Cyber resilience key for protecting business data
Kathy Gibson reports from Synology Open Day in Cape Town – Cyber resilience is the new buzzword in the enterprise space, with cybersecurity joining backup and restore to fully protect business data on all fronts. Mirian Lin, account manager at Synology, explains that...
Turn images into valuable business assets
Kathy Gibson reports from Synology Open Day in Cape Town – Consider for a moment how many images you come into contact with every day. They could be photographs, security camera stills, business cards, PDFs of documents, and more. Sure, the company stores them – but...
Anthropic IPO slammed as ‘nuts’ by financial advisor
Anthropic’s IPO filing has been slammed as “nuts” by the CEO of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations. This summation by Nigel Green, CEO of deVere Group, comes as the Claude maker yesterday published its S-1 registration statement...
Top AI trends in infrastructure and operations in 2027
Gartner has identified the top AI trends in infrastructure and IT operations (I&O) for 2027. Heads of I&O are increasingly being tasked with improving IT operations while enabling AI initiatives across the business. A Gartner survey of 272 heads of I&O...
Taxpayers can challenge SARS’ interpretation of tax law
When SARS publishes its interpretation of tax legislation, taxpayers may assume that the position is legally settled. But a recent Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) judgment illustrates why SARS’s interpretation should not automatically be treated as the final word on...
SA investors can now connect portfolios directly to AI
Fynbos Money says local investors can now use AI to better understand their investment portfolios with its new investment platform connecting customers' accounts directly to AI assistants such as ChatGPT and Claude. The integration allows customers to ask questions...
Vertiv, Nvidia target greater AI token output
Vertiv and Nvidia have introduced an AI factory approach that combines rapid configuration and virtual validation of pre-engineered reference architectures with factory-built deployment. The approach is designed to move AI factories from project kickoff to productive...
Get ready for Dell Technologies Forum in Joburg next week
Dell Technologies Forum 2026 will take place at Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit in Johannesburg on 3 November, bringing together business and technology leaders to examine how organisations can scale artificial intelligence, modernise technology infrastructure and build...
Free AI filmmaking programme opens in five African countries
Akuna Learning, from The Akuna Group, chaired by Sir Idris Elba, has opened applications for From Script to Screen with AI, a free programme that equips eligible African creators to tell stories on screen leveraging artificial intelligence (AI). Delivered in...
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...
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The AI disclosure gap: Are insureds telling insurers enough?
The pattern of commercial innovation in business is familiar: adopt new technology, discover its exposures, and then look to the insurance market to respond. AI has not altered this trend, but what is different is that the insurance may already be in place, write...
VAT modernisation the next test of SA’s digital readiness
For many South African businesses, VAT still feels like a deadline-driven administrative cycle: collect invoices, reconcile the numbers, submit the return and wait to see whether SARS has questions. By Yolandi Esterhuizen, director of global compliance: product...
Credential protection the new foundation of cyber resilience
Identity protection must be integral to cyber resilience. Although organisations continue to invest heavily in data protection and backup strategies, most breaches begin with compromised credentials, often privileged Active Directory (AD) accounts that give attackers...
Know your rights: When work goes wrong, know where you stand
Most people do not expect to need legal advice to deal with their employer. Then a disciplinary notice lands in their inbox, a salary deduction appears on their payslip, or they are suddenly told that their employment is ending. Knowing your rights and where to get...
Why SA businesses must become intelligent enterprises
South African businesses have never been more digitised than they are today. For much of the past decade, migrating to the cloud and accelerating automation became more than transformation buzzwords; they became central to how organisations modernised operations,...
Pay transparency is a requirement and an opportunity
A pay-gap report may satisfy a compliance requirement, but it could also raise difficult questions that many organisations are not yet ready to answer. South African employers therefore need to be ready to explain not only what the numbers show, but the decisions and...
Owning the security tools is not the same as being secure
Most companies believe they are protected right up until they have been breached. So why do the tools create a false sense of safety, and what closes the gap between tools and actual security, asks Mohammed Pochee, cybersecurity product manager at Vox. There is a...
Supply chain attacks have become an industry of their own
Cybersecurity has traditionally focused on keeping attackers out. To protect their systems, organisations have invested heavily in firewalls, endpoint protection, identity controls, and monitoring. By CG Selva Ganesh, vice-president and CEO South Africa at In2IT...
Your supplier has a password. Your business has the problem
Your cyber security is only as strong as the people you've allowed through the door, and some of those people don't work for you. That is the uncomfortable reality of third-party risk. By John Mc Loughlin, CEO of J2 Software Modern businesses depend on IT providers,...
There’s a widening gap between Zero Trust strategy and implementation
South African organisations are under growing pressure to digitise, innovate and compete in a more connected economy. Yet every new cloud workload, SaaS application and remote connection has the potential to expand the attack surface, writes Mandy Duncan, country...
Senior Java Developer (JHB Onsite)
ENVIRONMENT:A cutting-edge FinTech company seeks the coding expertise of a solutions-driven Senior Java Developer whose core role will be to lead entire CRM applications from planning and architecture through to deployment, with real influence over technical...
Senior Java Developer (JHB Onsite) – Gauteng Johannesburg
ENVIRONMENT:A cutting-edge FinTech company seeks the coding expertise of a solutions-driven Senior Java Developer whose core role will be to lead entire CRM applications from planning and architecture through to deployment, with real influence over technical...
Python/Spark/AI Developer
A company that runs a privacy-preserving data collaboration platform is seeking a AI Developer who will replatform legacy T-SQL systems onto modern Spark/Delta Lake pipelines, build robust FastAPI services around them, and integrate AI features.Responsibilities:Data...
Python/Spark/AI Developer – Western Cape Cape Town
A company that runs a privacy-preserving data collaboration platform is seeking a AI Developer who will replatform legacy T-SQL systems onto modern Spark/Delta Lake pipelines, build robust FastAPI services around them, and integrate AI features.Responsibilities:Data...
IT Support technician
A well established company in the IT industry based in the East Rand is looking for a IT support technicianMinimum RequirementsAt least 2 years of relevant IT support experience.A+ and N+ certifications would be highly advantageous.Practical knowledge of computer...
IT Support technician – Gauteng Primrose
A well established company in the IT industry based in the East Rand is looking for a IT support technicianMinimum RequirementsAt least 2 years of relevant IT support experience.A+ and N+ certifications would be highly advantageous.Practical knowledge of computer...
3 x Business Systems Analyst
Process Management:Analyse CARF policy, legislative, regulatory, and operational requirements and assess their impact on business processes and systems.Elicit, validate, document, and manage business, data, functional, and non-functional requirements across the CARF...
3 x Business Systems Analyst – Gauteng Centurion
Process Management:Analyse CARF policy, legislative, regulatory, and operational requirements and assess their impact on business processes and systems.Elicit, validate, document, and manage business, data, functional, and non-functional requirements across the CARF...
AI Developer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
Are you ready to design and deploy AI solutions that actually make a difference? Join our team as an AI Developer and help shape how organisations adopt copilots, AI agents, and generative AI using Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, and Copilot Studio. You'll turn...
AI Developer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Rivonia
Are you ready to design and deploy AI solutions that actually make a difference? Join our team as an AI Developer and help shape how organisations adopt copilots, AI agents, and generative AI using Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, and Copilot Studio. You'll turn...
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