PC market enters volatile year with positive growth
Global PC shipments grew 2,5% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2026, reaching 65,6-million units, according to preliminary results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. Despite deteriorating...
‘Extraordinary’ number of ground-breaking quantum research projects in SA
A hundred years have passed since the discovery (or invention) of quantum mechanics by Heisenberg, Born, Jordan, and Schrödinger - which is why 2025 was proclaimed an international year by the United Nations (UN) – and the current significance of quantum science is...
Nvidia helps Hyundai accelerate next-gen autonomous driving
Nvidia has announced an expanded collaboration with Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation to advance next-generation autonomous driving technologies built on the Nvidia Drive Hyperion autonomous vehicle development platform. The collaboration brings together...
Reforming global trade rules key to supporting developing economies
The rules governing global trade are under increasing strain, raising questions about whether the international trading system can continue to support development in an era of geopolitical rivalry and policy uncertainty. In the latest edition of the Global Trade...
IoT expansion drives switch sales
Campus Switch revenue grew in the fourth quarter of 2025 despite a drop in average selling price of nearly every port speed, according to a new report from Dell’Oro Group. “Most vendors raised prices in the past few months, but ASPs remained low in 4Q 2025 with list...
Iran government cracks down on Starlink systems
The intelligence ministry in Iran, which has once again shut down Internet access in the country as the war rages, is clamping down on the Starlink systems some users are still employing to communicate with the outside world. According to the state news agency Tasnim,...
Infostealers caught mimicking Claude Code, OpenClaw and others
In March 2026, Kaspersky Threat Research has identified a new malicious campaign targeted at developers looking for installation instructions for Claude Code, a development agent created by Anthropic. When searching for “Claude Code download”, sponsored advertisements...
Preparing for AI’s impact on data and analytics
AI is expected to have an impact across all aspects of data and analytics (D&A) including leadership, governance, talent, market dynamics, the need for context, and the world beyond text-based models, according to the latest predictions from Gartner. “The pace of...
Skills, leadership key to alleviating SA’s water crisis
Decades of neglect around ageing infrastructure, water loss through reported and easily-repaired leaks, and the reluctance to hire relevantly skilled personnel have left many local municipalities struggling to deliver reliable, safe water services – so, hopefully,...
AI extends its vertical reach
An accelerated computing ecosystem is one that includes sectors like automotive, financial services, healthcare and life sciences, industrial, media and entertainment, quantum, retail, robotics and telecom. “All of these different vectors of AI have platforms that...
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Built by hackers, cybersecurity academy aims to close the skills gap
Over 2 000 cybersecurity incidents are said to be reported to Information Regulator over the past year. But, according to experts, the actual number of threats impacting South African companies is more likely to be in the realm of 2 000 per week. It is estimated that...
Check Point debuts Quantum Firewall Software R82.10
Check Point Software Technologies has announced its new Check Point Quantum Firewall Software, R82.10, introducing 20 new capabilities designed to help enterprises safely adopt AI, protect distributed environments and simplify Zero Trust across hybrid networks. “As...
Ezeebit raises $2M for African expansion
Ezeebit, an FSCA-regulated stablecoin and cryptocurrency payment infrastructure company, has closed a $2,05-million seed funding round. The capital will be used to accelerate product development and merchant adoption in South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria and expand...
Make the workflow work with cloud-driven automation
The print industry is at a critical turning point, writes Vaughan Patterson, strategic business development manager: graphic communications group at Ricoh South Africa. Speed has become a defining factor, with the Drupa Print Horizons Report revealing that nearly half...
Fostering a risk-aware culture in the wake of enhanced scrutiny
South Africa’s grey listing exposed not just gaps in technical compliance, but a deeper challenge that sits at the heart of business practice: the need to build organisations that are not merely compliant, but consciously ethical. Servaas du Plessis, CEO of XTND,...
Customers win as e-commerce drives supply chain digitisation
The stellar growth of e-commerce in recent years has revolutionised global trade flows, driving fundamental shifts in supply chains, consumer behaviour, and business models. By Gys Wilson, head of product: guarantees and trade at FNB South Africa This evolution offers...
