Africa moves from AI ambition to action

AI has moved from potential to proven economic value and while ambition setting is near universal across economies, execution speed is the differentiator, according to Boston Consulting Group’s The AI Maturity Matrix 2026: AI Is Transforming How Economies Develop and...

The shocking reality facing jobseekers

Of the 867 706 people who registered looking for entry-level work in retail, restaurants and quick-service outlets over a 13-month period, just 6 566 were appointed - approximately one in every 132 – and between them, they sent nearly five million applications. The...

Spatial data maps where Super El Niño will hit SA hardest

The South African Weather Service gave the clearest sign yet on 1 September: this El Niño is on course to become the strongest event in living memory, with sea surface temperatures already tracking past 3°C above normal. A national outlook can't say which town or...

MeerKAT and Webb measure farthest fast radio burst

First discovered in 2007, fast radio bursts are enigmatic, millisecond-long flashes of radio emission from the distant universe. Their origin remains uncertain, particularly since most are seen once and never again. Now, astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space...

Ethernet switches up, routers down in Q2

The worldwide Ethernet switch market recorded revenues of $7,4-billion in the second quarter of 2021 (2Q21), an increase of 10,8% year over year. Meanwhile, worldwide enterprise and service provider (SP) router market revenues declined 0,5% year over year in 2Q21 to...

Enterprise WLAN sales continue strong growth

Growth rates remained strong in the enterprise segment of the wireless local area networking (WLAN) market in the second quarter of 2021 (2Q21) as the market increased 22,4% on a year-over-year basis to $1,7-billion, according to the International Data Corporation...

Mobile-first makes Africa vulnerable

There are deep disparities in the threat environments in Africa - and the potential for increased attacks as cyber-criminals target mobile devices. This is among the findings from Check Point Software Technologies' quarterly Threat Index, which provides a data-based...

Smartphones still growing, but slower

Smartphone shipments are expected to grow 3,1% in 2016, which is a substantial slowdown from the 10,5% growth in 2015 and 27,8% in 2014. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, shipments are expected to hit...

Tablets will return to growth by 2018

Worldwide tablet shipments are expected to decline for the second straight year in 2016, dropping 9,6% compared to 2015 volumes, according to a new International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwise Quarterly Tablet Tracker forecast. The tablet market in totality has seen...

ICT key to reducing carbon emissions

ICT-enabled solutions could reduce EU carbon emissions by over 1,5Gt CO2e by 2030 - this is a saving equivalent to almost 19 times the size of the expected footprint of the EU's ICT sector in 2030, or 37% of the EU's total emissions in 2012. This is one of the...

Staff laid off at Sahara Computers

Reports have emerged that Sahara Computers has retrenched 40 workers. The company, owned by the Gupta family, is said to have retrenched the workers yesterday as a result of a failed bid to resolve an ongoing battle with South Africa's major banks. Sahara is one of...

Hyperscale slowdown drives server sales lower

According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, vendor revenue in the worldwide server market decreased 3,6% year-over-year to $12,4-billion in the first quarter of 2016 (1Q16). This ended a seven quarter streak of...

Qlik to be acquired by Thoma Bravo

Qlik has announced that, following a review of strategic alternatives, it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by private equity investment firm Thoma Bravo in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $3-billion. The agreement was unanimously...

Dousson to take on new role

Thibault Dousson, country GM of HP Inc in South Africa, is taking up a new role in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. Dousson is set to end his 12-year tenure in the South African organisation at the end of July. Following that, he will look after HP Inc's...

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Systems Engineer

Systems EngineerRole Purpose:Supporting the company customers throughout Southern Africa and in the UK, the Systems Engineer will assist our 1st line helpdesk team where needed and provide end to end management of tickets and service requests reported by the...

Project Manager – Gauteng Johannesburg North

Calling all Project Managers who want to be part of one of South Africa's leading financial services providersWhat will you be doing?Manage a backlog of projects in the Digital PortfolioWork closely with multiple Product owners and dedicated IT teams to deliver...

Systems Engineer – Gauteng Johannesburg North

Systems EngineerRole Purpose:Supporting the company customers throughout Southern Africa and in the UK, the Systems Engineer will assist our 1st line helpdesk team where needed and provide end to end management of tickets and service requests reported by the...

QA Automation Engineer

Ideal candidates look like: Someone with at least 4 years' experience within the QA role.Strong experience with best practises and a sound understanding of what makes a quality codebase.The ability to work collaboratively in an ever-changing remote friendly...

Data Analyst

Our Client is urgently looking for a Data Analyst to join their team.Job descriptionAnalyse Business requirements for data use casesCollect, interpret and analyze data to identify patterns and trends working towards areas of improvementBuild effective and...

Analyst Programmer at iLaunch

The candidate will be responsible for designing and providing production supportResponsible for quality of completed product and design objectivesProvide support to the testing team and work on data fix documentationProvide support with data...

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