If we want digital transformation we need to upgrade skills

If we want digital transformation we need to upgrade skills

The lack of digital skills and access to digital networks slows efforts to re-build safe, healthy and efficient social and working environments and exacerbates the world’s existing, stark digital divide. This is according to the 2021 edition of Digital Skills...

Confidence rises as consumers embrace e-commerce, contactless payments

More than 18 months since the onset of Covid-19, consumers have changed their attitudes to e-commerce significantly. This is one of the findings from a Visa study that tracks the impact of the pandemic on consumer attitudes and spending across Central and Eastern...

The 5G spectrum conundrum: are we future ready?

There is a dire need to ensure that 5G spectrum policies include effective spectrum allocation and management strategies. This is key to ensuring that the evolution from 3G and 4G networks to 5G networks and capabilities is seamless, viable for ecosystem players, and...

This is the future of intelligence …

Results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Future of Intelligence survey reveal a significant positive correlation between enterprise intelligence and better business outcomes. By investing in enterprise intelligence, organizations can achieve first-order...

Employees feel working environment isn’t fair

Just 18% of employees said they work in a high fairness environment and have an employee experience that is characterised as fair. And, according to Gartner, human resources (HR) leaders feel largely the same – only 22% would characterise their workplace as...

Sophisticated DDoS attacks on the rise

When compared to Q3 2020, the total number of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks increased by nearly 24%, while the total number of smart attacks (advanced DDoS attacks that are often targeted) increased by 31% when compared to the same period last year....