Channel veteran Gary Pickford leaves Tarsus

By Mark Davison - After more than 24 years in various roles at the group, Gary Pickford, CEO of Tarsus Distribution, has resigned from the company. Group chief financial officer Emile Burger will take up the reins of the company from Pickford. “It is with a heavy...

Tariff shocks, AI disruption strain global growth

The global economic outlook has worsened since the start of the year, as rising economic nationalism and tariff volatility fuel uncertainty and risk stalling long-term decision-making, according to a new World Economic Forum report. The latest Chief Economists...

Technology critical for African agriculture’s future

Technology - particularly artificial intelligence (AI) – plays a critical role in enhancing agricultural productivity and reducing poverty across the continent. This is one of the findings from a white paper highlighting the trends shaping the agricultural landscape...

Thousands of ICT jobs in SA are going unfilled

South Africa’s digital economy is growing fast, but not fast enough to keep up with the country’s pressing need for jobs. New research by Collective X shows that, while employers need digital skills, too many junior roles are going unfilled. This highlights a critical...

CMOs embrace GenAI despite knowledge gap

While 90% of organisations plan to invest in generative AI (GenAI) for marketing in 2025, 90% of CMOs admit that they do not fully understand GenAI or its potential impact on business processes, according to a new global study from SAS and Coleman Parkes Research. The...

Hijackings outweigh theft when it comes to SA vehicle crime

Tracker’s vehicle crime statistics for South Africa from January to June reveal that hijackings still dominate over actual thefts - comprising 54% of all incidents as opposed to 46% - and the stats are even more pronounced in the Eastern and Western Cape, especially...

5G will help realise the enterprise IoT vision

New figures from GSMA Intelligence (GSMAi) show 5G connections are expected to represent more than half (51%) of mobile connections by 2029, rising to 56% by the end of the decade - and making 5G the dominant connectivity technology. 5G has been the fastest mobile...

Internet industry reports back on co-regulation

South Africa's Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) has delivered its Industry Representative Body (IRB) annual Code of Conduct Report to the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT), Mondli Gungubele. ISPA remains one of the country's...

Another positive month for take-home pay in January

The BankservAfrica Take-home Pay Index (BTPI) continued its upward movement in January as the high rate of inflation moderated, providing relief to salary earners. However, stormy clouds are on the horizon, particularly for tax-paying South Africans. "The nominal...

Epic road trip reveals mobile connectivity booming in rural Africa

What happens when a team of telecoms firewall experts abandon Zoom, ditch air travel, and choose instead to forge connections with their customers from one end of Africa to the other on an epic journey in Land Cruisers? The journey of 18 000km began in Barcelona on 1...

Corporates turn focus on to ESG and sustainability

Despite business leaders facing a multitude of issues and challenges, ESG and broader sustainability strategy have made their way to the top of board agendas in 2024, according to new research from KPMG International. Chief sustainability officers from some of the...

Sustainability reporting continues to mature

The world's largest organisations are providing more detail and breadth in their sustainability reporting - and are also obtaining a greater scope of assurance on those disclosures - according to an updated report from the International Federation of Accountants...

GenAI gains traction among HR leaders

A Gartner survey of 179 HR leaders in January this year has revealed that 38% of them are piloting, planning implementation, or have already implemented generative AI (GenAI) - up from 19% in June 2023. The top three use cases respondents said that they are...

Deal-making has never been more difficult for Big Tech

The merger and acquisition (M&A) landscape for Big Tech is undergoing a dramatic shift with increased regulatory scrutiny, particularly around antitrust concerns, making large acquisitions a challenge, says GlobalData. This trend extends beyond traditional M&A...

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Decision Inc is hiring in SA …

Decision Inc is looking for large numbers of talented people to join its team, to help fuel and realise their massive growth both locally and abroad. The company is recruiting 100 additional people across data engineering, business development, data science,...

Workonline opens routes for ZEOP

Workonline Communications has been awarded the IP transit provider contract by ZEOP, one of the services consortia members of METISS (MElting poT Indianoceanic Submarine System), the subsea fibre optic cable system connecting the Indian Ocean Islands to South Africa....

Investec to list on A2X

Investec Limited and Investec plc have both been approved for secondary listings on A2X Markets and their shares will be available for trade from 16 September 2021. Investec Limited will retain its listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), the Namibia Stock...

The security benefits of using an Acer Chromebook

While the pandemic has pushed many businesses toward urgent digitalisation, it has also given rise to a new wave of cybercrime. Employees working from seemingly secure remote locations have presented cybercriminals with easier targets on a much larger attack surface....

Fujitsu refreshes Primergy server line-up

Fujitsu has launched a refreshed portfolio of Primergy mono-socket servers to support digital transformation (DX) programs for small and growing businesses. The latest M5 generation Primergy rack and tower servers make it even easier for small and midsize businesses...

Five reasons why 5G makes the difference

5G has rapidly gained mindshare in society as a vital technology. But what makes 5G different from its predecessors? Peter Linder, head of 5G marketing at Ericsson, describes a set of strategic choices made for previous mobile generations of which we made a single...

IBM debuts new generation of IBM Power servers

IBM has announced the new IBM Power E1080 server, the first in a new family of servers based on the new IBM Power10 processor, designed specifically for hybrid cloud environments. The IBM Power10-equipped E1080 server is engineered to be one of the most secured server...

Unpacking cloud migration strategies

Your business is planning to migrate applications and services into the cloud, but you’re still unsure of what the steps should be, and what all each step requires. Before anything else, the first step is to understand everything you have running in your current...

Future of healthcare must be built on security

South Africa is poised to start benefiting from a plethora of healthcare technologies which could dramatically improve patient care at a lower cost, boost preventative healthcare, and take the best medical practitioners virtually to the most underserved regions of the...

Intermediate Back – End Developer – Eastern Cape Sidwell

We are seeking a seasoned Intermediate Back-End Developer for our client in PE, EC.This is an exciting opportunity to work with an industry leader in their field of expertise - Should you be interested and meet the below requirements, please send your updated CV and...

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Our client is a leading software services and consulting company focusing on delivering innovative solutions with a strategic emphasis on generative AI. They are expanding their team to include an individual contributor that will act as a Intermediate Java Developer...

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