwidth without paying for it. This means that the cost of this traffic falls on the shoulders of every business...

Financial threats to be aware of in 2021

In 2021, many financial cybercriminals are likely to target bitcoin more often, while other cybercriminals will switch to transit cryptocurrencies when demanding payment from victims for enhanced privacy. On top of that, extortion practices will become even more...

SA fintech Ozow exceeds R1bn in November

Digital payments fintech Ozow has processed in excess of R1-billion in transactions in a month, for the first time in November 2020. This is thanks to a Black Friday surge where the single biggest transaction was more than R500 000 on a popular ecommerce site. After...

Data costs still hamper SMEs

Despite recent intervention from the Competition Commission, South Africa still has some of the most expensive mobile data rates on the continent. In fact, from lowest to highest data tariffs, Research ICT Africa's Retail African Mobile Pricing (RAMP) Index ranked...

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FNB Connect offers free Wikipedia access

FNB Connect, the internal Internet service provider to FNB, has announced that they are offering their ADSL customers free Wikipedia data browsing between 7pm and 11pm. This development comes in response to a plea from a group of Grade 11 learners at Sinenjongo High...

Xerox sponsors Africa Print Expo

Bytes Document Solutions (BDS), the authorised Xerox distributor in 26 sub-Saharan Africa countries and a division of Bytes Technology Group, recently confirmed its continued support for the Africa Print Expo by signing Xerox as a platinum sponsor for 2013.  “This is...

Using Diginet for VoIP

Voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) telephony services can provide huge cost savings for any size and type of organisation, sometimes offering a 30% to 50% decrease on their total monthly telecommunications bills, says Danie Fourie, director at XDSL.  But many South...

Sundance uses Smart WiFi from Ruckus

Ruckus Wireless has announced that for the third straight year, its patented Smart WiFi products and technology are once again powering the WiFi services being offered at the internationally renowned Sundance Film Festival, which is expected to attract an estimated 45...

Pastel enters personal finance market

Pastel My Money, an online personal finance management tool, is now available to everyone with Web access. Powered by Pastel, South Africa's leading developer of accounting and business software, My Money promises to make personal finance management a breeze. It's...

Reasons for project failure

FOXit has had a handful of projects fail over the last year and a half. Upon reflection, Anita Potgieter, chief operations officer for the company, has come up with a number of potential reasons that could be behind the failure - from the sales cycle through to...

Converging security solutions

Information is the lifeblood of any organisation today. Moreover, the ability to analyse and apply information strategically is critical to the survival strategies of most industries and sectors, says Andrew Chester, chief information security officer at Ukuvuma...

New tape drives for Oracle libraries

Oracle has announced the availability of Oracle’s StorageTek LTO 6 Tape Drives with fibre channel connectivity for Oracle’s StorageTek SL8500 and SL3000 Tape Libraries. With the introduction of StorageTek LTO 6 Tape Drives, Oracle now offers customers both the latest...

Datacentrix awarded OpenText title

IT solution provider Datacentrix has been named as the local OpenText partner of the year for 2012, based on its exceptional revenue contribution for the financial year period. According to Juane Peacock, MD of the enterprise content management (ECM) business unit at...

Implementing social media analytics

Social media is a treasure trove of insights and useful information, but most people have realised that the path from hype to reality is hardly straightforward or easy to implement. At the heart of the matter, information gleaned from social channels is a combination...

Senior System Administrator – Gauteng Boksburg

IT System Administrator Team Lead with minimum 4 years' System Administration and Team Leader experience, and preferably MCSA, MCSE and CCENT qualifications, required to provide technical support, maintenance, configuration, installation of servers, work stations and...

IT Business Analyst at PG Group – Gauteng Bedfordview

Main job purpose Analyse, evaluate, improve and streamline business processes by eliciting requirements and uncovering areas for business systems improvements, while satisfying stakeholder expectations that will deliver viable solutions that will meet organisational...

UI Developer – Eastern Cape Gqebera

SUMMARY:The main goal of this position is to combine technology and design to create inviting, easy-to-use websites for consumers. This role will form part of the IT Product team and will regularly engage with to design, develop, test, implement and support current...

DATA ANALYST – Gauteng Johannesburg

NQF7 in Financial Management/Accounting/Auditing/ Information Technology/ Computer Science/ Statistics/Economics or any Related Field3 years experience in Data Analysis3 years experience in a Advisory/Supervisor Position Desired Skills: Information Technology...

Application Developer at Accenture

Design, build and configure applications to meet business process and application requirements and technical programming standards. Develop system specifications and interfaces for simple to moderate components. QualificationsMust have information Technology related...

Business Analyst (K2 Workflow)

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Business Analyst to join our team. The ideal candidate will play a crucial role in analyzing business processes, identifying opportunities for improvement, and facilitating the implementation of efficient...

MES Analyst – EvdB

Work closely together with the existing IT teams and Legacy Application Architect to develop transition plans from legacy solutions Identifies and plans for necessary solution interfacing (i.e SAP S/4, Legacy boundary applications etc) in collaboration with the...

WMS Analyst/Application Specialist

SUMMARY:The primary purpose of this role is to be responsible for all activities related to the Warehouse Management System (WMS). Responsibilities include but are not limited to efficiency, installing, maintaining, and supporting the WMS. Knowledge of the WMS as well...

PROJECT MANAGER

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