SA must put jobs at the centre of its AI future

South Africans are embracing AI, but turning that appetite into economic opportunity will require trained educators, reliable Internet, affordable access, recognised skills pathways, scaling of existing financing models, and investment in the country’s own languages,...

SA’s data centre boom starts to raise questions

South Africa’s rapidly expanding data centre sector is highlighting a fundamental gap in how the country plans and regulates major digital infrastructure: there is no comprehensive public record of how many facilities are operating, where they are located, or how much...

CFOS play an outsize role as AI scales enterprise-wide

As AI becomes more integrated into enterprise operations and decision-making, chief financial officers (CFOs) are taking on a larger role in shaping enterprise priorities around AI, helping turn strategy into execution, and determining how investments and capital...

In Scotland, NASA scientists search for clues about Mars’ past

This summer, NASA scientists headed to the Scottish Highlands to follow up on last year’s announcement of potential biosignatures on Mars and prepare for future research. The rocks and cliffs of Scotland’s Stoer formation offer a combination difficult to find on...

JWO Grant goes to microplastics researcher

After a continentwide search, with entries from 27 countries across Africa, award-winning Dr Gideon Idowu from the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA), Nigeria, has become the third recipient of the annual Jennifer Ward Oppenheimer (JWO) Research Grant of...

Amazon’s e-commerce sales set for $16bn jump

As the world's largest e-commerce retailer by revenue and market capitalisation, Amazon has witnessed explosive growth over the past two years. In 2021, the e-commerce net sales of the retail giant are expected to hit over $146-billion, or $60-billion more than in...

Tackling the country’s drought

South Africa is on the brink of a catastrophe. We are at the point of no return. If we do not work with government to drastically reduce our water usage in the next two weeks, it will have a massive, "never-seen-before" impact on how we live our lives, or don't, in...

The future is bright for Africa …

Kathy Gibson reports from VMworld 2016 in Barcelona – African organisations will arguably see the greatest benefit from new technologies and services announced by VMware over the last few days. Matthew Kibby, regional director: sub-Saharan Africa at VMware, believes...

Why VMware Cloud on AWS is a big deal

Kathy Gibson reports from VMworld 2016 in Barcelona – The data centre has seen a lot of changes since VMware first commercialised virtualisation just a few years ago – and now the many benefits associated with those changes can be felt in the cloud as well....

Services assist with seamless cloud management

Kathy Gibson reports from VMworld 2016 in Barcelona – It’s just 10 years since cloud computing was first mooted as a commercial possibility, with one of its many selling points the fact that it relieves the user company from many of the tedious, time-consuming and...

Cross-cloud ties IT environments together

Kathy Gibson reports from VMworld 2016 in Barcelona - Vmware has launched what it calls the next stage in the software-defined data centre (SDDC) journey, going one step beyond hybrid cloud with its Cross-Cloud Architecture. The Cross-Cloud Architecture brings...

Skilled trades shortage still bites SA

ManpowerGroup's eleventh annual Talent Shortage Survey shows some interesting results for 2016 over the 2015 results, with Skilled Trades remaining in the top three most difficult positions for companies to fill, and Engineers falling down to fourth. The survey is...

Netflix, Amazon ramp up programme spend

Online platforms Netflix and Amazon have ramped up their investment in programming, spending $7.5-billion last year--more than CBS, HBO, Turner and most countries, including South Korea and Australia. Between 2013 and 2015, Netflix and Amazon more than doubled their...

IT moves to cross-cloud

Kathy Gibson reports from VMworld 2016 in Barcelona - The greatest period of disruption in IT is also the greatest period of opportunity. This is the word from Pat Gelsinger, CEO of VMware, who says that digital transformation is the new buzzword. "Often it's framed...

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IT Facilitator – Gauteng Sandown

We are looking for skilled IT facilitotaors and Trainers to join a new QCTO accredited Training Company based in Sandton, Johannesburg. Must have experience with facilitating - Software Development Cyber Security Desired Skills: IT Teaching Facilitator Learn...

Junior Project Manager Software Development

Job purpose: Responsible for the design and development of software projects, you will work alongside stakeholder to ensure that their requirements are understood and met, while also managing all aspects of the project including budgeting, resource planning and...

IT Systems Manager (SYSPRO)

Job Purpose:The main purpose of your role as IT Systems Manager is to offer IT related support to all employees. To control and co-ordinate the Information Systems technical and support function by monitoring and maintaining the ERP systems in respect of breakdown and...

Security Engineer

Location: Cape Town - Pinelands ( hybrid work from home 2 days, office 3 days) Role: L1 Security Engineer A well established IT Managed Services company with Microsoft Gold Partner status. They focus on the provision of service excellence and have therefore enjoyed...

Senior C# Developer at Reverside

Job BriefReverside is an IT services provider; we are always looking for professional candidates to join our team in Software Development, providing opportunities to work on exciting projects, within our well established client base.Tech stack :C#.NET, VB.NET ASP.NET...

Information Protection Senior Project Manager

Job Description Key purpose:The Project Manager will be responsible for the day-to-day project management of the Data Management Implementation project and for the coordination of the various stakeholders involved in the project, across functional areas (business...

Implementation Engineer

Job purpose: The primary responsibility of the Implementation Engineer is the installation, configuration and fault management in highly complex environments within a technology domain. This includes remotely supporting clients within service level agreements (SLAs)...

Junior Project Manager Software Development – Gauteng Johannesburg

Job purpose: Responsible for the design and development of software projects, you will work alongside stakeholder to ensure that their requirements are understood and met, while also managing all aspects of the project including budgeting, resource planning and...

IT Systems Manager (SYSPRO) – Gauteng Johannesburg

Job Purpose:The main purpose of your role as IT Systems Manager is to offer IT related support to all employees. To control and co-ordinate the Information Systems technical and support function by monitoring and maintaining the ERP systems in respect of breakdown and...

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