37% of organisations have implemented AI

The number of enterprises implementing artificial intelligence (AI) grew 270% in the past four years and tripled in the past year, according to the Gartner 2019 CIO Survey. Results showed that organisations across all industries use AI in a variety of applications,...

Steady growth in wireless IoT devices

According to a new research report from Berg Insight, annual shipments of wireless devices for industrial automation applications reached 4,6-million units worldwide in 2018, accounting for approximately 6% of all new connected nodes. Growing at a compound annual...

Kaspersky helps eliminate IIoT vulnerabilities

Kaspersky Lab experts have helped to identify and patch seven previously unknown vulnerabilities in the ThingsPro Suite – an industrial IoT platform designed for industrial control systems (ICS) data acquisition and remote analysis. Some of the vulnerabilities...

Winning consumer trust in a toxic climate

From data breaches to fake news to state capture to corporate failures, issues of trust and transparency ruled the headlines in South Africa and the rest of the world throughout 2018. And, as we move into 2019, the central challenge brands will wrestle with is that of...

Private sector key to African economies

The key to African economic emergence lies in the removal of barriers, increased connectivity between nations and infrastructure development, DP World’s group chairman and CEO, Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, has told African leaders and top executives at the Africa...
CEOs brace for a rough ride in 2019

CEOs brace for a rough ride in 2019

Kathy Gibson is with PwC in Johannesburg – CEOs are less optimistic about global economic growth for 2019. In fact, 29% of world business leaders believe that global economic growth will decline in the next 12 months, approximately six times the level of 5% last...