Underfunding a leading cause of AI failures for SA firms

South African organisations whose AI ambitions outrun their budgets are seven times more likely to say AI has fallen short, according to preliminary results from DayOne’s State of AI Delivery in South Africa survey. Of the more than 170 employees, founders, managers...

Revenue to hit $1bn as quantum breakthroughs advance

Worldwide, quantum computing revenue is projected to total $1,1-billion in 2027, according to Gartner. “Nations and businesses have scaled spending in quantum literacy, patents, partnerships, and early use-case exploration,” says Gaurav Gupta, vice-president analyst...

Fuel price shock will hit supply chains hard, driving prices up

South Africa’s latest fuel price increase will put fresh pressure on already strained supply chains, says supply chain industry body SAPICS. The organisation warns that the cost impact is likely to extend far beyond the transport sector and into consumers’ pockets at...

SA must put jobs at the centre of its AI future

South Africans are embracing AI, but turning that appetite into economic opportunity will require trained educators, reliable Internet, affordable access, recognised skills pathways, scaling of existing financing models, and investment in the country’s own languages,...

Intel opens up Continuous Profiler to increase CPU performance

Intel has released its Continuous Profiler to open source. The optimisation agent is actively used by companies including ironSource, ShareChat and Snap to identify production bottlenecks and optimisation opportunities. Developed by Intel Granulate and contributed to...

Nvidia, HP boost data science, GenAI on workstations

Nvidia and HP Inc have announced that Nvidia CUDA-X data processing libraries will be integrated with HP AI workstation solutions to boost the data preparation and processing work that forms the foundation of generative AI (GenAI) development. Built on the Nvidia CUDA...

John McAfee found dead

John McAfee was found dead yesterday in a prison cell in Spain. According to reports, is appears that the software developer committed suicide by hanging just hours after hi extradition to the US was authorised. McAfee was arrested in Spain over civil and criminal US...

IT and business stakeholders differ on cloud adoption process

As businesses seek technology solutions that help us prepare for a new post-pandemic normal, cloud adoption rates continue to rise. In fact, according to new research, 67% of all companies plan to adopt at least one new cloud technology by 2023. Spiceworks Ziff Davis...

Opportunities and challenges for Chromebooks, tablets

The Covid-19 pandemic had a positive impact on the tablet market in 2020 as consumers, businesses, and schools sought tablets to stay connected, entertained, or productive. According to a new forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly...

Realities of SA’s residential power use

Amid ongoing electricity supply concerns in South Africa, results of a new study on residential energy use have been released. The South African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI), together with the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) and the...

Deadline for information officer registration falls away

The Information Regulator has confirmed there will be no deadline for registration of information officers (IO) and deputy information officers (DIO); this means that no responsible party will be held liable for not registering by 30 June 2021. This decision follows...

Chromebook sales at an all-time high

Over the last year and a half, Chromebooks have become a mainstream computing product, with millions of users worldwide. Although the education sector still accounts for the biggest share of global Chromebook shipments, their popularity among traditional consumers has...

Growth in e-learning not slowing soon

The global pandemic accelerated growth in the academic e-learning and education technology (edtech) market. Analysts say that the Covid-19 crisis was only part of the driving force and so the uptrend has every reason to continue post-pandemic. According to the...

Family members not in sync on device updates

A global survey conducted by Kaspersky, exploring users' attitudes to updating devices has found that the activity has become a family affair. According to the research, more than half of respondents locally who have family (65%), agree that children and elderly...

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Soarsoft Africa announces Metalogix app

Soarsoft Africa, a specialist in archiving, migration, collaboration and messaging services, has announced Metalogix’s Drive 2 Office 365 app, allowing users to import documents and files from Google Drive to Office 365. By using the Metalogix Drive 2 Office 365 app,...

Telkom connects Mpumalanga schools

The Telkom Foundation and six schools in Mpumalanga are celebrating the handing over of 303 tablets to teachers as part of its Connecting Schools Project. The recipient schools are the Edward Matyeka Primary School; Nelson Ngubeni Primary School; Nancy Shiba Primary...

