NASA experiments with drones for planetary landings

NASA successfully demonstrated technology designed to help spacecraft autonomously navigate to safe landing sites on the Moon and on other planets. An Alta-X drone equipped with the agency’s Safe and Precise Landing – Integrated Capabilities Evolution (SPLICE)...

Turn vision into reality with the right AI strategy

Kathy Gibson reports from Dell Technologies Forum in Johannesburg - Today's leaders aren't asking whether to adopt AI, they're asking how to turn it into outcomes the business can see. And South African companies can no longer afford to take a wait-and-see attitude to...

Gloomy outlook for global economies as geopolitical tensions worsen

Coface’s latest risk review, Rates Against the Machine, has confirmed what the world dreaded just a few months ago has come to pass – rather than improve, the geopolitical situation has deteriorated once again. This, Coface says, puts upward pressure on commodity...

Banks are still missing the links between fraud and money laundering

Financial institutions are increasingly integrating their fraud and anti-money laundering (AML) systems, but intelligence and governance gaps remain. New fraud and AML convergence research from Datos Insights, commissioned by data and AI leader SAS, finds 86% report...

Three macro trends impacting technology recruiting

There are three macro trends impacting recruiting technology that HR leaders need to address in 2024, according to Gartner, which has just completed its ReimagineHR conference in London. The research group says these macro trends include: * Generative AI hype will...

Major boost for campus switch market in second quarter

Worldwide campus switch sales experienced an impressive surge of nearly 60% in Q2 of 2023, according to Dell'Oro Group, which adds that this is a remarkable achievement given the market's historical mid-to-high single-digit growth rate prior to the pandemic. Cisco...

Sophisticated APT group sharpens its toolkit

Kaspersky researchers have deconstructed an updated, more sophisticated toolset being deployed by APT group Cycldek, which has been targeting governments in Southeast Asia since at least 2013. Among the findings was a previously unknown malware - dubbed USBCulprit -...

Pandemic boosts Zoom revenue growth by 169%

Data obtained by Buyshares.co.uk indicates that revenue for video communication platform Zoom grew by 168,85% by the first quarter of the fiscal year 2021. During this period the revenue stood at $328-million. During the first quarter of the fiscal year 2020, the...

SA vulnerable to social unrest

South Africa has been flagged as highly vulnerable to social unrest in the next 18 months or so. This is according to the Social Risk Index (SRI) from Euler Hermes and Allianz, which gives South Africa a rating of 41.1. This places the country 79th out of 102...

PonyFinal presents new ransomware threat

Even though ransomware attacks are a constant risk in the digital landscape, a new type of malicious software based on the Java programming language has been discovered in the wild. Dubbed PonyFinal, it sees hackers gain access to a company's system via a brute force...

Business confidence in IT spend declines, despite lockdowns easing

Business confidence levels declined in the last week of May, according to the latest update to the IDC Covid-19 Tech Index. IT buyers in the US, Western Europe, and some parts of Asia/Pacific indicated that they now expect total IT spending to decline by more than...

Pandemic accelerates a new tech age

Covid-19 has accelerated the inevitable: before the pandemic, the world had been moving on an unavoidable path toward a new digital age, despite many businesses failing to invest in the requisite technologies. However, as the Covid-19 meteor hit global markets,...

SA consumers embrace contactless payment

As a result of the Covid-19 outbreak, the adoption of digital and contactless payments is increasing at a rapid rate. With heightened awareness around hygiene and safety, more individuals are turning to these solutions as they look to avoid the handling and exchange...

African oil producers urged to remain compliant

As OPEC prepares to host the 179th Meeting of the OPEC Conference and 11th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting via videoconference next week, the African Energy Chamber is calling on African producers to extend production cuts and remain compliant with their...

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Project Manager at Air Traffic and Navigation Services

Introduction Applications are invited for the position of Project Manager x2 (Grade 7) [Email Address Removed] successful applicants will be reporting to the Chief Business Services Officer. Description Project Planning - Define the project scope/brief and work...

Senior Python Engineer

This role can be fully remote. Our client makes online commerce and digital payment acceptance easier and more accessible across all Africa. Based in Cape Town, South Africa, we work with small and largemerchants to provide a complete toolkit to accept, manage and...

Back-end Java at Council for Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)

12 MONTHS CONTRACT MINIMUM RequirementsBachelor's degree in computer science, electronic/computer engineering, information technology or related fields with at least two years experience in professional software development/engineering, particularly on large, complex...

Business Process Analyst

Are you a sports enthusiast with a passion for optimizing business processes? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you! Join Africa's largest multimedia corporation as a Business Process Analyst, based in the vibrant city of Randburg, Gauteng. As a Business...

Salesforce Functional Analyst Manager

Our client leads the way in human led, technology enabled professional services, working with clients to transform their business and make it fit for the future. If you are looking for a career where every day is different, where challenges are complex and where you...

Senior Python Engineer – Western Cape Cape Town CBD

This role can be fully remote. Our client makes online commerce and digital payment acceptance easier and more accessible across all Africa. Based in Cape Town, South Africa, we work with small and largemerchants to provide a complete toolkit to accept, manage and...

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