Business confidence sinks in Q1

After a small increase in the fourth quarter, the RMB/BER Business Confidence Index (BCI) slumped by eight points to 18 in the first quarter of 2020 – a 21-year low. More than eight out of every 10 respondents therefore perceive prevailing business conditions as...

Hybrid cloud enables disruption

Kathy Gibson is at a Dell Technologies webinar – The cloud makes it possible for all companies to provide world-class IT infrastructure to their users. “But there are different types of disruption going on,” says Nigel Moulton, global chief...

How tech can help companies beat Covid-19

Kathy Gibson is at a Dell Technologies webinar – With the news that Covid-19 has been declared a pandemic, digital transformation has become a pressing issue for organisations around the world. Doug Woolley, GM Dell Technologies South Africa, explains that, on...
Web inventor warns of online gender abuse, AI discrimination

Web inventor warns of online gender abuse, AI discrimination

World Wide Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee has published an open letter warning that continued lack of web access and a growing crisis of online harms are fuelling discrimination and abuse against women and girls — and threatening global progress on...

IDC revises IT spend forecasts down

The escalating coronavirus crisis is already impacting IT markets as buyers and vendors adjust to a new set of assumptions and a new global economic reality. Based on data indicators in the first quarter, International Data Corporation (IDC) expects to see a...

Quantum computing tipped to add competitive advantage

Improved AI capabilities, accelerated business intelligence, and increased productivity and efficiency were the top expectations of organisations currently investing in cloud-based quantum computing technologies. This is among the findings from an International Data...