What’s needed to drive a vibrant renewable energy industry?
Kathy Gibson reports from the Future Energy show - There's no shortage of initiatives underway to drive a vibrant local industry for renewable energy, and the provision of net-zero energy into South Africa's businesses, factories and homes. But there are many...
Dell partners with Nvidia to debut enterprise AI stack
Dell Technologies has partnered with Nvidia to launch a full stack of enterprise-level artificial intelligence (AI) solutions. The company has strengthened its collaboration with Nvidia to help enterprises adopt AI technologies through the expansion of the Dell...
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....
Telcos move to better services and choice
Innovation and technological advancements over the past three decades have resulted in more competition across the telecoms value chain (TVC), bringing with it better services, greater customer choice and lower prices. This is one of the key findings of a report...
SA uses double the resources Earth can sustain
South Africans are consuming beyond the capacity of Earth's ability to sustain us, using up resources at double the rate at which the Earth's ecosystem can recover. And we have been failing for 51 years. South Africa's Earth Overshoot Day (EOD) falls on 4 July 2021...
Global plan mooted to spur tourism recovery
The dramatic plunge in global tourism due to the Covid-19 pandemic is having far-reaching and devastating effects, particularly for Small States. Now, the Commonwealth Secretariat proposed the development of a global "Tourism Action Plan" to help spur a much-needed...
Social media adoption could bolster African growth
Social media platforms help to accelerate economic growth and opportunity across the continent. This is one of the findings of a study conducted by Genesis Analytics in eight African countries - Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, the DRC, South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Mauritius,...
1,1m threats now target gamers
In 2020, as countries around the world were forced into lockdown, the number of online gamers skyrocketed. In fact, by the end of March 2020, the number of both active users and concurrent users actively playing games on Steam (the most popular online gaming platform,...
Plenty of room for players in the VR headset market
Global shipments of virtual reality (VR) headsets grew 52,4% year over year in the first quarter of 2021 (1Q21), according to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Augmented and Virtual Reality Headset Tracker. Standalone headsets,...
Vodacom Business Africa extends pan-African network to South America
Vodacom Business Africa has taken a step into Brazil, increasing its fixed-connectivity coverage to five continents across the globe. The trans-Atlantic connection has been made possible through the undersea South Atlantic Cable System, the first to directly link the...
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Esquire expands CCTV product range
As part of its ongoing diversification drive, Esquire Technologies – the digital and lifestyle distributor – has expanded its range of K Guard-branded CCTV and security products. According to Asgar Mahomed, MD of Esquire Technologies, over the past two years K Guard...
Interconnection rate cuts to boost VoIP
South Africa could at last be on the cusp of having a more competitive telecoms market. In 2010, the country’s telecommunications regulator, the Independent Communication Authority of South Africa (ICASA), implemented three interconnect rate cuts. These rates are the...
Africa focused on a connected future
The increase in available bandwidth and lowering of costs makes for a far more competitive connectivity services marketplace. ICT experts suggest that as companies continue to try to establish their offerings and differentiate themselves, the relevance and...
Legislative guidelines for employers in 2013
“Changes proposed to South Africa’s Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA), Labour Relations Act (LRA) and Employment Equity Amendment Bill (EEAB) will have a significant impact on how employers conduct their business in 2013,” says Rob Cooper, a tax expert and...
BYOD poses serious risks to IT security
The always-on, always-connected, productivity-on-the-go trend of allowing smartphone and tablet toting employees to take their own devices to work (known as BYOD, or “bring your own device”) and to plug it into the company network is growing in popularity around the...
Tellumat appoints Plessie as ShoreTel reseller
Tellumat Communications Solutions, the exclusive distributor of ShoreTel unified communications (UC) and enterprise contact centre (ECC) systems, has added to its growing channel with the appointment of Plessie as its first ShoreTel reseller in KZN. Leon Rusch,...
Genesys to buy Angel from MicroStrategy
Genesys has reached a definitive agreement with MicroStrategy Incorporated, a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) and mobile software, to acquire its subsidiary Angel.com. Angel is a leading provider of cloud-based self-service contact centre...
Boost for local software development
Application development in South Africa is taking a step forward in terms of efficiency and productivity with the announcement of the formation of a joint venture to create “High-Maturity Software Development” (Hi-Mat) Units. Under the leadership of the Joburg Centre...
Sophos recognised in Forrester report
Sophos has announced that it has been positioned as a Leader in Forrester Research’s new Client Security report, The Forrester Wave: Endpoint Security, Q1 2013. It provides a comprehensive overview of the endpoint protection vendor landscape. Forrester says that...
Integr8 supports BCX’s Nigerian cloud
Amid growing levels of demand for computing power and services in Nigeria, widely acknowledged to be the most populous country in Africa, South African systems integrator Business Connexion (BCX) recently launched a cloud services offering in the West African country....
Data Scientist III – Gauteng Johannesburg
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...
DevOps Engineer (Advanced) – 2669 – Gauteng Pretoria
Large company in Pretoria looking to fill this urgent roleContractHybridESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:Devops experience:Kubernetes and DockerPipeline Setup and Automation (e.g. Github Action, AzureDevOps,Infrastructure automation including scripting e.g. terraform,...
1763_DevOps Consultant – Gauteng Pretoria
1763_DevOps Engineer(Entry)Location: GautengContract Term: 1 April 2023 - 31 December 2026ESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:· SAP Technical Operations· OPS Advanced· SAP S/4HANA· SAP Sales and Distribution· SAP MM· SAP VMS · Technical Continuity Management (TCM)· Third...
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Project Manager – Zimbabwe – Remote Remote
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IT Risk Specialist – Gauteng Sandton
NQF level 6 B Degree in Risk Management/Audit/or equivalent Advanced DiplomaCISA/CISSP/CISM/CGERT/PMP or any other IT Governance related qualification2 years managerial/leadership experience4 years' experience in a risk and audit environment4 years Financial Business...
Project Manager at SFG Engineering – Western Cape Cape Town CBD
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Our client in the IT Industry is looking for the below skills , if you meet the requirements, kindly send us your CV. Thanks· Basic knowledge in software engineering with a focus on Cloud architectures· Solid knowledge in JAVA, AWS, relational databases,· Willing to...
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We are looking for a Medical Bureau Operations Specialist to join a big, leaading, tech company in the healthcare space. The position is niche and requires someone with Operations, Claims Administration and even some IT skills.The Operations and Retention Manager...
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