Saffers spent R214bn on FMCG, durable goods in Q3
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Action needed as African cybercrime escalates
Check Point Software Technologies has released its 2024 African Perspectives on Cyber Security Report, highlighting the mounting cyber threats targeting critical sectors across the continent and emphasising the need for African organisations to strengthen their cyber...
OpenFL paves the way to confidential AI
Intel announced that the LF AI & Data Foundation Technical Advisory Council accepted Open Federated Learning (OpenFL) as an incubation project to further drive collaboration, standardisation and interoperability. OpenFL is an open source framework for a type of...
2023 is the ‘moment of truth’ for battery-electric vehicles
Several factors will make 2023 a true test of the resolve of governments and the automotive industry in driving battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) forward, says Gartner. "2023 is the moment of truth to drive full electrification forward," says Pedro Pacheco, VP analyst...
2022 marked first year of decline for wearable devices
Global shipments of wearable devices declined 18,9% YoY in the fourth quarter of 2022 to 138,7-million units, according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker. Shipments for the full year 2022 were down 7,7% compared to 2021, marking the first year of...
Disclosure inconsistencies linger in corporate ESG reporting, assurance
The largest global companies continue to show momentum on corporate reporting and related assurance involving environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, according to a new report from the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) and AICPA & CIMA,...
Aligning commercial functions top priority for sales leaders
Sales leaders say that aligning commercial functions such as sales and marketing strategies is their top priority for 2023, according to a new survey from Gartner. The research group surveyed more than 200 sales leaders last November and December to understand how...
Shipments of AR/VR headsets decline sharply
The pendulum for AR/VR headsets swung the other way through the course of 2022 as global shipments declined 20,9% YoY to 8,8-million units, according to new data from the IDCWorldwide Quarterly Augmented and Virtual Reality Headset Tracker. The decline was not...
Ignoring generative AI will be a costly mistake
A new report from Forrester - Generative AI prompts productivity, imagination, and innovation in the enterprise - finds that generative AI can augment and enhance existing business processes in ways that were previously impossible. Forrester defines "generative AI"...
AI set to enter boom period
A new forecast from IDC's Worldwide Artificial Intelligence Spending Guide shows that global spending on artificial intelligence (AI) - including software, hardware, and services for AI-centric systems - will reach $154-billion in 2023, an increase of 26,9% over the...
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Prepare for robots in the workplace
Artificial intelligence (AI)--including robotics and cognitive computing--has been one of the top discussions on the minds of business leaders, organisations and consumers in the past few months, writes Dr Roze Phillips, MD of Accenture Consulting. Mark Zuckerberg...
Emerging trends in DevOps
DevOps is a new approach to business that is based on applying Agile and Lean philosophies to operations work. In the past, operations and development engineers worked in separate silos and it was a case of 'never the twain shall meet'. DevOps has completely changed...
Insurers look to digital in fast-changing world
Global insurers are being forced to digitise their operations to cope with dramatic changes in the global market, where selfie deaths are climbing into double and triple digits, ordinary people call for tens of millions of dollars in life assurance, and policy holders...
IT trends for 2017
2017 will be an exciting time and may well be the beginning of a new era for productivity growth, writes Bertus Homan, sales director of Hitachi Data Systems South Africa. Digital transformation will be a major business focus, and success will hinge on how successful...
CA strengthens security
CA Southern Africa has announced the new release of CA Technologies, CA Identity Suite, that includes integration with CA Privileged Access Manager for governance of privileged accounts. Features include new, flexible deployment options for agility, speed and...
Could your next chit-chat be with a chatbot?
We've all experienced the frustration: dialling call centres, waiting on line, listening to elevator music, having calls dropped, or patched through to other departments, only to finally speak to someone and then receive sketchy customer service, writes Dave Stevens,...
So what is modernisation really?
Don't sweat digitalisation, sweat assets, advises Rick Parry, chairman and CEO of AIGS. In a previous article, we stated that a failure to embrace digital transformation can cause companies financial harm within a year. But replacing core systems with new digital...
Could PMO gamification drive quicker adoption?
What do the introduction of new technologies, business re-engineering and process improvement projects all have in common? The answer is simple, these types of projects typically touch almost every aspect of a business and are classified as organisational change...
The journey from baker to developer
One person's journey from kneading dough to writing code, creating disruptive new products and services at a Cape Town based innovation firm, shows young people what's possible when it comes to crafting a career in technology. "Never give up." That's the advice...
Redstor rallies to fight ransomware
Ransomware attacks are becoming more prevalent and end users within small-to-medium business segment and education are particularly susceptible. It is for this reason that Redstor has embarked on an online campaign to raise awareness around the severity of this...
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