Bryanston pupil scoops top awards at Eskom Expo
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AMD boosts AI capabilities with Nod.ai acquisition
Looking to bolster its artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, AMD has acquired AI specialist developer Nod.ai. The chip maker says the acquisition strongly aligns with its AI growth strategy centred on an open software ecosystem that lowers the barriers of entry...
Covid exposes gender inequality beyond pay gap
Women have been hardest hit by the impact of Covid-19 lockdowns, according to the National Income Dynamics Study - Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey (NIDS-CRAM), a study tracking income, employment and welfare in South Africa. "Although survival and saving jobs is...
Facebook blocks news in Australia, New Zealand
Facebook has blocked news sites and sharing in Australia and New Zealand as those countries push to make platforms pay for news content. By William Easton, MD of Facebook Australia & New Zealand, says the move is in response to Australia's proposed new Media...
Higher inflation in January confirms expectations of increases
Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) reported on February 17 that consumer price inflation increased from 3,1% year-on-year (y-o-y) in December 2020 to 3,2% y-o-y in January 2021. Lullu Krugel, chief economist for PwC Strategy& Africa, and Dr Christie Viljoen, PwC...
Service, support employees want to continue working from home
A massive 70% of customer service and support employees want to continue to work from home (WFH) at least once a week after the pandemic ends, according to a survey by Gartner. In September 2020, Gartner surveyed 5 000 employees, including 550 customer service...
SA’s SMEs embrace online tools
Most companies have been following through with the work from home system since the start of the pandemic. As such, software has ensured that digital transformation becomes a success for the businesses who have had to adapt to digital transformation as a result of the...
Covid deals a blow to property rentals
In a blow to residential housing landlords but providing some respite for tenants, negative rental escalation has arrived. According to specialised credit bureau TPN, residential rentals were -0,75% cheaper on average for the last quarter of 2020. However, tenants...
CoCre8 adds endpoint resilience with Absolute Software
CoCre8 has announced a partnership with Absolute Software, adding endpoint resilience capabilities to its range of edge and security solutions offerings. Embedded in the firmware of devices from over 25 leading PC manufacturers, Absolute is an undeletable endpoint...
Technology takes centre stage as business faces massive change
Kathy Gibson reports – In a rapidly changing world, technology is at the centre of the way we live and work – and the unprecedented impact of Covid-19 coupled with other new concerns and risks has created a new era of volatility and uncertainty. At the virtual global...
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Unison launches new BI product
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Reasons to backup to the cloud
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Galaxy Note II now has Garmin app
As part of its commitment to provide its customers with best-in-class solutions for the digital lifestyle, Samsung Electronics SA has partnered with Garmin Southern Africa to offer the Garmin NAVIGON navigation app on all Samsung Galaxy Note II devices at no...
SharePoint an industry game-changer
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WiFi trends to watch for in 2013
2012 was a great year for the WiFi industry, especially in the enterprise IT space. More businesses embraced the solutions WiFi had to offer and in the process improved on their internal processes and services to their customers, says Michael Fletcher, sales director...
Faster networks needed for big data
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New Dell XPS 12 from DCC
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CommProve wins Safaricom contract
Safaricom, Kenya’s leading mobile operator, is looking to CommProve to improve its subscriber network quality of experience. As part of the agreement, CommProve will deploy its next generation network monitoring solution, CommProve NetLedge across Safaricom’s network....
Mobile operators to focus on customers
Visionary companies in the mobile telecommunications space are beginning to look at how they can set themselves apart by managing and optimising their customer service to retain and expand their subscriber base. 2013 is likely to be the year of customer experience in...
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Design wide area network and local area network systems and Server configurations; Implement new operating systems and infrastructure applications; Monitor and maintain operating systems and infrastructure applications; Provide end user system support; Disaster...
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Senior Java Developer
Would you like to work from home for one the leaders in the taxation space? Our client has an amazing opportunity for a Senior Java Developer based in either Western Cape - Somerset West, Pretoria, or Johannesburg being 90% remote as well as offering an excellent list...
Senior SQL Developer at Reverside
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Senior Java Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg Region
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