Steep growth for smart waste sensors
The number of waste collection points fitted with smart waste sensor technology reached 1,25-million worldwide in 2023 (excluding China) and, growing at a CAGR of 22,8%, will increase to 3,5- million by 2028, according to new research from Berg Insight. These...
Growing demand for mainframe skills
IBM introduced the Mainframe Skills Council during its recent SHARE conference, to provide a forum where global organisations will foster a skilled, diverse, sustainable workforce for the mainframe platform. In addition to IBM, the council includes organisations...
Cautious optimism as government moves to strengthen nomination process for senior appointments at SOEs
According to reports, government is planning to intensify the vetting of non-executive directors and other employees at SOEs to improve the quality of appointments. These moves are long overdue and should be welcomed - but with caution, says Parmi Natesan, CEO of the...
Strong growth expected for managed edge services
Managed edge services promises to be a high-growth market as enterprises look to low-latency edge services to address process efficiencies, support new consumer applications, comply with data sovereignty, and deal with security threats. According to a new forecast...
Covid drives digital wallet uptake
The adoption of digital wallets in the Middle East and Africa has been growing steadily over the last number of years and this has been accelerated as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. With merchants now prioritising online and in-store payments, there is now an...
IBM unveils on-chip accelerated AI processor
IBM has unveiled details of the upcoming new IBM Telum Processor, designed to bring deep learning inference to enterprise workloads to help address fraud in realtime. Announced at the annual Hot Chips conference, Telum is IBM's first processor that contains on-chip...
Key technologies drive innovation through trust, growth and change
Engineering trust, accelerating growth and sculpting change are the three overarching trends on the Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2021 that will drive organisations to explore emerging technologies such as nonfungible tokens (NFT), sovereign cloud,...
SA’s women entrepreneurs bridge the digital divide
Despite having to contend with gender disparities, women entrepreneurs in South Africa are bridging the digital divide and have adopted and integrated digital solutions into their businesses on a scale comparable to their male counterparts. According to new research...
Learning losses due to Covid-19 cause for concern
The Department of Basic Education is concerned about the learning losses the sector has incurred particularly since the pandemic began last year. Lost school days leads to foregone learning (learning losses) - recent from around the world even before the pandemic has...
Signed Apple II manual goes for $787k
An Apple II manual signed by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has been sold for more than three-quarters of a million dollars. RR Auction netted a massive $787 484.00 for the 196-page manual, which was signed by Jobs and Mike Markkula, an early investor in Apple and its...
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JDA enhances WFM solutions
JDA Software Group has announced significant enhancements to its workforce management (WFM) and all-channel commerce solutions. Capabilities now available in JDA Workforce Management and JDA Commerce Suite allow retailers to simplify and automate retail execution, as...
Panda delivers security for mining industry
Minopex, a leading exponent in outsourced operation and maintenance of minerals and metals processing plants, recently installed Panda Cloud Systems Management (PCSM) as its IT management solution of choice. Prior to the adoption of PCSM, the company’s IT management...
Offsite backup boosts disaster recovery
Offsite backups of virtualised IT environment are now available in South Africa, with Veeam Backup & Replication Cloud Edition being offered by several local service providers, including CipherWave, Afrihost, Vox Telecom, Cybersmart, Triple 4 Consulting and Server...
BI SaaS launched by Information Builders
Business intelligence (BI) and analytics company Information Builders has launched a software as a service (SaaS) offering addressing cloud computing. The company’s Cloud Hosting Services will be locally hosted to ensure that data is not stored outside the borders to...
DiData scoops 28 Cisco awards
Dimension Data, the $5,8-billion ICT solutions and services provider, is the recipient of 28 Cisco Partner Summit 2013 awards. Cisco unveiled the winners at its annual channel partner conference, held in Boston recently. Cisco Partner Summit awards reflect the...
Cloud makes tech accessible to SMBs
Software as a services (SaaS) is gaining momentum in South Africa, especially in the small and medium business sector where companies can now afford the same business systems previously only available to large organisations with big IT budgets. The cloud is here to...
DHL gets proactive with Pvision
Pvision and Shellard Media have concluded an implementation at DHL’s Johannesburg headquarters which has fundamentally altered the manner in which the logistics giant reacts to potential challenges. Local display technology provider, PVision, has formally concluded an...
Mobile technology can reduce costs
Mobile technology is consuming a large amount of attention these days with software companies developing apps for all sorts of business needs. The truth is that mobility is applicable in almost any industry with field workers that need to be managed more effectively...
How to choose a remote monitoring service
When Dr Rudolph Zinn of the School of Criminal Justice recently did intensive research on the nature of robberies and attacks, he revealed some interesting findings: one being that alarms and armed reaction services are not a deterrent for robbers any longer, says...
Enterasys releases new Ethernet switches
A new family of high density, high-performance 10Gigabit Ethernet switches has been launched by Enterasys Networks. Targeted at high bandwidth and latency-sensitive applications, the new 7100-Series is ideally suited to the demands of modern data centres, according to...
Business Intelligence Manager – Gauteng Randburg
Company Overview:[Company Name] is a dynamic and innovative sports betting company dedicated to providing unparalleled entertainment experiences to our customers. With cutting-edge technology and a passion for sports, we aim to revolutionize the industry through...
Intermediate Data Scientist
Duties & Responsibilities Analyze raw data: assess quality, cleansing, structuring for downstream processing.Apply the scientific method to data and problems to establish, test and refine hypotheses.Visualize and present scientific results effectively for a...
Senior Software Engineer (C#.Net)
ENVIRONMENT:THE coding expertise of a Senior Software Engineer (C#.Net) with at least 5+ years of hardcore coding experience, preferably from a software house - is sought by a global Software Tech company to join its team. You will work on incubating new products,...
Lead .Net Developer
At iOCO, we are excited to announce an opportunity for a Lead .Net Developer to join our dynamic team. In this role, the selected individual will spearhead operations within the space, taking charge of existing applications, bug fixes, and maintenance. Beyond routine...
Front End Developer
Hire Resolve is currently seeking a talented and experienced Front-End Developer to join our client's team. As a leading recruitment firm, we are dedicated to matching highly skilled professionals with top-notch career opportunities. As a Front-End Developer, you will...
Intermediate Data Scientist – Gauteng Sandown
Duties & Responsibilities Analyze raw data: assess quality, cleansing, structuring for downstream processing.Apply the scientific method to data and problems to establish, test and refine hypotheses.Visualize and present scientific results effectively for a...
Senior Software Engineer (C#.Net) – Western Cape Cape Town
ENVIRONMENT:THE coding expertise of a Senior Software Engineer (C#.Net) with at least 5+ years of hardcore coding experience, preferably from a software house - is sought by a global Software Tech company to join its team. You will work on incubating new products,...
Lead .Net Developer – Western Cape Cape Town
At iOCO, we are excited to announce an opportunity for a Lead .Net Developer to join our dynamic team. In this role, the selected individual will spearhead operations within the space, taking charge of existing applications, bug fixes, and maintenance. Beyond routine...
Front End Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg
Hire Resolve is currently seeking a talented and experienced Front-End Developer to join our client's team. As a leading recruitment firm, we are dedicated to matching highly skilled professionals with top-notch career opportunities. As a Front-End Developer, you will...
Intermediate Data Scientist & Machine Learning Engineer
Duties & Responsibilities Analyze raw data: assess quality, cleansing, structuring for model training and evaluation.Apply the scientific method to data and problems to establish, test and refine hypotheses.Designing, training, and evaluating models and model...
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