Improving Traceability in Food Value Chains through Blockchain Technology, An IITPSA Eastern Cape Chapter Event Jaco Maas is the General Manager of Shift DX, a next-generation digital agricultural platform business. Growing up on a farm on the West Coast of South Africa gave him a love for the land and the potential it holds. Stellenbosch […]

_   AGM NOTICE This is a notice of the 2020 / 2021 Annual General Meeting of members of the Gauteng Chapter of IITPSA NPC (Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa) - (a Non Profit Company in terms of the Companies Act 71 of 2008), registration number  1958/001036/08, which will be held online, via […]

Performance Engineering - Shift Left and Right Application Performance Engineering has always been an important aspect of ensuring excellent user experiences, however traditional performance testing activities cannot keep up with the cadence of DevOps pipelines. Applying a "Shift Left and Right Performance Engineering approach" ensures performance bottlenecks are identified early and performance tests reflect real usage […]

  The future of humanity in the smart technology era The smart technology era brings with it advantages to humanity unimagined before. The way we educate our children and manage our wellbeing could be revolutionised over the next few decades. However, a growing darkness prevails over our innovations. How smart will computers get, and what […]

The Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa (IITPSA) is pleased to announce the relaunch of its Special Interest Group in Cybersecurity (SIGCyber), with a highly topical panel discussion on national cyber security efforts. Join this event moderated by Dr Jabu Mtsweni: Head of Information and Cyber Security Centre at the CSIR, with panellists Dr […]

Artificial Intelligence to Benefit Everyone: How do we shape a better future? The smart technology era will change life on earth in ways previously unimagined. In many countries, including South Africa, it seems that the government, many large businesses and much of society are not awake to the rapid changing landscape. The power of this technology could run […]

AN IITPSA SIGiST Event: Being a Human Tester in the Digital World, 19 August 2021 This session is designed to assist software testers to carry out paradigm shifts in their mindset about Software Testing and the Software Tester's role. The session will hopefully help attendees to set the practical standards for the future of the software […]

Women in IT, a chapter of the Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa (IITPSA), invites you to this special Women’s Month event to compare notes on how women IT professionals are juggling the work from home environment, and learn coping mechanisms to make it all less stressful. This engaging and impactful talk will give […]