Beyond the hype: Building a real business case for GenAI
Generative AI (GenAI) is no longer a futuristic concept - it's being rapidly integrated into enterprise strategy. By Dalia Nabil, MEA head of pre-sales at Nokia Cloud and Network Services (CNS) McKinsey reports that GenAI adoption has seen an increase in adoption,...
Weelee wins Salesforce Automation Ace Award
Used car platform Weelee has won the Automation Ace Award category at the Salesforce Innovation Awards. The company was nominated in two categories at the awards, including the AI Excellence Trailblazer Award. However, it was the innovative application of technology...
Qlik debuts agentic experience
Qlik has announced the private preview of its new agentic experience in Qlik Cloud, delivered through Qlik Answers as the unified conversational interface, bringing together structured data analytics, unstructured documents, and the reasoning power of large language...
Are you prepared for the next outage?
Over the past year and a half, a series of major global IT disruptions - from a routine software update gone wrong, to widespread DNS failures and configuration errors that brought down X, Zoom, Spotify, Canva and ChatGPT, amongst others - has demonstrated a simple...
SAP Technical Consultant (Senior) 3375 – Gauteng Pretoria
Job DescriptionSAP MM ConfigurationUnderstand the business requirements, preparing AS-IS, and TO-BE documents and get sign-off from users for Business Blueprint documentSetting up the organization structure of Materials Management and perform all relevant...
IT Specialist (End User Support) – Gauteng Pretoria
Join a trusted legal firm in Pretoria East where your role will be vital to maintaining smooth, reliable IT systems that enable uninterrupted professional legal operations and ensure efficient user productivity.Job Purpose:To provide first-line technical support to...
SAP Technical Consultant (Chief Expert) 0379 – Gauteng Pretoria
Job DescriptionGather and elicit detailed business requirements directly from stakeholders and subject matter expertsAnalyse current AS IS processes and design TO BE processes and functional specificationsTranslate business needs into solution concepts, configuration...
Junior Data Scientist (12 Months Contract – Wits Health Consortium)
Background:Wits Health Consortium (Pty) Limited ("WHC") is a wholly-owned Company of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (South Africa) under its Faculty of Health SciencesWHC provides Faculty with a legal framework within which to operate the research...
Data Engineer (Senior) 1223
Job DescriptionData Engineers are responsible for building and maintaining Big Data Pipelines using our clients Data Platforms.Data Engineers are custodians of data and must ensure that data is shared in line with the informationclassification requirements on a...
Test Analyst (Senior) 0281
Job DescriptionDesign, develop, and execute comprehensive test plans, test cases, and test scripts forvarious software applications.Lead and mentor junior QA testers, providing guidance and support in testing practicesand methodologies.Collaborate with...
Junior Data Scientist (12 Months Contract – Wits Health Consortium) – Gauteng Parktown
Background:Wits Health Consortium (Pty) Limited ("WHC") is a wholly-owned Company of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (South Africa) under its Faculty of Health SciencesWHC provides Faculty with a legal framework within which to operate the research...
Data Engineer (Senior) 1223 – Gauteng Pretoria
Job DescriptionData Engineers are responsible for building and maintaining Big Data Pipelines using our clients Data Platforms.Data Engineers are custodians of data and must ensure that data is shared in line with the informationclassification requirements on a...
Test Analyst (Senior) 0281 – Gauteng Pretoria
Job DescriptionDesign, develop, and execute comprehensive test plans, test cases, and test scripts forvarious software applications.Lead and mentor junior QA testers, providing guidance and support in testing practicesand methodologies.Collaborate with...
SAP Functional Consultant (Expert) 3089
Job DescriptionUnderstand the business requirements, preparing AS-IS, and TO-BE documents and get sign-off from users for Business Blueprint documentAnalyse and provide solutions to the Vehicles Sales processUpdate and maintain all functional documentation.Conduct...
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