Resellers: Make your voice heard
Voting has officially opened for the South African IT distribution channel’s most prestigious awards – the Channelwise Awards 2025 – where resellers and partners get the chance to rate and reward their top distributors and vendors. “Over the years, the Channelwise...
Supply chain cybersecurity hits Peak of Inflated Expectations
Supply chain cybersecurity has reached the Peak of Inflated Expectations, while generative AI (GenAI) is in the Trough of Disillusionment and presents an added threat to secure supply chains, according to Gartner. “The large number of multitier partners in an...
How much content governments ask Google to remove
Government requests for content removal on Google climbed to nearly 330 000, with an annual average growth rate of 34% since 2020. This is according to a global Surfshark study, which found that the number of requests has more than doubled, having started at over 44...
Redington to distribute Qlik in MEA
Qlik has announced a partnership with Redington in the Middle East and Africa. “Partnering with Redington allows Qlik to expand our reach into one of the most dynamic and rapidly growing markets globally,” says David Zember, senior vice-president of worldwide channels...
Apple disables AI feature
Apple has announced that it is disabling an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that aggregates and summarises news headlines. This follows complaints by some media outlets, including the BBC, that the software misrepresented news reports. At the same time, Apple is...
Telkom is again an SA Top Employer
Telkom has been recognised as a Top Employer for 2025 by the Top Employers Institute for the third consecutive year. Melody Lekota, group chief human resources officer at Telkom, comments: “Being named a Top Employer for the third year in a row is a proud moment for...
Blue Origin’s New Glenn reaches orbit
New Glenn safely reached its intended orbit during today's NG-1 mission, accomplishing its primary objective. New Glenn’s seven BE-4 engines ignited on 16 January 2025 from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The second stage is in its final orbit...
Disinformation joins conflict, environment as a top global risk
The 20th edition of the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report reveals an increasingly fractured global landscape, where escalating geopolitical, environmental, societal and technological challenges threaten stability and progress. While economic risks have less...
Mobile app usage set to drop as AI assistants proliferate
By 2027 mobile app usage will decrease by 25% due to AI assistants, according to Gartner. Smartphone users will turn to AI assistants, such as Apple Intelligence, ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Meta AI, and others to replace apps for many functions. In addition to the impact...
Lazarus APT targets nuclear organisations
Lazarus’ key operation, “Operation DreamJob”, continues to evolve with new sophisticated tactics that have persisted for more than five years, according to Kaspersky's Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT). The latest targets include employees from a...
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Airtel Business Africa and Avaya in African partnership
Airtel Africa and its B2B provider Airtel Business Africa have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Avaya Holdings to better equip organisations across the continent to deliver effortless customer and employee experiences by providing customer control and...
The definitive data centre
The right data centre investment will create opportunity for any business, creating space for the connected economy and world-class service, suggests Conrad Kock, principal practice head: intelligent infrastructure at Dimension Data. The data centre is defined by its...
Reducing your risk and recovering from ransomware
Cybercrime has evolved into a multi-trillion dollar industry, and the statistics around it are disturbing. By Kate Mollett, regional director of Commvault Africa Cybersecurity Ventures anticipates cybercrime to cost the world $10.5 trillion annually by 2025, up from...
Fintech trends that are changing the face of payments in emerging markets
Last year saw an unprecedented rate of change in the financial sector, with huge growth in the use of digital financial services. Mark Dankworth, president: business development Africa at Ukheshe, shares his thoughts on how mobile money, cross-border payments and 'buy...
On-demand economy booms
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What are the benefits of SD-WAN?
The Covid-19 crisis has accelerated digital transformation initiatives to offer an improved customer experience and personalised services, all while tackling increasingly sophisticated cybersecurity threats. By Mandy Duncan, Aruba country manager South Africa More...
Digitally-enabled positions offer hope to SA’s youth
The rapidly growing digital economy provides hope for a career for South Africa's youth, but partnerships between NPOs and the private sector are needed to give them a 'hand up', writes Lizelle Strydom, MD of CareerBox. The growth in digitally-enabled jobs has the...
A seismic shift in driving modern employee experiences
There's a new kid on the block. Born as a result of the fast-paced digital transformation and the flexible, remote working models that's come about in the last 18-24 months - and it's changing the face of the future of work as we know it. By Haidi Nossair, senior...
AI helps to combat persistent financial crime risk
Prior to the disruption caused by the pandemic over the past two years, fraud cost businesses more than $5-trillion annually. By Andrew Sangweni, business solutions manager: fraud and financial crime at SAS in South Africa But an increasingly distributed workforce...
Pillars of a well-architected framework
Regardless of the individual technologies, cloud strategies, or data-driven insights that have become key for today's organisational success, a well-architected framework is the foundation on which any IT environment must be built. By Constant Kannenberg, solutions...
Senior Systems Analyst
DescriptionThe purpose of this job is to analyse, design and enhance systems, in order to obtain optimal results and agreed project delivery level Key Performance areas include: Understand and familiarise with the project's business requirementsUnderstand and...
SharePoint Specialist at Mintek – Gauteng Randburg
Introduction Mintek has an exciting career opportunity for a SharePoint Specialist. The candidate will be responsible to provide technical and functional SharePoint support to Mintek users and designing, coding and implementing SharePoint applications as per...
Senior Systems Analyst – Gauteng Centurion
DescriptionThe purpose of this job is to analyse, design and enhance systems, in order to obtain optimal results and agreed project delivery level Key Performance areas include: Understand and familiarise with the project's business requirementsUnderstand and...
Network Engineer (1 year contract – Limpopo)
Our client is looking for a Network Engineer with L2 and L3 knowledge. The role is based in Limpopo for a 12 month contract.ResponsibilitiesDay to day Operational administration of network infrastructure, this includes but not limited to.Routers, Switches and Wireless...
IT Risk Manager
The role of IT Risk Manager resides in the Governance, Risk and Business Engagement function of the company that is responsible for Governance and IT Risk Management within the company. The IT Risk Manager will be actively involved in defining, implementing and...
Network Engineer (1 year contract – Limpopo) – Limpopo Polokwane
Our client is looking for a Network Engineer with L2 and L3 knowledge. The role is based in Limpopo for a 12 month contract.ResponsibilitiesDay to day Operational administration of network infrastructure, this includes but not limited to.Routers, Switches and Wireless...
IT Risk Manager – Western Cape Cape Town
The role of IT Risk Manager resides in the Governance, Risk and Business Engagement function of the company that is responsible for Governance and IT Risk Management within the company. The IT Risk Manager will be actively involved in defining, implementing and...
Senior Systems Analyst at Financial Intelligence Centre
The purpose of this job is to analyse, design and enhance systems, in order to obtain optimal results and agreed project delivery level Key Performance areas include: • Understand and familiarise with the project's business requirements • Understand and familiarise...
Senior Systems Analyst at Financial Intelligence Centre – Gauteng Pretoria
The purpose of this job is to analyse, design and enhance systems, in order to obtain optimal results and agreed project delivery level Key Performance areas include: • Understand and familiarise with the project's business requirements • Understand and familiarise...
IT Systems Developer (SQL & Application Support) (CPT Hybrid)
ENVIRONMENT:A dynamic Financial Services provider seeks a highly skilled and driven IT Systems Developer who will ensure the seamless delivery of systems and services that meet or exceed our objectives and service levels. You will play a critical role managing the...
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