Illegal cigarettes cost SA billions
South Africa has been losing billions of rands on illegal cigarettes - more than R100-billion since 2010. New research from University of Cape Town (UCT) academics Dr Nicole Vellios and Professor Corné van Walbeek says that in 2022 alone, the government lost...
Capacity building support, training for Lesotho ESOs
Tshimologong Precinct welcomed 14 Enterprise Support Organisations (ESOs) from Lesotho for the ESOs second cohort Capacity Building Programme. The programme is for the Government of Lesotho, through the Competitiveness and Financial Inclusion (CAFI) Project under the...
It’s never too late to plan for a ransomware attack
With the Covid-19 pandemic still disrupting business operations around the world, a new round of ransomware attacks has made it worse by impacting companies, industries and whole countries. The year has been characterised by massive, headline-grabbing attacks such as...
Emerging markets could deliver better returns
South African investors shouldn't expect the same level of returns from US markets going forward, given the current state of the S&P 500, where returns are unlikely to match those of the past 10 years. Instead, investors should set their sights on local soil as...
African countries urged to accelerate E-band planning
To accelerate 5G in Africa, regulatory frameworks governing critical wireless backhaul spectrum, E-band (70-80 GHz), needs to be put on the agenda swiftly. This was the call made by ICT experts at the 6th Annual Sub Sahara Spectrum Management Conference which took...
Quantum leap for University of Tokyo
IBM and the University of Tokyo have unveiled Japan's most powerful quantum computer. The IBM Quantum System One is now operational for researchers at both scientific institutions and businesses in Japan, with access administered by the University of Tokyo. The IBM...
Cybercriminals are getting more sophisticated
There has been a significant increase in the frequency and sophistication of cybercrime activity, including a 65% rise in the use of hacking tools downloaded from underground forums and filesharing websites between H2 2020 to H1 2021. HP Inc's Threat Insights Report...
Household IoT devices don’t get security attention
New research shows that users don't take the security of their IoT devices seriously. Almost 88% of people have some kind of IoT device in their household, but almost one in six no measures to protect the devices. "As the research shows, the more devices people own,...
Transnet hopes to be back online soon
Transnet, still battling a cyberattack that hit its container port operations last week, is making progress on bringing systems back online and expects to lift the force majeure declared last week. The IT disruptions have been largely alleviated, the organisation...
Can you be fired for carrying a weapon during a strike?
Carrying a weapon during a strike action at your work premises could potentially be a fireable offence. A recent court case, Pailpac (Pty) Ltd v De Beer N.O and Others, confirmed that employees can be dismissed for having dangerous weapons during a strike and on...
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Sourcing skills to meet ICT demand
Continuous, exponential growth in ICT is fuelling the demand for high-tech skills sets. The evolution of the industry has meant that there is not only a demand for sufficient numbers in terms of skills, but also the type of skills required. There is also a...
Syntech, Sonnet announce docking station
Syntech, a South African based IT hardware distributor, and Sonnet recently announced the Echo 15 Thunderbolt Dock, a fully featured docking station for Mac and Windows computers with Thunderbolt ports. Sonnet's latest Thunderbolt technology product features 15 ports:...
Beware the walled gardens
The technology industry is well-known for coining its own unique phrases and expressions. From big data, to digital divide, to Web 2.0 – and all of the others in between – these phrases have often translated into common usage. While many have become obsolete as...
Alcatel-Lucent extends enterprise portfolio
Alcatel-Lucent is introducing new products that enable enterprises to accommodate a more mobile workforce. These products address requirements for a better user experience accessing realtime applications anytime, anyplace - on the corporate network, at a branch office...
Phoenix experiences growth in all markets
In a diverse, fast-growing region that remains difficult for many companies to get into, Phoenix Distribution has established a strong presence. Across the African continent, the number of partners and resellers served by the company continues to grow at an...
Xerox introduces ConnectKey technology
Bytes Document Solutions (BDS), Africa’s leading document management technology and services company and the largest Xerox distributor in the world, has introduced ConnectKey, a software system embedded in Xerox multifunction printers (MFPs). It comes with a set of...
EMC unveils ViPR at EMC World 2013
At EMC World 2013, EMC has introduced EMC ViPR, the world’s first software-defined storage platform. As service provider and enterprise data centres grow to tens and hundreds of petabytes, the cost and complexity associated with managing them becomes untenable. By...
Riverbed introduces ADC as a service
Riverbed Technology, the application performance company, announced an industry game-changer – a new platform enabling any customer to deliver application delivery controller as a service (ADCaaS) with the Stingray Services Controller. This new product will automate...
Service virtualisation boosts testing
The interconnected world depends upon software that is becoming increasingly complex to develop and test. With multiple dependent systems, a complete and realistic test environment is nearly impossible to stage. Developers, QA testers, and performance engineers face...
TWT rolls out Veeam solution
Virtualised IT environments bring new opportunities for cost savings and efficiency – but they also bring new risks to business continuity, and the need for new tools to manage those risks, as leading local automotive company Tiger Wheel & Tyre (TWT) has...
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A leading mobile solutions company is seeking a skilled Senior Technical Specialist (Hybrid) to join their team. You will be part of an agile development and operations team and be responsible for the technical support of their software applications, customer...
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We are currently looking for a Senior Business Analyst who will be responsible for creating, refining, and clarifying the detailed definition of the business need, designing the corresponding business processes, and supporting the implementation of the business...
Senior Technical Specialist – KwaZulu-Natal Kloof
A leading mobile solutions company is seeking a skilled Senior Technical Specialist (Hybrid) to join their team. You will be part of an agile development and operations team and be responsible for the technical support of their software applications, customer...
Senior Business Analyst – Core Banking – Gauteng Johannesburg
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intermediate Software Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg
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