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...

Mankind’s first journey to another star set for 2029 launch

Plans are underway for mankind’s first journey to another star – a trip that is expected to take about 80 000 years. The Fermi Explorer Mission, a nonprofit organisation, hopes to set off for Alpha Centauri by 2029. The more than 40-trillion kilometre journey is...

IT spend will breach $7trn for the first time in 2027

Worldwide IT spending is expected to reach $7,35-trillion in 2027, up 15% from 2026, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. “Collectively, the market forces are reinforcing spend around AI infrastructure, AI-enabled cloud platforms, and advanced software...

Deep learning improves earthquake forecasting

A research team is aiming to shake up the status quo for earthquake models. Researchers from the Universities of California at Berkeley and Santa Cruz, and the Technical University of Munich have released a paper describing a new model that delivers deep learning to...

Stokvels show resilience despite tough economy

South African stokvel savers have proved resilient, with FNB revealing that its customers' stokvel net deposits have increased by 42%. Since November 2019, FNB stokvel customers have continually increased saving via a stokvel surpassing the R8,3-billion mark in total...

Closing the gender divide can save lives in emergencies

'Women, ICT and Emergency Telecommunications: Opportunities and Constraints', a new report from ITU and the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC), highlights that equal access to information and communication technology (ICT) can save lives in emergencies,...

Call for diversity and inclusion ‘upgrade’

Only 23% of tech jobs are held by women in South Africa - out of 236 000 ICT (tech) roles, women occupy 56 000 of them, according to industry website WomenInTech.co.za "As a sector, we need to hire women to improve diversity in the workplace (and it's been proven that...

WHO ramps up Covid-19 support in African hotspots

The first members of a surge team of health experts from the World Health Organisation (WHO) have arrived in Johannesburg to bolster the country's response to Covid-19. As the continent nears 1-million cases, WHO is expanding support to countries experiencing a...

Women in IT step up for the animals

Kathy Gibson reports – Women in the IT channel have so far raised close to R38 000.00 for the Sandton SPCA in the A-Plus Channelwise Women’s Day Challenge. The challenge was initiated to raise funds for the animals often overlooked in the tough times South African are...

10bn credentials are exposed online

South Africa has found itself among the top 10 countries with exposed online databases and credentials. China is the ultimate leader when it comes to unsecured databases and free-for-all credentials, research has found. The country has 3 794 exposed databases with 2...

Smartphones are too expensive for billions

Billions of people are unable to access the benefits of the internet because of the high cost of mobile devices, according to a new survey of smartphone prices in 70 low and middle-income countries. A massive 2,5-billion people live in countries where a smartphone...

Covid-19 drives changing workplaces

As businesses, governments, and cities are all in different phases of reopening, they are all in a constant state of evaluating what's safe, what's not and what the future will look like. The Covid-19 pandemic has ushered in remote work on an unprecedented scale, even...

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IT DevOps Engineer – Western Cape Cape Town Region

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