Sustainability reporting continues to mature
The world's largest organisations are providing more detail and breadth in their sustainability reporting - and are also obtaining a greater scope of assurance on those disclosures - according to an updated report from the International Federation of Accountants...
GenAI gains traction among HR leaders
A Gartner survey of 179 HR leaders in January this year has revealed that 38% of them are piloting, planning implementation, or have already implemented generative AI (GenAI) - up from 19% in June 2023. The top three use cases respondents said that they are...
Telkom debuts virtual card for transacting on WhatsApp
Telkom has launched what is believed to be Africa's first Mastercard virtual card for use on WhatsApp, enabling Telkom Pay customers to make e-commerce payments. The move will empower South Africans, including those without a bank account, to access the digital...
Gen Z moves local mall culture online
By harnessing the power of social media, Gen Z is driving a new wave of the ecommerce boom. Apps including Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, which tailor content to the user's interests and behaviour, have allowed the new generation of spenders to create a personalised...
Jeff Bezos to take Blue Origin space flight
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos has confirmed that he and his brother Mark will be on board the first human flight into space on Blue Origin’s New Shepard next month. The company is conducting an auction for a seat on the flight, which will blast off on 20 July. Bidding is...
NASA’s InSight Mars lander gets a power boost
The team behind NASA's InSight Mars lander has come up with an innovative way to boost the spacecraft's energy at a time when its power levels have been falling. The lander's robotic arm trickled sand near one solar panel, helping the wind to carry off some of the...
Global smartphone sales jumped 21% in Q1
After a steep decline in 2020, global smartphone sales to end users grew 26% in the first quarter of 2021, according to Gartner. Overall worldwide mobile phone sales to end users grew 22% year over year. "The improvement in consumer outlook, sustained learning and...
Huge growth for public cloud
Cloud Services have become an integral part of business operations for many large companies and in 2020 the industry earned an estimated revenue of over $300-billion globally. According to data presented by TradingPlatforms.com, global public IT cloud services market...
Smart city technology continues fast evolution
A comprehensive new report on smart city technology from Berg Insight has identified five key technology areas: smart street lighting, smart parking, smart waste collection, urban air quality monitoring and smart city surveillance. In 2020, the global installed base...
IPA invites proposals for nurturing Africa’s reading culture
The International Publishers Association (IPA) is accepting proposals for projects to develop reading culture beyond the classroom in Africa, with grants from the $200 000 Africa Publishing Innovation Fund (APIF) on offer to the best ideas. African publishing leans...
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Service offerings must be mobile
Wireless connectivity has become essential to the way users conduct business - and live - today. There are about six billion cellular phones for the estimated global population of seven billion, showing how deep the allure - and need - for mobile communications has...
Lithium-ion battery lessons from Boeing
In November 2006, it took hours for fifty fire fighters to quench the blaze at it raged through the Securaplane Technologies building in Tucson, Arizona. The reason? A laboratory test on a lithium-ion battery had got out of control, writes Dr Peter Harrop, Chairman,...
Choosing the right ERP system
Choosing an ERP system is one of the most strategic decisions for mid-market companies and their CEOs face a significant dilemma. Should they choose a system for today, or for how the company may look in five to 10 years? Should users go for a full system or start...
Collaboration in the IT channel
In this lingering tough economic climate, it is increasingly important for businesses to maintain a competitive edge and to have a leg up on the competition. To many companies, this means jealously guarding their ideas. Yet in the IT channel, quite the contrary...
Fujitsu achieves record benchmark
Fujitsu has announced that the ETERNUS DX8700 S2 disk storage system has scored the highest ever Storage Performance Council (SPC) Benchmark 2 results for both processing throughput and price-performance ratio for high-end systems, as of 3 December, 2012. For...
Quintica expands into Cape Town
In a bid to meet the growing demand for its consulting and training services in Cape Town, Quintica has opened an office in the Mother City, servicing client’s training, consulting and technology needs. According to the company, Cape Town is a growing market for its...
Global IP, Intelsat sign agreement
Intelsat SA, the world's leading provider of satellite services, has announced that Spain-based Global IP, a provider of satellite communications for maritime, energy and corporate customers, has signed multi-year agreements allowing it to provide broadband service to...
Datacentrix offers cloud mailbox
In order to help local companies cut data centre demand and shift IT infrastructure capital expenditure to a short-term, pay-per-user model, IT solution provider Datacentrix has introduced its cloud mailbox offering. “There is no doubt that the workplace, as we know...
Positive outlook for JSE in 2013
After reaching record highs throughout 2012, the JSE is expected to deliver more of the same in the current year – with the big issues continuing to revolve around the bubble aspects that emerged last year. According to Mark Wilkes Mark Wilkes: senior sales trader at...
Nedbank’s digital banking takes off
The face of digital banking is changing, thanks to an increase in user confidence brought about by world class security. Nedbank successfully launched its digital banking offering to the market last year. The Nedbank App Suite, MyFinancialLife and Approve-IT include a...
Junior PHP Developer – Gauteng Primrose
Our client. a leading provider of software and communications solutions for various industries. They offer a range of products and services that help their clients improve their productivity, efficiency, and security.Do you have PHP and web development experience?...
Network Engineer (x 2) – Western Cape Cape Town
We are recruiting for the services of 5 Network Engineers with at least a CCNA qualification.This is a 12 months contract located in Capetown, Stellenbosh.The key function of this role is to keep branches up and running to receive, manage and resolve Customer queries...
Senior Business Analyst – Banking at Datonomy Solutions
Must have at least 10 years' experience as a business analyst involved with assessing, mapping and optimizing business processes. Experience in facilitating workshops with business users (up to executive level) in order to gather requirements, generate ideas and...
Network and System Administrator at Construct Executive Search
Network and System Administrator - Springs Applicants must have the following requirements:Must have Diploma NQF6 / NQF 5Must have 5 - 6 years of experience in the relevant field.Must have knowledge about LAN/WAN (Cisco)Must have experience with Microsoft Office...
JAVA Software Developer SD15R
Large international company with offices in Pretoria seeks to employ an experienced Java Developer at expert level to fulfil a fundamental role on a large project team.The role is a long term contract opportunityHybrid modelFormal qualification in IT (Diploma /...
Senior Business Analyst – Banking at Datonomy Solutions – Gauteng Sandton
Must have at least 10 years' experience as a business analyst involved with assessing, mapping and optimizing business processes. Experience in facilitating workshops with business users (up to executive level) in order to gather requirements, generate ideas and...
Network and System Administrator at Construct Executive Search – Gauteng Springs
Network and System Administrator - Springs Applicants must have the following requirements:Must have Diploma NQF6 / NQF 5Must have 5 - 6 years of experience in the relevant field.Must have knowledge about LAN/WAN (Cisco)Must have experience with Microsoft Office...
JAVA Software Developer SD15R – Gauteng Pretoria
Large international company with offices in Pretoria seeks to employ an experienced Java Developer at expert level to fulfil a fundamental role on a large project team.The role is a long term contract opportunityHybrid modelFormal qualification in IT (Diploma /...
Network and System Administrator at CES
Administering Windows Server Systems- Administering Active Directory- Supporting end users and their Windows Desktop environment - Supporting the Local Area Network- Administering general IT system and peripherals- Maintenance of LAN/WAN/internet including routers,...
Senior Full-Stack C# ASP.Net Developer (REMOTE)
A fast-growing international consultancy building bespoke software to create digital transformation solutions for a wide variety of corporate clients requires a Senior C# ASP.Net Developer. The candidate will be required to develop software and applications using C#,...
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