Valid accounts come under attack
Valid accounts were increasingly being leveraged as an initial attack vector in 2024, representing 31,4% of cases. Public-facing applications still hold the top position with 39,2% of cases. These findings were reported in the recent Kaspersky Incident Response...
HPC, AI drive 15-fold increase in HBM demand
Parallel computer architectures, such as those deployed for modern high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI) workloads, frequently encounter memory bottlenecks that limit performance, known as the 'memory wall'. Historically, this has stemmed...
IBM adds GenAI to personalise Wimbledon player stories
IBM and The All England Lawn Tennis Club has a new feature for the Wimbledon digital experience that will leverage match data with generative AI (GenAI) from IBM's AI and data platform, watsonx, to keep fans updated on the world's leading players as they advance...
Acer sets up local monitor production
Acer has started producing monitors in South Africa as part of its localisation strategy. The new monitor production programme aims to significantly contribute to job creation in South Africa's technology sector. Additionally, the company recognises that providing...
Gen Z set to transform the workplace
Gen Z will make up 27% of the workforce by 2025, bringing with them a unique set of talents and insights. They are digital natives who have never known a time without the internet. They are strident regarding ethics (and they want their employer to be, too), and while...
How wind energy contributes to energy security
Wind energy continues to lead the energy transition from a fossil-fuel-based economy to a low-carbon renewable energy future in South Africa, with an installed capacity of 3442MW and generating more than 11 000 GWh annually through 34 operational wind farms. With...
Intel Gaudi enables lower-cost AI compute and GenAI
MLCommons' results of its industry AI performance benchmark, MLPerf Training v4.0, demonstrate the choice that Intel Gaudi 2 AI accelerators give enterprises and customers. Community-based software simplifies generative AI (GenAI) development and industry-standard...
Nvidia MLPerf training results demonstrate performance, elasticity
The full-stack Nvidia accelerated computing platform has demonstrated high performance in the latest MLPerf Training v4.0 benchmarks. Nvidia more than tripled the performance on the large language model (LLM) benchmark, based on GPT-3 175B, compared to the...
Young South Africans are buying fewer houses
South Africans under the age of 35 years old are buying fewer houses than before - but they are paying more for them. Data from Lightstone shows that the decline in volumes is proportionately sharper than the overall fall in property purchases over the last six years....
R2bn funding positions Africa Data Centres for growth
Africa Data Centres has unlocked funding that will allow it to expand data centre capacity and meet the growing demand for cloud computing services in South Africa. This was facilitated through a bespoke financing solution arranged by RMB. "This funding is a...
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Understanding your credit score and how it works
What is a credit score? A credit score, also known as a credit rating, is a number that reflects the likelihood of you repaying money you want to borrow. By Annelene Dippenaar, chief legal and compliance officer at Experian Africa Lenders like banks and credit card...
Altron CFO resigns
Allied Electronics (Altron) has announced the resignation of Cedric Miller, chief financial Officer and executive director of the board, effective from 30 June 2021. Miller will continue to support the group until 31 July 2021, during which time he will provide a...
How POPIA will affect outbound contact centres
On 1 July, the grace period for compliance with the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) will come to an end. That means organisations found to be in breach of the act will be liable for fines and even criminal persecution. By John Woollam, CEO of Euphoria...
Dealing with a crisis? Don’t forget your employees
In the first South African study to explore the crisis communication needs of employees specifically, University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) MBA graduate Leana Kotze highlighted that, in an organisational crisis, "an employee-centred approach is good for...
Why ‘castle-and-moat’ protection is no fairy tale
Our changing world, with its more distributed infrastructure and new applications and workloads exposing a larger attack surface, means that perimeter security, while still an important element within an enterprise's cybersecurity arsenal, is simply no longer enough....
Find the right cloud strategy for your business
2021 will be the year defined by business' attempt to recover, build better resilience and restructure their operations following a tumultuous year of change as a result of the global pandemic. By Dr Setumo Mohapi, chief go-to-market at Dimension Data The ability to...
Can you hack-proof the cloud?
For someone not working in cybersecurity, the most high-profile case of cloud hacking is, arguably, "celebgate" - or the 2014 breach of several device-storage accounts that saw hundreds of personal photos of celebrities stolen and published online. For cybersecurity...
BPO critical to ensuring business continuity
As companies attempt to recover after a rough 2020, their main objective is to do more, with less. By Gean Botha, MD of Programmed Process Outsourcing Budgets are stretched, human resources are stressed and the toll of working through a pandemic is evident in the...
Signium Africa’s Annelize van Rensburg to chair global board
Global executive search and leadership consulting firm Signium has announced the election of its 2021 board of directors and Annelize van Rensburg, director of executive search at Signium Africa, has been elected the first female chair. Piotr Pilecki, managing partner...
Lenovo SA mirrors global success
Lenovo Group has announced record results for the Group for both its fourth quarter and fiscal year, with phenomenal growth across all parts of the business. The results demonstrate the group's resilience and ability to achieve balanced, consistent, and sustainable...
Business Intelligence Analyst – Gauteng Rosebank
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Intermediate Full Stack Developer (Remote) – Western Cape Cape Town
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RPA Developer – Remote Remote
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SAP ABAP Consultant at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
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Applications Engineer
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Business Analyst (Payments) at Parvana Recruitment
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Data Architect / Solution Architect at Datonomy Solutions
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