How to identify the process

Part three of a four part series by SoftExpert, Roger Tregear, a manager at Leonardo International and Ian Huntly, CEO of Rifle-Shot Performance Holdings, representatives in Sub-Saharan Africa of SoftExpert, a market leader in software and services for enterprise-wide...

Sage introduces VIP People

Sage VIP’s latest generation product offering, called VIP People is now officially available to all South African companies, particularly for the enterprise market and offers a turnkey integrated payroll, HR and employee self-service solution.  "It is powerful,...

MDM key for companies leveraging mobile

Enterprise mobility is evolving – and fast. For a few years, talk has been around mobile devices in the context of bring your own device (BYOD) and security. Now the focus is shifting to how to make mobile really work for business.  “Beyond e-mail on handsets and...

Veeam introduces Backup Cloud Edition

Businesses with virtualised IT environments will soon be able to back up their servers to a secure cloud-based service of their choice, says Jessica van Wyk of Veeam South Africa. “Veeam Backup and Replication is already the easiest, most reliable, quickest way to...

Keeping companies safe as IT threats soar

News of new forms of insidious cyber-attacks, viruses and malware emerges almost daily – making it seem as if a so-called "cybergeddon" is imminent – yet many companies still do not have adequate infrastructure to protect themselves against these online onslaughts. Is...

Move from BI to intelligent business

Companies are getting very good at collecting business intelligence - but too few are using it to change the way they interact with customers. Addressing delegates at the Teradata User Group hosted by Bytes Systems Integration in Midrand recently, Teradata’s Rob...

Stellenbosch University optimises VDI

As an early adopter of desktop virtualisation, Stellenbosch University has optimised their virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) even further by deploying a Tintri VMstore T540 unit that provides high throughput required to enable hundreds of simultaneous user logons...

Mobile computing to grow IT in 2013

Mobile computing is growing momentously and is set to account for as much as 57% of worldwide IT market growth in 2013, says Derick Roberts, CEO of TruTeq Devices, a Pretoria-based company focusing on wireless connectivity solutions to all market sectors, including a...

SAP ARIBA – Systems Analyst – Western Cape Stellenbosch

Our client is on the lookout for energetic, self-motivated individual who shares a passion for service in the banking industry, a System Analyst: SAP Ariba.ResponsibilitiesInterpret specifications to construct SAP Ariba Contract Management System (CMS) solutions that...

Scrum Master – Gauteng Johannesburg North

12 Month Contract role with top tier Financial Services company for a skilled Scrum Master. Purpose of role:The scrum master serves to facilitate scrum to the larger team by ensuring the scrum framework is followed. Be committed to the scrum methodology, agile...

Junior Support Engineer – Gauteng Pretoria

Elevate Your Career with iOCO Infrastructure Services: Where Innovation Meets Impact. We are seeking a proactive and customer-focused Junior Support Engineer to join our team. As a Junior Support Engineer, you will play a crucial role in providing technical assistance...

Technical Lead Infrastructure & Services – Gauteng Centurion

The purpose of this role is the integrative management of corporate and project ICT infrastructure, process engineering and service delivery incorporating outsourced vendors and subcontractors for overall contractual compliance and commercial...

Systems Analyst (.Net Development) – Centurion – Gauteng Pretoria

Systems Analyst - Centurion Examining/maintenance checks current systems Incident/Request management Talking to users (requirements gathering) Liaising with other IT staff Implementing new systems / undertaking system deployments Travel is a key feature of the job as...

Junior Systems Engineer (24/7) SOC Environment – Gauteng Pretoria

Are you a skilled Junior Systems Engineer looking for your next challenge? Our Team is looking for someone like you to help shape the future of Tech!You will work in a dynamic iOCO Infrastructure Team as a Junior Systems Engineer by providing the monitoring on all...

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