Innovation and collaboration needed to avert a water crisis
South Africa is facing the prospect of a critical water crisis that threatens the nation's social, economic, and environmental well-being. By Poovandran Pillay, executive at Nedbank CSI The challenges are multifaceted, stemming from a combination of factors such as...
We need to see droughts and floods as two sides of the same coin
Climate change policymakers should be addressing droughts and floods as two sides of the same coin, rather than separate phenomena. By Karen King, climate resilience director, and Pepijn van Ravesteyn, climate resilience specialist at Royal HaskoningDHV As changes to...
Huawei pens largest automotive licensing deal with VW supplier
Huawei has reached a license agreement with a supplier of the Volkswagen Group to wirelessly network up to 30-million vehicles. The agreement includes a license under Huawei's 4G standard essential patents (SEPs), which covers Volkswagen vehicles equipped with...
Healthcare, finance, information industry have most data breaches
The healthcare, finance and information industry, as the three sectors most targeted by cyber attacks, accounted for one-fifth of all reported data breaches last year. This is according to data presented by AksjeBloggen.com. Over the past decade, the cyber threat has...
How govtech can reach full potential
Since the beginning of last year, governments have been pouring investments into e-systems, which can be largely attributed to the Covid-19 pandemic and the outlined need for e-solutions. However, some experts say that despite the increased focus on e-government...
Nedbank, AWS partner to help youth with cloud careers
Nedbank has joined forces with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to provide free cloud computing skills development and job training to unemployed youth through the AWS re/Start programme. AWS re/Start is a free, 12-week training programme, covering fundamental AWS Cloud and...
Dedicated cloud IaaS market set for 100-times growth
Digital transformation (DX) is one of the trends shaping the enterprise world and driving the investments organisations are making to modernise their IT infrastructures and processes. Migration to service-based IT is one of the significant elements of DX initiatives...
Microsoft’s $10bn US Defense cloud contract pulled
The US Defense Department has cancelled a $10-billion cloud computing project with Microsoft. The new version of the JEDI contract will include Amazon and potentially other cloud players as well. When the contract was awarded in 2019, Amazon was widely tipped to win...
How CIOs can advance diversity, equity, inclusion
As part of their leadership responsibilities, CIOs should leverage their influence and technology resources to take an active role in advancing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, according to Gartner. "The disruption from the pandemic and social...
Scamming intensifies ahead of Black Widow premiere
After a few release date changes due to the pandemic, the world is finally set to experience the long awaited Black Widow movie. With all the restrictions driven by coronavirus, the organisers decided that the premiere of Black Widow will take place simultaneously in...
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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...
Developers need to come to the BI party
A majority of employees have yet to use BI in organisations that have implemented it and the adoption rate or percentage of people who use it has changed little since as far back as 2007. In the past two years BI vendors have also gone to some trouble to increase...
Jasco helps NBC improve workflow
The Namibia Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) has been making use of an Avid iNEWS system from Jasco Broadcast Solutions for the past nine years. When the hardware on this legacy system became obsolete and NBC began to experience compatibility and server-related issues,...
Huawei launches BYOD solution for banking
Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, has showcased its BYOD solutions to cater for the introduction of omnichannel banking in the African market, at the Future Bank Africa event 2013. Future Bank is part of a...
Defining business class productivity
With technology innovation unfolding at break-neck speed, the past few years have introduced a wealth of new connectivity, mobility and device options for employers to consider for their workforces. As organisations seek to capitalise on these innovations in order to...
The security landscape in SA in 2013
The big challenge within the South African security and innovations space today is the lack of competent expertise available in the market. Simply put, there are not enough trained people to do the design, installation and system audit work, which security projects...
Genesys positioned in Magic Quadrant
Genesys, a leading provider of customer service and contact centre solutions, has announced that information technology research and advisory firm Gartner has included the company in its report, Magic Quadrant for CRM Web Customer Service Applications, published...
MPS helps government tackle printing costs
Public sector agencies and government departments could achieve significant cost savings and productivity gains by turning towards managed print services (MPS) to enhance the management of their document output environments. That’s the word from Simbo Ntshinka, MD of...
Systems Analyst – Western Cape Cape Town CBD
We are seeking a highly skilled Techno/Functional Senior Systems Analyst to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a unique blend of technical expertise and business acumen to bridge the gap between technology and functional requirements. This role requires a...
Senior Developer Full Stack
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
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 Intelligence Analyst – Tzaneen at Ntice Search
Westfalia Marketing Africa, a prominent avocado marketing company based in Tzaneen, is seeking a highly skilled Business Intelligent Analyst.The primary responsibilities will include developing and maintaining business intelligence dashboards for our operations,...
Business Analyst
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
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
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...
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