Oracle Cloud rolls out Nvidia Blackwell GPUs
Oracle has optimised its first wave of liquid-cooled Nvidia GB200 NVL72 racks in its data centres. Thousands of Nvidia Blackwell GPUs are now being deployed and ready for customer use on Nvidia DGX Cloud and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) to develop and run...
Intel receives motion picture award
Later today (29 April 2025), Intel’s Open Image Denoise will be awarded a Technical Achievement Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Intel Open Image Denoise is an open source library that provides a high-performance, high-quality AI-based...
The rise and rise of AMD
Intel's market share has shrunk by 20%, while AMD has gained significantly - controlling nearly 22% of the global processor market by Q3 of 2024, according to new analysis from Stocklytics.com. "Intel's manufacturing fumble in recent years has resulted in long delays...
Visa, Absa roll out women advocacy programme
Visa, in collaboration with Absa, has rolled out its advocacy programme, She's Next, across South Africa. The initiative, which spans across the globe, aims to create an inclusive and equitable environment for women-led businesses with networking, mentoring and...
AI and accelerated computing drive energy efficiency
AI and accelerated computing are delivering energy efficiency for many industries. It's progress the wider community is starting to acknowledge, writes Dion Harris, head of data centre product marketing at Nvidia. "Even if the predictions that data centers will soon...
AI tackles real-world issues, sparks inspiration
Kathy Gibson reports - Artificial intelligence (AI) looms large in Google's product strategy. And it's no longer a future technology, but something that is being delivered right now. That's the word from Yvette Baez, director of business strategies at Google, who...
Google leads the pack when it comes to LLMs
The generative AI (GenAI) market has seen explosive growth over the past 18 months, making the evaluation of large language models (LLMs) essential for enterprises - and against this backdrop, Google has emerged as the leader among the top LLM providers. This is...
FNB quickest in customer complaint resolution
The Ombudsman for Banking Services' annual report for 2023, has named FNB as the bank with the quickest turnaround time to close complaints. According to the report, FNB has a low percentage of referrals convert into formal complaints, indicating that the bank...
Vodacom earmarks R500m to expand connectivity in the Eastern Cape
Driving digital inclusion, Vodacom Eastern Cape will spend R500-million this financial year on modernising its network, energy projects, and accelerating broadband coverage across the region - particularly in townships and deep rural areas of the province. The bulk of...
Telcos targeting ‘attractive’ SMB market
Telecoms service providers globally are upping their game to capture market share, grow revenue, and increase profitability by growing business in the small- and medium-sized business (SMB) market, according to new research from GlobalData. "Given the historical fact...
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East Africa data infrastructure ripe and ready to move to the next level
Technology is said to be changing so fast that regulators cannot keep up. However, in East Africa at least, the gap is narrowing as policy-makers and regulators see the economic benefits of keeping regulation up to speed with technology advancements. By John Syekei,...
Why women are slaying in the gaming world
The gaming industry is growing exponentially, and so is the participation of women players. Leading this female-driven revolution are a handful of top women gamers who believe women can change the eSport and gaming world as we know it. Africa's increasing youth...
Huawei celebrates top SA ICT Academy institutions, instructors
Huawei South Africa has held a Huawei ICT Academy Awards Ceremony, celebrating some of the milestones achieved through the Huawei ICT Academy programme and acknowledging top performing academies and instructors in the first half of 2021. The Huawei ICT Academy is a...
Moove raises $23m to democratise vehicle ownership
Moove, an African mobility fintech, has raised $23-million in Series A funding. The round was led by Speedinvest and Left Lane Capital, with participation from DCM, Clocktower Technology Ventures, thelatest.ventures, LocalGlobe, Tekton, FJ Labs, Palm Drive Capital,...
Obsidian taps into IBM’s advanced Cloud Ecosystem
Obsidian Systems, a specialist in Open Source technology and cloud adoption, is well-positioned to leverage its partnership with IBM and the enterprise group’s recently acquired subsidiary Red Hat, to redefine service delivery to the market. Open Source technology has...
What role can tech companies play in education?
The topic of technology in our classrooms is not a new one, but it has of course resurfaced in recent months with the pandemic putting the focus squarely on digital in every arena in our lives. By Thibault Dousson, GM of Lenovo South Africa HolonIQ reports that...
How to avoid a ransomware attack
Ransomware attacks have become a massive problem for almost every industry and every organisation size. By Renee Tarun, deputy chief information security officer and vice-president: information security at Fortinet During the last year, criminals have attacked...
Why most companies get customer experience wrong
Every business knows (or should know) that in order to thrive in today's competitive world, it has to provide a great customer experience. By Brent Haumann, MD of Striata Unfortunately, too many organisations only have a vague idea of what customer experience (CX)...
Six Olympic lessons for working life
The Olympics are the coalescence of excellence across countries and cultures - a showcase of the best doing their best. However, this year is tinged with something different - a world shaken by a pandemic, a fervent longing to see human triumph and athletes without...
SA’s BPO sector surges on the back of global recovery
As world economies drive their Covid recovery plans and reopen markets, South Africa's business process outsourcing (BPO) sector has surged on the back of steps taken by global businesses to mitigate their location and overhead risks by offshoring to the country. With...
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Software Developer – Gauteng Fourways
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Automation Engineer (Azure Pipelines & Selenium) at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
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Automation Engineer (Azure Pipelines & Selenium) at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Johannesburg
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Intermediate Python Backend Engineer (JHB/CPT)
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