More than half of PCs are still running Windows 10
According to Kaspersky’s statistics, more than half of general users and nearly 60% of corporate users currently use Windows 10 OS. Only 33% of those polled have already upgraded their devices to Windows 11. In Africa, 35,95% of users have upgraded to Windows 11,...
DCC Technologies to distribute ASUS Business solutions
DCC Technologies will distributor the Business SYS product range from ASUS Business. The partnership comes at a time when companies across the region are under pressure to adopt new digital tools to remain competitive, improve efficiency and protect sensitive data....
Blackwell ups the ante on training performance
In MLPerf Training 4.1 industry benchmarks, the Nvidia Blackwell platform has delivered impressive results on workloads across all tests - and up to 2,2x more performance per GPU on LLM benchmarks, including Llama 2 70B fine-tuning and GPT-3 175B pretraining. In...
AMD debuts Versal Premium Series Gen 2
AMD has announced the AMD Versal Premium Series Gen 2, an adaptive SoC platform designed to deliver the highest levels of system acceleration for a wide range of workloads. Versal Premium Series Gen 2 will be the FPGA industry’s first devices featuring Compute Express...
Ultrafast memory boosts Intel data centre chips
While Intel’s primary product focus is on the processors, or brains, that make computers work, system memory (that’s DRAM) is a critical component for performance. This is especially true in servers, where the multiplication of processing cores has outpaced the rise...
Africa Tech Festival: It’s a wrap …
The Africa Tech Festival, taking place this week (11-14 November) in Cape Town, saw telecommunications vendors and operators get together with governments and key policy-makers to pilot the continent on it’s transition to a digital economy. Kathy Gibson reports ...
Broadband adoption ramps up in Africa
Kathy Gibson reports from Africa Tech Festival – Broadband is leading the connectivity charge in Africa as countries across the continent get access to fast networks. This was the overarching message from the Africa Broadband Forum 2024, held on the sidelines of the...
Surge in demand for AI in contact centres
Contact centres are under increasing pressure to improve customer experiences despite having fewer resources and, while 100% are turning to AI and automation for help, many face challenges due to limited in-house expertise. This is one of the key findings of a new...
Non-access to clean cooking poses deadly risks for millions in Africa
African policy makers and international partners meeting at this year’s UN Climate Change Conference - COP29 - have highlighted the urgent crisis posed by lack of access to clean cooking, a challenge impacting 1.2-billion people across Africa and leading to millions...
IBM, SEforALL launch new AI for energy and urban development
At COP29, IBM and Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) have announced new, publicly available artificial intelligence (AI)-powered solutions to inform more sustainable urban development for cities and communities around the world - enabling decision-makers and policy...
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Hybrid working: profits, people and the planet
With Covid-19 restrictions starting to ease, businesses of all kinds are embracing the hybrid approach, locking in its benefits for people, profits and the planet. As the restrictions associated with Covid-19 begin to ease in many countries, government advice is...
When is your business ready for ECM solutions?
Are your employees spending time doing low-value activities? Are too many mistakes occurring in workflows? Perhaps customer grievances are up. What if some employees are overworked and others aren't doing enough? These are just some of the indications that your...
AI is not a panacea but could augment conversation communications
Amidst the hype around artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), it is easy for businesses to fall into the trap that technology is a panacea to solve complex business problems. The truth is more nuanced, say two leading executives in the unified...
Measuring the cost of cloud payroll solutions
In South Africa, most companies are tech-enabled, with the vast majority using desktop applications to manage their payroll. However, many organisations are embracing cloud computing technologies due to the cost savings offered, and the speed and agility at which...
Paxful teams with OVEX to debut new service
Paxful has announced that its Transfer to Bank service will debut in South Africa via a partnership with cryptocurrency exchange platform OVEX. Using OVEX's instant cashout mechanism, Paxful users in South Africa will now be able to convert their bitcoin directly into...
Cloud the enabler for new work/life reality
Cloud computing has come into its own over the last 18 months: the Covid-19 pandemic has changed the way just about every organisation does business or how people think about entertainment - and cloud has been the enabler. “Huge portions of everyday life and business...
Balance customer experience with data compliance
Meeting growing customer demand for relevant, personalised experiences while managing the regulatory demands of protecting data is emerging as one of the most significant challenges facing businesses today. Aspects such as managing customer consent and conforming to...
Digital, I want a divorce …
It's time to move on from digital transformation and embrace a whole new business life with digital evolution, writes Colin Thornton, chief financial officer of Turrito Networks. Digital transformation was, up until the end of 2020, the ultimate buzzword goal for the...
Women benefit as cloud changes the face of business
More than 100 women entrepreneurs have attended the first segment of Huawei South Africa's Women4Tech digital skills training programme. By the end of the programme, Huawei aims to help women headed SMMEs advance their skills and help them use new technologies to...
Workforce’s diversified investment structure delivers
Workforce Holdings, a level 2 B-BBEE human capital services company that operates across four focused investment clusters in South Africa and other parts of Africa, has released results for the interim period to 30 June 2021. On the back of a good recovery in the...
Senior Project Manager at The Foschini Group
Package & RemunerationJOB DESCRIPTION Key Responsibilities: Lead and manage a multi-year, multi-workstream programme focused on expanding TFG's QR and local manufacturing capabilities. Work cross-functionally with key internal and external stakeholders to drive...
Systems Developer Analyst – Gauteng Centurion
Systems Developer AnalystOur client is seeking a skilled and versatile System Developer/Analyst to join their IT team. This role is ideal for a developer who enjoys solving business challenges through custom applications, system integrations, and enterprise reporting....
Senior Project Manager at The Foschini Group – Western Cape Parow East
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ServiceNow Technical Architect at Parvana Recruitment
What you will be doing:Define, design, and deliver scalable ServiceNow solutions (ITSM Pro, ITOM [Discovery], HRSD, APM, SPM) for organizational and client needs.Collaborate to gather requirements and translate them into ServiceNow solutions.Establish and enforce...
Cyber Security Analyst at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
We are seeking a skilled and motivated Cyber Security Analyst to join our dynamic security team. You'll play a critical role in protecting enterprise systems by monitoring, analysing, and responding to real-time cyber threats.Security Monitoring & Incident...
ServiceNow Technical Architect at Parvana Recruitment – Western Cape Cape Town
What you will be doing:Define, design, and deliver scalable ServiceNow solutions (ITSM Pro, ITOM [Discovery], HRSD, APM, SPM) for organizational and client needs.Collaborate to gather requirements and translate them into ServiceNow solutions.Establish and enforce...
Cyber Security Analyst at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Johannesburg
We are seeking a skilled and motivated Cyber Security Analyst to join our dynamic security team. You'll play a critical role in protecting enterprise systems by monitoring, analysing, and responding to real-time cyber threats.Security Monitoring & Incident...
AI & Data Solutions Architect at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
Are you a visionary architect who thrives at the intersection of AI innovation, cloud engineering, and enterprise data?We're seeking a highly skilled AI & Data Solutions Architect to lead the design and delivery of cutting-edge GenAI and machine learning...
Senior Java Developer
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Java Developer to join our development team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining robust backend systems and intuitive front-end interfaces. This role requires deep...
AI & Data Solutions Architect at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Johannesburg
Are you a visionary architect who thrives at the intersection of AI innovation, cloud engineering, and enterprise data?We're seeking a highly skilled AI & Data Solutions Architect to lead the design and delivery of cutting-edge GenAI and machine learning...
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