Today’s data centre build-out dwarfs previous infrastructure investments

Kathy Gibson reports from Vertiv Week in Zagreb – Artificial intelligence (AI) is driving the biggest infrastructure build-out in human history – bigger than the railroads or the Industrial Revolution. “People assume AI is a bubble, but it is showing no signs of...

Negative sentiment drives call for data centre transparency

Kathy Gibson reports from Vertiv Week in Zagreb – With data centres experiencing massive growth around the globe, the industry needs to do a better job of telling people the benefits they offer humanity at large. Worldwide, uncertainty about possible risks posed by...

Growing energy demand will limit ambitious climate goals

The global economy is on the cusp of a major shift where most of future global energy demand growth will come from emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs). The new realities of meeting this demand alongside the need for energy security, resilience and...

AI spend soars to unprecedented levels

Worldwide spending on AI is forecast to total $2,7-trillion in 2026, a 49,5% increase year-over-year, according to Gartner. “Demand for AI infrastructure (including AI-optimised IaaS, AI-optimised servers, AI network fabric, AI processing semiconductors and devices)...

Global IT spend set for big increase in 2022

Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $4,5-trillion in 2022, an increase of 5,1% from 2021, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. Despite the potential impacts of the Omicron variant, economic recovery with high expectations for digital market prosperity...

Multicloud is here to stay – but there are challenges

Multicloud is currently the most commonly used deployment model and adoption will jump to 64% in the next three years. But the complexity of managing across cloud borders remains a major challenge for enterprises, with 87% of respondents to Nutanix's fourth global...

New wiper malware found in the wild

Sophisticated new wiper malware, StoneDrill, has been discovered. Like the Shamoon wiper, it destroys everything on the infected computer. StoneDrill, which also features advanced anti-detection techniques and espionage tools in its arsenal, was discovered by...

Now anyone can use a quantum computer

IBM is building the industry's first commercially-available universal quantum computing systems, IBM Q, and will deliver them via the cloud. While technologies that currently run on classical computers, such as Watson, can help find patterns and insights buried in...

Teenage girls fall out of love with STEM

Young girls are interested in science and technology, but their positive views change within just a few years. According to a study by Microsoft, most girls become interested in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) at the age of 11-and-a-half but...

What’s keeping women back in tech?

Wage inequality compared to male colleagues, workplace gender bias and a shortage of female role models are among the main barriers faced by women working in the technology field, according to a new survey by global technology association ISACA. Detailed in "The...

Gen Z pushes retailers to engage more

Retailers looking to capture share of wallet and brand loyalty from the next generation of consumers - Gen Z - will need to step up their focus on new ways of engagement. This group is looking for enhanced digital tools such to ability to purchase directly via visual...

Increased usage causes data depletion

South African cellular users are spending a declining percentage of their cellphone budgets on voice calls and a growing proportion of their cellular spend on data. "This surge in data usage is behind the data depletion that has generated recent media coverage,"...

Datatec’s Logicalis opens SA operation

Datatec's Logicalis division has started up a business operation in Cape Town. Frikkie Grobler has been appointed CEO of Logicalis South Africa. He has over 30 years' experience in the industry, having spent the last 10 years as CEO of industry peer Computacenter SA....

New service aims to counter SIM-swops

Mobile technology company Myriad Connect has launched a service to counter the growing threat of SIM-swop fraud. When a customer lets the operator know their SIM card is damaged, lost or stolen, the current SIM is deactivated and a new one is issued. But criminal...

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IT Programmer

In This Role, You will Get To:Write programmes according to business specifications and conduct unit testing.Work closely with Business Analysts to ensure sufficient clarification of specifications.Review the work of Junior Programmer and provide required coaching and...

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ENVIRONMENT:THE coding expertise of a Senior Backend Developer who enjoys working with high volumes of data in the ‘deep backend' with a focus on code optimization is sought by a global leader in cutting-edge Cloud Tech to join its high-performance team. You will need...

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Snr Full Stack Developer – Pretoria – Hybrid Working Model

Full Stack Developer - Pretoria - Hybrid Working Module Maintain and Develop Proprietary In-house Software Stack.The successful applicant will be responsible for but not limited to the following broad job functions: Maintain and develop the In-house software stack. C#...

IT Programmer – Western Cape Cape Town

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