InfoSec professionals question relevance of formal education
Amid acute shortages of cybersecurity professionals, acting information security (InfoSec) experts are questioning the relevance of the formal education they received, Kaspersky's new global research shows. The survey revealed that one in two cybersecurity...
Intel debuts initiatives for AI PC developers, hardware vendors
Intel has created two new artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives as part of the AI PC Acceleration Program: the AI PC Developer Program and the addition of independent hardware vendors to the program. These are critical for enabling the software and hardware...
MTN Business App awards open for entry
Marking 10 years since the launch of this national platform to recognise local champions of app development talent, the 2021 MTN Business App of the Year Awards are now officially open for entry. This year's prize money for the country's best digital developers is at...
Is the world’s population threatening our survival?
With the global population expected to significantly exceed 9-billion people by 2050, of which some 2,5-billion will be living on the African continent, biodiversity is shrinking, even as the waste generated by billions of people grows exponentially. The loss of...
Ostrich industry gets smart decision-making tool
The Ostrich Slaughter Planner, a smart technology tool developed by the Western Cape Department of Agriculture in response to the industry's need to streamline recordkeeping, planning, and issuing of permits for the slaughter of ostriches at the abattoirs, was...
South Africans still excluded from financial services
Kathy Gibson reports - The South African financial market is a paradox in that a majority of people have bank accounts, but 80% of them don't have access to financial services. Khulekani Mathe, head of financial inclusion at the Banking Association South Africa,...
Expect a surge in coastal flooding, says NASA
High-tide floods - also called nuisance floods or sunny day floods - are already a familiar problem in many coastal cities. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported a total of more than 600 floods in US coastal towns in 2019. Starting in the...
Bad debt increases by 26% – Gartner
A Gartner analysis of 796 financial statements reveals that provisions and write-offs of bad debt increased from $9,750-million in 2019 to $12,262-million in 2020 -- a 25,8% increase. The standard approach to determining receivables risk underestimates the risk of...
Gartner identifies four types of tech buyers
Seventy percent of global technology buyers are exploring more ways to purchase technology this year, however vendor engagement strategies continue to underdeliver when it comes to meeting tech buyer expectations, according to a survey by Gartner. "Technology...
Top maths and computer science boffin graduates at 19
Kialan Pillay is graduating with a first class bachelor's degree in computer science and mathematical statistics from the University of Cape Town (UCT) at just 19 years old, having finished his high school career as the top matriculant in KwaZulu Natal at just 15...
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SAP releases Business One for SAP HANA
SAP AG has announced the SAP Business One version for SAP HANA, the first business management solution for small and midsize enterprises (SMEs) running fully in-memory. The application is a scalable, affordable solution with embedded analytics capabilities and...
Marval announces availability of MSM v12.5
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IQ Retail, Jasco deliver SaaS to resellers
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Sophos extends UTM to the enterprise
Sophos has strengthened its network security offerings with two enhanced high-end unified threat management (UTM) appliances. These include Sophos UTM 525 and 625 as well as the new Sophos RED 50 (Remote Ethernet Device), the first security solution to offer complete...
Fujitsu announces PalmSecure
Fujitsu has announced the general availability of innovative authentication solutions based on its PalmSecure technology, which uses individuals’ unique palm vein patterns to combat identity fraud. With Fujitsu PalmSecure, a contactless scan of the palm vein pattern...
Itec division to be major telecoms player
Office automation and communications group Itec has acquired a majority stake in Songimali Communications, a licensed telecommunications provider. The deal positions Itec as a tier one provider, which, through its recently formed division Itec Communications, will...
Barnstone extends SAP partnership
Barnstone has announced it has extended its partnership with SAP in Africa and will offer managed mobility services (MMS) leveraging the SAP Mobile Platform. Barnstone will offer an innovative mobility solution to corporate end-users. A range of IT service companies...
eBucks takes pinch out of petrol price hike
Members of eBucks, the rewards programme offered by FNB and RMB Private Bank, may not have to feel the pinch of the petrol price increase of 81c per litre today as much as non-eBucks members. They are able to use their eBucks to help pay for their next tank of fuel at...
Quintica boosts business efficiencies
Quintica customers who are looking to automate the management, control, and enforcement of configuration changes across servers, networks, databases, and applications - in the traditional data centre and in the cloud, can now do so by adopting the Bladelogic...
Vantage Goldfields delopys Sage ERP solution
Accounting and related business software solutions provider Lorge has supplied and implemented a Sage 300 ERP (formerly Accpac) premium edition software solution for Vantage Goldfields at its office in Nelspruit. Vantage Goldfields, an Australian-owned company...
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A listed company is looking for a Finance Reporting Analyst to join their dynamic and skilled team in Cape Town.Job Description:The candidate is going to support and carry out the financial reporting activities.Responsibilities include but are not limited to:Reviewing...
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