Expat pay more complicated than the exchange rate
Experts trained in how to balance the expectations of international workers with the strategic, financial and practical constraints faced by the employer are in high demand. The driver of this demand...
View ArticleThe rise and rise of Truecaller
Truecaller states that it has reached over 100-million active users. In less than a year, the app has leapfrogged from 100-million monthly active users (MAUs) per month to 100-million daily active...
View ArticleCanon cleans up at 2018 TIPA Awards
Canon Europe has been awarded six accolades by the Technical Image Press Association (TIPA). Representing 30 industry magazines from 15 countries across five continents, it is one of the world’s...
View ArticleData Breach Digest: March 2018
During April, the security world saw access rights violation, email redirection, phishing, fines and Facebook share price fall. SearchInform has prepared this wrap-up of activity for the month.An error...
View ArticleXerox WorkCentre 6515 Color MFP wins design award
The Xerox WorkCentre 6515 Color Multifunction Printer (MFP) has won a 2018 iF Design Award from the International Forum Design. The award-winning look was developed by a global team of product...
View ArticleNerd academy programme launches in the Karoo
A nerd alert has been issued by the Karoo Tech Hub, an initiative run by video production company Piehole.tv in collaboration with ProcurementExpress.com. With an estimated 45% unemployment rate in the...
View ArticleRoles (not jobs) rule in the digital era
It is true to say that much of our identity comes from our jobs. Our economy builds on these and the types of jobs that are in demand (and their distribution and compensation) are often a proxy for...
View ArticleData key to unlocking the mysteries of the universe
Human exploration has made leaps and bounds since man first landed on the moon in 1969. We have now entered a paradigm where data takes centre stage, writes Morne Bekker, country manager of NetApp...
View ArticleAfrica benefits from late mover advantage in the cloud
Established information technology markets – like the UK, Europe and even South Africa – often take cloud computing for granted as the ideal platform for innovation and global expansion. One reason...
View ArticleDefining ourselves in a virtual world
SAP Africa’s Head of Innovation and South Africa’s Mars One candidate, Dr Adriana Marais, talks about taking back ownership of our identities in the digital world, through the compelling application of...
View ArticleAvaya and Afiniti bring AI to the contact centre
Avaya Holdings and Afiniti, a provider of AI-based behavioral pairing solutions, have announced a strategic partnership to improve enterprise customer experience and contact centre performance by...
View ArticleNode Africa selects Workonline as upstream provider
Node Africa, the East African provider of bespoke cloud infrastructure solutions, has chosen privately owned global Network Service Provider Workonline Communications as its IP transit provider....
View ArticleCryptocurrency craze drives new DDoS tactics
As the world of cryptocurrencies continues to grow exponentially, distributed denial of service (DDoS) attackers have a new set of targets, namely the exchanges that power cryptocurrency trades, as...
View ArticleMyCybercare debuts MyID, proactive protection against ID theft
Specialist cyber insurance company MyCybercare has introduced MyID, a solution that offers 24/7 surveillance across the public Net, deep Web and dark Net to prevent private or personal information from...
View ArticleGetting to grips with data in your business
In light of the latest incidents of data sharing breaches, it’s become more crucial than ever for companies to understand the role of data and analytics in their business. Since the Cambridge Analytica...
View ArticleManaging data integrity in the insurance industry
Data has become one of the most precious commodities in business today. The continually evolving digital environment means companies must adapt or risk getting left behind. For insurers, there needs to...
View ArticleHome Affairs to enforce legal immigrant employment
Companies may expect “a knock on the door” from the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) to conduct required audits and investigations on their employment practices of immigrant workers, the director from...
View ArticleFujitsu debuts Eternus CS8000 for backup, archiving
Fujitsu has announced the latest version of its long-established Eternus CS8000 backup and archiving platform, designed for mainframes and demanding open system environments. Based on customer...
View ArticleSA SMEs focus on cloud, security
South African SMEs are increasingly security conscious, and at the same time more inclined to move to the cloud. “We see this trend emerging particularly among our mid-sized enterprise customers such...
View ArticleGo undercover to manage loss control
Many businesses focus their loss control strategies on preventing unwanted elements from getting in from the outside. While this is certainly an important step in securing assets and minimising risk,...
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