CFOS play an outsize role as AI scales enterprise-wide

As AI becomes more integrated into enterprise operations and decision-making, chief financial officers (CFOs) are taking on a larger role in shaping enterprise priorities around AI, helping turn strategy into execution, and determining how investments and capital...

In Scotland, NASA scientists search for clues about Mars’ past

This summer, NASA scientists headed to the Scottish Highlands to follow up on last year’s announcement of potential biosignatures on Mars and prepare for future research. The rocks and cliffs of Scotland’s Stoer formation offer a combination difficult to find on...

Patience and persistence key to job search success

New analysis shows that, on average, it takes around 15 months from the start of an active job search to beginning a new job role. In 2023, the average reached 17 months, while in 2025 it shortened to 14 months, according to the Pnet Job Market Trends Report for...

AI is changing enterprises, and already driving value

By Kathy Gibson - Artificial intelligence (AI) is starting to pay off for early enterprise adopters. More than half of companies that have implemented AI are now seeing a return on investment, with the most value reported by future-built organisations. This is the...

Micro-segmentation secures network traffic

Kathy Gibson reports from Pinnacle Tech Tour - Cybersecurity is the biggest risk facing organisations in 2024, putting resellers under pressure to provide effective security solutions. Pinnacle Enterprise distributes the Guardicore Centra solution, a...

Nvidia leads the AI charge

Kathy Gibson reports from Pinnacle Tech Tour - Nvidia has traditionally been associated with gaming and cryptocurrency mining - but it's GPU technologies are also leading the market in artificial intelligence (AI) and automation. Belinda Duke, business development...

Rampant rep disengagement could cost companies

Only one in three customer service reps are actually engaged - the remaining reps are neutral or disengaged, says research group Gartner in a new report. The Gartner 2021 Customer Service Rep Role and Experience Survey of 600 customer service reps, reveals...

Cloud infrastructure spend on the up

Spending on compute and storage infrastructure products for cloud infrastructure, including dedicated and shared environments, increased 12,5% YoY in the first quarter of 2021 to $15,1-billion, This is according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Infrastructure...

Khula! scoops top tech innovator award

KPMG SA has announced the winners of its KPMG Private Enterprise Tech Innovator in Africa competition, with South Africa-based Khula! coming out as the leading tech innovator and set to participate in the global leg of the competition in November. This global...

Rental and leasing car telematics set for strong growth

The installed base of telematics devices in the car rental and leasing market reached 5-million in 2020, according to new market research from IoT analysts Berg Insight. The Covid-19 pandemic and its effects on the world economy are believed to drive demand for...

Video game subscriptions to grow by 13,5% in 2021

Video game subscriptions are one of the fastest-growing segments within the gaming industry and are projected to have double-digit percentage growth from 2020-2021. According to data presented by Safe Betting Sites USA, video game subscription revenue is projected to...

Caution weighs on IoT VC funding

Low-value venture capital (VC) funding deals (investments less than or equal to $10-million) volume also shrank as overall VC funding activity in the Internet of Things (IoT) space declined during 2020 compared to 2019. The share of low-value deals as a proportion of...

Top semiconductor stocks deliver over 100% ROI

Despite the global shortage of semiconductors, the industry's stocks are recording significant returns for investors. The returns highlight the sector's potential despite the shortage. According to data compiled by Finbold, the top five selected semiconductor stocks...

Businesses go beyond VPN to secure hybrid settings

With the migration to remote and hybrid work over the last year, cyberattacks have increased at a rate of three to five times compared to pre-Covid. For a while now, VPNs have been a staple of a standard security setup and a fast track for mobile business security....

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Selling educational software

With education in the 21st century becoming decidedly digital, software companies are jumping onto the bandwagon by developing products that they hope will be snapped up by the educational channel, thereby increasing their sales revenue. And apparently there is much...

