Lack of knowledge causes mistakes for cybersecurity experts
With human error causing nearly two-thirds of all cyber incidents in the past two years, more than 50% of acting cybersecurity professionals admit they made mistakes early in their career due to a lack of theoretical or practical knowledge, a new global study...
CSSi wins gold for green data centre
CSSi's CipherVault, a category 5, generation 2 data centre located in Midrand, has seen its environmental achievements recognised by the Data Centre World Awards. CipherVault, an advanced and highly secure facility constructed inside a biometrically accessible vault,...
Top tech ideas for township economic growth
Over the weekend of the 19th and 20th of June 2021, Silicon Cape and the US Mission to South Africa hosted a virtual hackathon aimed at discovering digital solutions to accelerate inclusive economic growth for local businesses in the township economy. This was the...
SA businesses among the best at coping with Covid challenges
Although organisations worldwide found their businesses disrupted, projects postponed, and strategies challenged during 2020, South African companies were very adept at coping with business related challenges as a result of Covid-19, says Project Management Institute....
Digital regulators must collaborate to build a better post-Covid world
Bold regulatory approaches are needed to guide ground-breaking technology uptake, foster collaboration, and drive digital transformation in the post-Covid world, This is according to participants at the latest Global Symposium for Regulators (GSR-21) organised by the...
Merchants, developers invited to join VodaPay platform
Kathy Gibson reports - Vodacom is calling on merchants and developers to join its VodaPay platform. Shameel Joosub, CEO of Vodacom, describes the VodaPay platform as a super-app offering a range of shopping and payment services made possible by the agreement signed...
Banks set to form customer-centric ecosystems
A significant 65% of global banking executives believe branch-based banking will be "dead" within five years. This is according to a report written by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) entitled "Branching out: can banks move from city centres to digital...
New Intel XPU targets HPC and AI
At the 2021 International Supercomputing Conference (ISC) Intel is announcing advances in its Xeon processor for HPC and AI as well as innovations in memory, software, exascale-class storage, and networking technologies for a range of HPC use cases. "To maximize HPC...
To win, insurers need to navigate future factors
The insurance industry should aim to provide enhanced advice and assistance to a greater proportion of the country's population. This is among the finding of a PwC report on the future of advice and engagement in the South African insurance industry. Riaan Singh,...
NGOs could buckle under lockdown pressure
The pressure on non-governmental organistions (NGOs) since the first lockdown over a year ago has not subsided, and the news of another hard lockdown could cripple the sector entirely. This is highlighted in a survey by Tshikululu Social Investments in 2020, which...
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The C, Ku and Ka-band satellite debate
With the launch of Ka-band satellites the debate of C versus Ku-band versus Ka-band has come to the fore, with varying opinions of the advantages of each technology against that of another. These considerations are valid and, in terms of a pure technology debate, very...
The true cost of freeware
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Aspect announces strategic partnership
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Riverbed announces new product capabilities
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WhatsApp launches on BlackBerry 10
WhatsApp, the company behind WhatsApp Messenger, and BlackBerry have announced that WhatsApp will bring a native version of its popular mobile messaging service to the BlackBerry 10 platform. BlackBerry 10 provides an ideal platform for social apps such as WhatsApp...
EC rolls out mission-critical HP servers
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DVT becomes OnTime value-added reseller
Local software developer DVT has been appointed a value-added reseller for Axosoft’s OnTime project management software for Agile and scrum software development. The deal was signed early in February 2013, and makes DVT the first OnTime reseller in Africa. “This is a...
Redington Value named VMware distributor
Redington Value, the value-added distribution division of Redington Gulf, has been appointed as a VMware distributor in WECA, marking a significant drive by the leader in virtualisation and cloud solutions into the African continent. As a value-added distributor,...
Video calling holds major opportunities
It couldn’t have escaped anyone’s notice that the tablet computer (and mobile devices on the whole) have cemented themselves firmly in the lifestyle artillery of the modern consumer, says Henry McCracken, regional sales director, Africa at Aspect Software. According...
Fujitsu announces Power Appliance
Fujitsu has announced a certified, ready-to-run virtualised appliance for the SAP HANA platform for test and development use. The fully virtualised Fujitsu Power Appliance enables more rapid development and testing for implementations of SAP HANA, allowing companies...
Senior Project Manager
We are seeking a seasoned and results-driven Senior Project Manager to lead our project management team. As a Senior Project Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing the planning, execution, and delivery of strategic projects, ensuring they are completed on...
Applications Developer & Support
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