Reskilling revolution needed to save jobs

The global economy faces a reskilling crisis, with 1,4-million jobs in the US alone vulnerable to disruption from technology and other factors by 2026. This is according to a new report, “Towards a Reskilling Revolution: A Future of Jobs for All”,...

GDP focus drives short-termism

Decades of prioritising economic growth over social equity has led to historically high levels of wealth and income inequality and caused governments to miss out on a virtuous circle in which growth is strengthened by being shared more widely and generated without...

Education key to competiveness

Switzerland still leads the way in terms of talent competitiveness, followed by Singapore and the US, according to the 2018 Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI). In general, European countries continue to dominate the GTCI rankings, with 15 in the top 25. This...

Intel provides reboot issue guidance

Intel has identified the root cause for Broadwell and Haswell platforms, and made progress in developing a solution to address it. Navin Shenoy, executive vice-president and GM of the Data Centre Group at Intel, says the company has already begun rolling out an early...

Top priorities for government CIOs

Cloud solutions, cybersecurity and analytics are the top technologies targeted for new and additional spending by public sector CIOs in 2018, while data centre infrastructure is the most commonly targeted for cost savings, according to a survey from Gartner. Sixteen...

EMEA PC market stays positive

The Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) traditional PC market (desktops, notebooks, and workstations) recorded slight growth in the fourth quarter of 2017, with the market going positive (+1,2%) and totalling 20,9-million units, according to International Data...