FrontRange upgrades HEAT Service Management

FrontRange, the only provider of Hybrid IT Service Management solutions, last week announced a significant upgrade to its HEAT Service Management solution that provides a complete, closed loop lifecycle approach to centrally monitoring and managing an organisation’s...

HP helps business gain big data value

HP Enterprise Services today announced a new information management and analytics (IM&A) service designed to help clients rapidly gain increased value from big data assets to support their efforts to drive new revenue opportunities, improve efficiency, reduce risk...

The three elements of workforce optimisation

Workforce optimisation (WFO) helps companies improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their customer interactions through solutions that capture interactions across all channels, analyse to reveal insights, and drive actions that impact business results and the...

Price hike to affect data centre pricing

Recently the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) granted power utility Eskom an 8% average increase per annum over the next five years. Lex van Wyk, chief executive officer of Teraco Data Environments says that with five years of power increases above...

Making a success of ERP implementation

An enterprise resource planning (ERP) system will change the way that a company does business, says Johani Marais, channel manager for Africa, Epicor Software Corporation.  By helping to increase profits through improved efficiencies, enabling decision making and...

IT departments are taking strain

When asking call centre managers how they go about choosing the technology that supports their business, the answers are invariably the same. They are approached by vendors who sell solutions, or perhaps they turn to analysts’ opinion. And sometimes, they rely on...

Plessie partners with ShoreTel, Tellumat

KZN telecommunications company Plessie has announced that it has partnered with ShoreTel and ShoreTel’s South African distributor Tellumat Communication Solutions, to provide unified communications (UC) and enterprise contact centre (ECC) solutions to its extensive...

Quintica, Caridon form strategic alliance

Leading local specialist ICT organisation Quintica is pleased to announce that it has formed an alliance with specialist consulting firm Caridon Business Solutions. As per the partnership Quintica customers will now be able to benefit from the governance, risk,...

Alcatel-Lucent unveils new cloud suite

Alcatel-Lucent has announced a new suite of solutions to help enterprises migrate to the cloud and apply more cost effective business models as they address the challenge of delivering communications services for a highly mobile, application-driven workforce. Cloud...

Applications Developer & Support

Requirements:? The successful candidate will hold a relevant Degree/National Diploma in Information Technology/Computer Science/ Information Systems or equivalent coupled with at least 2 years' experience in ICT applications development, implementation, support and...

Senior Software Developer: Artificial Intelligence (AI) at CSIR

Key responsibilities: Desired Skills: Ability to demonstrate Object-orientated software engineering skills mathematics/statistics/computer science ability to supervise/mentor/develop junior staff investigative orientation planning and organising Building multimodal...

Senior Developer Full Stack – Western Cape Cape Town

Details of RoleWrite, develop and test high-quality codes.Peer review work.Mentor more junior developers.Lead on designs for software solutions and large projects.Essential CompetenciesProven formal software development experience.Must be technically strong with a...

Applications Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg

Requirements:? The successful candidate will hold a relevant Degree/National Diploma in Information Technology/ComputerScience/ Information Systems or equivalent coupled with at least 2 years' experience in ICT applicationsdevelopment, implementation, support and...

Business Analyst – Gauteng Rivonia

Our client is looking for an experienced Business Analyst to join their team! The preferred candidate must have previous experience as a BA within the Banking/ Financial Sector: The position is on-site, based in Rivonia, Sandton. The Job Type is contract-based, for...

Senior PHP Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg Region

A award winning end-to-end tech innovation design agency is seeking a Senior Back-end PHP Developer to join their firm on a fully remote basis. If you meet the below requirements, kindly apply for the position. Qualifications & Requirements: Matric (Grade 12) or...

Applications Developer & 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 2 years' experience in ICT applications development, implementation, support and...

Data Scientist III

Role Purpose - We can be a match if you are: Curious - you're driven by always wanting to know more and learn more Obsessed with mastery - you know what it takes to become good at what you do and are constantly pushing yourself to do it Courageous - you're brave...

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