Customer data is centralised in IT
Most organisations (78%) report centralising customer data management within information technology (IT) teams, according to a survey from Gartner. The survey of 405 marketing leaders conducted in May and June 2023 found 59% of them agreed with the statement that "our...
Cyber warfare market set to boom
The global cyber warfare market is expected to reach $177,41-billion by 2030, registering a CAGR of 14,9% from 2023 to 2030, according to a new report by Grand View Research. The increasing number of cyber-attacks are emerging as a significant threat across the globe....
Mustek updates trading statement
Mustek has issued an updated trading statement for the six months ended 31 December 2020, following the earlier announcement that headline earnings per share and basic earnings per share were expected to be at least 135% higher than the corresponding period last year....
Ecommerce Day set to boost online sales in SA
Online retail industry players, including PayFast, bidorbuy, PriceCheck, uAfrica, xneelo and Lulalend, are getting behind a new initiative to support the growth of South Africa's ecommerce industry. Ecommerce Day, which will take place on 10 March 2021, aims to grow...
SA lawyer takes up fellowship the WEF’s Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Ashlin Perumall, a senior associate in Baker McKenzie's Johannesburg practice, has taken up the role of Fellow at the World Economic Forum's (WEF) Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR) in San Francisco. As part of his C4IR Fellowship, Perumall has joined...
China’s electric vehicle sales to grow 50% in 2021
New research from Canalys shows that a record 1,3-million electric vehicles (EVs) were sold in China in 2020. But year-on-year growth was modest at only 8%. In comparison, worldwide sales of EVs rocketed by 39% in 2020. In a new digital report, Electric vehicle...
Perseverance rover, Ingenuity helicopter report in from Mars
Pictures from the Mars Perseverance rover are coming through, giving us a new perspective of what the surface of the Red Planet looks like. And the Ingenuity Mars helicopter is almost ready to start working, to increase the mission's scope. Mission controllers at...
Households’ net wealth increases since lockdown
South African households' real net wealth increased by an estimated R1,009-trillion from the onset of the second quarter of 2020 to the end of the year (Q4 2020) - despite Covid-19, the lockdown, job losses and an economic contraction. This recovery follows an...
ZACR warns of ongoing cyber threats
The rise of global gangs of organised cybercriminals continues unabated and continues to pose a clear and present danger as South Africa's economy opens up. Curfews and lockdowns helped boost online activity tremendously in 2020 as South Africans sought digital ways...
Cyberbullying a top concern for SA parents
A massive 32% of South African parents claim that cyberbullying is a top concern when it comes to worries about their children, according to the "Responsible Digital Parenting" survey. It is no surprise as this Internet phenomenon has already caused such problems as...
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SMS boosts recruiting business
Nearly 90% of recruiters across the world reveal that text messaging helps their business by enhancing the speed of communication, according to Dialogue Communications, a leading specialist in global mobile messaging solutions. In a customer survey conducted at the...
Reach out to customers on Valentine’s Day
Has a bank manager ever given readers a hug? Or have the waiters at the neighbourhood coffee shop ever recited poetry to them? If the answers are "no" and "never", then readers are among millions of consumers who feel unloved by the retailers and service providers...
Cyberoam unveils virtual UTM appliances
Cyberoam, the leading global network security appliances company, announced the launch of its range of virtual unified threat management (UTM) appliances, adding to its existing range of hardware UTM appliances. With this launch, Cyberoam will enable organisations to...
End-to-end ICT vital for growth in Africa
Information communication technology (ICT) opens up a huge range of potential in the business environment, delivering integrated solutions that actively enable the modern business, says Mark van Vuuren, MD, Jasco ICT Solutions. Previously disparate tools such as...
Location-based services market to thrive
Location-based services (LBS) have emerged as one of the hottest growth areas for the worldwide mobile applications and telecommunications industries. Market researcher ABI predicts that the global LBS market will grow to a total value of $17-billion by 2016, thanks...
Application security a priority for CIOs
The growth in cybercrime generally is well reported, but South African CIOs are still not taking it seriously enough - particularly when it comes to application security. According to respected research firm Gartner, 75% of attacks are directed at the application...
Solar energy can ease price hikes
Solar energy can help South African companies overcome financial implications of future price hikes. Particularly medium-size businesses can benefit. However, in order for sun-generated energy to become mainstream among the South African private sector, the solar...
Norton encourages users to stay safe online
This year marks the 10th anniversary of Safer Internet Day, which is held to promote safer and more responsible use of online technology, particularly with the increasing accessibility of the Internet on mobile devices, such as tablets and smartphones, mostly amongst...
Free fibre infrastructure for landlords
Local open-access fibre infrastructure provider, Conduct Telecommunications, will at no cost to the landlord connect business premises to the country’s backbone fibre infrastructure. The company plans to expand its current footprint to 100 business precincts across...
Youth development to shape ICT industry
It’s no secret that for the past couple of years students have been performing poorly when it comes to maths and science. While matric results from the class of 2012 show a slight improvement in the pass rate for these two subjects with maths increasing by 7,7% to 54%...
IT Support Technician
On-Site IT Support Engineer - Taking the cloud phenomenon to another level!Commencement 01 February 2024 We are looking for a confident go getter individual who has an urgent sense of delivery and customer service! Most of the work will be Windows based desktop and...
Senior C# Developer
12 Month Contract role with company based in the Financial Services Sector (not banking). Senior C# Developer with 5+ years' experience of which at least 3 years' must be from Financial Services industry (not banking).12 Month Contract role with company based in the...
SENIOR DATABASE AND APPLICATIONS DEVELOPER at Secondments Recruitment – Gauteng Midrand
Job Advert SummaryOur client is looking for Senior Database and Applications Developer to Administering, managing, and handling database management systems, such as the creation of databases, data warehousing, database performance and tuning and upgrades.Providing...
Applications Developer and Support – Gauteng Midrand
Requirements: The successful candidate will hold a relevant Degree/National Diploma in Information Technology/Computer Science/ Information Systems or equivalent coupled with at least 3-4 years' experience in an ICT applications development, implementation, support...
Intermediate Web (Front-End) Developer – Gauteng Pretoria
Intermediate Web (Front-End) DeveloperJOB DESCRIPTION Support existing and develop new functionality and components.Understand existing product and domain elements and work with business analysts to refine and implement new requirements.Refactor and improve the code...
IT Support Technician – Western Cape Parow
On-Site IT Support Engineer - Taking the cloud phenomenon to another level!Commencement 01 February 2024 We are looking for a confident go getter individual who has an urgent sense of delivery and customer service! Most of the work will be Windows based desktop and...
Senior C# Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg North
12 Month Contract role with company based in the Financial Services Sector (not banking). Senior C# Developer with 5+ years' experience of which at least 3 years' must be from Financial Services industry (not banking).12 Month Contract role with company based in the...
APPLICATIONS DEVELOPER AND SUPPORT at Secondments Recruitment
Job Advert SummaryOur client is looking for Applications Developer and Support to ? Evaluating and analyzing user requests and business requirements to developed applications within the MS windows environment.? Developing business applications in line with SDLC and...
SAP Authorization Consultant
Our client in the global management consulting space is seeking the expertise of a SAP Authorization Consultant. This role primarily centers on business systems, particularly SAP ERP and Cloud platforms, emphasizing role-based authorizations, system security, and...
Intermediate C#.Net (API) Developer
To be involved in the development of a public facing website based on Microsoft products, including the development of API's (Application Program Interfaces) and message integration functionality. The development will be done using C# within the Microsoft IDE to...
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