JavaScript rated best programming language for job seekers
JavaScript skilled developers are the most likely to land a job, it is by far the preferred programming language that recruitment agencies are seeking in candidates. It is also an excellent language for beginner programmers who plan to expand their skills to other...
SA developers compete with the best in the world
In South Africa, the past few years have seen many companies move towards adopting agile software development. And even if it does not always align completely with the tenets of the Agile Manifesto, there has been an increased pace of development taking place in the...
Embracing the era of smart, sustainable, and slick buildings
Globally, there is a significant drive to achieve a net zero carbon footprint and make buildings more sustainable and energy efficient. But this extends beyond the environment and must incorporate the health and wellbeing of people as well. By Faiyad Peterson,...
Want a business solution? Do it yourself …
In an increasingly digital world, automation is quickly becoming a prevailing requirement for processes and workflows with a host of low-code and no-code tools coming on to the market in response. The idea is that the business owner/user can use these tools to create...
User experience, security key for African super app future
Financial institutions are increasingly relying on apps and their turbo charged cousins, super apps, for much needed revenue growth. Organisations that can offer a secure, low-friction app experience are more likely to migrate existing customers to digital channels,...
Technology fills healthcare gaps for remote communities
The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted an issue that has long plagued remote and rural communities: how to affordably deliver world-class healthcare services to people who live far away from well-resourced clinics and hospitals. It’s an issue that Dr Raymond Campbell,...
Deep dive into Power Platform
Microsoft Power Platform is a group of products to develop and build complex business solutions, analyse, and draw data visualisations, automate a business process, or build virtual agents for communication. All these products offer a platform in which no code is...
App development tools for a new age
The war for tech talent is well and truly engaged, with South African organisations competing for scarce skills resources against companies around the world. The brain drain is nothing new and South Africa continues to lose skilled workers to international...
The modern enterprise and the app of the future
The last couple of years brought new challenges to companies of all sizes as they adapted first to Covid-19 lockdowns and now to a post-pandemic environment that looks very different to what it did in the early months of 2020. March 2020 saw companies around the world...
Initiative aims to inspire more girls to enter careers in STEM
Vodacom has launched a follow-up to its stimulating #CodeLikeAGirl programme that will see 700 girls between the ages of 14 and 18 receive coding training from 27 June to 15 July 2022. The Vodacom #CodeLikeAGirl programme is aimed at inspiring more girls to explore...
The future of DevOps and QA
There is little doubt that DevOps has evolved. It has become one of the foundational pillars of the agile organisation, delivering measurable value to the organisation across the important metrics of quality, speed of delivery, reliability and customer experiences. It...
Global recognition for Decision Inc at SAP hackathon
Decision Inc was the second runner up at the recent global SAP Hack2Build rapid prototyping initiative. The annual hackathon, held over eight days in March, is designed to drive early stage inspiration, use case exploration, and technology adoption for SAP partners....