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Eritrea is fast becoming a prominent force in world cycling. Since Daniel Teklehaimanot’s breakthrough rides at the 2012 Vuelta a España and 2015 Tour de France, the tide of Eritrean riders joining the upper echelons of the sport does not look like it will relent any time soon. There are currently six riders from the African nation in the top two tiers of cycling and three of them are set to ride the Giro d’Italia – more than for Canada and almost as many as the U.S. One of those flying ...

Setumo Mohapi Many companies in South Africa must upgrade their SAP implementations in the coming years as the German enterprise software giant moves to end support for ERP software not yet migrated to SAP S4/Hana. This follows a recent announcement by SAP that moved the deadline to migrate out by two years, from 2025 to 2027 (with optional extended maintenance until 2030), giving users more time to make the switch. It might sound like a long time, but it’s not, according to Dimension Data ch...

Joburgs R128 million bonanza for Dimension Data By Karabo Ngoepe Share The City of Johannesburg is in the process of appointing a company that was fingered in a forensic report. Despite being aware of the forensic report, the City wants to award the company a 12 months contract. Between 2010 and 2017, the City paid Dimension Data (DD) over R900 million irregularly for ICT upgrades. According to sources, DD will be pocketing R128 Million from May 1, 2021, to April 30, 2022. In addition, the pub...

EventsCase launches new ‘knowledge base’ support service Event technology company EventsCase has released a new ‘knowledge base’ for eventprofs. The new service provides advice for event organisers, and is part of the platform’s support services. It is searchable and full of articles written by EventsCase experts: mainly project managers and product specialists, imparting practical information. Each article goes through a comprehensive audit process to ensure that i...

According to a report by AusCERT and BDO, data breaches more than doubled in 2020. With employees working remotely, cloud adoption soaring, and new technologies being rolled out to facilitate transformation, enterprises have put themselves into a high-risk position with regards to their security, and the cyber criminals know that. As noted by the report: “2020 was a cyber ‘trial by fire’ for many, so it’s unsurprising our survey found 20 per cent of respondents are less confident or mor...

Mosidis mandate will be to provide "sound leadership" in all aspects of business information and communications technology. Makano Mosidi has been appointed as the new chief technology officer (CTO) of the Public Investment Corporation (PIC). Mosidis mandate will be to provide "sound leadership" in all aspects of business information and communications technology and to leverage technology to position the PIC as the leading asset manager, the PIC said in a statement on Monda...

capital Newspaper Cyber security by way of simple definition is the practice of defending computers, servers, mobile devices, electronic systems, networks, and data from malicious attacks. These types of malicious attacks cripple companies and governments alike across the globe. Around the world numerous investments in cyber security are put in place due to the sensitivity of the matter. As a result, security firms have sprung up in order to provide the much-needed protection of cr...

Cloud Infrastructure Services Market Emerging Technologies and Innovations – Key Players, Forecast 2027 Cloud Infrastructure Services Market will grow at a rate of 18.00% for the forecast period 2027 15 Cloud computing is a type of model or network where a program or applications run, that can be accessed by many devices or servers at a time. This technology is a shift in the tradition of computing, that has given newer and faster methods to provide computing solutions, infrastructure solut...

In this episode, the doyenne of the South African wine industry Carrie Adams speaks to Adrian Short, the CEO of By Word of Mouth. The catering company was started by Short’s wife, Karen, in 1993 and continues to shine as one of the finest catering (and catering related) companies in South Africa. Adrian joined Carrie’s Corner to talk about the company’s humble beginnings and how Karen pushed the envelope, revolutionising home catering in South Africa. – Jarryd Neves CEO Adrian Short on ...

Zetaris embarks on global hiring spree amid channel focus Zetaris embarks on global hiring spree amid channel focus Recently hired Martin Cerantonio as its new VP of alliances. Martin Cerantonio (Zetaris) Credit: Zetaris Australian independent software vendor (ISV) Zetaris is embarking on a global expansion strategy, hiring more staff across the business in areas such as sales, partners, marketing and operations.  Zetaris’ cloud data fabric technology provides a singl...