How can SA plug the ICT skills gap?

Kathy Gibson reports from the IITPSA Workforce Conference – While South Africa records the highest unemployment rate in the world, there is still a dire shortage of critical IT skills. Presenting the IITPSA IT Skills Survey, Lehlohonolo  Mokenela, MD of Africa...

Is talent debt depleting your institutional knowledge?

Organisations cutting costs through workforce reduction to weather tough conditions may be trading a visible saving for an invisible liability that will cost them far more later, warns Advaita Naidoo, Africa MD at executive search firm Jack Hammer Global. “Globally,...

In 2027, AI could account for 20% of all business tech spend

In the coming year, CIOs and CISOs will face growing pressure to realise returns on their AI investments in infrastructure, security, digital sovereignty, and emerging technologies, according to Forrester’s 2027 technology and security predictions. Additionally, with...

Banks expect to hand decisions to AI – even if they can’t explain them

Banks are racing toward a future where AI no longer merely informs key credit, treasury, and risk decisions – it makes them autonomously. Yet AI governance is not keeping pace with adoption, according to new AI risk research by FT Longitude, SAS and Microsoft. Even as...

Data governance key to future-proof security

Kathy Gibson reports from Gitex - New technologies like artificial intelligence pose a cybersecurity threat - but will also be key to driving developments in data and security. Aloysius Cheang, chief security officer: Middle East and Central Asian Region at Huawei,...

Alarming escalation in child sexual abuse online

There has been an alarming 87% increase in reported child sexual abuse material cases since 2019, according to the WeProtect Global Alliance Global Threat Assessment Report, which says there have been more than 32-million reports globally. The findings, the...

Telco clouds would drive competition

IDC believes that the telco cloud will develop in parallel with cloud hyperscalers, operations support systems or business support systems vendors, application providers, system integrators, open source groups, and industry bodies. These are among the findings from...

Zero-day exploits hit Windows OS, Explorer

In May 2020, Kaspersky's automated detection technologies prevented a targeted attack on a South Korean company. Closer analysis revealed that this attack used a previously unknown full chain that consisted of two zero-day exploits: a remote code execution exploit for...

Customer service key for loyalty, retention

In today's uncertain and volatile environment, customer service must play a larger role in driving both customer retention and also growing customer loyalty, according to Gartner. However, most customer service organisations attempt to do so by leaning heavily on...

IBM reaches a new milestone in quantum computing

IBM has achieved its highest Quantum Volume to date. Combining a series of new software and hardware techniques to improve overall performance, the company has upgraded one of its newest 27-qubit client-deployed systems to achieve a Quantum Volume 64. IBM has made a...

Tech trends to watch over the next decade

Social distancing technologies, composable enterprise, AI-assisted design, differential privacy and biodegradable sensors are among the key technologies to watch in the years ahead. The 30 must-watch technologies on the Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies,...

Following Experian breach, banks move quickly to help customers

Banks have responded quickly to yesterday evening's news of a massive data breach at credit bureau Experian, which potentially exposed the personal details of 24-million South Africans consumers and almost 1-million businesses. FNB has sent out a statement confirming...

26% growth for global public cloud

The worldwide public cloud services market, including Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS), grew 26% year over year in 2019, with revenues totaling $233,4-billion. According to the International Data...

Consumer values, spending behaviour have changed

As South Africa enters level 2 lockdown this week, businesses need to ask themselves if they are prepared to face the new consumer. Do they know how their customer has changed in the wake of a global health pandemic? Are they aware of what their target market now...

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Project Manager at Unique Hydra – Western Cape Epping Industrial

A Bachelor's degree or other relevant Tertiary Qualification in Engineering or related field is required complimented by not less than Minimum 3-5 years' plus solid experience as a Lead Project Engineer or Project Manager in Technical Projects, in the design and...

Data Analyst at Accenture – Western Cape Cape Town

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, song, technology and operations. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries and all...

Developer – Front-End at Parvana Recruitment

Client Details:Our client is the leading provider of telco, payments, retail software - they have a global and local footprint. This client is very R&D focussed, they are great believers in continuous improvement and fast adapters to new tech and constantly...

System Analyst

Must have worked on Smart Stream ApplicationCash Management /Recons experienceUnderstanding Management Solutions ,Knowledge of vendor application .At least 5 years Application development experienceMust have experience on SmartStreamIT Degree and Relevant...

Business Intelligence Analyst (CPT or JHB Hybrid)

ENVIRONMENT:ANALYSE business data, compile reports, and build visual models to present information to stakeholders as your expertise as a Business Intelligence Analyst is sought by a dynamic provider of world-class Outsourced and Incident Management Services. The...

Erlang Developer

Role Summary: We are looking for an Erlang Developer to enhance and maintain our current banking system. You'll be part of a cross-functional team based in Johannesburg and Cape Town (hybrid or remote working an option) that's responsible for the full software...

Application Security Engineer / Penetration Tester at OUTsurance

Job Description Responsibility: Application Security(70%) Identify, implement, and maintain security tools and technologiesParticipate in regular security reviews and assessments of the infrastructure, applications, and processes.Up to date knowledge of security...

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