Keeping oneself up to date with change
Photo by Alesia Kaz on Unsplash The pace of progress in the ICT sector has never been as rapid as it is today, nor the changes so significant. Now, more than ever before, it is crucial for ICT practitioners to stay up to date with change, master emerging...
Of brainstorming & thinking out loud
Contribution by: Kudzayi Chipidza who is non-executive director on the IITPSA Board of Directors, member of the IITPSA Social & Ethics Committee, Professional Member of the IITPSA and a Cloud Support Engineer for one of the leading international Cloud Service...
Falsehood flies and truth comes limping after it
With a huge number of elections scheduled worldwide in 2024, Josine Overdevest, Chairperson of IITPSA Social & Ethics Committee highlights the enormous risk of the technology-enabled rapid spread of fake news and our role as IT professionals in combatting it....
Josine Overdevest joins IFIP IP3 Global Industry Council
Josine Overdevest, Chair of the IITPSA Social and Ethics Committee, has been appointed to the Global Industry Council of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) International Professional Practice Partnership (IP3). Overdevest was also...
Corporate Member Spotlight: Eduvos
Corporates (Companies) and Institutions may become members of the Institute, signifying their support of IITPSA and their adherence to the Code of Conduct. One such member is Eduvos, an award-winning private higher education provider in South Africa. Their mission is...
IITPSA 2023 President’s Awards winners named
Mamela Luthuli, Founder and CEO of Take Note IT, has been named South Africa’s IT Personality of the year at the Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa (IITPSA) President’s Awards 2023. The winners of the prestigious awards were named at a...
Team SA wins two bronze medals at IOI 2023
Two members of the South African team won bronze medals at the recent International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) 2023 in Szeged, Hungary, where hundreds of competitors from 90 countries participate in what is billed as 'the world’s most prestigious IT student...
IITPSA Ethics chair wins David O’Leary Award
Josine Overdevest, chairperson of the Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa (IITPSA) Social and Ethics Committee, has been named the winner of the IFIP IP3 David O’Leary Award by REDDS Capital. Overdevest is also a non-executive director on...
Pr.CIOs review the pros and cons of cloud in SA
While there are some compelling benefits of moving to the cloud, cloud adoption is also causing headaches for CIOs, who must grapple with major vendors going all-cloud, cost spikes driving repatriation from the cloud, and unexpected business risks. This emerged during...
CEO’s Communiqué – 2023 IITPSA President’s Awards Nominations now open
Nominations are now open for one of our biggest activities of the year – the IITPSA President’s Awards. These awards, with a proud history spanning over 30 years, have recognised some of the most distinguished names in South African ICT. We’re proud to say the...
