CEOs prioritise employee well-being, worry about remote workforce

CEOs prioritise employee well-being, worry about remote workforce

A top challenge for CEOs over the next few years will be in managing an “anywhere” workforce, according to a new IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV) study. CEOs of outperforming organisations – those who were in the top 20% for revenue growth of...

Xerox spins out three new businesses

Xerox Holdings is branching out and has set up three new businesses – Software, Financing and Innovation – aimed at delivering long-term growth in 2021 and beyond. The company has announced organisational changes to support the new businesses. “We...

Global cloud services market surges by $10bn in Q4

Cloud infrastructure services spending increased 32% to $39,9-billion in the last quarter of 2020, following heightened customer investment with the major cloud service providers and the technology channel. Total expenditure was over $3-billion higher than the last...

Massive rise in threats from fake learning platforms

As the pandemic continues and schools globally experience either renewed closures or pursue a hybrid model of learning (in-person and remote), the educational sector continues to attract the attention of cybercriminals on the Internet. From July to December 2020, 270...

Covid fails to dampen semiconductor sales

Despite the impact of Covid-19 on the global economy, the semiconductor market performed better than expected in 2020, fueled by the growth in cloud computing and demand for devices to support remote work and learning. Worldwide semiconductor revenue grew to...

Musk’s Neuralink implants wireless device into a money

In its quest to establish a brain-computer interface, Elon Musk says his company Neuralink has successfully implanted a device into a monkey’s brain. The billionaire told private social app Clubhouse that Neuralink has a implanted a wireless device into a...