Africa’s first female Google Expert named
DVT Android developer Rebecca Franks has been selected as a Google Developer Expert. Franks is the first female developer from Africa to qualify for Google's global Developer Expert program, and is also the first Google Developer Expert from Johannesburg. "As a...
‘Creativity’ a must for developers
South Africa's cellular industry is one of the jewels in the crown of the country's economy. From just 4-million landlines in 1994, the industry can today point to more than 80-million active cellphones. That South Africans have adopted mobile technology with enormous...
Vigorous, dynamic app economy has new needs
In the fast paced and modern business environment, the software and technology needs of companies can change rapidly, often with little or no warning as the organisation needs to respond quickly to new market demands or disruption from competitors. Companies are being...
Developers move out of the back room
Software developers, once seen as 'the geeks in the back room', are now becoming the crucial agents of change for business as companies face growing threats from innovative digital start-ups. That's according to international analysts such as IDC and Gartner, who...
Code advice for tech startups
South African tech entrepreneurs that are struggling with getting their software systems (mobile, web or IoT) to a global standard, have the opportunity to sit down with a senior engineer or UX designer at Jozihub's App.Clinic sessions. App.Clinic @ Jozihub is a...
KEMP helps to overcome application headaches
IT developers continue to face application performance issues, including applications that go offline and are unavailable, which impact negatively on operational efficiency. Experts in application delivery controllers and server load balancer technology, say they have...
Catering to the needs of a vigorous app economy
In the fast paced and modern business environment, the software and technology needs of companies can change rapidly, often with little or no warning as the organisation needs to respond quickly to new market demands or disruption from competitors. Companies are being...
How OpenShift and Docker can ease cloud pain
It is through software that today's winning business models are emerging, writes AJ Hartenberg, portfolio manager at T-Systems, South Africa. Over the past couple of years, think of all the intuitive, convenient mobile apps and web-based services that have enchanted...
First DevConf coming to SA soon
South African software developers and programmers are set to get their first major developer conference in years, when the inaugural DevConf is staged in Johannesburg next month. DevConf, expected to attract over 350 professional software developers and programmers,...
DVT enhances test automation reporting
Software and services company DVT has implemented enhanced reporting capabilities for its test automation framework at its Cape Town-based Global Testing Centre (GTC). The move sees DVT GTC shift from standard HTML-based reporting to Extent Reports, an open source...
Experts share insights on modernising process-centric solutions
On 5 February 2016, business transformation solutions provider Ovations will be hosting an event where experts from Nedbank, IBM South Africa and Ovations will be presenting insights around innovative ways to modernise process-centric solutions in business. "The...
Digital technology at the heart of progress
2015 was a watershed year according to Professor Barry Dwolatzky, director of the Joburg Centre for Software Engineering (JCSE). Working to ready Braamfontein as the digital hub of Johannesburg, he says that 2016 is time to 'take the great leap forward' and move from...