Healthy growth forecast for public cloud revenue

The public cloud market is witnessing healthy growth, according to new research from SafeBettingSites.com, and is expected to earn $398-billion in revenue in 2022 – a 20% year-on-year increase. According to the data provided by Statista, the public cloud market...

eCommerce fraud on the rise

A new study from Juniper Research has found that the total cost of ecommerce fraud to merchants will exceed $48-billion globally in 2023, from just over $41-billion in 2022. It predicts that this growth will be accelerated by the increasing use of alternative payment...

Avaya reaffirms faith in SA market

Kathy Gibson reports from Gitex – South Africa is a key market for Avaya, which counts the country’s top organisations among its customers. Nidal Abou-Ltaif, president of Avaya International, tells IT-Online that customers are bullish about the future, as...

IoT: focus on the outcomes

While many believe that the Internet of Things (IoT) as a network of technology solutions can solve several real-world problems, the adoption thereof in Africa has been limited to a handful of industries to date and it has been slower than anticipated. According to...

Investment in digital transformation critical to remain relevant

With IT enmeshed in every facet of a business, CIOs believe that their organisations must continue to invest in digital transformation to remain relevant. At the same time, the role of the CIO has become increasingly important within a business, with CIOs being asked...
We need to act now to stop AI from deepening inequities

We need to act now to stop AI from deepening inequities

Kathy Gibson reports from Gitex – Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming a reality in business and society, but we should be doing more to ensure whole sections of the planet’s population are not left behind or marginalised as it becomes...