How can SA plug the ICT skills gap?

Kathy Gibson reports from the IITPSA Workforce Conference – While South Africa records the highest unemployment rate in the world, there is still a dire shortage of critical IT skills. Presenting the IITPSA IT Skills Survey, Lehlohonolo  Mokenela, MD of Africa...

Is talent debt depleting your institutional knowledge?

Organisations cutting costs through workforce reduction to weather tough conditions may be trading a visible saving for an invisible liability that will cost them far more later, warns Advaita Naidoo, Africa MD at executive search firm Jack Hammer Global. “Globally,...

In 2027, AI could account for 20% of all business tech spend

In the coming year, CIOs and CISOs will face growing pressure to realise returns on their AI investments in infrastructure, security, digital sovereignty, and emerging technologies, according to Forrester’s 2027 technology and security predictions. Additionally, with...

Banks expect to hand decisions to AI – even if they can’t explain them

Banks are racing toward a future where AI no longer merely informs key credit, treasury, and risk decisions – it makes them autonomously. Yet AI governance is not keeping pace with adoption, according to new AI risk research by FT Longitude, SAS and Microsoft. Even as...

Intel debuts systems foundry for the AI era

Intel has launched Intel Foundry as a more sustainable systems foundry business designed for the AI era and announced an expanded process roadmap designed to establish leadership into the latter part of this decade. The company also highlighted customer momentum and...

Nvidia reaps revenue, earnings rewards from AI

Nvidia has reported that revenue for the fourth quarter ended 28 January 2024 was $22,1-billion, up 22% from the previous quarter and up 265% from a year ago. For the quarter, GAAP earnings per diluted share was $4.93, up 33% from the previous quarter and up 765% from...

Public cloud spend set for major growth in 2021

Worldwide end-user spending on public cloud services is forecast to grow 23,1% in 2021 to total $332,3-billion, up from $270-billion in 2020, according to the latest forecast from Gartner. "The events of last year allowed CIOs to overcome any reluctance of moving...

Fraud attempts in SA on the rise

Since the Covid-19 pandemic began, fraudsters in South Africa are increasing their digital schemes against businesses. In addition, TransUnion's latest quarterly Global Consumer Pulse Study found that 37% of South African consumers have recently been targeted by...

Cryptomining attacks rocket in 2020

Cryptomining malware accounted for the second-largest corporate network attacks at 21% between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2020, according to data acquired by cryptocurrency trading simulator Crypto Parrot. Botnet took the pole position during the same period at...

Pandemic drives 370% increase in Zoom revenues

Zoom's revenues skyrocketed last year as global demand for online meeting solutions soared amid Covid-19 lockdowns. Although the popular video conferencing platform generated impressive revenue through its fiscal year 2021, the year's final quarter set a new record....

Gaming continues rapid growth

The Covid-19 pandemic continues fuelling impressive growth of the entire gaming industry, with millions of people spending more money on games and gaming equipment. According to data presented by 123scommesse.it, global gaming PC shipments are expected to hit over...

Millennials, Gen Z prefer third-party customer support channels

Younger generations are more likely to start their self-serve journeys outside company-owned channels, according to Gartner. In fact, 52% of millennials and 44% of Gen Z customers have as much confidence in noncompany guidance as in customer service guidance. A...

The technology behind sound transmission from Mars

The first audio ever recorded from the surface of Mars, the Martian winds, was captured from Jezero Crater in February 2021. The historical event was made possible because of a microphone housed within SuperCam aboard the rover, supplied by Knowles Corporation....

Ingenuity Mars Helicopter succeeds in historic first flight

NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has become the first aircraft in history to make a powered, controlled flight on another planet. The Ingenuity team at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California confirmed the flight succeeded after receiving data...

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