OADC buys seven data centres from NTT Data
Kathy Gibson reports - Open Access Data Centres (OADC), part of the WIOCC group of companies, has acquired seven South African data centres from NTT Data. The data centres, in Bryanston, Parklands, Cape Town, Umhlanga, Bloemfontein, Gqeberha and East London, were part...
Wearable tech will be worth $232bn
The wearable tech industry was worth $117,4-billion in 2024 and is forecast to reach $232,2-billion by 2030, with hearables and smartwatches as key growth drivers, supported by strong demand for health monitoring and artificial intelligence (AI) tools, according to...
IBM, Scuderia Ferrari enhance Formala 1 fan experience
IBM and Scuderia Ferrari HP have introduced a new mobile app experience designed to bring the passionate global fanbase of nearly 400-million Tifosi closer than ever to cars, drivers and races. Now available in English and – for the first time – Italian, the app...
PMI shows another decline for manufacturing
The latest Absa Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for April 2025 points to a deterioration in manufacturing sentiment. The index remained in contraction for a sixth straight month. The seasonally adjusted PMI fell by 4 points to 44.7 in April, the weakest reading since...
Machine learning helps protect endangered whales
SAS is helping Fathom Science Inc North Carolina State University tech spin-off that is building digital twins of the ocean, validate its whale location prediction model so vessels can avoid striking critically endangered North Atlantic right whales. Fathom Science...
AI makes privacy more complex than ever
With data privacy critical to establishing business value and trust, a complex landscape is emerging where the demand for local data storage intersects with reliance on global providers’ expertise. The eighth edition of Cisco’s Data Privacy Benchmark Study, conducted...
Doug Woolley exits Dell
Doug Woolley, GM and vice-president: sales for southern Africa at Dell, is leaving the global IT vendor after a 10-year tenure. Having joined Dell in 2015, Woolley has led the local company through a number of changes, including the merger of Dell and EMC in 2016....
Court upholds Turkcell appeal on MTN case
The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has overturned a previous high court judgement for MTN, and will allow a case brought by Iran’s Turkcell against MTN to be heard in South Africa. The judgement is the latest move in a 2013 high court case brought against MTN by...
Is it time to say goodbye to passwords?
Each year on the first Thursday of May, cyber security professionals urge the public to strengthen their password hygiene. But in 2025, this tradition may be past its expiry date. Why? Because our over-reliance on passwords is becoming the very risk we seek to avoid....
Be wary of AI password generation
Most online services and apps require the user to create a password – but chances are many of those passwords are not being used daily and due to this overabundance, there’s a high probability that many of the passwords are being reused. Poor password management is...
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NU opens its doors as Exclusive Networks Africa
Following on from the initial acquisition announcement of late 2021, Networks Unlimited has officially begun its operations as Exclusive Networks Africa. The move, as part of Exclusive Networks' newly expanded Middle East and Africa (MEA) region, is aligned with its...
Huawei launches FTTR solution
At the 2022 Mobile World Congress (MWC), Huawei launched innovative gigabit fibre-to-the room (FTTR) solutions. The solutions extend fiber to every room and aim to build an all-optical base for smart homes and digital enterprises, enabling gigabit Wi-Fi 6 coverage in...
Metrofile deepens digital services offering with IronTree acquisition
JSE-listed Metrofile has expanded its suite of digital services - backup, disaster recovery, cybersecurity and specialised virtual private server (VPS) hosting - through its acquisition of IronTree. While paper-based document management remains a central pillar of...
Capital Appreciation acquires fintechs
South African FinTech Group, Capital Appreciation, has expanded its portfolio of technology companies. Capital Appreciation has acquired the Responsive Technology group for the purchase price of about R48,68-million. The acquisition includes three South African...
MTN, Rakuten Symphony sign MOU for OpenRAN trials
MTN Group and Rakuten Symphony signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to conduct live 4G and 5G OpenRAN proof of concept (PoC) trials in South Africa, Nigeria, and Liberia based on Rakuten Communications Platform (RCP). RCP assists telcos worldwide with the...
Paratus Telecommunications gets go-ahead in Botswana
The Competition and Consumer Authority of Botswana has unconditionally approved the acquisition of 100% of Broadband Botswana Internet (BBi) by Paratus Telecommunications. Both Paratus and BBi are licensed to provide a range of network and data management solutions...
Nokia debuts SaaS services in analytics, security, monetisation
At Mobile World Congress 2022, Nokia announced two new Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) services in the areas of security and analytics, as part of its strategy to give communication service providers (CSPs) and enterprises a more flexible and cost effective way for...
Mobile edge computing and smart glasses: a match made in field workers heaven
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Open source innovation in the automotive industry
The automotive industry is racing towards a technological transformation. By Haaike van der Merwe, senior solutions architect: sub-Saharan African at Red Hat Car manufacturers are no longer only differentiating themselves by the engine or exterior designs to sell...
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Developer – C# (MASTER) at Parvana Recruitment – Western Cape Cape Town
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Oracle Database Administrator (DBA) – Gauteng Braamfontein
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