Enterprises reopening their wallets for SASE spend
Global Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) revenue rose 17% percent year-on-year to $2,6-billion in the first quarter of 2025 propelled by a 21% jump in single-vendor deployments as enterprises prioritised more straightforward purchasing, tighter policy management, and...
Gen Z’s favourite games feature in 19m attempted attacks
Over the course of a year, from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025, Kaspersky detected over 19-million attempts to download malicious or unwanted files disguised as popular Gen Z games. With GTA, Minecraft and Call of Duty among the most exploited, it's clear that...
Insurers have a critical role in defining ethical AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) promises to revolutionise how property and casualty (P&C) business gets done. As a result, P&C insurers are uniquely positioned to advance the conversation for ethical AI – not just for their own businesses, but for all...
Targeted global spend can save millions of children
In its eighth annual Goalkeepers report, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation urged world leaders to increase global health spending where it is needed most in order to boost children’s health and nutrition, especially in the face of the global climate crisis. The...
Decarbonisation boosts bottom lines, but progress has slowed
Despite the escalating climate crisis and 2023 marking the hottest year on record, corporate progress on decarbonisation has slowed. A new study by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and CO2 AI reveals that companies have made minimal progress on climate issues over the...
Legal reforms needed to unlock wind energy future
As South Africa continues its journey toward a sustainable energy future, wind energy has emerged as a crucial element of the country’s renewable energy mix. With its rich wind resources and increasing demand for clean energy, the sector is well-positioned to...
RAG gains prominence in GenAI discussions
Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) is becoming a critical focus in company discussions about generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), as organisations look to leverage real-time external data to contextualise and refine the accuracy of generated responses....
Temu app racks up 735m downloads
Since its launch in September 2022, the Chinese shopping app Temu has been gaining share in the global ecommerce market, successfully competing with industry giants like Amazon, eBay, and Shein. With its aggressive pricing and discounts, wide product selection, and...
Slump continues – but AR/VR headsets set to soar
The decline in worldwide shipments of augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) headsets continued during the second quarter of 2024 (2Q24) as volumes contracted 28,1% YoY to 1,1-million units, according to IDC’s latest Worldwide Quarterly Augmented and Virtual...
Vuma rolls out affordable unlimited fibre to underserved areas
Following a successful pilot in Alexandra in 2023, Vuma has launched Vuma Key, an uncapped fibre service priced at just R99 per month. Vuma Key is a prepaid service with no penalties for missed recharges, designed specifically for low-income households earning less...
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The greatest barrier to education
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BidAir Cargo adds data backup from DMP SA
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Building personal connections in the era of a disconnected workforce
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Comstor named Cisco 2021 SA Distributor of the Year
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Imperial makes strategic investment in salesforce automation provider
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Airtel Money, Mastercard launch new digital payment solution
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Act now to prevent skills shortage becoming a crisis
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How retailers can prevent online and in-store shopping fraud during Black Friday
Online shopping has become a popular way for consumers and businesses to maximise shopping sprees such as Black Friday. While online shopping provides opportunities for retail merchants to boost sales and profits, it also requires enhanced measures to minimise the...
Senior Business Analyst (ITC-05)
Our esteemed client in Pretoria is urgently looking for a Senior Business Analyst (8+ years) for a 3 year contract / hybrid position: Align solutions to IIBA standards and practices. Ability to define Open API's using OpenAPI editor. Ability to do low fidelity UX...
OIPA Developer (Oracle Developer)
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Junior IT Analyst at Parvana Recruitment – Western Cape Cape Town
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Business Analyst at Parvana Recruitment – Western Cape Cape Town
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Project Manager at Mancosa – KwaZulu-Natal Durban
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