Uranus is warmer than we thought
For millennia, astronomers thought Uranus was no more than a distant star. It wasn’t until the late 18th century that Uranus was universally accepted as a planet. To this day, the ringed, blue world subverts scientists’ expectations, but new NASA research helps puzzle...
SA companies go all-in on AI adoption
Kathy Gibson reports – South African corporates are fully embracing generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), which is well on its way to being used as a mature and useful tool. This is the headline finding from the South African GenAI Roadmap 2025 presented today...
Platformisation key to reducing security complexity
New global research from the IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV) and Palo Alto Networks has found that surveyed organisations are facing security complexity challenges as they juggle an average of 83 different security solutions from 29 vendors. It also shows that...
DeepSeek-R1 now live with Nvidia NIM
DeepSeek-R1, an open model with reasoning capabilities, is now available as an Nvidia NIM microservice preview. Instead of offering direct responses, reasoning models like DeepSeek-R1 perform multiple inference passes over a query, conducting chain-of-thought,...
Services, beyond mobile drive positive results for Vodacom
Vodacom Group revenue grew 1,6% to R39,5-billion for the quarter ended 31 December 2024, impacted by a stronger rand. Group service revenue growth accelerated to 11,6% on a normalised basis, while South Africa service revenue growth improved to 3,2%, supported by...
Kaspersky detects wedding invitation stealer
Kaspersky Global Research and Analysis Team detected a new malicious campaign targeting Android users. It uses fake wedding invitations to lure victims into installing a malicious application that was labelled by Kaspersky as the Tria Stealer. It forwards content from...
ISPA calls for age verification debate
ISPA, South Africa’s official internet industry representative body, is calling for local debate around the growing global issue of age verification on the Internet. With a myriad of online threats being faced by minors and vulnerable persons that include sexual...
16% growth in EMEA DX spending expected
New research from International Data Corporation (IDC) entitled EMEA Digital Transformation Market Forecast, 2024–2028, based on the Worldwide Digital Transformation Spending Guide published in October 2024, shows that the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)...
Netflix signs up 41m new subscribers in 2024
Netflix added 41-million new subscribers last year, more than in 2022 and 2023 combined, according to data presented by AltIndex.com. The last three years have been a rollercoaster for Netflix. A huge subscriber loss in early 2022, followed by surging market...
Free AI set to increase uptake of Google’s Workspace platform
Google has elevated its Workspace platform by offering AI capabilities for free to subscribers of Workspace Business and Enterprise plans. Previously, plan subscribers could purchase an add-on of AI features ranging from $20 to $30 per user per month. The list of...
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Protecting schools from data breaches and ransomware
As organisations across the globe contend with an increasing number of cyberattacks, schools and higher learning institutions are looking for innovative and cost-effective ways to protect their students, staff, and data from breaches and ransomware. "Unfortunately,...
Inflation hits poor and working-class South Africans hardest
The slight ease in headline inflation over the past few months, driven mainly by slightly reduced fuel costs, masks a rampant inflationary environment for South African consumers that disproportionately impacts lower-income households. By Deon Nobrega, CEO of Paymenow...
How digital is shaping the future of banking
If banks want to remain competitive in the face of neo-bank and fintech upstarts, they'll have to fundamentally change the way they do business to be digital first. And, if they're going to achieve that goal, then working with technology partners to ensure that they...
Attract and retain software developers in a competitive job market
The digital age in which we now live has been characterised by a rapid transition from traditional industries to an economy centered on digital advancement. Whether companies realise it or not, most businesses are increasingly relying on tech in one way or another. To...
NEC, Cisco sign Global System Integrator Agreement
NEC and Cisco have signed a Global System Integrator Agreement (GSIA) to expand their partnership in enterprise network solutions worldwide. The agreement underlines NEC's successful track record as a Cisco Gold Partner over two decades, and its proven engineering...
Frogfoot Networks appoints new CEO
Licensed open-access fibre network provider Frogfoot Networks has appointed Shane Chorley as its new CEO, from 1 April 2023. Chorley is taking over from company founder Abraham van der Merwe, who has led it since inception. Van der Merwe now takes up the position of...
Move beyond generative AI hype to gain competitive advantage
Generative AI tools, like ChatGPT, can massively improve an enterprises' productivity and competitiveness but only if we have a realistic view of the technology's risks and limitations. By Michael Langeveld, chief technology officer at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)...
Medical Diagnostech develops Covid-19 antigen self-test with app
Medical Diagnostech has launched what it believes to be South Africa's first Covid-19 antigen self-test with companion mobile phone application, HealthPulse TestNow. The company developed the rapid diagnostic test, while the application was developed by the...
The people-centric workplace in an increasingly connected world
While tempting to envision, the law firm of the future will not be populated by highly intelligent, unemotional, artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots that render automated legal output based on massive databases of knowledge and repositories of precedent. To me, the...
API standardisation will help leapfrog innovation across all sectors
The growth of application programming interfaces (APIs) continues unabated. However, as new regulations like PSD3 gather momentum, the call for API standardisation could be the next catalyst for an innovation leapfrog. And South African businesses who place designing...
SQL Data Engineer – Gauteng Centurion
Role PurposeOur client offers a collaborative and dynamic work environment. By joining their team, you'll have the opportunity to contribute meaningfully to their data-driven strategies while growing in a culture that values innovation, excellence, and...
Senior Data Business Analyst at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
We are seeking a highly experienced Data-Focused Business Analyst with deep expertise in process improvement, data insights, and system migrations. This role involves analysing business operations, mapping out improvements, and leading the implementation of...
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My client based in Cape Town (Northern Suburbs) is currently looking for a Data Analyst to join them on a fixed term contract IT / Finance Responsibilities Data Source Inventory and MappingIdentify and document data sources, producing a catalogue of all data sources,...
Senior Data Business Analyst at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Centurion
We are seeking a highly experienced Data-Focused Business Analyst with deep expertise in process improvement, data insights, and system migrations. This role involves analysing business operations, mapping out improvements, and leading the implementation of...
Data Analyst – Western Cape Cape Town Region
My client based in Cape Town (Northern Suburbs) is currently looking for a Data Analyst to join them on a fixed term contract IT / Finance Responsibilities Data Source Inventory and MappingIdentify and document data sources, producing a catalogue of all data sources,...
Front-End Developer (Angular & React)
Hire Resolves client is seeking a Front-End Developer with deep expertise in Angular and React, capable of building responsive, user-centric web applications. The ideal candidate will be proficient in delivering scalableand performant digital experiences, translating...
Project Manager (Property Development) at Parvana Recruitment
About the client:This forward-thinking property developer is highly successful and growing rapidly building on the principles of design excellence, sustainability, and community enrichment, their developments boast beautiful and intuitively designed apartments...
Front-End Developer (Angular & React) – Gauteng Johannesburg
Hire Resolves client is seeking a Front-End Developer with deep expertise in Angular and React, capable of building responsive, user-centric web applications. The ideal candidate will be proficient in delivering scalableand performant digital experiences, translating...
Project Manager (Property Development) at Parvana Recruitment – Western Cape Cape Town
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Project Manager (Maternal Child Health x2 – Wits RHI – Gophelega Tshwane)
Background:The Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute (Wits RHI) is a renowned African-led research institute that seeks solutions to Africa's health challengesIt is located within the University of the Witwatersrand and addresses some of the greatest public...
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